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Volume  One 

This  edition  is  limited  to  fifty  copies  printed 
from   type  on  Strathmore  Japan  paper,  and 
contains  fifty   special  photogravure   illustra- 
tions.    Each  copy  is  numbered  and  signed  by 
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Copyright,  1909 

By 

The  Grafton  Press 

THIS    WORK    IS 

Bebtcateo  to  tfje  Jflemorp  of 
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ELLEN  ELIZABETH  STERLING 

Daughter  of  Alfred  Wolcott  and  Elizabeth  ( Jewett ) 

Mack;   born  in  Brooklyn,  Pennsylvania 

September  6,  1835;  died  in  Gaines 

New  York,  March  24,  1904 

THE    AUTHOR 


Contents 

Volume  I 

PAGE 

Introductory 1 

Origin  and  Antiquity  of  the  Name 11 

• 

How  the  Name  has  been  Spelled 15 

Arms  of  the  Family 17 

The  Stirlings  of  Scotland.  The  Ancient  Stirlings  of  Cadder, 
Sheriffs  of  Stirling.  The  House  of  Stirling  of  Keir,  Dun- 
blane, Perthshire 23 

The  Cadder  Line 30 

The  Keir  Line 35 

The  Stirlings  of  Craigbarnet  and  Glorat,  Milton  of  Campsie, 

Stirlingshire 88 

The  Stirlings  of  Glorat     99 

The  Stirlings  of  Ardoch,  Parish  of  Muthill,  County  of  Perth  118 
The  Stirlings  of  Garden,  Parish  of  Kippen,  County  of  Stirling  .  125 
The    Stirlings    of    Kippendavie    and    Kippenross,    Dunblane, 

Perthshire 129 

The  Stirlings  of  Ballagan,  Parish  of  Strathblane,  County  of 

Stirling 1-43 

The  Stirlings  of  Law,  Portnellan  and  Edenbarnet,  Parish  of 

Old  Kilpatrick,  County  of  Dumbarton 1-17 

The    Stirlings    of    Drumpellier,    Lettyr,    Balquharage    and 

MuiRAVONSIDE 158 

The  Stirlings  of  Faskine 168 

The  Stirlings  of  Mansfield,  County  of  Ayr,  and  of  Larbert, 

County  of  Stirling 173 

Stirlings,    Barons    of    Auchyll,    Stirlings    of    Herbertshire, 

Parish  of  Port,  Stewarty  of  Menteith,  County  of  Perth  .  176 
The  Stirlings  of  Ester  Braiky,  Parish  of  Kinnell,  County  of 

Forfar      179 

The  Stirlings  of  Glenesk,  County  of  Forfar 182 


viii  CONTENTS 

I'AGE 

The  Stirlings  of  Tullyduffy  or  Tulyduvy,  County  of  Forfar  .  184 

Stirling  of  Fairburn,  Ross-Shire 185 

Some  Miscellaneous  Scotch  Records 187 

The  Sterlings  of  Ireland 193 

The  Sterlings  of  England 196 

The  Geographical  Use  of  the  Name 210 

Chronological  Index  of  Emigrations  to  America 212 

William  Sterling  of  Hungar's  Parish,  Northampton  County, 

Virginia 228 

William  Sterling  of  Haverhill,  Mass.,  and  of  Lyme,  Conn.,  and 

his  Descendants 241 


^lustrations 

Volume  I 

PAGE 

Arms  of  Stirling  of  Cadder      Frontispiece 

Albert  M.  Sterling facing  10 

Stirling  Castle  from  Raploch facing  12 

Stirling;  Castle  and  the  Field  of  Bannockburn  from  the  Cemetery    facing  16 

Distant  View  of  Stirling  Castle  and  the  City  of  Stirling    .    .    .     facing  20 

Bridge  over  the  Forth,  Stirling,  on  the  Road  to  Keir 23 

Cadder  House facing  30 

Dunblane  Cathedral  before  Restoration  and  the  River  Allan, 

Burial  Place  of  the  Early  Stirlings  for  Several  Centuries  .     facing  32 

Dunblane  Cathedral  from  the  Northeast,  before  Restoration    .     facing  36 

Dunblane  Cathedral  from  the  Southwest,  after  Restoration.    .     facing  40 

Choir  and  Nave,  Dunblane  Cathedral,  after  Restoration  .    .    .     facing  46 

Tower  of  Cambuskenneth  Abbey  and  Tomb  of  King  James  III    facing  48 

House  where  King  James  III  was  assassinated,  Whins  of  Milton    facing  50 

Keir  House,  Home  of  Captain  Archibald  Stirling facing  56 

View  from  the  Terrace,  Keir  House facing  62 

The  Library,  Keir  House facing  70 

Lecropt  Church,  Keir  Estate,  Present  Burial  Place  of  the  Stir- 
lings  of  Keir facing  80 

The  Churchyard,  Clachan  of  Campsie facing  88 

Dumbarton  Rock  and  Castle facing  92 

Craigbarnet  House,  the  Home  of  George  H.  Miller-Stirling  .    .     feeing  94 

The  Offices,  Craigbarnet,  erected  in  178.5 facing  96 

Arms  of  Stirling  of  Craigbarnet      98 

Glorat  House,  Home  of  Sir  Charles  E.  F.  Stirling,  Bart   ....     facing  100 

Old  Glorat  Seals 101 

Courtyard,  New  Mill  Farm,  Glorat  Estate facing  108 

Bencloich  Farm,  Glorat  Estate facing  112 

Glorat  House,  East  Front 116 


ILLUSTRATIONS 


PAGE 


Arms  of  Stirling  of  Glorat 117 

Garden  House,  Home  of  James  Stirling facing  124 

Kippendavie  Lodge 129 

Kippenross  House,  Home  of  John  A.  Stirling facing  130 

Tablet  to  Members  of  the  Kippendavie  Family  in  Dunblane 

Cathedral 131 

The  Village  of  Kippen facing  136 

Cambusbarron,  Stirling  Castle  in  the  Distance facing  140 

Arms  of  Colquhoun-Stirling  of  Law 152 

Muiravonside  House  from  the  Front facing  158 

Muiravonside  House,  Home  of  John  Stirling facing  166 

Raploch facing  174 

Fairburn  House,  Home  of  Major  William  Stirling facing  184 

Gargunnock facing  188 

The  Hamlet  of  Eastville,  County-seat  of  Northampton  Co.,  Va.    facing  228 

View  of  Lyme,  Conn.,  from  Candle  wood  Ledge facing  255 

Tombstone  of  William  Sterling facing  260 

View  of  the  Older  Portion  of  the  Sterling  City  Cemetery 263 

The  Sterling  City  Cemetery facing  264 

The  Millpond  at  Sterling  City 269 

The  Captain  Daniel  Sterling  House facing  270 

View   West   from    near   the   Captain   Daniel   Sterling  House, 

Sterling  City 272,  273 

The  Captain  Daniel  Sterling  House  from  the  Site  of  the  Old 

Mill 275 

The  Captain  Daniel  Sterling  House  from  the  South facing  276 

Tombstone  of  Captain  Daniel  Sterling 285 

Tombstone  of  Jacob  Sterling 293 

The  John  Sterling  House  from  the  Rear,  built  about  1740  .    .     facing  302 

Foundations  of  the  Old  Mill,  Sterling  City 305 

The  Captain  Samuel  Sterling  House  from  the  Front 327 

The  Captain  Samuel  Sterling  House  from  the  Rear 329 

Home  of  Captain  William  Sterling,  from  the  Front 338 

The  William  Sill  House 339 


ILLUSTRATIONS  xi 


PAGE 


The  Captain  William  Sterling  House  from  the  Re?r 341 

Tombstone  of  Captain  William  Sterling facing  342 

Tne  Sylvanus  Sterling  House 348 

The  Captain  Abijah  Sterling  House 351 

James  Sterling 378 

Mrs.  Ruth'  (Sterling)  Atwell 380 

General  Elisha  Sterling  (from  a  miniature) facing  394 

Judge  Ansel  Sterling facing  400 

Adaline  Wheelock  Sterling 431 

Alphonso  Sterling 454 

Judge  Lord  Sterling      facing  468 

Oliver  Lord  Sterling 479 

David  Sterlin      484 

William  Sterlin 485 

Captain  John  W.  Sterling facing  534 

John  W.  Sterling,  LL.D facing  554 


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IT  has  been  the  effort  of  the  Compiler  of  this  work  to  make  it  a 
general  history  of  the  family  as  well  as  a  genealogical  record 
of  certain  of  its  branches.  In  so  doing  he  has  sought  infor- 
mation from  every  source,  has  consulted  many  hundred  reference 
works  in  the  great  libraries  of  the  country,  has  traveled  through- 
out the  Eastern  States  from  Maine  to  Virginia,  searched  original 
records  in  obscure  places,  employed  professional  assistance  where 
necessary  and  has  aimed  to  leave  no  fragment  of  information  re- 
specting the  early  generations  of  the  Sterling  family  in  America 
undiscovered. 

Besides  following  the  descent  of  its  most  clearly  defined  and 
eminent  lines  he  has  endeavored  to  show  the  distribution  of  the 
family  over  the  Earth,  with  particular  reference  to  America,  and 
has  displayed  all  the  evidence  which  tends  to  corroborate  the  be- 
lief that  nearly  all  if  not  all  those  who  properly  bear  the  name 
Stirling,  Sterling,  or  Starling  to-day  are  descended  from  one 
stock.  He  is  impelled  to  this  conclusion  through  lack  of  evidence 
to  the  contrary  and  from  the  fact  that  in  every  instance  where  the 
effort  has  been  made  to  trace  the  various  existing  lines  to  their 
source  sufficient  foundation  has  been  established  to  warrant  the  as- 
sumption that  there  was  but  one  point  of  origin. 

Of  the  half-hundred  coats-of-arms  granted  the  Stirling-Ster- 
ling-Starling family  the  majority,  thirty-nine  in  fact,  bear  the 
emblem  of  Stirling  of  Cadder,  the  three  buckles  upon  the  shield. 
It  does  not  follow  that  the  remainder,  whose  arms  do  not  present 
the  buckles,  were  of  distinct  origin. 

While  among  the  very  earliest  generations  there  appears  to 
have  been  a  probable  dual  source,  or  possibly  a  third,  the  evidence 
goes  to  demonstrate  that  but  one  line  was  perpetuated. 

The  place  of  origin  of  this  family  was  at  or  in  the  immediate 
vicinity  of  Stirling,  in  Stirlingshire,  Scotland,  and  the  time  —  the 


2  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


beginning  of  the  twelfth  century.  At  this  date  family  names  were 
first  coming  into  use  among  the  Scots.  Prior  to  this,  they  were 
little  known,  men  being  designated  as  of  their  estates  or  as  of  the 
towns  in  which  they  lived,  as  the  sons  of  their  fathers  or  members  of 
their  respective  clans.  It  will  be  seen  that  the  Stirling  race  and 
its  descendants  derive  their  name  from  the  fact  that  the  founder 
was  of  Stirling.  Many  Scotch  family  names  are  compounds  of  a 
christian  name  with  the  prefix  Mac  (meaning  son  of)  or  the  affix, 
son,  as:  MacDonald,  son  of  Donald,  MacGregor,  son  of  Gregor, 
MacPherson,  son  of  Pherson,  etc.,  and  Donaldson,  son  of  Donald, 
Davidson,  Johnson,  et  cetera. 

More  significance  is  often  attached  to  the  varying  use  of  the 
i,  e,  and  a  in  the  spelling  of  the  name,  whether  Stirling,  Sterling, 
or  Starling,  than  is  justified.  The  use  of  these  different  vowels 
has  no  bearing  on  any  theory  of  an  individual  origin  for  each  of 
these  forms.  In  Scotland,  the  name  has  been  spelled  in  every  con- 
ceivable way  during  the  eight  hundred  years  of  its  history ;  at 
present,  however,  and  for  one  hundred  and  fifty  years  or  so,  the  use 
of  the  i  has  been  universal  and  where  found  outside  of  Scotland 
usually  indicates  a  close  relationship  with  the  family  in  that 
country. 

The  e  has  been  used  by  the  Irish  family  throughout  its  exist- 
ence, since  the  Scotch  Covenanters  first  crossed  over  into  Northern 
Ireland,  during  the  first  half  of  the  seventeenth  century.  It  is 
also  the  prevailing  form  adopted  throughout  America  by  the  de- 
scendants of  the  many  emigrations  from  England  and  Ireland  to 
this  country  since  1635. 

The  a  was  in  universal  use  in  the  American  colonies  down  to  the 
beginning  of  the  nineteenth  century,  when  it  was  gradually  super- 
seded by  the  e. 

Two  branches  in  the  United  States  still  retain  this  earlier  form. 
In  England  the  a  has  excluded  the  other  forms  altogether,  save 
where  the  bearer  of  the  name  has  been  closely  related  to  the  Scotch 
or  Irish  families.  It  has  been  claimed  that  Starling  has  an  entirely 
distinct  derivation  than  Stirling  or  Sterling,  taking  its  origin 
from  the  bird  of  that  name,  but  this  is  doubtful.  Where  coats-of- 
arms  have  been  granted  members  of  the  Starling  family  in  Eng- 


INTRODUCTORY 


land,  the  shield  has  borne  the  emblem  of  the  Scotch  family,  —  the 
three  buckles. 

It  will  be  shown  that  most  of  the  family,  at  an  early  date,  used 
this  spelling,  or  a  contraction,  without  the  final  g  and  it  is  sur- 
mised that  it  was  so  because  of  the  broad  Scotch  pronunciation  of 
the  name. 

In  considering  the  origin  of  the  family,  it  is  found  that  the 
authorities  who  have  made  a  study  .  the  subject  have  not  reached 
a  common  verdict  as  to  the  first  known  to  bear  the  name.  William 
Fraser,  in  The  Stirlings  of  Keir  and  Their  Family  Papers,  issued 
in  1858,  differs  from  other  historians  in  claiming,  on  seemingly 
indisputable  authority,  that  Walter  de  Striuelyng  was  the  pro- 
genitor of  the  early  Stirlings,  while  William  Playfair,  in  British 
Family  Antiquity,  London,  1811,  John  Riddell,  in  The  Stirlings 
of  Drumpellier,  Edinburgh,  1860,  and  Joseph  Bain,  in  his  work, 
The  Stirlings  of  Craigbarnet  and  Glorat,  issued  for  Sir  Charles 
E.  F.  Stirling,  Bart.,  in  1883,  all  demonstrate,  on  equally  good 
evidence,  that  Toraldus,  Vicecomes  de  Stirling,  was  the  founder 
of  the  family. 

There  has  been  no  effort  in  this  work  to  undertake  the  probably 
impossible  task  of  harmonizing  these  conflicting  opinions  or  of 
establishing  which  of  the  two  is  the  more  entitled  to  be  admitted. 
Both  are  given  as  they  appear  in  the  works  above  mentioned,  from 
which  all  our  knowledge  of  the  Scotch  family  is  derived.  It  will  be 
found,  however,  that  these  authorities  arrive  at  a  common  ground 
in  the  third  generation,  as  is  shown  in  the  following  table: 

Walter  de  Striuelyng.  1.  Toraldus,  Vicecomes. 

Peter  de  Striuelyng.  2.  Willl\m  "filius  Thoraldi." 

Sir  Alexander  de  Striuelyng.     3.  Alexander. 

John  de  Striuelyng.  4.  Sir  John  de  Strivelyn. 

and  so  following. 

From  the  third  generation  these  diverse  authorities  proceed 
with  practically  no  disagreement  save  over  the  representation  of 
this  ancient  stock,  commonly  denominated  the  "  Ancient  Stirlings 
of   Cadder,"   premier   house   of   Stirling.      This   honor   has   been 


4  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


claimed  for  the  present  houses  of  Keir,  Glorat,  and  Drumpellier, 
and  the  individual  claims  have  been  vigorously  championed  in  the 
three  histories  of  these  lines,  which  were  written  primarily  with  the 
object  of  demonstrating  the  right  of  the  heads  of  these  houses  to 
the  representation  they  claim.  With  this  dispute,  which  has  ex- 
isted for  a  century,  this  work  has  nothing  to  do. 

An  immediate  descent  from  the  house  of  Stirling  of  Keir  and 
through  them,  from  the  Stirlings  of  Cadder,  was  claimed  for 
William  Sterling,  of  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  and  Lyme,  Connect- 
icut, with  whom  and  with  whose  descendants  this  work  is  mainly 
concerned,  William's  descendants  representing  the  largest  body 
of  the  name  in  America. 

This  avowed  connection  was  said  to  have  been  established  by 
Dr.  Alexander  F.  Sterling  of  New  York  City,  who  devoted  con- 
siderable time  to  looking  up  the  family's  history  and  who  traveled 
extensively  throughout  Scotland  and  England  during  the  70's. 
Taking  as  a  basis  the  line  of  descent  given  in  The  Stirlings  of 
Keir,  he  supplied  a  connecting  link  through  English  residence 
with  William  Sterling  of  Haverhill. 

Copies  of  this  document,  called  "  Copy  of  the  Register  of  the 
Stirlings  of  Keir,  on  file  in  the  National  Library  at  Glasgow, 
Scotland;  also  on  file  in  the  Public  Library  at  Boston,  Mass., 
and  the  Astor  Library,  New  York,"  have  been  quite  generally 
circulated  among  some  of  William's  descendants  and  it  has  seem- 
ingly been  accepted  as  being  authoritative  and  as  demonstrating 
the  right  of  adoption  of  the  Keir  coat-of-arms  by  these  descend- 
ants.    This  "Register"  is  given  herewith: 

Walter  de  Streverlying  born  1130. 

Had  three  sons, 

Alexander  de  Streverlying  born  1160. 

Peter  de  Streverlying  born  1165. 

John  de  Streverlying  born  1166. 

Sir  Alexander  de  Streverlying 

Had  eight  sons;  the  eldest 

William. 
Sir  William  de  Stryvelyne,  Knight, 

Had  three  sons;  the  eldest, 

Lukas,  was  the  first  heir  of  Keir,  born  1215. 


INTRODUCTORY 


LUKAS   DE   STRYVELYNE 

Had  six  sons.    Four  were  knighted. 

His  eldest  son 

William.    He  was  heir  of  Keir, 

He  took  the  name  of 

Sir  William  Stirling,  heir  of  Keir. 
Had  five  sons, 

One  of  these,  John,  was  a  Baron. 
His  eldest  son, 
Archibald, 

Sir  Archibald  Stirling,  heir  of  Keir, 
Had  six  sons;  the  eldest, 
Archibald, 
He  was  not  knighted. 

Archibald  Stirling 

Had  eight  sons.    The  eldest, 
John, 

Sir  John  Stirling,  knight  and  heir  of  Keir, 
Had  three  sons.    The  eldest, 
Archibald, 

Sir  Archibald  Stirling 

Had  seven  sons.    The  eldest, 
Andrew, 

Andrew  Stirling 

Was  heir  of  Keir  but  was  not  knighted. 
His  eldest  son, 

William  Stirling 

John  Stirling,  Sir  William's  son  and  heir, 
He  was  not  knighted. 

James  Stirling,  John  Stirling's  eldest  son, 

James  became  a  baron  in 
Had  ten  sons.    The  eldest, 
William, 

William  Stirling.     Became  heir  of  Keir  but 
was  not  knighted.    Had  three  sons;  the 
eldest, 
John, 


born  1240. 
knighted  1281. 


born  1280. 
knighted  1322. 

born  1312. 

born  1312. 

born  1340. 
knighted  1370. 

born  1372. 

born  1408. 


born  1432. 
knighted  1471. 

born  1462. 

born  1486. 
knighted  1509. 
1531. 

born  1533. 


born  1561. 


6  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

John  Stirling 

Had  five  sons.    The  eldest, 

George,  born  1593. 

The  second  son  was  James  born  1599. 

He  left  Keir  and  went  to  Hertfordshire,  England.  He  changed  his  name 
to  Sterling.  (Note:  "James  claimed  that  he  made  the  change  in  his  name 
because  he  was  an  Englishman  and  desired  his  name  to  be  the  same  as  the 
purest  silver  of  his  country,  namely,  Sterling  Silver.") 

James  Sterling 

Had  three  sons.    The  eldest, 

John,  born  1620. 

John  was  knighted  and  came  to  New  Eng- 
land in  1652. 
James  Sterling's  second  son  was 
David,  born  1622, 

in  Hertfordshire,  England. 

David  Sterling 

Came  to  New  England  and  settled  at  Charles- 
town,  Mass.     He  had  several  sons,  one   of 
whom  was 
William,  born  1632. 

"William  Sterling 

Was  born  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  removed  to 
Haverhill,  Mass.,  in  1677,  and  eventually  to 
Lyme,  Conn.,  in  1703.    And  so  on. 


This  document,  of  which  the  Compiler  has  seen  a  number  of 
copies,  is  sadly  inaccurate.  There  is  scarcely  a  statement 
in  it  which  is  in  harmony  with  the  undoubted  historical  truths 
clearly  defined  in  "  The  Stirlings  of  Keir  "  and  the  other  author- 
ities mentioned,  and  it  would  be  entirely  unworthy  of  even 
passing  mention  had  it  not  been  so  generally  distributed  and 
accepted  as  authentic. 

First:  It  may  be  stated  that  while  the  Astor  Library  of  New 
York  contains  a  copy  of  "  The  Stirlings  of  Keir,"  presented  to  it  by 
William  Stirling  of  Keir,  afterward  Sir  William  Stirling-Maxwell, 
Bart.,  of  Keir  and  Pollok,  in  1858,  the  Compiler  has  found  no  copy 
of  the  book  in  the  Boston  Public  Library  and,  so  far  as  he  knows, 
that  in  the  Astor  is  the  only  one  in  America.  The  Boston  Library 
does  possess  a  copy  of  The  Stirlings  of  Drumpellier,  by  John 


INTRODUCTORY 


Riddell  and  in  the  Baltimore  Public  Library  is  a  copy  of  The 
Stirlings  of  Craigbarnet  and  Glorat,  by  Joseph  Bain.  A  copy  of 
this  latter  work  is  owned  by  David  Stirling  Forbes,  of 
Fredericksburg,  Virginia. 

Second :  It  will  be  observed  by  comparing  this  "  Register  '! 
with  the  descent  of  the  Keir  house  as  clearly  shown  in  Mr.  Fraser's 
work,  that  there  is  scarcely  one  statement  which  harmonizes  with 
the  facts.  The  line  of  descent  down  to  1630,  from  Walter,  is 
through:  Peter,  Alexander,  John,  Sir  William,  John,  William, 
Lucas,  Sir  William,  Sir  William,  Sir  John,  Sir  James,  and  Sir 
Archibald,  who  died  May  17,  1630.  It  is  difficult  to  determine  who 
the  John  Stirling  of  Keir,  born  1561,  father  of  the  James  Sterling, 
who  is  stated  to  have  settled  in  Hertfordshire,  England,  could  have 
been.  There  were  Sterlings  in  Hertfordshire  at  the  time  this 
indeterminate  James  is  stated  to  have  gone  there.  They  had  been 
there,  too,  for  over  sixty  years  at  least,  before  James  is  stated  to 
have  been  born. 

These  Hertfordshire  Stirlings  appear  to  have  been  of  Scotch 
origin  and  closely  related  to  the  Keir  family,  as  their  coat-of-arms 
is  identical  with  that  of  the  Stirlings  of  Bankell,  an  estate  belong- 
ing to  Stirling  of  Keir  and  given  a  younger  son  in  1614.  (In  1755 
Alexander  Stirling,  afterward  fourth  Baronet  of  Glorat,  was  mayor 
of  St.  Albans,  Hertfordshire.) 

John  and  David  Sterling  did  come  to  America,  sailing  from 
Gravesend,  the  Port  of  London,  November  8,  1651,  and  arriving  at 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  May  12,  1652.  They  were  Scotch 
prisoners  of  war,  sent  thither  by  Cromwell.  There  has  been  found, 
after  careful  and  exhaustive  research,  no  other  mention  of  John 
and  David  in  America  than  the  record  of  their  landing  at  Charles- 
town.  The  "  Register  "  further  states  that  David  Sterling,  born, 
by  its  own  declaration,  in  1622,  was  the  father  of  William  Sterling 
of  Haverhill,  born  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  in  1632,  when 
David  had,  according  to  its  own  authority,  reached  the  mature 
age  of  ten  years. 

In  dismissing  the  assertions  of  this  "  Register  "  it  may  safely 
be  said  that  its  claims,  as  stated,  are  entirely  without  foundation 
and  utterly  impossible  and  there  is  no  shadow  of  proof  yet  dis- 


8  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


covered  upon  which  a  connection  can  be  made  for  William  Sterling 
with  the  House  of  Keir. 

The  Compiler  fully  believes  that  William  of  Haverhill  and  Lyme 
was  a  descendant  of  the  early  Scotch  family  of  Stirling  or  Strivel- 
ing,  but  in  what  way  may  possibly  never  be  determined.  His  par- 
ents were  probably  obscure  people,  the  product  of  one  or  several 
generations  resident  in  England  not  far  from  London,  in  the 
vicinity  of  which  there  were  at  that  time  a  number  of  colonies 
of  Sterlings  or  Starlings. 

A  family  of  similar  name,  but  assumedly  of  distinct  origin, 
was  the  Danish  Sturling,  some  of  whose  members  were  among 
the  earliest  settlers  of  Iceland. 

There  are  many  Sterlings  in  America,  and  presumably  else- 
where, who  are  not  properly  of  the  name.  Some  are  the  descend- 
ants of  Holland  Dutch  emigrants  whose  names  have  been  cor- 
rupted from  their  original  form  to  that  of  Sterling.  The  first 
of  these  Dutch  settlers,  whose  progeny,  now  bearing  the  name 
"  Sterling,"  are  scattered  throughout  the  United  States,  was 
Nicholas  Ster,  born  in  the  Province  of  Guelderland,  Holland,  in 
1663,  who  came  to  America  in  1696  and  settled  eventually  in  the 
Mohawk  Valley,  State  of  New  York,  where  many  of  his  descend- 
ants of  the  names  of  Sterling,  Staring,  and  Starin  yet  live.  His 
grandson,  Judge  Heinrich  Staring,  an  officer  of  the  Revolution, 
has  a  large  number  of  descendants  throughout  New  York  State 
and  the  West,  all  of  whom  are  of  the  name  of  Sterling. 

There  are  many  Sterlings  in  Eastern  Pennsylvania,  probable 
descendants  of  Hans  George  (Esterle  and  Christoff  (Esterlin,  and 
possibly  others,  who  arrived  in  Pennsylvania,  September  30,  1743, 
on  board  the  ship  Robert  and  Alice,  Hartley  Cussack,  commander, 
from  Rotterdam,  last  from  Cowes.1  Many  of  the  Pennsylvania- 
Dutch  Sterlings  were  soldiers  in  the  Rebellion. 

Descendants  of  the  Hollanders,  now  called  Sterling  or  Star- 
ling, may  possibly  be  found  in  England.  In  support  of  this 
theory  it  may  be  quoted  from  the  records  of  the  Dutch  Church, 
Austin  Friars,  London,  that  on  December  31,  1605,  Jasper  Ster- 

1  Rupp's  Collection  of  Thirty  Thousand  Names  of  Immigrants  in  Penn., 
1876,  pp.  164-5. 


INTRODUCTORY 


lincx  was  married.     This  may  have  been  one  origin  of  an  English- 
Dutch  family. 

Considering  its  antiquity,  the  Stirling-Sterling  family  is  not 
a  large  one  as  compared  with  some  others  of  a  contemporaneous 
origin.  This  fact  is  most  clearly  shown  by  consulting  the  direc- 
tories of  cities  throughout  Great  Britain  and  the  United  States. 
It  will  be  found  that  in  many  the  name  appears  but  once  or  twice, 
if  at  all,  and  seldom  more  than  ten  or  a  dozen  times.  That  other 
families  are  so  much  larger  may  be  due  in  some  measure  to  their 
having  had  several  sources  of  practically  distinct  origin,  while 
the  Stirling-Sterling  family,  as  assumed,  sprang  from  one. 

There  are  few  English-speaking  families  unconnected  with  the 
Royal  houses  of  Scotland  and  England  whose  course  of  descent 
through  so  long  a  period  is  as  clearly  defined  as  that  of  Stirling 
of  Scotland. 

Representatives  of  this  race  are  scattered  throughout  the 
world,  mainly,  of  course,  in  English-speaking  countries:  Great 
Britain,  Ireland,  the  United  States,  Canada,  Australia,  India, 
New  Zealand,  and  South  Africa. 

Many  years  ago  a  member  of  the  Scotch  family  settled  in 
Germany,  where  his  descendants  yet  live.  In  1870  one  of  these, 
still  retaining  the  name  of  Stirling,  was  a  solicitor  at  Strassburg. 
Some  of  the  family  are  resident  in  Spain:  there  is  a  Spanish 
General  Sterling.  The  Secretary  of  the  first  President  of  the 
Republic  of  Cuba  was  Colonel  Ernesto  Fons  Sterling,  a  Spaniard. 
The  Compiler  regrets  that  the  lack  of  financial  support  for 
this  work  has  not  permitted  a  more  exhaustive  research  along 
some  lines.  Undoubtedly  an  examination  of  early  records  through- 
out England  would  throw  considerable  light  upon  the  connection 
of  the  family  there  with  that  of  Scotland  and  in  some  instances 
might  show  conclusively  the  relationship. 

Nothing  has  been  left  undone  to  secure  copies  of  all  the 
records  relative  to  the  earlier  emigrants  to  America,  but  many 
obscure  points  regarding  their  origins  in  Great  Britain  and  in 
Ireland  and  considerable  valuable  data  respecting  some  of  the 
lines  of  their  descendants  could,  without  doubt,  be  established 
by  an  extended  search  of  records  abroad  and  in  some  out-of-the- 
way  places  in  a  half-dozen  Eastern  States. 


10  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


All  possible  care  has  been  taken  to  avoid  errors  of  fact,  but 
undoubtedly  some  appear.  The  Compiler  disclaims  responsibility 
for  all  these,  as  much  of  the  material  herein  shown  has  been 
gathered  through  correspondence,  and  the  personal  equation  of 
some  eight  hundred  correspondents  is  to  be  reckoned  with.  In 
receiving  the  record  of  the  same  family  from  two  or  more  sources 
he  has  often  found  himself  supplied  with  conflicting  statements 
as  to  dates  and  names,  and  where  this  has  occurred  he  has  had 
to  depend  upon  his  judgment,  perhaps  in  error,  in  making  cor- 
rections. And  much  other  data  sent  him  from  single  sources 
only  may  contain  some  inaccuracies  of  which  he  can  have  no 
knowledge. 

Fully  nine  thousand  letters  have  been  written  and  circulars 
sent  out  in  this  endeavor  to  give  to  the  family  a  record  of  its 
history. 

A  genealogy  is  necessarily,  in  great  part,  a  repetition  of  the 
dry  records  of  births,  marriages,  and  deaths,  but  if  the  student 
of  his  ancestry  will  consider  what  a  vast  amount  of  happiness, 
joy,  pathos,  and  sorrow  have  been  associated  with  every  one  of 
these  many  dates  and  how  vital  each  event  was  that  these  dates 
chronicle,  to  one  or  more  of  the  blood,  -and  that  around  such 
commonplace  episodes  cluster  our  dearest  affections,  he  will  find 
that  these  simple  records  contain  all  the  elements  that  appeal 
to  our  highest  natures,  and  an  earnest  consideration  of  the  simple, 
humble  lives  of  our  parents  and  their  forbears  cannot  but  serve 
to  strengthen  our  own  purposes  in  the  paths  of  modesty,  gentle- 
ness, and  duty. 


Albert  M.  Steeling 


DXIJH3T8    M 


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of  tfje  J^ame 

IN  works  relating  to  the  origin  of  family  patronymics  a  dif- 
ferent source  is  given  for  each  of  the  more  common  forms 
of  the  name  of  STIRLING. 

STERLING,  the  form  at  present  employed  chiefly  in  America, 
is  said  to  have  been  derived  from  the  name  of  the  English 
currency. 

STARLING,  the  form  almost  universally  used  by  those  of 
the  English  family,  is  stated  to  have  sprung  from  the  English 
species  of  raven,  the  starling. 

STEARLING,  a  little  known  spelling,  is  fancifully  asserted 
to  have  its  source  in  the  humble  bovine,  the  steer;  how,  is  not 
explained. 

Instead  of  each  of  these  spellings  having  an  individual  source 
and  therefore  denominating  entirely  distinct  families,  there  is  no 
room  for  doubt  but  that  they  are  all  forms  of  the  name  Stirling 
or  Strevelyn,  as  it  was  spelled  in  1147  and  for  several  centuries 
thereafter. 

Sterling,  as  applied  to  English  money  and  used  as  a  synonym 
of  worth  and  character,  is  supposed  to  have  had  its  origin  back 
in  the  very  early  days  of  England,  when  the  trade  of  the  country 
was  in  the  hands  of  a  people  from  the  continent  of  Europe  who 
are  said  to  have  introduced  coined  money  and  the  art  of  refining 
silver  into  England,  thereby  providing  a  currency  of  intrinsic 
value  in  place  of  the  crude  mediums  of  exchange  in  use  prior  to 

their  advent. 

This  people  were  called,  it  is  claimed,  Easterlings,  from  the 
point   of  the  compass  whence  they  came;    hence  this  name  was 


12  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

given  eventually  to  their  coinage  and  through  the  gradual  elimi- 
nation of  the  first  syllable  became  Sterling. 

One  reason  for  scepticism  regarding  this  explanation  is  that 
there  probably  never  was  such  a  people  as  the  Esterlings. 
Whether  Sterling,  used  as  an  adjective,  and  the  name  Stirling, 
etc.,  can  be  traced  to  a  mutual  origin  does  not  definitely  appear. 
That  the  two  were  interchangeable  terms  and  used  variously  in 
reference  to  the  family,  city,  county,  and  the  moneys  of  the 
realm,  is  evident  from  Maitland's  "  History  of  the  House  of 
Seton,"  where  it  is  related  that  King  Robert  the  Bruce  founded 
a  chapel  in  Dumfries  in  honor  of  the  Virgin  Mary,  to  commemo- 
rate the  third  Sir  Chrystell  Seyton,  and  "  gaif  to  the  said  priest 
and  his  successouris  the  soume  of  fyve  punds  streviling  to  be 
ta'en  of  the  barony  of  Carlaverock  for  their  sustentation."  Also 
there  is  recorded  in  the  ancient  statutes  of  Scotland  that  "  King 
Davyd  [1124-1153]  ordaynd  at  the  sterlyng  (or  silver  penny) 
suld  wey  xxxij   corny s  of  gude  and  round  quliete." 

The  advent  of  the  so-called  Easterlings  is  stated  to  have  been 
during  the  reign  of  King  John  of  England  (1199-1216),  yet 
the  word  "  Sterling  "  occurs  in  an  ordinance  of  King  Henr}'  II 
(1154-1189),  dated  1184,  showing  conclusively  enough  that  the 
name,  when  used  in  signifying  the  true  and  genuine,  is  far  more 
ancient  than  the  migration  of  this  people  from  the  East. 

Starling  was  a  common  baptismal  name  in  use  before  the  con- 
quest of  England  by  William  of  Normandy  in  1066,  as  Starlinc 
and  Starlingus  are  found  in  the  "  Doomesday  Book,"  that  ancient 
record  of  the  survey  of  most  of  the  lands  of  England  made  by 
order  of  William  about  1086.  We  find  nothing  to  indicate  that 
the  name  was  ever  taken  as  a  surname  or  has  come  down  to  the 
present  as  such  in  this  or  some  other  form.  It  is  shown,  however, 
that  the  Starlings,  in  part,  if  not  in  entirety,  are  descendants  of 
the  Scotch  family  of  Stirling. 

In  seeking  to  determine  the  origin  of  our  family  name  we 
have  but  to  discover  the  beginning  of  the  name  of  the  Scottish 
town  and  county  of  Stirling,  as  the  former  was  derived  from  the 
latter.  There  are  a  number  of  theories  to  account  for  the  name's 
origin,  but  no  doubt  as  to  the  immediate  locality  of  its  original 


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application.     This  point  was  either  the  rock  upon  which  Stirling 
Castle  stands  or  in  the  very  near  vicinity. 

The  advantage  of  the  rock  upon  which  the  Castle  of  Stirling 
is  situated  was  undoubtedly  recognized  by  the  earliest  inhabitants. 
Naturally,  the  location  would  form  a  center  for  great  gatherings, 
whether  friendly  or  hostile,  and  from  the  frequency  of  the  struggle 
for  possession  of  the  eminence  it  has  been  called  "  Striveling," 
derived  from  the  Norwegian  "  Storr  Leon,"  meaning  great  rock, 
or  the  Rock  of  Strife  —  the  Mons  Dolorum  of  the  early  monastic 
writers.  Such  is  the  generally  accepted  derivation  of  the  name  of 
Stirling,  but  it  is  not  altogether  satisfactorily  accounted  for. 
Sir  Robert  Sibbald  and  other  writers  explain  that  the  strife  alluded 
to  in  "  Striveling  "  is  not  the  warfare  of  men  but  the  striving  of 
the  waters  of  the  rivers  Leith  and  Allan  and  the  Forth,  which 
meet  near  Stirling,  the  ancient  Gaelic  for  which  "  Stribh  Lin," 
signifying  the  strife  of  streams,  may  have  been  originally  given 
to  the  town.  This  derivation  accounts  for  both  parts  of  the 
word,  which  the  other  etymology  fails  to  do.  This  latter  theory 
would  serve  to  make  the  name  much  more  ancient  than  the  former. 

The  name  has  another  explanation  upon  the  theory  of  topo- 
graphical location.  When  the  face  of  the  country  was  changed 
by  the  last  geological  elevation  of  the  land  and  Mr.  Geikie's 
"  Lake  Caledonia  "  rushed  into  the  Firth  of  Forth  and  was  lost 
in  the  German  Ocean,  the  Rock  of  Stirling  was  surrounded  by 
a  marsh  which  in  the  deeper  depressions  formed  little  locks  or 
lakelets.  In  the  name  of  Raploch,  a  village  and  farm  lying  at 
the  foot  of  the  Castle  Rock  to  the  west,  we  have,  perhaps,  a  sur- 
vival of  the  character  of  the  country  at  that  time  just  as  in  the 
beds  of  marine  shells  in  Raploch  quarry  we  have  evidence  of  the 
sea  which  covered  the  plain  at  a  still  more  remote  period.  The 
lands  of  Raploch  or  Roploch  appear  in  the  oldest  records  of 
Scotland,  and  as  Roploch  means  "  the  robber's  loch,"  it  is  not 
improbable  that  at  one  time  the  swamp  near  Stirling  was  in- 
fested by  marauders  from  the  mountains ;  at  any  rate  the  name 
indicates  the  nature  of  the  surroundings  of  the  rock  at  an  early 
date  and  Stirling  is  probably  nothing  more  than  the  rock  in  the 
marsh. 


14  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

The  Castle  Rock  of  Stirling  has  been  the  site  of  fortifications 
since  the  days  of  primeval  man.  When  the  Romans  invaded 
Britain  and  ancient  Caledonia  in  the  days  of  the  Caesars  in  the 
first  centuries  of  the  Christian  era,  they  undoubtedly  appreciated 
the  advantage  of  the  site.  By  and  by  the  position  became  too 
dangerous  for  the  Romans  to  hold,  and  when  they  withdrew  from 
the  island  Stirling  formed  part  of  the  Pictish  province  of  Fort- 
rein  or  Fortreun. 

When  Egfrid,  the  Anglian  King,  overran  the  country  in  681 
and  established  a  bishopric  so  near  as  Abercorn,  on  the  Forth, 
he  would  naturally  occupy  Stirling  when  he  must  have  crossed 
the  Forth,  where  four  years  later  he  burned  Tulach  Almond,  near 
Scone.  After  the  Picts  received  their  liberty  centuries  of  tribal 
wars  followed,  resulting  in  the  formation  under  Kenneth  I  (843) 
of  the  Kingdom  of  Scotland,  which  comprised  the  modern  counties 
of  Perth,  Fife,  Stirling,  and  Dumbarton,  and  the  greater  part  of 
Argyle. 

A  fairly  well  built  fortress  was  constructed  during  the  reign 
of  King  Alexander  I,  who  founded  the  first  chapel  within  its 
walls.  In  the  time  of  William  the  Lion,  who  died  in  1214,  it  was 
one  of  the  five  principal  fortresses  of  the  kingdom.  In  1304 
it  was  strong  enough  to  resist  a  siege  of  three  months.  The 
Castle  has  more  than  once  been  burned  down  and  rebuilt  during 
the  wars  with  the  English,  it  being  near  the  then  border  of  the 
country,  which  was  ravaged  by  contending  armies  for  centuries. 
A  number  of  the  bloodiest  battles  in  Scottish  history  were  fought 
around  this  grim  rock:  those  of  Stirling  in  1297,  Falkirk  in 
1298,  Bannockburn,  June  24,  1314,  and  Sauchieburn,  June  18, 
1488,  being  among  the  number. 


Hoto  tije  J^amejjas  been  ^pelleti 

THE  name  of  Stirling  and  Sterling,  whether  applied  to  the 
family,  the  county,  and  city  in  Scotland,  or  the  currency 
of  Great  Britain,  has  perhaps  been  spelled  in  a  greater 
variety  of  ways  than  any  other  surname  or  proper  name  in  the 
English  language.  Beside  the  eighty-four  instances  of  this  re- 
markable diversity  given  in  the  appended  list,  about  fifty  other 
forms  have  been  collected  from  old  manuscripts  and  printed  rec- 
ords having  reference  to  the  city  and  county  of  Stirling,  making 
a  total  of  about  one  hundred  and  thirty,  and  proceeding  on  the 
liberal  lines  of  the  old  writers  in  ringing  the  changes  upon  vowels 
and  consonants,  we  may  add  a  hundred  to  the  number. 

Orthography  of  the  name  at  different  periods  in  Scotland, 
England,  and  America.  Taken  from  family  papers,  from  old 
charters,  and  public  records.  The  dates  refer  to  the  year  in 
which  the  documents  were  written. 


1.  Strevelyn 1160 

2.  Strivelin 1180 

3.  Strivelyne 1227 

4.  Strjveline 1292 

5    Struvelyne 1338 

6.  Stryvelyne 1339 

7.  Streuyllyn 1357 

8.  Streuylyn 1357 

9.  Striulyn 1382 

10.  Striuelyn 1382 

11.  Stryveline 1407 

12.  Streuelyn 1414 

13.  Strevylling 1420 

14.  Streveline 1421 

15.  Streuyllyng 1492 


16.  Strewynlyng 1422 

17.  Stirling 1433 

18.  Streueling 1434 

19.  Striwylyne 1446 

20.  Strivelyng 1447 

21.  Stryvelyng 1447 

22.  Streueline 1448 

23.  Sterling 1448 

24.  Striueline 1448 

25.  Striuelin 1448 

26.  Striueling 1459 

27.  Stervelyng 1461 

28.  Streueling 1466 

29.  Striuelyng 1472 

30.  Stereling 1477 


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THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


31.  Streling 1477 

32.  Sterulyng 1487 

33.  Striuelyng 1487 

34.  Stirlyng 1487 

35.  Streviling 1488 

36.  Strevelyne 1492 

37.  Streiviling 1488 

38.  Styrling 1493 

39.  Styrlinge 1502 

40.  Strivelynn 1502 

41.  Striuling 1503 

42.  Stryuelyng 1508 

43.  Strevelinge 1516 

44.  Stirtteling 1528 

45.  Strytjeling 1531 

46.  Stirveling 1542 

47  Strivilling 1542 

48.  Strivilyng 1545 

49.  Strevleng 1546 

50.  Stryveling 1554 

51.  Sterveling 1565 

52.  Striveling 1570 

53.  Strivelinge 1588 

54.  Striviling 1606 

55.  Stirvling 1618 

56.  Strilin 1646 

57.  Sterline 1647 


58.  Stirline 1649 

59.  Sterlinge 1652 

60.  Sterlyn 1653 

61.  Starling 1654 

62.  Starlinge 1654 

63.  Stirlinge 1677 

64.  Stirlling      1677 

65.  Strieuling 1507 

66.  Streveling 

67.  Sterlyng 1545 

68.  Starlyng 1572 

69.  Sturlyng 1558 

70.  Steruling 

71.  Stryvelin 

72.  Esterlinge 1660 

73.  Starlingh 1666 

74.  Starllying 1671 

75.  Starlynge 

76.  Starland      1750 

77.  Steeling 1699 

78.  Starting 1692 

79.  Starlin 1700-1780 

80.  Sterlin     ....       1780-1850 

81.  Stearling 1870 

82.  Sturling 

83.  Storling 

84.  esterling 


Stirling  Castle  and  the   Field  ok   Bannockburn    from   the 

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&rms  of  tfje  JFamtlp 

THE  distinguishing  feature  of  nearly  all  the  coats-of-arms 
granted   to   members   of   the   family   is   the   three  buckles 
emblazoned   on   the  shield,  usually   on   a  bend. 
The  origin  of  this  emblem  is  considered  later,  in  the  history 
of  the  Keir  line. 

1  Stirling  of  Cadder.     Ar.,  on  a  bend,  sa.,  three  buckles,  or. 

Crest:  A  swan's  head  and  neck  issuing  out  of  a  ducal 
coronet,  ppr. 

2  Stirling  or  Cadder.     Quarterly:    first  and  fourth,  a  bend 

cheque,  for  Monteith ;  second  and  third,  on  a  bend,  three 
buckles  for  Stirling  of  Cadder.  Crest  (from  the  seal 
of  William  Stirling  of  Cadder,  1292)  :  the  chivalrous 
"  impresa  "  of  a  swan's  head  and  neck,  with  expanded 
wings,  issuing  from  a  coronet,  1382.  The  seal  of  Wil- 
liam Stirling  of  Cadder,  1292,  presents  two  lions  ram- 
pant, supporting  the  shield  in  front  of  a  tree,  an  unusual 
heraldic   arrangement. 

3  Striveline   (Sir  John  of  Moray).      Six  mullets   on   a  field, 

about   1260. 

4  Stirling  of  Glenesk,  county  of  Forfar.     Three  stars,  about 

1350. 

5  Stryvelin  (from  the  seal  of  Sir  John  de  Striveline  of  North- 

umberland). Sa.,  three  covered  cups,  and  semee  of  cross 
crosslets,  fitche,   ar.,   1367. 

6  Strivelin.     Sa.,  three  covered  cups,  between  nine  crosslets, 

fitche,  ar. 

7  Strivelin.      Quarterly,   gu.    and   or. ;    in   the   first,   a   cross 

patonce  of  the  last. 

8  Stryvelin.      (Granted  in   the   reign   of  Edward   III,    1342, 

to  Sir  John  de  Stryveline,  Bart.)  Ar.,  on  a  chief,  gu., 
three  round  buckles,  or.   (also  the  buckles  in  fess). 


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9  Streveling  (Scotland).  Quarterly:  first  and  fourth,  ar., 
on  a  bend,  engrailed,  az.,  three  buckles  of  the  field;  in 
chief,  on  a  scraggy  branch,  couped,  a  starling,  facing 
the  sinister,  ppr. ;  second  and  third,  ar.,  a  saltier  en- 
grailed, sa. ;  in  chief,  a  rose,  gu.  Crest :  First,  a  lion's 
gamb  holding  an  oak  branch,  acorned,  ppr.;  second,  a 
stag's  head  erased,  ppr. 

10  Streveling.    Ar.,  on  a  bend  three  round  buckles,  or.     Crest: 

The  sun  shining  on  the  stump  of  an  oak  tree,  ppr. 

11  Streveling.     Quarterly,  gu.  and  or.,  a  cross,  ar. 

12  Streveling.     Ar.,  on  a  chief,  sa.,  three  round  buckles,  or. 

13  Streveling.      Sa.,   three   covered   cups   between   seven   cross 

crosslets,  ar. 

14  Stirling  of  Keir.     Ar.,  on  a  bend,  sa.   (also  the  bend  az., 

also  vert.),  three  buckles,  or.  Crest:  A  Moor's  (negro's) 
head,  couped,  ppr.     Motto:    Gang  forward. 

15  Stirling  or  Keir  and  Pollok.     Quarterly:   first  and  fourth, 

ar.,  on  a  saltier,  sa.,  an  annulet,  or.,  stoned,  az.  for  Max- 
well; second  and  third,  or.,  on  a  bend,  sa.,  three  buckles, 
or.,  for  Stirling  of  Keir.  Crest:  A  stag's  head,  erased, 
ppr.  Supporters:  Two  apes,  ppr.  ar.  (on  a  seal  of  1400 
are  two  lions).     Motto:    I  am  ready. 

16  Stirling  of  Craigbarnet.    Ar.,  on  a  bend,  engrailed,  az.,  be- 

tween a  rose  in  chief  and  a  boar's  head,  cabossed,  in  base, 
qu.,  three  buckles,  or.  Crest:  A  lady  issuant  from  the 
breast  upward,  ppr.,  robed  and  winged,  or.,  ensigned  on 
the  head  with  a  cross,  ppr. 

17  Stirling  of  Craigbarnet.     Quarterly,  first  and  fourth.    Ar., 

a  saltier  cantoned  with  four  holly  leaves,  slipped,  vert.,  for 
Gartshore;  second  and  third,  Stirling  of  Craigbarnet  as 
above.  Crest:  An  eagle  displ.,  ppr.  Supporters:  Two 
eagles  with  wings  expanded,  ppr.  Motto:  I  renew  my 
age. 

18  Stirling  of  Craigbarnet.    Ar.,  on  a  bend,  az.,  three  buckles 

of  the  field.  Crest:  A  lady  issuant  from  the  breast  up- 
ward, ppr.,  attired  and  winged,  or.,  ensigned  on  the  head 
with  a  cross,  gu. 

19  Stirling  of  Glorat.     Ar.,  a  bend,  engr.,  az.,  charged  with 

three  buckles,  or.,  on  a  chief,  gu.,  a  naked  arm  issuing  out 
of  a  cloud  from  the  sinister  side,  grasping  a  sword  in 
pale,  therewith  guarding  an  imperial  crown  in  the  dexter 
chief  point,  ppr.,  all  within  a  double  tressure,  counter- 
flowered  with  thistles,  vert.     Crest:  A  lion  passant. 


ARMS   OF  THE   FAMILY  19 

20  Stirling  of  Glorat.     Arms.     Same  as  those  of  Craigbarnct. 

Crest :  A  lion  passant.  Supporters :  Two  soldiers  in 
armor  with  plumes.     Motto:    Semper  fidelis. 

21  Stirling.     Confirmed  in  1649  to  Sir  Robert  Stirling,  Kn't., 

Governor  of  the  city  and  county  of  Cork,  Ireland,  fourth 
son  of  William  Stirling  of  Glorat.  Ar.,  on  a  bend,  engr., 
az.,  three  buckles,  or.,  and  for  augmentation,  on  a  canton, 
gu.,  a  sword  in  pale,  supporting  on  the  point  a  crown,  all 
ppr.,  between  a  thistle  and  a  harp  in  the  third.  Crest: 
Out  of  a  ducal  coronet,  or.,  an  armed  arm  holding  in  the 
hand  a  sword,  the  point  supporting  a  crown  of  laurel,  all 
ppr.     Motto:    Gang  through. 

22  Stirling,  Cadet  of  Glorat,  1672.    Or.,  on  a  bend,  engr.,  be- 

tween a  rose  in  chief  and  a  martlet  in  base,  gu.,  three 
buckles  of  the  field. 

23  Stirling  of  Herbertshire,  1672.     Ar.,  on  a  bend,  engr., 

az.,  between  two  roses,  one  in  chief  and  the  other  in  base, 
gu.,  three  buckles,  or.  Crest:  A  Moor's  head,  couped, 
ppr.     Motto :    Gang  forward. 

24  Stirling    of    Dundee,    1672.      Or.,    on    a   bend,    az.,    three 

buckles  of  the  first ;  in  chief  a  columbine  flower,  slipped, 
ppr.  Crest :  A  ship  under  sail,  ppr.  Motto :  Faventibus 
auris. 

25  Stirling,  George  of  Edinburgh,  chirurgeon,   1672.     Ar., 

on  a  bend,  engr.,  az.,  between  a  rose  in  chief,  gu.,  and  a 
trapan  (a  chirurgical  instrument)  in  base,  ppr.,  three 
buckles,  or.  Crest:  A  dexter  hand,  pointing  a  lancet, 
ppr.     Motto:    By  wounding  I  cure. 

26  Stirling  of  Ardoch,  1666.    Ar.,  on  a  bend,  engr.,  az.,  three 

buckles,  or.,  quartered  with  a  cross,  engr.,  az. 

27  Stirling  of  Law,  County  Dumbarton.     Ar.,   on  a  bend, 

engr.,  az.,  three  buckles,  or.,  in  chief  an  oak  tree,  slipped, 
vert.,  thereon  a  raven,  ppr.     Motto:   Hie  fides  et  robur. 

28  Stirling   of   Bankell.      Ar.,   on   a   bend,   engr.,   az.,   three 

buckles,  or.,  in  chief  a  lion's  head,  erased,  gu.  Crest :  A 
lion  passant,  ppr.  Motto :  Fides  servata  secundat. 
(This  coat  and  crest  are  identical  with  those  of  the 
Sterlings  of  Hertfordshire,  Eng.,  No.  45.) 

29  Stirling  of  Achoyle.     Ar.,  on  a  bend,  engr.,  az.,  between 

a  rose  in  chief,  gu.,  and  an  annulet  in  base,  of  the  last, 
three  buckles,  or.     Crest:    A  Moor's  head,  couped,  sa. 

30  Stirling  of  Old  Montrose.     Ar.,  on  a  bend,  engr.,  az.,  be- 

tween a  Moor's  head,  couped,  sa.,  banded,  or.  and  a  garb 


20  THE    STERLING    GENEALOGY 


in  base,  of  the  second,  three  buckles  of  the  fourth. 
Crest:  A  demi  Moor  issuing  from  the  wreath,  at  his 
back  a  sheaf  of  arrows,  his  dexter  arm  stretched  out 
holding  in   fess,   an  arrow,   all  ppr. 

31  Stirling.     Ar.,   on   a  bend,   sa.,   three  buckles   of  the  field, 

tongues  in  chief.  Crest :  A  buck's  head,  az.  attired,  or. 
out  of  a  ducal  coronet  of  the  last.  Supporters:  Two 
bulls,  ppr.,  armed  and  maned,  sa.,  collared  and  chained, 
or. 

32  Stirling  of  Drumpellier.    Ar.,  on  a  bend,  engr.,  az.,  three 

buckles,  or.,  between  two  cinquefoils,  gu. ;  a  bordure,  vert. 
Crest:   Out  of  a  ducal  coronet,  or.,  a  stag's  head,  ppr. 

33  Stirling  of  Drumpellier.    Ar.,  on  a  bend,  sa.,  three  buckles, 

or.  Crest:  Issuing  out  of  a  ducal  coronet  a  hart's 
head,  az.  Supporters:  Two  Caledonian  bulls,  ppr., 
gorged  and  chained,  or.  Mottoes:  Gang  forward  and 
Castrumet  nemus  Strevileuse. 

34  Stirling  of  Mansfield,  County  Ayr.    Ar.,  a  fess  chequy,  az., 

and  of  the  field,  between  a  lion  rampart,  gu.,  and  a  Moor's 
head,  couped,  ppr.,  in  chief,  a  garb  of  the  second  in  base ; 
over  all  a  bend,  engr.  also  of  the  second,  charged  with 
three  buckles,  or.  Crest:  A  demi  Moor,  on  his  back  a 
sheaf  of  arrows,  his  dexter  arm  stretched  out  holding  an 
arrow  in  fess,  all  ppr.  Supporters:  Two  Moors,  girt 
around  the  loins  with  belts  of  feathers,  each  having  a 
fillet  wreathed,  ar.  and  az.  around  his  head.,  a  quiver  of 
arrows  at  his  back,  a  sword  at  his  side,  sandals  on  his 
feet  and  resting  with  his  exterior  hand  on  bow,  all  ppr. 
Motto :   Forward. 

35  Stirling  of  Larbert.    Same  as  the  above  without  supporters. 

36  Stirling   of   Duchray.      Quarterly:    first   and   fourth,    ar., 

on  a  bend,  engr.,  az.,  between  two  roses,  gu.,  three  buckles, 
or. ;  second,  or.,  in  fess,  a  broken  wall,  az.,  masoned, 
sa. ;  in  base  a  rose,  gu.,  on  a  chief,  engr.  of  the  third, 
three  escallops,  or. ;  in  the  collar  point  a  crescent  of  the 
fourth,  for  diff. ;  third,  ar.,  a  saltier,  engr.,  az.  on  a  chief 
of  the  last,  three  mullets  of  the  field.  Crest:  An  eagle 
displayed,  holding  in  the  dexter  claw  a  sword  and  in  the 
sinister  a  pistol,  ppr.  Supporters :  Two  lions,  ar.,  im- 
perially crowned,  or.     Motto   (over)  :  For  right. 

37  Graham-Stirling     of     Duchray.       Quarterly:      first     and 

fourth,  ar.,  on  a  bend,  engr.,  az.,  between  two  roses,  gu., 
three  buckles,  or. ;    second,  on  a  broken  wall,  az.,  between 


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ARMS   OF   THE   FAMILY  21 

a  crescent  in  the  collar  point  and  in  base  a  rose,  gu.,  on  a 
chief,  engr.,  sa.,  three  escallops  of  the  field;  third,  ar., 
a  saltier,  engr.,  az.,  on  a  chief  of  the  last,  three  mullets  of 
the  field.  Crest:  An  eagle  displayed,  holding  in  the 
dexter  claw  a  sword  and  in  the  sinister,  a  pistol,  ppr. 
Supporters :  Two  lions,  ar.,  imperially  crowned,  or. 
Mottoes    (over)  :  For  right. 

38  Stirling  of  Kippendavie  and  Kippenross.     Ar.,  on  a  bend, 

sa.,  three  buckles  of  the  first,  in  chief  a  crescent  of  the 
second.  Crest:  A  Negro's  head,  issuant.  Motto:  Gang 
forward. 

39  Stirling  of  Faskine.     Ar.,  on  a  bend,  engr.,  az.,  between  two 

roses,  gu.,  seeded,  or.,  barbed,  vert.,  three  buckles  of  the 
fourth,  all  within  a  bordure  of  the  fifth.  Crest:  A  dex- 
ter armed  arm  issuing  out  of  a  ducal  coronet,  grasping 
a  dagger,  in  fess,  all  ppr.,  the  last  hilted  and  pom- 
melled, or.  Supporters :  Two  hinds  purpure  semee  of 
estoiles,  ar.,  ducally  gored,  or.  Motto:  Gang  forward, 
below  the  arms :    Noctesque  diesque  proesto. 

40  Sterling,  Sir  Robert,  Kn't,  1661.     Ar.,  on  a  bend,  engr., 

az.,  three  round  buckles,  or.,  on  a  sinister  canton,  gu.,  a 
sword  erect  in  pale,  the  point  pierced  through  a  mural 
crown  between,  on  the  dexter  a  thistle  and  on  the  sin- 
ister a  harp,  all  of  the  third. 

41  Sterling.     Az.,  a  cross  flory,  between  four  estoiles,  or. 

42  Sterling.     Az.,  a  cross  pattee  between  four  estoiles,  or. 

.43    Sterling.      Az.,    two    bars    general   ar.,    on    a   chief   of    the 
second ;    three  lozenges,  gu. 

44  Sterling    (County    Suffolk,    Eng.).      Az.,    a    cross    formee 

between  four  estoiles,  or. 

45  Sterling    (Hertfordshire,   Eng.).      On    a   bend,    engr.,    az., 

three  round  buckles,  or.,  in  chief,  a  lion's  head,  erased, 
gu.     Crest:    A  lion  passant,  ppr. 

46  Sterling  (Ireland).     Az.,  a  cross  between  four  mullets,  or. 

Crest:    On  the  point  of  a  sword,  erect,  ppr.,  a  manche, 
gu. 

47  Sterling    (Sir    Samuel,    Lord    Mayor    of    London,    1670). 

Granted  to  Samuel  Sterling  of  Stoppesley,  in  the  Parish 
of  Stoppesley,  Bedfordshire,  Sept.  15,  1661.  Ar.,  on  a 
bend,  az.,  three  square  buckles,  or. 

48  Starling.      Ar.,    on    a   bend,    az.,    three   round   buckles,   or. 

Crest:   A  lion's  head,  ppr.,  collared,  az. 

49  Sterlyn.     Ar.,  on  a  chief,  sa.,  three  buckles,  or. 


22  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


50  Sternling.     Ar.,  on  a  chief,  sa.,  three  buckles,  or. 

51  Sterlaxd.       Ar.,   a  fess   chequy,   ar.   and  az.,  in   chief,  two 

bells  of  the  last. 

52  Stripling.     Granted  to  George  Stripling  of  London,  May  4, 

1663.     Ar.,  two  bars  gemelles,  gu.,  on  a  chief  of  the 
second,  three  round  buckles,  or. 

The  first  thirty-nine  coats-of-arms  given  in  this  list  were 
granted  to  members  of  the  Scotch  family ;  the  remainder  be- 
longed to  the  English  branch  with  the  one  exception  noted.  The 
last,  Stripling,  may  be  of  Stirling  descent,  the  only  reason  for  so 
thinking,  however,  being  the  similarity  in  name  and  the  fact  that 
their  arms  bear  the  three  buckles. 


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Bridge  over  the  Forth,  Stirling,  ox  the  Road  to  Kkir. 

Built  about  1400 

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Stirling*    %\)t  1$oim  of  Stirling  of 

Iftctr,  ^unblancj  ^erti)sil)tre 

SOME  early  genealogical  writers  have  supposed  that  Henry 
de  Strevelin,  youngest  son  of  David,  Earl  of  Huntington, 
the  brother  of  King  William  the  Lion  (a  Scotch  king  who 
died  in  1214)  was  the  progenitor  of  the  Stirling  family  of  Scot- 
land.    One  of  the  earliest  writers  on  the  subject,  John  Fairbain, 
author  of  the  "  History  of  the  Drummonds,"  winch  was  written 

1  This  history  of  Stirling  of  Keir  and  of  a  number  of  other  houses  of  the  family  of 
Stirling  in  Scotland  are  taken  mainly  from  William  Eraser's  "The  Stirlings  of  Keir  and 
their  family  papers,"  the  principal  authority  upon  the  family,  and  whose  work  is  here 
given  entire,  and  is  practically  a  reprint. 

This  work  was  undertaken  and  issued  at  the  instance  of  William  Stirling  of  Keir, 


24  THE   STERLING    GENEALOGY 


in  1656,  says  the  third  and  fourth  sons  of  Earl  David  were 
Henry  of  Brechin  and  Henry  of  Stirling,  so  called  from  their 
birthplaces,  and  proceeds :  "  The  youngest  son  of  Earl  David 
was  Henry  of  Stirling,  the  stock  of  that  ancient  baron,  the  Laird 
of  Keir  and  the  rest  of  that  tribe.  He  had  of  his  father  in 
patrimony,  Longfordoun  and  many  other  lands  in  Angus,  Mernes, 
and  other  places.  There  came  of  him  one  or  two  who  were 
chancellors  in  the  civil  state  and  diverse  of  the  clergy,  who  were 
men  of  great  activities." 

This  theory  of  the  origin  of  the  Stirling  family  was,  however, 
proven  to  be  erroneous,  as  there  were  others  of  the  name  in 
Scotland  prior  to  the  date  of  Henry  of  Stirling's  birth.  His 
father,  Earl  David,  was  born  in  1144.  The  earliest  of  the  name, 
according  to  William  Fraser,  was 

I  WALTER  DE  STRIUELYNG,  born  about  1100.  He  is 
mentioned  in  a  charter  granted  by  King  David  I  of  Scotland,  to 
Nicolas,  his  clerk,  of  twenty  shillings  out  of  the  lands  of  Hedin- 
hame  or  Edname  in  Teviotdale,  held  of  the  King  by  Peter  de 
Striuelyng,  son  of  Walter.  This  charter  is  not  dated,  but  was 
probably  granted  about  the  year  1150.  Walter  de  Strivelyng  is 
one  of  the  witnesses  to  a  charter  of  confirmation  by  Henry,  Prince 

afterward,  Sir  William  Stirling-Maxwell,  Bart.,  of  Keir  and  Pollok,  and  comprises  a 
volume  of  six  hundred  and  ninety-two  pages.  Less  than  two  hundred  pages  are  devoted 
to  a  consideration  of  the  actual  historical  record,  two  hundred  and  seventy-six  contain- 
ing copies  of  early  charters,  the  oldest  dated  12G0,  of  which  there  are  two  hundred  and 
thirty-one.  Following  are  sixty-seven  pages  devoted  to  one  hundred  and  three  letters 
of  the  Keir  Stir  lings  and  others,  the  earliest  under  date  of  1550;  a  list  of  sixty-eight 
paintings,  drawings,  and  busts  at  Keir  and  Cadder  of  members  of  the  family  since 
1570;  also  reproductions  of  some  of  these,  with  illustrations  of  twenty-seven  seals, 
some  crude  pictures  of  Keir  and  Kenmure  houses,  Lecropt  Churchyard,  etc. 

The  Prefatory  Note  of  this  work  reads : 

"This  volume  is  printed  in  order  to  secure  the  preservation  of  the  Documents  and 
other  Memorials  which  it  contains.  The  impression,  which  is  private,  consists  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  copies.  It  is  intended  for  presentation  to  members  of  the  family  of 
which  the  book  treats,  to  a  few  friends,  curious  in  local  history,  and  to  some  of  our 

national  libraries. 

"William  Stirling. 
"  Keir,  September  6,  1858." 

This  work  is  a  very  rare  one  and  it  is  practically  impossible  to  obtain  a  copy  of 
it.  The  Compiler  has  advertised  to  that  end  in  Great  Britain  for  six  years  without 
success. 

The  copy  in  the  Astor  Library,  New  York,  the  only  copy  in  America,  so  far  as 
known,  is  No.  120. 


THE   STIRLINGS   OF   SCOTLAND  25 


of  Scotland,  son  of  David  I,  to  the  church  of  Kelso,  of  the  grant 
of  the  church  of  Sprouston,  by  John,  Bishop  of  Glasgow.  This 
confirmation  was  made  at  Roxburgh,  on  the  Kalends  of  July,  with- 
out the  year  being  stated,  but  it  must  have  been  previous  to 
June  12,  1152,  when  Prince  Henry  died.  Walter  de  Striuelyng 
died  about  1160.     He  had  two  sons: 

II     1   Peter  de  Striuelyng,  his  heir. 

2  John  de  Striuelyng,  who  adopted  the  surname  of  Lamb- 
dene,  from  the  lands  of  that  name  in  Teviotdale, 
which  he  inherited  from  his  father.  This  appears  from 
a  charter  granted  by  Johannes  de  Lambdene,  filius 
Waited  de  Striueling,  to  the  church  of  Kelso,  of  a 
fort,  and  croft,  and  eight  acres,  in  the  village  of 
Lambdene,  circa,  1160.  (A  branch  of  the  Stirlings 
continued  to  be  connected  with  Roxburghshire  till  the 
reign  of  David  II,  who  granted  to  Alexander  Striu- 
elyng a  discharge  of  the  castle  wards  fourth  of  his 
lands  in  Roxburghshire.) 

II     PETER   DE    STRIUELYNG   OF    CAMBUSBARRON 

(1150-1180).  Malcolm  IV,  King  of  Scotland,  granted  to  the 
church  of  Dryburgh,  in  pure  and  perpetual  alms,  two  merks 
yearly  in  Edinhame  "  Quas  Nicolas  clericus  meus  habuit  in 
terra  Petri."  (The  christian  name,  Peter,  continued  to  be  used 
by  the  Angus  branch  of  the  Stirlings.) 

In  a  charter  by  Hugh  de  Fraser,  Lord  of  Kynnell,  to  William 
de  Camera,  Lord  of  Ruchnawrys,  Peter  de  Strevelyne,  cousin  of 
Hugh  Fraser,  is  a  witness.  There  was  another  charter  by  Hugh 
FVaser,  Lord  of  Lovatt  and  Kynnell,  to  Peter  de  Strivelyne  and 
John,  his  eldest  son,  whom  failing,  to  Hugh,  his  second  son  of  the 
lands  of  Easter  Breky,  in  the  barony  of  Kynnell  and  shire  of 
Forfar,  dated  March  30,  1407,  "  filii  Valteri  de  Strevelyn,"  circa, 
1160. 

William  the  Lion  confirmed  an  excambion  between  the  church 
of  Dumfermline  and  the  King's  chaplains  at  Stirling,  of  certain 
lands  there  which  are  described  as  lying  near  the  lands  of  Cam- 
busbarron  belonging  to  Peter  de  Strivelin.  The  marches  were 
perambulated  by  Richard  de  Moreville,  the  constable,  Peter  de 
Striveline,  and  others.     (The  village  of  Cambusbarron  is  situated 


26  THE   STERLING    GENEALOGY 


about  a  mile  south  of  the  town  of  Stirling.)  This  charter  is  not 
dated,  but  it  must  have  been  granted  before  the  year  1189,  in 
which  the  constable  died.  As  Peter,  the  son  of  Walter,  was  pro- 
prietor of  the  lands  of  Cambusbarron  in  Stirlingshire,  in  addition 
to  the  lands  of  Edinhame  in  Teviotdale,  it  is  probable  that  he 
had  inherited  the  former  as  well  as  the  latter  from  his  father. 
Peter  de  Striuelyng  had  two  sons: 

III     1  Alexander,  his  heir. 

2  Thomas  de  Striuelyng,  who  was  Archdeacon  of  Glasgow, 
Lord  Chancellor  of  Scotland,  etc.  This  Thomas  ap- 
pears frequently  as  a  witness  in  charters  of  King 
Alexander  II.  Among  other  instances,  a  charter 
granted  by  that  King  to  the  Hospital  of  Soltre, 
dated  at  Stirling  on  the  last  day  of  September,  and 
the  eleventh  year  of  his  reign  (1225),  is  attested 
by  "  Thoma  de  Striuelyng,  Archidiacono  Glasgueusi, 
Gilberto  de  Striuelyng,  Alexandro  filio  Patricio  de 
Striuelyng." 

Another  charter  by  the  same  King,  dated  at  Edin- 
burgh, September  13,  in  the  fourteenth  year  of  the 
King's  reign  (1227),  is  witnessed  by  "Thoma  de 
Striuelyne,  Archidiacono  de  Glasgow."  An  account 
of  Thomas  Stirling  is  given  in  Craufurd's  lives  of  the 
Officers  of  State.  He  says  that  Thomas  was  a  younger 
brother  of  Alexander  "  and  devoting  himself  to  the 
services  of  the  church,  he  entered  into  order;  was 
first  one  of  the  Clerici  Regis  and  after  that  was  made 
Archdeacon  of  Glasgow  and  Rector  of  Morebattle, 
anno,  1222.  At  length,  King  Alexander  II,  to  whom 
the  Archdeacon's  parts  and  integrity  were  well 
known,  promoted  him  to  the  Chancellor's  place  upon 
the  removal  of  the  Archdeacon  of  St.  Andrews  in  1226 
and  he  held  the  office  until  he  died,  which  quickly 
thereafter  ensued,  anno  1227." 

Ill  SIR  ALEXANDER  DE  STRIUELING  OF  CADDER, 
SHERIFF  OF  STRIUELYNG  (1180-1215).  From  a  charter 
by  King  Alexander  II,  dated  at  Stirling,  Sept.  30,  1225,  above 
quoted,  it  appears  that  Alexander,  son  of  Peter  de  Striuelyng, 
was  a  witness  along  with  Thomas  de  Striuelyng,  Archdeacon  of 
Glasgow,  his   supposed  brother  and  Gilbert  de   Striuelyng,   who 


THE   STIRLINGS   OF   SCOTLAND  27 

may  have  been  a  brother  or  other  relative  of  Alexander  and 
Thomas.  Alexander  witnessed  numerous  other  charters  by  Wil- 
liam the  Lion  and  Alexander  II.  About  the  year  1180  the  lands 
of  "  Cader  "  and  others  were  given  to  the  Bishop  of  Glasgow  by 
William  the  Lion  for  the  safety  of  his  soul.  Soon  afterwards  the 
bishop  appears  to  have  feud  out  the  lands  of  Cadder  to  Sir 
Alexander  de  Striuelyng,  whose  descendants  have  continued  to 
hold  them  for  centuries  under  the  Bishops  of  Glasgow  and  their 
successors. 

Sir  Alexander  de  Striuelyng  endowed  a  chaplainry  at  the  alter 
of  St.  Serran  which  he  had  founded  in  the  Cathedral  church  of 
Glasgow,  with  three  merks  annually  "  de  molendino  meo  de  Cader." 
The  charter  of  endowment  is  not  dated,  but  the  first  witness  named 
in  it  is  "  H.  de  Mortuomari,"  dean  of  Glasgow,  who  also  wit- 
nessed another  grant  in  1221,  and  the  grant  by  Sir  Alexander 
may  therefore  be  held  to  have  been  about  that  date.  It  is  cer- 
tainly before  1232,  as  it  was  confirmed  by  Walter,  Bishop  of 
Glasgow,  who  died  in  that  year. 

In  a  charter  by  William,  son  of  Patrick,  Earl  of  Dunbar,  to 
the  church  of  Kelso,  dated  1241,  the  first  witness  is  "  Domino 
Alexandro  de  Striuelin,  tunc,  constabulario  de  Rokesburg,"  an 
office  which  was  then  of  great  trust  and  importance,  as  the  castle 
or  Roxburgh  was  one  of  the  chief  border  strongholds.  (The  name 
"  Cadder  "  has  had  many  different  spellings,  —  "  Cader,  Cadar, 
Cadare,  Cawder,  Calder,"  etc.  The  spelling  usually  found  on 
maps  is  Cadder.  The  pronunciation  which  obtains  in  the  district 
is  as  though  it  were  spelled  "  Cawder.") 

Sir  Alexander  de  Striuelying  appears  to  have  been  succeeded 
in  his  office  of  Sheriff  of  Stirlingshire  by  his  son 

IV  JOHN  DE  STRIUELING  OF  OCHILTREE  (1211- 
1270).  Under  the  designation  of  the  Sheriff  of  Stirling,  he  wit- 
nessed a  charter  of  Alexander  II,  dated  at  Kirktune,  September 
12,  in  the  twenty-eighth  year  of  the  King's  reign   (1211). 

John  de  Strivilen  confirmed  to  the  hospital  of  Soltre  a  toft 
and  a  croft  in  his  manor  of  Ochiltree,  with  common  pasture  for 
four  cows,  twelve  ewes,  with  their  lambs  of  one  year  old,  and  also 


28  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


one  thrave  of  corn  from  every  carrucate  of  his  lands  and  of  his 
men,  wherever  they  might  be  on  the  southern  side  of  the  Forth. 
To  that  grant  Galfred  prepositus  de  Ochiltree  was  a  witness. 
John  is  presumed  to  have  had  three  sons: 

V  1  Alexander  Striveling  of  Cadder,  from  whom  de- 
scended Janet  Stirling,  heiress  of  Cadder,  who  was  mar- 
ried to  her  kinsman,  Sir  James  Stirling  of  Keir,  as  will 
afterwards  be  seen. 
2  Sir  John  of  Carse  and  Alva,  Knight,  and  William  de  Snivel- 
ing, his  brother,  are  witnesses  in  a  charter  by  William 
de  Kymmonde,  without  date,  but  probably  about  the 
year  1290.  Sir  John  was  present  at  the  pleadings  be- 
tween Bruce  and  Baliol  for  the  Scotch  crown  in  1292, 
and  there,  with  the  rest,  gave  his  homage  to  Edward  of 
England  as  Sovereign  and  Lord  paramount.1  Craw- 
ford, in  his  remarks  on  the  Ragman  Roll  2  (which  was 
subscribed  by  John  de  Striueling),  says  that  he  "  is  the 

1  Upon  the  death  of  King  Alexander  III  of  Scotland  in  1285  and  the  death  shortly 
after  of  his  granddaughter  Margaret  of  Norway,  then  only  eight  years  old,  Scotland 
was  left  without  an  heir  to  the  throne.  In  1292,  Robert  Bruce,  Lord  of  Annandale, 
a  grandson,  and  John  Bahol,  Lord  of  Galloway,  a  great-grandson  of  King  William 
the  Lion's  brother,  David,  Earl  of  Huntington,  met  in  the  Castle  of  Berwick  to  urge 
their  respective  claims  to  the  Crown.  The  important  Scottish  lords  and  gentlemen 
were  summoned  to  act  as  arbitrators  at  this  meeting.  Both  Bruce  and  Bahol  had 
recognized  King  Edward  of  England  as  Lord  Superior  and  he  acted  as  umpire  between 
the  two,  deciding  in  favor  of  Bahol.  Edward  then  provoked  Bahol  into  resistance  to 
his  authority,  whereupon  he  sent  an  army  and  fleet  to  conquer  the  Scots  and  add  their 
country  to  his  domain.  After  the  defeat  of  the  Scots  at  the  Siege  of  Berwick  and  the 
Battle  of  Dunbar,  when  the  flower  of  Scottish  nobility  was  either  slain  or  captured, 
Bahol  resigned  the  Crown  into  Edward's  hands,  1296. 

The  fealty  to  Edward  lasted  but  little  more  than  a  year,  for  the  Scots  arose  under 
the  leadership  of  William  Wallace,  drove  the  English  out  of  their  strongholds  and 
at  the  Battle  of  Stirling,  Sept  11, 1297,  annihilated  half  the  English  Army  of  fifty  thou- 
sand men  sent  against  them.  Wallace,  through  the  lack  of  support  of  the  Scottish 
Nobility,  was  defeated  at  Falkirk,  July  22,  1298,  eventually  captured,  and  conveyed 
to  London  in  1305  and  murdered.  Robert  the  Bruce,  grandson  of  Bruce,  who  contested 
the  throne  with  Bahol,  was  crowned  King  of  Scotland  at  Scone  in  1306. 

2  "The  Ragman's  Roll"  was  a  list  of  the  nobility  and  gentry  of  Scotland  who 
were  compelled  to  acknowledge  the  sovereignty  of  Edward  I  of  England  and  was 
subscribed  to  in  1292  and  1296.  It  was  signed  by  the  following  members  of  the  Stir- 
ling family:  Adam  de  Strivelin,  Berwick;  John  de  Strivehn,  Berwick;  John  de 
Striuelin  de  Cars  (the  above) ;  Master  John  de  Stirling  de  Moravia,  chevalier;  Alex- 
ander de  Stirling,  Lanarkshire;  Andrew  de  Stirling,  burgois  de  Ennerpethin;  Master 
Henry  de  Stirling,  Stirlingshire ;  Henry  de  Stirling,  persone  del  Eglise  de  Upsetelyng- 
ton,  Berwickshire ;  Master  John  de  Stirling,  chevalier,  and  William  de  Stirling,  Wig- 
tonshire.     (The  Scotch-Irish,  Chas.  A.  Hanna,  1902.) 


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ancestor  of  the  Stirlings  of  Alva  and  Carse  of  the  same 
family  with  the  Stirlings  of  Cadder."  The  seal  of 
arms  of  John,  as  appended  to  the  Ragman  Roll,  is  still 
preserved  and  the  shield  bears  on  a  chief,  three  buckles. 
This  is  the  earliest  extant  seal  of  the  family. 

Sir  John  de  Striueling  was  sheriff  and  forester  of 
Clackmannan  and  lord  of  the  Carse  of  Stirling  and  Al- 
veth  and  the  superiority  of  Ochiltree  in  the  shire  of  Lin- 
lithgow. He  died  before  the  year  1357  and  his  offices 
and  estates  were  inherited  by  his  only  daughter,  Mar  j  ory 
Striueling.  She  married  John  de  Monteith,  a  younger 
son  of  Monteith  of  Ruskie,  and  resigned  her  offices  and 
estates  in  the  hands  of  Robert,  Steward  of  Scotland, 
who  infeft  John  Monteith,  the  husband  of  Marjory, 
in  the  same.  David  II,  by  charter  dated  January  25, 
in  the  twenty-eighth  year  of  his  reign  (1357),  restored 
Marjory  and  John  to  her  offices  and  estates,  to  be 
held  by  them  and  the  heirs  of  their  marriage,  whom 
failing,  the  lawful  heirs  of  Marjory,  in  the  same  way 
as  John  de  Strevylyn,  her  father,  held  the  same. 
King  Robert  II  confirmed  a  resignation  made  at  Scone, 
in  the  Parliament  held  there  on  October  22,  1382,  by 
Marjory  Stirling,  daughter  and  heiress  of  the  late 
John  de  Stirling,  to  William  Monteith,  her  son  and 
heir  and  Elisabeth,  his  spouse,  of  the  said  offices 
and  estates  and  also  the  tenantries  of  Ochiltree  and 
Pardovane,  in  the  barony  of  West  Kerse,  reserving  the 
life  rent  of  Marjory. 

On  account  of  this  alliance,  the  Monteiths  of  Carse 
always  carried  the  three  buckles  of  the  Stirlings,  quar- 
tered with  the  Monteith  arms. 
V  3  Sir  William  de  Striveling,  Knight,  from  whom  descended 
Sir  James  Stirling  of  Keir,  who  married  Janet  Stir- 
ling, descendant  of  his  (Sir  William's)  brother,  Alex- 
ander, above  and  thus  united  the  two  houses  of  Cad- 
der and  Keir,  as  will  appear. 


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VHIR  ALEXANDER  DE  STRIUELING  OF  CADDER, 
^^  KNIGHT  (1272-1300).  Alexander  subscribed  the 
Ragman's  Roll  in  1292  under  the  designation  "  del 
conte  de  Lanark."  Crawford,  in  his  remarks  on  that  roll,  says 
that  "this  Alexander,"  from  vouchers  which  cannot  be  called  in 
question,  is  head  of  the  family  of  Stirlings  of  Cadder,  near  Glas- 
gow.    Alexander's  eldest  son  was 

VI  JOHN  DE  STRIVELING  (1300-1333).  In  1272,  Sir 
Alexander  de  Striveling  granted  a  charter  of  the  church  lands 
of  Alveth  to  Saint  Servan  of  Alveth,  which  is  witnessed  by 
"  Johanne  filio  meo  primogenito."  John  was  killed  and  his  cousin, 
also  named  John  de  Striuelin,  was  taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of 
Halidon  Hill,  July  19,  1333,  when  10,000  Scots  were  killed. 

VII  SIR  JOHN  OF  STRIVELYNE  OF  CADDER  AND 
REGORTON,  KNIGHT  (1333-1408).  He  is  presumed  to  have 
been  the  son  of  John,  who  was  slain  at  Halidon  Hill.  He  in- 
herited the  lands  of  Cadder  which  had  belonged  to  his  great- 
great-grandfather,  Sir  Alexander,  the  sheriff,  and  also  the  lands 
of  Regorton,  in  Perthshire.  Sir  John  died  in  the  year  1408  and 
was  succeeded  in  the  lands  of  Cadder  and  Regorton  by  his  son 

VIII  WILLIAM  OF  STRIVELYNE  OF  CADDER  AND 
REGORTON  (1408-1432).  He  obtained  from  Matthew,  Bishop 
of  Glasgow,  with  the  consent  of  the  chapter,  a  charter  of  the 
lands  of  Cadder,  which  is  not  dated  but  must  have  been  about 
the  end  of  the  year  1408.  William  of  Strevylling,  Lord  of  Cader, 
is  a  witness  to  a  charter  of  the  lands  of  Ballynconach  and  others, 
by  Duncan,  Earl  of  the  Levenax  (Lennox),  to  his  "  laffwell  sone 
Donald  of  the  Levenax,"  dated  July  22,  1421. 


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THE   C ADDER   LINE  31 

On  April  29,  1432,  William  of  Strivelyne  was  served  heir  of 
Sir  John  of  Strivelyn,  Knight,  his  father,  in  the  lands  of  Regorton, 
in  the  shire  of  Perth,  which  were  held  in  the  ward  of  Walte  de 
Haliburton  and  had  been  twenty-four  years  in  non-entry,  since  the 
death  of  Sir  John,  i.  e.,  since  1408. 

William  of  Strivelyne  of  Cawder  acquired  on  August  3,  1422, 
the  lands  of  Gallisholme,  lying  in  the  west  part  of  Galliston  and 
shire  of  Ayr,  in  wadset,  from  George  Cambell,  Laird  of  the  west 
part  of  Galliston,  to  be  redeemable  on  payment  of  twenty  merks. 
In  1431,  William  Stureling  of  Cadder  was  one  of  the  hostages  for 
payment  of  the  ransom  of  King  James  I,  from  the  King  of 
England.  He  died  between  April  29,  1432,  and  June  23,  1434, 
and  was  succeeded  by  his  son 

IX  SIR  WILLIAM  STRIVELING  OF  CADDER  AND 
REGORTON  (1432-1487).  It  appears  from  an  instrument  of 
sasine,  dated  June  23,  1434,  that  he  was  infeft  in  the  lands  of 
Cadder  as  heir  of  his  father. 

On  Jan.  21,  1442,  a  decree  of  the  Lords  of  Council  was  ob- 
tained at  the  instance  of  William  of  Strivelyne,  Larde  of  Cadare, 
against  Gilbert  of  Striveling,  concerning  the  lands  of  Kirkmichael 
Strivelyne,  lying  above  Leven,  within  the  shire  of  Dumbarton, 
whereby  it  was  found  that  these  lands  belonged  to  William,  and 
Gilbert  was  ordained  to  remove  therefrom  and  to  pay  the  mail 
yearly  to  William  from  the  time  he  took  sasine  thereof.1 

1  Decree  at  the  instance  of  William  of  Striuelyne,  Laird  of  Cadar,  against  Gilbert 
of  Striuelyn,  Jan.  21,  1442. 

James  and  James  be  the  grace  of  God  Byschopis  of  Santandrowis  and  Dunkeldyn, 
Patrik  Lorde  the  Grahame  and  George  of  Setoun  Lorde  of  that  Ilk,  knychtis.  Til  al 
and  svndrv  to  quhais  knawlagis  thir  oure  lettris  sal  cum,  Gretvng.  Sen  meidfull  and 
merytabill  thyng  is  to  bere  wytnes  to  the  suthfastnes,  tharfor  it  is  that  we  bere  wytness 
that  in  the  caus  of  debate  and  controuersy  moved  betwene  Wilzane  of  Striuelyne  Larde 
of  Cadar  on  the  ta  part  and  Gilbert  of  Striuelyne  on  the  tother  part,  vpoun  the  the 
lands  of  Kyrkmychael  Striuelyn,  with  the  pertynence,  lvandis  abovyn  Levyn,  wythin 
the  Schiredome  of  Dumbertane;  In  have  the  said  Wilzane  had  gert  somounde  the 
said  Gilbert,  be  the  Kyngis  letteris  patent  vender  his  sipnet,  to  comnere  befor  our 
Souerane  lorde  the  Kyng  and  his  cousale  and  the  party  had  to  say  til  hvm,  for  the 
wrangwyse  occupacioun  of  the  said  lands;  at  the  qululk  tyme  the  said  Gilbert  eom- 
peryt  as  he  was  somonde  as  defendoure  and  the  said  Wilzame  comperyt  as  foloware. 

And  thare  the  resouis  and  abavmentis  of  bath  the  forsaid  partyes  herde  and  sadly 
depestvt,  wyth  diligent  commiownyng,  examinacioum  and  rype  avysement:  we, 
wyth  the  remanande  of  lordis  of  counsale  vnder-wryttyn,  decretyt  and  ordanyt  that 
the  said  landis  of  Kvrk  mychael  Striuelyne  wyth  the  pertynence  sulde  remayne  wyth 
the  said  Wilzam  as  his  fee  and  his  herytage ;  because  we  faude  hym  possessoure  of 
tharin  lachfull  and  nocht  the  said  Gilbert.    Alswa  we  decretyt,  that  because  at  the 


32  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Sir  William  Strivelyne  died  May  6,  1487.     He  had  five  sons: 

X      1  William  Striveling,  his  successor. 

2  Humphrey  Striveling,  who  was  procurator  for  his  father 

in  a  requisition  concerning  the  lands  of  Easter  Cadder, 
dated  at  Stirling,  May  10,  1472. 

3  Robert  Striveling    )  procurators  for  their  eldest  brother, 

4  Andrew  Striveling  5  William  of  Cadder,  on  Jan.  7,  1492. 

5  William  Striveling,  2d  son  of  the  name.     He  and  Andrew 

are  called  sons  of  Sir  William  in  the  instrument  of 
sasine  in  favor  of  his  eldest  son  William,  as  his  heir  in 
Cadder,  dated  May  31,  1487. 

X  WILLIAM  STRIVELING  OF  CADDER  (1487-1505). 
William  Stervelyng,  son  and  heir  apparent  of  the  Lord  of 
Cader,  witnessed  a  charter  by  Sir  Alexander  Montgomeri  of 
Ardrossane,  Knight,  dated  Jan.  13,  1461.  The  jury  find  that 
the  lands  had  been  in  non-entry  through  the  death  of  Sir  William 
for  three  weeks  and  three  days.  He  was  infeft  in  Cadder,  May  31, 
1487,  by  virtue  of  a  precept  by  the  Vicar-General  of  Robert, 
Bishop  of  Glasgow,  who  was  then  abroad.  William  Striveling  was 
also  infeft  in  the  lands  of  Kirkmichael  Stirlyng,  on  Dec.  31,  1487, 
and  was  served  heir  to  his  father  in  the  lands  of  Letter,  in  the 
earldom  of  Lennox  and  shire  of  Stirling,  on  May  29,  1487. 

On  Jan.  7,  1492,  William  Strevelyne  of  Cadder  granted  a 
procuratory  to  Robert  and  Andrew  Strevelyne,  his  brothers,  for 

said  Gilbert  had  wrangwysly  occupyit  the  said  landis,  that  he  sulde  incontynen 
remufe  and  devoyde  the  said  landis  zerly  to  the  said  Wilzame  fra  the  tyme  that  the 
said  Wilzame  tuke  state  and  seysvng  of  the  said  landis  to  the  day  of  the  makyng  of 
their  present  letteris.  Thir  ar  the  lordis  that  war  in  cumpany  wyth  vs  vpoun  the  said 
decrete,  that  is  to  say,  Johne  of  Dischyngtoun  lorde  of  Ardross,  procurature  for  oure 
souerane  lady  the  quene,  Mayster  Thomas  of  Luynderne,  procurature  for  the  Erie 
of  Auguse,  Schir  Wilzane,  Lorde  of  Borthwike,  Schir  Robert  of  Levyngstoun.  Lord 
of  Drumry,  Schir  Alexander  Ramsay,  Lorde  of  Dalwolsy,  Alexander  of  Strathachyn, 
procurature  for  the  Lorde  of  Kethe,  Schir  Dauid  of  Dunbar,  Lorde  of  Cokburne,  Schir 
Colyne  Cambel,  Schir  Davy  of  Murrefe,  Lorde  of  Tulybardyn,  Johne  of  the  Sandy- 
landis,  Lorde  of  Caldor,  Malcolme  of  Drummonde,  Lorde  of  the  Stobhall,  James 
Levyngstoun,  capytane  of  Striuelyne,  Wilzame  of  Levyngstoun  of  Balcastale,  Mayster 
Johne  of  Baylistoun,  persoun  of  Douglas,  secretare  to  the  Kyng  and  Robert  of  Ches- 
holme.  In  wytwess  of  the  quhilk  thyng  to  their  present  letteris  we  the  saidis  James 
and  James,  Byschopis,  Patrik  and  George,  Knychtis,  has  hungm  oure  seelis  at  Striuelyn 
the  XXI  day  of  the  moneth  J  an  ware,  the  zere  of  God  a  M.  four  hundreth  fourty  and 
twa  zere. 

This  is  the  twentieth  of  the  two  hundred  and  thirty-one  charters  preserved  at  Keir 
House.  The  earliest  is  under  date  of  1260  and  like  the  succeeding  nineteen  is  in 
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resigning  his  lands  of  Kirkmichael  and  Blarnaru,  in  the  lands  of 
the  superior,  in  favor  of  William  Strevelyn,  his  son  and  heir  ap- 
parent, and  Elizabeth  Buchanan,  his  wife. 

There  is  still  appended  to  this  procuratory  the  seal  of  the 
grantor,  which  bears  on  a  bend  engrailed,  three  buckles.  The 
crest  is  a  swan's  head  issuing  out  of  a  coronet,  being  the  same  as 
the  original  crest  of  the  Earls  of  Crawford.  David,  the  fifth 
Earl,  who  was  created  Duke  of  Montrose  in  1488,  carried  the 
same  crest  on  his  ducal  seal.  It  might  be  thought  that  as  the 
Keir  family  carried  the  plain  bend  and  those  of  Cadder  the  bend 
engrailed,  the  latter  were  cadets  of  the  former.  But  the  mere 
fact  of  engrailing  a  bend  does  not  invariably  establish  cadency. 
Nesbit  says :  "  Those  principal  families  who  have  any  of  these 
lines  of  partition  in  their  arms,  their  cadets,  in  my  humble  opinion, 
besides  making  them  crooked  by  putting  them  under  accidental 
forms,  engrailed,  invecked,  waved,  etc.,  should  give  also  some  other 
additional  figure  or  some  eminent  alteration  —  for  these  accidental 
forms  alone  do  neither  show  the  degrees  of  birth,  nor  time  when 
cadets  descended  of  principal  houses  and  are  not  so  serviceable 
as  the  minute  differences."  Sir  David  Lindsay's  heraldic  work, 
which  was  written  in  the  middle  of  the  sixteenth  century,  gives  the 
arms  of  Stirling  of  Keir  with  the  bend  engrailed  and  those  of 
Cadder  with  the  bend  plain.  Nisbet  mentions  that  in  the  House 
of  Falahill  their  Keir  arms,  with  the  bend  engrailed,  were  illumi- 
nated with  those  of  many  others  of  the  barons  of  Scotland  in  the 
year  1604. 

With  such  variation  in  the  use  of  engrailing  the  bend,  both 
by  the  Cadder  and  Keir  families,  little  weight  can  be  attached 
to  it  as  an  heraldic  test  of  cadency. 

On  Dec.  27,  1505,  William  of  Strevelyne,  Laird  of  Cadder, 
granted  a  precept  for  giving  possession  to  William  of  Hamilton, 
in  Kincaryll,  of  the  lands  of  Craigbrey,  in  the  barony  of  Berna- 
bogall  and  shire  of  Linlithgow,  in  the  terms  of  an  assignation 
of  life  rent  granted  by  the  said  William  of  Strevelyne.  One  of 
the  witnesses  to  this  precept  is  Mr.  John  Strevelyn,  curate  of 
Cadder. 

William  Strevelyne  died  Feb.  11,  1505.     He  had  one  son: 


34  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


XI  WILLIAM  STRIVELING  OF  CADDER  (1505-1517). 
On  March  23,  1505,  he  was  served  heir  of  his  father,  the  deceased 
William  Striueling  of  Cadder,  who  died  about  forty  days  before. 
He  also  obtained  a  precept,  dated  April  28,  1506,  from  Sir  Wil- 
liam Monteith  of  West  Kerse,  Knight,  for  infefting  him  as  heir 
of  his  said  father  in  the  lands  of  Ochiltree  in  the  barony  of  West 
Kerse. 

William  Stureling  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Walter 
Buchanan  of  that  family.  He  died  before  April  25,  1517,  and 
was  succeeded  by  his  son. 

XII  ANDREW  STRIVELING  OF  CADDER  (1517- 
1522).  On  April  25,  1517,  he  obtained  a  precept  of  clare  con- 
stat from  the  said  Sir  William  Monteith  for  infefting  him  as  heir 
of  his  father  in  the  lands  of  Ochiltree.  He  married  Marjory 
Cunynghame,  who  survived  her  husband  and  died  shortly  before 
Feb.  16,  1524.  Andrew  Stirling  died  before  Sept.  15,  1522,  leav- 
ing an  only  daughter 

XIII  JANET  STRIVELING,  HEIRESS  OF  CADDER. 

She  succeeded  her  father,  Andrew,  in  1552,  in  the  estate  of  Cadder. 
In  1534  or  1535  she  was  married  to  her  kinsman  James  Striveling 
of  Keir,  and  afterwards  conveyed  the  estate  of  Cadder  to  him 
and  his  heirs,  as  will  be  more  particularly  noticed  when  tracing 
the  Keir  line. 


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V  £1IR  WILLIAM  DE    STRIVELING,   KNIGHT    (1270- 

/^  1295).  Third  son  of  John  de  Striueling  of  Ochiltree. 
He  witnesed  a  charter  by  William  Gourlay  to  the  Abbey 
of  Melrose  in  the  year  1293,  and  with  Sir  John  de  Striveling,  his 
brother,  he  witnessed  a  charter  by  William  de  Kinmonde  to  the 
Abbey  of  Cambuskenneth.  Sir  James  Balfour,  in  his  Blazons,  says 
that  in  the  year  1292  "  Sir  William  Stirling,  parted  per  fesse, 
sable  and  or,  three  buckles  of  the  last  on  the  first." 

Several  seals  belonging  to  persons  of  the  name  of  Stirling 
are  appended  to  the  Deeds  of  Homage,  commonly  called  the  Rag- 
man Rolls,  which  were  exacted  by  Edward  I  of  England  from  the 
Scottish  Barons  in  1292  and  1296,  and  are  preserved  in  the 
Chapter  House,  Westminster. 

Willelmus  de  Strevelin  has  a  shield  of  arms,  on  a  chief,  three 
buckles,  supported  by  two  lions.  Jehan  de  Striveline,  chevalier, 
bears  the  same  coat  as  already  shown. 

Johannes  de  Stirvelyn  bears  six  mullets.  He  was  Sir  John 
Striveline  of  Moray,  chief  of  the  family  of  Strivelings  which 
settled  in  Moray.  Alexander  de  Striveling  acquired  lands  there 
before  1234,  by  marriage  with  a  daughter  of  Ereskin  de  Kerdale, 
a  near  relative  of  the  great  family  of  Moravia,  and  Sir  John  was 
probably  the  son  of  that  marriage.  The  mullets  borne  by  him  were 
the  arms  of  the  Moray  family,  and  either  through  the  inter- 
marriage of  his  father,  or  from  his  being  a  vassal  of  that  family, 
he  had  assumed  the  mullets  as  arms  of  alliance  or  dependence. 

The  origin  of  the  buckles,  which  have  for  so  long  a  period 
been  the  chief  Stirling  arms,  has  not  been  ascertained.  Buckles, 
clasps,  and  rings  in  heraldry  "  represent  power  and  authority  in 
the  bearers,  as  also  an  acknowledgment  of  a  dependence  of  sov- 


36  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

ereign  powers:  for  such  things  were  old  ordinary  gifts  of  supe- 
riors, as  badges  of  fidelity  and  firmness."      (Nisbet,  I.  1401.) 

Bunkle,  of  that  family,  whose  origin  was  in  Berwickshire,  car- 
ried on  a  bend,  three  buckles.  Through  intermarriage,  the  Darn- 
ley  or  Lennox  Stewarts  quartered  three  buckles  with  their  own 
arms.  It  is  possible  that  one  of  the  early  Stirlings  who  settled  in 
the  border  counties  may  have  intermarried  with  the  Bunkles  and 
thus  acquired  the  buckles  in  the  same  manner  as  the  Stewarts. 

The  buckles  are  the  well-known  badge  of  the  Leslie  family, 
and  though  the  Stirlings  acquired  Keir  from  them,  it  is  certain 
that  they  did  not  then  assume  the  buckles,  for  it  can  be  shown 
that  they  carried  them  for  two  centuries  at  least  before  their 
acquisition  of  Keir. 

It  is  worthy  of  notice  that  the  ancient  family  of  Calder  car- 
ried buckles,  and  the  present  Earl  of  Cawdor,  as  representing 
them,  quarters  the  buckles  with  his  own  Campbell  coat.  It  is  pos- 
sible that  Cadder  in  Lanarkshire  may  have  belonged  to  a  family 
of  that  name  before  it  was  granted  by  William  the  Lion  to  the 
Bishop  of  Glasgow,  and  that  Alexander  Striveling,  on  his  ac- 
quiring the  estates  or  through  intermarriage  with  the  family, 
may  have  adopted  the  buckles. 

Sir  William  Striveling  is  presumed  to  have  been  the  father  of 

VI  JOHN  DE  STRIUELYNE  OF  RATHORAN  IN 
LORN1    (1295-1339).     John  de  Strivelyne  is  presumed  to  have 

1  A  conspicuous  Stirling  of  this  period  was  Sir  John  de  Strivelyn  of  North- 
umberland. This  eminent  personage  has  received  a  good  deal  of  notice  in  different 
books,  —  in  the  Stirlings  of  Keir,  in  Riddell's  Comments  on  Keir,  —  in  Dugdale's 
Baronage,  and  in  Nisbet's  Heraldry.  There  are  also  accounts  of  him  and  his  alli- 
ances and  his  Durham  and  Northumberland  possessions,  in  Sourtee's  Durham  and  in 
Hodgson's  Northumberland. 

It  is  unnecessary  to  refer  in  detail  to  all  these  different  accounts,  except  to  remark 
that  in  none  of  them  is  his  true  origin  (as  yet  unknown)  given  and  that  all  these  authors 
except  Surtees,  have  treated  him  as  one  instead  of  two  different  persons.  While,  seeing 
that  his  career  extended  over  a  period  of  at  least  forty-three  or  forty-four  years,  from 
1335  to  1378,  at  the  earlier  of  which  dates  he  must  have  been  a  man  in  the 
full  vigor  of  life,  the  term  is  too  prolonged.  Nor  is  it  at  all  likely  that  the  Sir  John 
Strivelyn  summoned  to  Parliament  in  16  Edward  III  (1343)  is  the  same  Sir  John 
who,  after  a  lapse  of  twenty-one  years,  was  again  summoned  as  a  baron  from  37  to  44 
Edward  III. 

Mr.  Bain  in  his  Stirlings  of  Craigbarnet  bestows  considerable  notice  upon  this 
matter.     He  ventures  to  think  that  Surtees  is  correct  in  his  conclusion  that  the  Sir 


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been  taken  prisoner  at  Halidon  Hill  on  July  19,  1333,  when  his 
cousin  of  the  same  name  was  slain.  John  de  Strivelyne  married 
Mary,  the  aunt  of  John  of  Argyll,  Lord  of  Lorn,  from  Dugal, 

John  Strivelyn  summoned  to  Parliament  in  1343  and  the  Sir  John  from  1364  to  1371, 
were  father  and  son.  Mr.  Bain  was  fortunate  enough  to  throw  a  little  more  light  on 
the  interesting  subject  of  the  armorial  bearings  of  the  son  at  least.  Mr.  Riddell, 
from  seeing  the  chief  and  buckles  of  the  Stirlings  of  Carse  emblazoned  on  a  copy  of 
Dugdale's  Baronage  in  Caius  College,  Cambridge,  concluded  that  the  Northumbrian 
knight  was  of  that  family. 

Nisbet  (or  rather  George  Crawfurd,  his  continuator)  confused  the  English  knight 
with  the  contemporary  head  of  the  Stirlings  of  Carse.  Riddell  also  regretted  that  his 
arms,  said  to  be  exhibited  on  Belsay  Castle,  the  seat  of  the  Middleton  family,  whose 
ancestor  married  his  heiress,  were  not  given  by  Hodgson.  This  author  does  give  them, 
however,  at  the  first  reference  above,  but  this  was  a  chance  discovery  of  Mr.  Bain ; 
for  the  division  of  the  History  of  Northumberland  into  parts  makes  search  in  it  diffi- 
cult. But  some  years  ago  Mr.  Bain  discovered  independently  among  the  Exchequer 
Miscellanea  in  His  Majesties  Public  Record  Office,  a  bond  granted  to  Edward  III  by 
William  Heroun  and  John  de  Strivelyn,  Knights,  for  five  hundred  marks,  dated  at 
Wirkworth  in  Northumberland,  on  the  Feast  of  the  Assumption  of  the  Blessed  Mary 
(Aug.  15),  40  Edward  III  (1367),  which  clears  up  this  point.  The  seals  of  both  are 
still  entire.  That  of  Sir  John  bears  three  covered  cups  on  a  field  semee  of  cross  crosslets. 
The  crest,  on  a  helmet  affrontee  betokening  his  knightly  rank,  is  a  covered  cup  between 
two  horns;  the  legend  is  "S'  Joh'  is  de  Strevelyn."  This  is  quite  different  from  any 
Scottish  shield  of  the  name  and  affords  a  tolerable  conclusive  proof  that  however 
eminent  the  father  and  son  may  have  been  in  the  Scottish  wars,  they  were  indigenous 
Northumbrians,  unconnected  by  blood  with  the  Scottish  Strivelyns. 

Other  Scottish  nobles  who  sided  with  England  did  not  on  that  account  adopt  new 
armorial  bearings  and  it  would  have  been  a  singular  instance  if  the  Strivelyns,  father 
and  son,  had  been  of  Scottish  origin  that  they  should  have  done  so.  The  father  may 
have  acquired  the  surname  otherwise,  as  it  appears  to  have  not  been  uncommon  on 
the  Borders  at  an  early  period.  (There  is  also  among  the  petitions  to  Edward  I  one 
by  Walter,  dean  of  Elgin,  on  behalf  of  his  cousin  John  de  Strivelyn,  who  was  born  in 
Berwick  and  a  minor  in  1296  and  whose  father  died  about  1292,  praying  a  grant  of 
his  heritage,  in  which  his  father  and  grandfather  died  seised.  —  Stevenson's  Illustra- 
tions, Vol.  II,  p.  450.)  It  is  scarcely  fair  that  Sir  John,  senior,  should  be  called  a 
traitor  on  account  of  his  surname,  while  the  Unfravilles,  Balliols,  Cumyns,  and  others 
became  Englishmen  and  Scotchmen  by  turns  without  any  such  stigma  on  their  names. 
The  present  knightly  owners  of  Belsay  Castle  may  therefore,  it  is  thought,  entertain 
a  just  pride  in  the  fame  of  these  two  distinguished  ancestors,  it  being  unsullied  by  1 1  it- 
groundless  charge  of  having  taken  part  against  their  supposed  countrymen.  Even  had 
they  been  Scots,  it  would  have  been  absurd  to  single  out  those  who  only  changed  sides 
once  and  ever  after  held  with  the  King  of  England;  but  as  they  were  in  all  probability 
English  Borderers,  the  accusation  vanishes  into  air. 

Burke's  Extinct  Peerages  makes  this  reference  to  Baron  Stryvelin.  Sir  John 
de  Stryvelin  was  in  the  garrison  of  Edinburgh  Castle  and  in  the  10th  of  the  same 
monarch  (King  Edward  III  of  England,  1327-'77),  he  was  constituted  one  <>t  the 
commissioners  with  the  bishop  of  Durham,  Ralph,  Lord  Nevill  and  others,  to  treat  oi 
peace  with  the  Scots.  He  was  summoned  to  Parliament  as  a  baron  from  Feb.  25,  1342, 
to  Jan.  8,  1371,  and  he  was  in  the  famous  expedition  made  into  Franc-  m  1847.  Lord 
Stryveline  died  without  issue  Aug.  15,  1378,  whereupon  the  barony  became  extinct 
On  this  failure  of  issue  of  Sir  John  Stryvelyn,  Baron  Stryvelin,  certain  fends  thai  he 
died  possessed  of  descended  to  Sir  John  Middleton  and  Christian  de  Stryvelin,  Ins 


38  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

the  son  of  Somerled  of  Argyle  and  the  Isles.  John  of  Lorn 
granted  to  Mary,  his  aunt,  the  wife  of  John  de  Strevelyn,  the 
lands  of  Rathoran  and  others  in  Lorn,  to  be  held  of  the  grantor 

wife,  but  the  relationship  of  Christian  to  Sir  John  is  not  known.  Certain  it  is  she 
was  not  his  daughter  and  consequently  she  could  not  succeed  to  the  barony. 

Playfair  in  his  British  Family  Antiquity  says:  "John  de  Strivelin,  an  officer  of 
the  King  of  England,  who  having  under  hirn  Michael  and  David  de  Weemyss,  Michael 
de  Arnst  and  Richard  de  Melville,  with  many  other  Scots  of  the  English  party,  blockaded 
the  Castle  of  Lochleven,  in  the  time  of  Lent,  which  was  held  by  Sir  Alan  Wypout  for 
David  II  (of  Scotland).  He  passionately  vowed  never  to  desist  from  his  enterprise 
until  he  had  overthrown  the  castle  and  put  the  garrison  to  the  sword;  yet  he  raised 
the  siege  and  retired  with  the  imputation  of  pe-jury,  says  Fordun,  as  if  the  offence 
had  consisted,  not  in  swearing  rashly,  but  in  failing  to  accomplish  what  was  imprac- 
tible."    (P.  452,  Part  I,  Vol.  VII.)  * 

Androw  of  Wyntoun  in  his  "Cronykil"  thus  relates  at  length  the  story  of  the  siege 
of  Lochleven  Castle,  built  by  Congal,  son  of  Dongart,  King  of  the  Picts,  upon  an  island 
in  the  Lock,  this  being  the  earliest  historical  account  of  the  fortress. 

A  thowsand  and  three  hundyr  yhere 
Fyve  and  theretty  to  tha  clere 
Fra  lychtare  wes  the  swete  Vyrgyne, 
A  knycht  Schyre  Jhon  cald  off  Stryvelyne, 
That  in  fewte  was  that  day 
At  the  Kyng  of  Inglandis  fay, 
Wyth  a  welle  gret  multytud 
Off  manlyk  men  bathe  stowt  and  gude 
Sum  that  ware  cleue  Inglis  men, 
Sum  Scottis  Inglis  sworne  then ; 
Mychale  off  Arnot  wes  ane  off  tha, 
Mychale  and  Dawy  off  Wemys  alsua, 
Rycharde  alswa  the  Malewyll, 
And  mony  othir  in  to  that  qwhyle, 
That  to  the  Kyng  of  Ingland 
Off  fewte  sworne  (had)  made  the  band, 
For  till  assege  togyddyr  ewyn 
Thai  past  to  the  Castell  off  Lochlewyn. 
Fra  the  Myde-lentryn  that  yhere  thare 
In  that  assege  thai  bydd  and  ware. 
And  as  thai  spyid  all  abowt 
That  castell,  thai  cowth  nane  wyth-owt 
A  place  to  ly  in  (fynd)  so  plesand 
Na  to  thare  purpos  swa  gaynand, 
As  was  the  kyrkyharde  off  Kynros: 
For  —  thi  thare  —  in  on  set  purpos 
Thai  lugyd  thame,  there  for  to  be 
Byddand  (thar)  oportwnunyte 
Offtyme,  as  thare  hart  was  set 
That  ilke  castell  for  to  get. 
Thare  —  in  thai  made  a  fortalyce 
Till  hald  and  trete  thare  jupardyce. 
Set  thai  war  cald  Crystyne  men, 
All  Crystyne  dedis  thai  dyde  noucht  then 
In  till  that  halowyd  place  to  ly 
Thare  Kyngis  castell  till  aspy, 
To  thare  fays  capytale 
To  wyn  off  were  than  that  castale. 


THE    KEIR   LINE  39 


for  payment  of  a  pair  of  spurs.  This  charter  is  dated  at  Perth 
on  the  Nativity  of  St.  Mary,  1338,  and  it  was  perhaps  granted 
to  the  lady  on  the  occasion  of  her  marriage. 

Captane  off  that  castell  than 
Wes  Alane  Wypwnd,  a  gud  man, 
And  Jakkis  Lamby;  cytezane  he 
Was  off  Saynctandrewys  the  cyte: 
Thir  twa  kepyd  the  castelle, 
And  stwffyde  it,  and  defendyde  welle. 
Fra  off  Mydlentryne  the  Sownday 
The  ost,  that  in  (the)  kyrkyharde  lay, 
Enbuschementis  and  sere  assawtis  made 
The  tyme  that  thai  thare  abade. 
And  fra  Saynct  Jhongstown  in  that  qwhille, 
That  wes  fra  thame  bot  ten  myle, 
Offt  renewyd  thai  war  wyth  men 
For  till  assayle  that  castell  then. 

Before  the  castelle  thus  thai  lay 
Till  Saynt  Margret  the  Qwenys  day. 
That  day  Schyr  Jhon  the  Stryvelyne 
Past  wyth  hys  court  till  Dwnfermlyne, 
And  all  the  gentlys,  that  wyth  hym  ware. 
And  in  the  tyme,  that  thai  war  thare, 
And  stwff,  that  wes  off  the  castelle 
Full  wyttyng  gat,  and  herd  rycht  welle, 
That  wyth  Schyre  Jhon  off  Stryvelyne 
Thare  fays  past  to  Dwnfermlyne: 
Thai  yschyd  owt,  and  swne  tuk  land. 
The  Inglis  men,  that  war  byddand 
Behynd  to  kepe  the  fortalys, 
Fra  thai  saw,  on  gwhat  kyn  wys 
The  castelanys  the  land  had  tane, 
Thai  mellayd  wyth  thaim  in  bargane, 
Quhare  men  war  slayne  on  ilke  syde, 
And  mony  wowndyt  that  ilke  tyde. 
Quhen  thai  thus  had  fowchtyn  fast, 
The  castelanys  wan  at  the  last 
The  fortalys,  and  tuk  the  men, 

And  all  that  thai  fand  wyth  thaim  then. 

Wyttale  gud,  and  all  ryches, 

That  to  thare  lykyn  plesand  wes, 

Thai  gert  in  to  thare  battis  lay, 

And  chassyd  thare  innymyis  away. 

Behynd  thaim  thai  lefft  no  thyng, 

That  thare  battis  away  mycht  bryng: 

Alblastrys,  and  bowys  off  vyse, 

And  all  thyng,  that  mycht  mak  serwyse, 

Or  helpe  thame  in  to  pres  off  were, 

All  thai  gert  thaire  battis  here 

To  the  castelle.     Qwhen  that  wes  dwyne, 

Word  come  till  Dwnfermlyne  swne 

Till  Schyre  Jhon  oil'  Stryvelyne, 

Than  (fra)  Kynros  (till)  Dwnfermlyne: 

Than  wes  he  ncrrare  wod  thane  wrathe, 

And  swore  mony  ane  awjull  athe, 

That  he  suld  nevyre  rest,  na  blyne, 

Quhill  he  suld  that  castell  wyn ; 

Na  fra  that  sege  he  suld  noucht  ga, 


40  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

In  the  following  year,  1339,  John  de  Strivelyne  and  Alan 
Boyd,  styled  by  Fordum  "  valentes  armigeri,"  commanded  the 
archers  under  the  Steward  of  Scotland,  at  the  siege  of  Perth, 
when  they  both  were  killed. 

The  death  of  John  de  Striuelyne  at  Perth  is  also  recorded 
by   Wyntoun   in   his   "  Crony kil  " : 

"Inhil  thai  ware  lyand  at  that  Town 
Thai  had  oft  tymys  bykkoryng, 
Inhave  there  wes  far  and  nere  schotyng 
Thaire  deyd  twa  Scottis  Squyeris 
As  thai  were  governand  thaire  archerys 
Alane  Boyd  and  Jhone  of  Stryvelyne." 

He  was  father  of 

VII  WILLIAM  OF  STRIVELYN  OF  RATHORAN  (1339- 
1393).  William  may  have  been  born  in  1339,  being  the  year 
following  the  marriage  of  his  parents.  He  possessed  the  lands 
of  Rathoran  by  the  same  tenure  they  had  been  granted  to  Mary, 
the  wife  of  John  de  Strivelyne  and  her  heirs.     It  appears  from 

Quhill  all  the  men  he  suld  gare  sla, 
That  than  wyth  —  in  that  castell  ware. 
Swa  made  he  hym  for  to  byd  thare 
In  till  assege  all  a  qwhylle, 
And  off t  wes  set  in  hard  peryle. 
The  castelanys  than  offt  and  fast 
Had  at  hym  swa,  qwhyll  at  the  last 
He  saw  welle,  all,  that  he  wrowcht, 
Lytill  helpyt  hym,  or  rycht  nowcht, 
Wyth  thaim  he  made  a  small  trette. 
Swa  swne  owt  off  the  land  gat  he 
Wyth  a  fere  grettare  schame, 
Than  he  browcht  wyth  hym  fra  hame. 

In  these  days  of  chivalry  it  was  the  custom  during  a  truce  between  contending 
forces  for  knights  from  each  to  challenge  one  of  the  enemy  to  a  friendly  passage  at 
arms.    Wyntoun  relates  an  encounter  between  Sir  John  Stirling  and  William  Douglas. 

At  Blakbwrne  wyth  the  Lord  Berklay 
He  wes  set  to  full  hard  assay: 
Bot  for  thai  fawcht  in  to  the  nycht, 
And  faylyd  fast  (of  ther)  sycht, 
On  bathe  the  halwys  fled  thare  men. 
Bot  Dowglas  nere  the  war  had  then: 
Thare  held  noucht  wyth  hym  owre  thre: 
Tharefore  his  folk  (wende),  slayne  wes  he. 

And  at  the  Craggis  by  Cragyne 
He  fawcht  wyth  Jhon  off  Stryvelyne, 
That  was  of  Edynburch  capitane. 
And  tuk  hym  thare  wyth  mekill  payne, 
For  thai  defendvt  thame  stowtly: 
Bot  thai  war  wencust  noucht  for  —  thi. 


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the  retour  of  his  son  in  1423  that  William  had  been  dead  about 
thirty  years,  that  is,  since  1393,  fifty  years  after  the  grant  to 
Mary  Stirling.    William  was  succeeded  by  his  son. 

VIII     LUKAS     OF     STRIVELYNG     OF     RATHORAN, 
RATHERNE,  BOGUHUMBRY  AND  THE  FIRST  OF  KEIR 

(1370-1449).  He  acquired  the  lands  of  Ratherne  or  Quoigs, 
which  lie  in  the  parish  of  Dunblane,  Perthshire,  about  the  end  of 
the  fourteenth  or  the  beginning  of  the  fifteenth  century.  On 
Oct.  8,  1414,  he  obtained  a  charter  from  Euphemia,  Countess 
Palatine  of  Stratherne,  of  the  lands  of  Wester  Ratherne,  in  the 
earldom  of  Stratherne,  under  a  limitation  to  him  and  the  heirs- 
male  of  his  body,  whom  failing,  to  William  of  Strivelyne,  Lord 
of  Cadar,  and  the  heirs-male  of  his  body,  whom  failing,  to  the 
nearest  heirs-male  of  the  surname  of  Strevelyne,  whom  failing, 
to  the  said  Lucas'  nearest  heirs  whomsoever,  whom  failing,  to 
return  to  the  Countess  and  her  heirs.  This  charter  proceeds  upon 
the  resignation  made  by  Lukas,  in  consequence  of  a  taillie  be- 
tween him  and  the  said  William  of  Strevelyne  of  Cadar,  who 
appears  to  have  been  his  nearest  heir-male,  failing  his  own  chil- 
dren. This  family  arrangement  by  the  two  cousins,  at  so  early 
a  period,  corroborates  the  supposed  relationship  between  them. 

On  Jan.  11,  1423,  Lucas  of  Strevelyn  was  served  nearest  heir 
of  the  deceased  William  of  Strevelyn,  his  father,  in  the  said  lands 
of  Rothoran  and  others.  The  retour  bears  that  William  of 
Strevelyn  had  been  dead  about  thirty  years. 

The  christian  name  of  Luke  is  of  great  antiquity  in  the  earl- 
dom of  Stratherne.  Luke,  son  of  Theobold,  son  of  William,  the 
son  of  Clement,  was  Lord  of  Pethlandy,  in  the  middle  of  the 
thirteenth  century.  He  and  his  predecessors  were  benefactors  of 
the  Abbey  of  Inchaffray. 

Luke  de  Striveling  of  Ratherne  and  Duncan  de  Striveling 
were  two  of  the  inquest  on  the  service  of  Sir  John  Haldane,  knight, 
as  son  and  heir  of  Sir  Bernard  Haldame,  knight  Oct.  2,  1425. 
This  Duncan  may  be  the  same  person  as  the  Duncan  Striveling 
who  is  stated  to  have  been  the  first  of  the  Craigbarnet  Stirlings.1 

1  One  Gilbert  de  Strivelyn  was  ancestor  of  the  Craigbernard  and  Glorat  Stirling, 
according  to  their  record. 


42  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Besides  possessing  Rathoran  and  Ratherne,  Lukas  of  Strevelyn 
acquired  Bouchquhumgre,  in  the  barony  of  Leslie  and  shire  of 
Fife,  and  was  designated  of  these  lands  in  1448,  when  mutual 
excambions  of  lands  were  made  between  him  and  George,  Lord 
the  Leysly,  of  Lewyn,  whereby  the  former  acquired  Keir  and  the 
latter  Bynzharty  and  the  hills  of  Ballingalle,  in  the  lordship  of 
Leslie.  These  excambions  were  made  by  procuratories  of  resig- 
nation granted  by  the  respective  proprietors.  The  procuratory 
of  Lukas  of  Sterling  is  dated  May  6,  1448.  It  empowers  William 
of  Sterling,  his  son  and  heir  apparent,  to  resign  Bynzharty  and 
the  hills  of  Ballingalle,  holding  of  the  baron  of  that  family  at 
Leysly,  the  Lord's  chief  place  of  the  same  barony. 

This  procuratory  is  still  preserved  in  the  Rothes  charter  chest. 
It  has  the  seal  of  Lukas  appended  —  on  a  bend,  three  buckles. 
The  buckles  thus  continued  to  be  carried  by  Lukas  Striveling  in 
the  fifteenth  century,  as  they  had  been  by  his  ancestor,  William 
de  Striveling,  in  the  thirteenth,  with  this  change,  that  they  were 
borne  by  both  the  Cadder  and  Keir  families  on  a  bend  instead  of  a 
chief.  This  variation  is  noticed  by  Nisbet,  who  does  not  attach 
any  importance  to  the  different  situation  of  the  buckles. 

On  the  day  following,  May  7,  1448,  a  procuratory  was  granted 
by  George  of  Leysly,  Lord  of  that  family,  for  resigning  in  the 
King's  hands  the  half  of  the  lands  of  Keyr,  in  favor  of  Lucas  of 
Striveling  of  Boquhumgre.  Lukas  had  previously  acquired  a 
wadest  of  Keir  from  Norman  of  Lesley  of  Rothes,  and  was  infeft 
in  them  on  Jan.  22,  1433.  In  this  instrument  Lukas  is  desig- 
nated of  Retherne  and  he  had  probably  acquired  Bouquhumgre 
between  that  date  and  1448,  when  he  is  designated  of  the  latter 
estate. 

The  place  of  Keir,  which  was  thus  originally  acquired  by  Lukas 
of  Striueling  and  other  Keirs  in  the  same  district  of  the  country, 
is  thus  described  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Robertson :  "  Kier  is  one  of  a 
chain  of  rude  forts,  which  are  all  called  kiers,  that  run  along 
the  north  face  of  the  Strath  or  valley  of  Monteath.  These  forts 
are  at  present  in  ruins  and  are  discernible  to  strangers  only  by 
knolls  of  green  surface,  covering  a  great  heap  of  loose  stones, 
but  well  known  to  the  inhabitants  of  the  country,  who  carry  away 


THE  KEIR  LINE  43 


the  stones  for  building  enclosures  and  houses.  One  of  these  forts 
was  situated  at  the  place  of  Keir.  There  are  also  Kiers  at  Achin- 
salt,  at  Borland,  at  Balinackader,  at  Tar  and  in  many  other 
places  of  that  direction,  all  similar  to  one  another  in  respect  of 
situation,  construction,  prospect  and  materials ;  which  is  a  strong 
presumption  at  least,  if  not  clear  proof,  that  their  use  was  the 
same."  (Statistical  account  of  Lecropt  Parish,  1796.)  In  the 
neighboring  parish  of  Kippen  many  places  have  the  name  of 
Keir,  "  which  bear  the  marks  of  some  ancient  military  work, 
namely:  Keir-hill  of  Glentirran,  Keir-hill  of  Dasher,  Keir-brae  of 
Drum,  Keir-know  of  Arnmore  and  Keir-brae  of  Garden.  On  the 
summit  of  each  of  these  there  is  a  plain  of  an  oval  figure,  sur- 
rounded with  a  rampart,  which  in  most  of  them  still  remains 
entire.  The  Peel  of  Garden,  on  which  there  is  a  work  of  the 
same  kind,  is  less  elevated  in  point  of  situation.  It  rises  but  a 
little  above  the  carse.  The  enclosure,  however,  is  considerably 
larger  than  that  of  the  Keirs  and  the  rampart  and  ditch,  in  respect 
of  form  and  appearance,  having  suffered  less  from  the  injuries 
of  time."  (Statistical  account  of  the  Parish  of  Kippen,  1796.) 
There  is  a  parish  called  Keir,  in  Dumfriesshire,  which  the 
learned  author  of  "  Caledonia "  says  derives  from  the  British 
"  Caer,"  signifying  a  fort.  "  This  appellation  has  assumed  the 
form  of  Keir  in  many  names  of  places  in  North  Britain.  A  range 
of  British  or  Caledonian  forts  along  the  northern  side  of  the  Forth 
are  still  called  Keirs  by  the  Scota-Saxon  people,  but  Caer  by  the 
Gaelic  inhabitants." 

This  etymology  is  confirmed  by  the  later  Statistical  Account 
of  the  parish  of  Keir,  which  states  that  close  by  a  farm  home, 
now  called  Nether  Keir,  a  tower  once  stood.  Auld  Keir,  which 
is  now  a  farm  on  the  low  grounds,  about  a  mile  to  the  southwest 
of  Keir  House,  was  perhaps  the  site  of  the  original  castle  of 
Keir. 

Sir  Walter  Scott  celebrates  the  Keir  in  "The  Lady  of  the 
Lake  " : 

"Blairdrummond  sees  the  hoofs  strike  fire, 

They  sweep  like  breeze  through  Oehertyre, 

They  mark  just  glance  and  disappear, 

The  lofty  brow  of  ancient  Keir." 


44  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Lukas  of  Strevelyn,  the  first  acquirer  of  Keir,  died  between 
Dec.  10,  1449,  and  April  13,  1452.  Lukas  was  father  of 
IX  William  Strevelyn,  his  heir,  and  Margaret  Strevelyn,  who 
married  Sir  Colin  Campbell,  second  son  of  Sir  Duncan 
Campbell  of  Lochaw,  which  Sir  Colin  "  wes  the  first 
laird  of  Glenurquhay  discenditt  off  the  house  of  Lochow 
off  the  name  of  Campbell."  It  appears  from  the  same 
authority  that  Margaret  Stirling  was  the  fourth  wife 
of  Sir  Colin  and  that  on  her  "  he  begatt  tua  sones,  the 
eldar  callit  Jhone  Campbell  (quha  thaireftir  succedit 
Laird  of  Laweris)  the  other  namit  George  Campbell, 
quha  deit  young  and  ane  dochtir  callit  Helene  Campbell, 
quha  wes  first  mareit  on  Makeane  of  Arduamurroch 
and  therafter  on  Makgregoure."  An  instrument  records 
that  on  Feb.  9,  1468,  Margaret  de  Striveling,  Lady 
of  Glenurguha  "  in  curia  de  Glendochyrt,  tenta  apud 
Kandrocht  kilin,  per  baliorun  ejusdem  a  Johanne  McMal- 
calum  McGregor,  petit  firmas  suas  de  terris  de  Core- 
heynam.  Qui  Johannes  respondebat  plane  in  facie  pre- 
fate  curie,  coram  omnibus  ibidem  existentibus,  deuegaint 
et  dixit  quod  non  accepit  assedationem  dictarum  terra- 
rum  a  dicta  domina  Margaretta  sed  a  Deore  de  Meser 
et  Quod  non  tenebatur  in  aliquas  firmas  de  termines 
elapsis,  quia  solvit  illas  dicto.  Deora  quo  accepit  prefa- 
tus  terras." 

IX  SIR  WILLIAM  OF  STRIVELINE  OF  RATHERNE 
AND  KEIR,  KNIGHT  (1420-1471).  William,  afterward  Sir 
William  of  Striveling,  Knight,  the  eldest  son  and  heir  of  Lukas,  was 
commonly  designated  of  Ratherne  after  his  father's  death.  Al- 
though he  inherited  that  part  of  Keir  which  was  acquired  by  his 
father  from  Norman  Leslie  and  himself  acquired  the  other  half 
of  Keir,  he  was  not  usually  designated  of  that  estate. 

William  of  Strevelyne  acquired  several  estates.  In  1448  he 
obtained  the  lands  of  Lubnoch,  in  Stragartney,  from  Jonat  of 
Kinross,  Lady  of  Kippenross.  The  charter  bears  to  be  granted 
in  consideration  of  his  help  and  counsel  afforded  to  the  lady  in 
recovering  those  lands  which  her  forefathers  had  wadset  to  John 
of  Monteith. 

The  reddendo  was  a  roebuck's  head. 

In  the  year  1455  he  bought  the  half  of  the  lands  of  Keir,  com- 


THE   KEIR  LINE  45 


monly  called  Kere-Hawden  (Haldane)  from  Walter  Hawden  of 
Kelore  and  also  the  middle  part  of  the  lands  of  Glassingall,  Schan- 
raw,  and  Garnortone,  in  the  Earldome  of  Stratherne,  from  Archi- 
bald of  Kynbuck  of  that  family. 

In  the  year  1468  he  also  acquired  from  the  said  Archibald  of 
Kynbuck  the  lands  of  Lytil  and  Mekle  Kynbuck,  in  the  regality 
of  Stratherne. 

On  Aug.  16,  1466,  Sir  William  Streveline  of  Keir  was  infeft 
in  five-eighths  parts  of  the  lands  of  Kennoway  in  Fife,  on  a  charter 
by  Thomas  Chalmers,  the  superior.  William  of  Striveline  was 
knighted  in  1460  and  died  between  Sept.  8,  1468,  and  May  23, 
1471.  He  was  thrice  married:  first  to  Margaret  Cunningham, 
second,  in  1466,  to  Eufame  (Great  Seal  Register,  Oct.  27,  1466), 
and  thirdly  to  Agnes  Bruce,  who  survived  him,  and  married  before 
1491,  David  Blare  of  Adamtown,  whom  she  survived.  She  was 
living  on  July  15,  1513. 

By  his  first  marriage  William  had: 
X     1  William  Striveling,  his  heir. 

By  his  third  marriage  he  had: 

2  John    Striveling,    who    entered   into   a   contract   with   his 

nephew,  Sir  John  Stirling  of  Keir,  dated  July  15, 
1513,  whereby  John  obliged  himself  to  renounce  all 
his  right  to  the  lands  of  Monyvilowstoun  and  Balqu- 
homry  and  to  cause  his  mother,  Agnes  Bruss,  to  re- 
nounce her  right  to  the  said  lands,  in  consideration 
whereof  the  said  Sir  John  is  to  infeft  his  uncle  in  ten 
merk's  worth  of  the  lands  of  Lumbarry,  in  the  barony 
of  Bambreich  and  Shire  of  Fife  and  to  give  him  four 
merk's  worth  of  land  which  he  had  of  the  King,  called 
the  West  Third  of  Ratterne,  with  the  Hall  on  the  Hall 
mark,  which  John  of  Lummysden  inhabited,  with  seed 
and  corn  and  whole  plenishing  thereof  for  his  services 
done  and  to  be  done  to  Sir  John.  This  John  Strive- 
ling was  probably  the  father  of  Robert  Striveling  of 
Wellcoyg,  whose  two  daughters  and  heirs,  Mariot 
Striveling,  in  1531,  resigned  these  lands  to  Sir  John 
Striveling  of  Keir,  for  certain  good  deeds  done  by 
him  to  them. 

3  William    Striveling,    2nd.      The    existence    of    William    is 

proved  by  the  following  evidence:    William  Striuilin, 


46  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


brother  of  the  Laird  of  Kere,  was  ordained  by  the 
Lords  of  Council  on  Feb.  3,  1488,  to  restore  to  James 
Simson  a  number  of  cattle,  horses,  and  goods  taken 
by  William  and  his  accomplices  from  the  place  of 
Lekra.  On  Feb.  27,  1489,  the  said  Lords  ordained 
certain  persons  named  in  their  decree,  to  relieve  "  Wil- 
liam of  Striuelin,  brother  to  the  Lard  of  Kere  "  at  the 
hands  of  James  Simson,  from  payment  of  portions  of 
the  above  goods ;  and  the  Lord's  Auditors  ordained 
on  Oct.  13,  1479,  that  William  of  Striueling  of  Kere, 
and  William,  his  brother,  should  relieve  John,  Bishop 
of  Dunblane  of  £26  8s.  William  Stirling  having  been 
called  by  the  same  christian  name  as  his  eldest  brother, 
the  Laird,  it  may  be  doubted  if  the  former  was  legiti- 
mate, as  it  was  not  usual  for  two  brothers-german  to 
have  the  same  christian  name.1 

4  Lewis     Striveling,    who     was    concerned   in   an    adventure 

with  Squire  Meldrum  regarding  the  widowed  Lady 
Glenagles,  which  will  be  afterwards  noticed.  Beside 
these  sons,  Sir  William  Striveling  of  Keir  appears  to 
have  had  a  daughter: 

5  Catharine  Striveling.     In  Martin's  Genealogical  Account 

of  the  Betons  of  Balfour,  it  is  stated  that  John  Beton, 
the  fourth  Laird  of  Balfour,  married  "  Catharine  Stir- 
ling, daughter  to  the  Laird  of  Keir,  and  got  in  tocher 
with  her,  the  eighth  part  of  the  lands  of  Kennoway, 
which  was  the  beginning  of  their  interests  there." 
There  is  no  evidence  of  this  marriage  in  the  Keir 
charter-chest,  but  the  papers  may  have  perished  in 
the  burning  of  Keir  in  1488.  The  ownership  of  Ken- 
noway by  the  Stirlings  and  their  connections  with  the 
Betons  are  established  by  documents  still  in  the  Balfour 
charter-chest.  These  are  an  instrument  of  sasine  of 
five-eighths  parts  of  the  lands  of  Kennoway,  proceed- 
ing on  a  charter  by  Thomas  Chalmer,  the  superior, 
in  favor  of  Sir  William  Streveling  of  Keir,  Knight, 
dated  Aug.  16,  1466,  and  assedation  in  feu-farm  by 
this  William  Streveling  in  favor  of  John  Bethune  of 

1  The  articles  which  were  taken  by  William  Striuiling,  2nd,  were  very  miscellaneous, 
as  the  following  will  show:  ten  oxen,  thirteen  kye,  four  young  nolt,  two  pair  of  sheets, 
twa  gownis,  a  pair  of  donne  coddis,  a  blew  palin  of  worset,  two  sarkis,  a  brest  curche, 
three  sekkis,  a  womans  haik,  a  pair  of  scheris,  two  hewin  axis,  a  womyll,  a  borale,  a 
doseme  of  horse  schone,  twa  plew  irnis  and  all  irne  graith  blanging  to  twa  plewis, 
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Balfour   "  his    louit    cousing "    of   the   said   lands    of 
Kennoway,  dated  July  15,  1473. 

X    SIR  WILLIAM  OF  STRIVELING,  OF  KERE,  KNIGHT 

(1471—1503).  William  of  Striveling  was  infeft  as  heir  of  his  father 
in  the  lands  of  Keir,  Glassingall,  Lubnocht  and  others,  on  a  Crown 
percept,  dated  May  23,  1471.  In  1472  he  founded  the  chaplainry 
at  the  altar  of  the  Virgin,  on  the  north  side  of  the  Cathedral 
Church  of  Dunblane,  for  the  salvation  of  King  James  III,  John 
Hepburn,  Bishop  of  Dunblane,  Lucas  Striveling,  Sir  William 
Striveling,  and  Margaret,  his  wife  (his  own  father  and  mother), 
and  for  the  salvation  of  himself,  his  wife  and  children,  endowing 
the  chaplain  with  a  toft  and  croft  of  the  land  of  Keir,  lying  under 
the  town  thereof,  the  lands  of  Schanrach  and  Wodland,  parts  of 
Glassingall  and  an  annual  rent  of  forty  shillings  from  the  lands 
of  Kippanerayt  and  the  Mill  of  Strowe,  to  be  held  by  the  chaplain 
for  performing  the  divine  service  at  the  said  altar,  and  declaring 
that  the  latter  should  forfeit  his  office  if  he  absented  himself  from 
his  duty  for  two  months  and  that  the  right  of  patronage  should 
belong  to  the  said  William  of  Striveling  and  his  heirs,  if  they 
presented  a  chaplain  within  two  months  after  a  vacancy. 

This  endowment  was  much  more  ample  than  those  usually  made 
in  favor  of  chaplains.  (George  and  Malcolm  Striveling  are  wit- 
nesses to  this  sasine.) 

On  March  1,  1472,  William  Stirling  of  Keir  granted  a  charter 
of  his  lands  of  Balquhomry  to  Mariot  ±  leming,  his  spouse,  daughter 
of  Robert,  Lord  I  leming,  in  life  rent  and  their  children  to  be  pro- 
created, in  fee. 

In  1473  he  resigned,  in  the  hands  of  James  III,  the  lands  of 
the  Kere,  Lupnoich,  Glassingawis,  Dachlewane  and  the  Ratherne- 
Strivelin,  in  the  earldom  of  Stratherne  and  the  lands  of  Strowy  in 
Perthshire ;  and  obtained  a  letter  under  the  Privy  Seal  of  the  King, 
declaring  them  united  to  the  barony  of  Keir.  He  granted  a  tack 
of  the  lands  of  Tullikettill  to  his  neighbor,  Humphrey  Murray  of 
Abercairney,  which  he  was  called  on  to  warrant  in  1485. 

The  Lord  of  Keir  espoused  the  cause  of  the  nobles,  headed  by 
Prince  James,  against  King  James  III.  Shortly  before  the  battle 
of  Sauchieburn,  or  as  it  was  also  called,  The  Field  of  Stirling,  and 


48  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

after  a  skirmish  with  the  Royal  forces,  in  which  the  Prince's  party 
was  unsuccessful,  the  Prince  took  refuge  in  the  Tower  of  Keir,  but 
was  driven  out  and  the  place  burned  to  the  ground  by  his  pursuers. 
On  Jan.  7,  1488,  soon  after  the  accession  of  James  IV,  William 
Striveline  resigned  in  the  King's  hands  the  lands  of  Kere,  the  tower 
and  Place  of  Kere,  the  lands  of  Kippendavy,  Glassingall,  Strowe, 
Lupnoch,  Rathberne-Striviling,  Dachlewane  and  an  annual  rent  of 
40«.  out  of  Kippenrate  and  on  the  same  day  a  charter  passed  the 
Great  Seal,  by  which  the  King,  after  narrating  that  the  Tower  and 
Place  of  Kere  had  been  burned  by  order  of  James  III  when  last  at 
Striveling,  by  the  instigation  of  his  evil  councilors,  by  which  all 
the  old  writs  and  evidents  relating  to  the  said  lands  had  been  de- 
stroyed, erected  all  the  said  land  and  others  into  a  Barony  to  be 
called  the  Barony  of  Keire,  and  to  be  held  blanch  for  payment  of 
a  pair  of  gilt  spurs  at  the  Tower  of  Kere,  on  the  feast  of  St.  John 
the  Baptist. 

When  James  IV  accepted  the  resignation  of  the  barony  of 
Kere  for  a  new  erection,  he  had  knighted  the  Laird,  for  in  the 
instrument  he  is  styled  William  Striveling  and  in  the  charter,  Sir 
William.  James  IV  also  granted,  on  Oct.  28,  1488,  £100  to  "  Schir 
Wilzeam  of  Stirling  to  the  bigging  of  his  place."  (In  the  same 
Treasurer's  Account  there  is  entered  a  payment  of  £4  12s.  to 
"  Jok  of  Striueling  to  mak  greyth  to  the  Kingis  Cross  Bowis." 
Sir  William  Stirling  obtained  a  decree  by  the  Lord's  Auditors 
against  Sir  Adam  Murray,  "  Knycht,"  to  pay  the  sum  of  £1000 
for  damages  and  skaith  sustained  by  Sir  William  in  the  destruction 
and  "  spuilzeing  "  of  his  place  of  the  Kere,  July  3,  1489.) 

This  grant  of  money,  the  erection  of  the  barony  of  Keir,  and  the 
Knighthood  formed  the  recompense  which  Sir  William  Striveling 
received  for  his  support  of  the  cause  of  James  IV  and  for  his 
losses  at  the  hands  of  James  III. 

Sir  William  Striveling  was  engaged  in  the  battle  of  Sauchie- 
burn,  June  18,  1488,  and  having  been  one  of  the  three  who  were 
said  to  pursue  the  King  from  the  field  of  battle,  he  has  been  ac- 
cused of  having  been  directly  implicated  in  the  murder  of  the 
King. 

The  accusation  against  Sir  William  Stirling  is  stated  by  Scott 


Toweb   of   Cambuskenneth   Abbey   and   Tomb   of 
King  James  III,  Two  Milks  East  of  Stiklim: 


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in  his  "  Tales  of  a  Grandfather."  He  says :  "  Who  his  murderer 
was  has  never  been  discovered  or  whether  he  was  really  a  priest  or 
not.  There  were  three  persons,  Lord  Gray,  Stirling  of  Keir  and 
one  Borthwick,  a  priest,  observed  to  pursue  the  King  closely  and 
it  was  supposed  that  one  or  other  of  them  did  the  bloody  deed." 

This  statement  is  obviously  taken  from  Buchanan,  who  says: 
"  There  were  three  who  pursued  the  King  very  closely  in  his  flight, 
namely  —  Patrick  Gray,  the  head  of  his  family,  Sterline  of  Keir, 
and  a  priest  named  Borthwick ;  but  it  is  not  well  known  which  of 
them  gave  him  his  mortal  wound."  While  Buchanan,  followed  by 
Scott,  names  three  persons  who  pursued  the  King  and  from  that 
circumstance  suspects  one  or  the  other  of  them  as  having  done  the 
deed,  this  is  at  variance  with  the  earlier  and  more  authentic  history 
of  Pitscottie,  who  accuses  Lord  Gray's  servant  alone  (Hist,  of  Scot- 
land, Robert  Lindsay  of  Pitscottie,  3d  ed.,  p.  143).  Pitscottie's 
Chronicle  was  written  about  the  year  1565.  He  was  assisted  in  his 
work  by  the  brother  and  successor  of  David,  Lord  Lindsay  of  the 
Byres,  who  stood  so  steadfastly  by  James  III  and  presented  him 
with  the  horse  which  carried  him  from  the  field  of  battle.  If  there 
had  been  any  suspicion  or  tradition  that  the  Laird  of  Keir  stabbed 
the  King,  Pitscottie  and  Lord  Lindsay  would  not  have  failed  to 
notice  it  in  their  chronicle,  instead  of  attributing  the  act  to  the 
servant  of  Lord  Gray. 

On  this  evidence,  Sir  William  Striveling  might  be  cleared  of  the 
vague  suspicion  first  thrown  out  by  Buchanan  about  a  century 
after  the  battle.  But  this  is  not  the  only  evidence  tending  to  ex- 
culpate the  Laird  of  Keir  of  any  part  in  the  assassination  of  James 
III.  There  is  an  act  of  Parliament  almost  contemporary  with  the 
event,  which  provides  "be  the  command  and  advertisement  of  our 
sovereign  lord  the  king  "  that  "  for  the  eschewing  and  ceasing  of 
the  heavy  murmurs  and  noise  of  the  people  of  the  deid  (death)  and 
slaughter  of  our  sovereign  lord's  fader  .  .  .  that  the  person  or 
persons  that  put  violent  hands  on  his  person  and  slew  him,  are 
nocht  punished,  a  reward  should  be  given  to  any  who  should  make 
known  those  that  were  the  over  throwers  of  the  late  king,  with  their 
hands,  James  IV  being  maist  desirous  that  the  perpetrators  be 
known  and  punished  after  their  demerits,  calling  the  murder  an 


50  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

odious  and  cruel  deed,  and  a  reward  of  100  merks  worth  of  land  is 
offered  for  the  discovery." 

If  at  the  date  of  this  act,  and  previous  to  it,  rumor  had  pointed 
to  the  Laird  of  Keir  as  the  guilty  person,  the  King  would  have  been 
obliged  to  take  cognizance  of  him,  to  satisfy  the  heavy  murmurs 
and  noise  of  the  people,  but  instead  of  this,  James  IV  conferred 
upon  him  repeated  favors  and  treated  him  in  a  manner  which  he 
could  not  have  done  had  he  been  suspected  of  his  father's  murder, 
regarding  which  the  King  himself  is  said  to  have  entertained  keen 
remorse. 

Abercromby  in  his  "  Martial  Achievements  "  thus  refers  to  the 
death  of  James  III :  "  All  that  we  certainly  know  of  the  matter 
is,  that  he  was  inhumanly  murdered  in  a  mill  to  which  he  had  re- 
tired, some  say  by  the  Lord  Gray,  Robert  Stirling  of  Keir,  and 
Sir  Andrew  Bosthwick,  an  unworthy  priest.  Fame,  says  Haw- 
thornden,  reporteith  that  the  priest  after  shriving,  which  I  take 
to  be  hearing  his  confession,  stabbed  him  with  a  dagger.  But  I 
much  doubt  whether  one  that  was  so  wicked  as  to  take  away  his 
life,  would,  especially  in  that  haste  and  hurry,  be  capable  of  so 
much  good  as  to  endeavor  the  salvation  of  his  soul !  They  of  the 
sir-name  of  Stirling,  which  is  certainly  one  of  the  most  loyal  in  the 
Kingdom,  are  very  much  dissatisfied  that  any  of  them  should  be 
thought  guilty  of  such  an  infamous  action  as  the  murder  of  a 
King.  They  say  that  it  was  not  Robert,  but  one  Sir  William  Stir- 
ling, who  was  Laird  of  Keir  at  the  time.  Nor  are  they  of  the  sir- 
name  of  Gray,  less  offended  upon  the  same  account.  And  Ferrerius 
tells  us  expressly  that  it  was  never  known  who  those  savage  and 
furious  rebels  were  that  gave  the  blow  to  the  King."  (Aber- 
cromby, Vol.  II,  p.  477.) 

Ferrerius'  History  of  Scotland  was  written  about  the  same  time 
as  Pitscottie's.  The  evidence  of  these  two  early  authors,  coupled 
with  the  contemporary  proceedings  of  James  IV  and  Sir  William 
Striveling,  seems  to  exculpate  the  latter  from  any  direct  partici- 
pation in  the  murder  of  James  III. 

On  Feb.  28,  1491,  the  "  Forspekkare  "  for  Agnes  Brois,  widow 
of  David  Blare  of  Adamtoun,  asked  in  presence  of  the  Lords 
of  Council  a  "  Not  "  that  the  procurator  for  the  Laird  of  Keir 


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answered  to  the  allegation  of  George,  Lord  Seton,  that  he  had  paid 
to  the  said  Laird  of  Kere  312  merks  for  redemption  of  the  lands 
of  Monyvylouston  and  Kinwad.  "  That  the  said  soume  was  nocht 
payit  in  sufficient  money,  bot  in  blak  money,  nocht  half  and  cours 
for  the  tyme,  gif  ony  moneys  wes  payit."  On  July  14,  1492, 
the  Lords  of  Council  ordained  that  "  Sir  William  Striueline  of  the 
Kere,  Knycht,  as  heir  to  umquhile  Sir  William  Striuiling,  his 
father,"  should  warrant  ten  pounds  worth  of  the  lands  of  Mony- 
vyloustoun  or  other  lands  of  equal  value  to  "  Agnes  Brois  and  her 
Bairns."  Agnes,  the  Bruce,  Lady  of  Perston,  was  again  before 
the  Lords  of  Council  on  Nov.  23,  1503,  in  an  action  against  the 
same  Sir  William  Striueling  of  the  Keir,  Knight,  anent  the  avale 
and  quantity  of  the  lands  of  Monivyloustoun,  which  Agnes  had  re- 
ceived from  Sir  William.  In  this  action,  John  Striueling  was  pro- 
curator for  Agnes. 

Sir  William  married  first  in  1472,  Mariot  daughter  of  Rob- 
ert, Lord  Fleming,  who  died  without  issue.  He  married  second 
before  1495,  Margaret,  daughter  of  James  Crichtoun  of  Ruth- 
vendenny  (afterward  the  second  wife  of  Sir  John,  first  Lord  Sem- 
pill),  by  whom  she  had  no  issue.     He  died  after  Nov.  23,  1503. 

By  his  second  marriage  he  had : 
XI     1   Sir  John  Striveuxg,  his  heir. 

2  William   "  Wilzeane   of   Striueling,   brother   of   Sir   John 

Striueling  of  the  Keir,  Knight,"  is  a  witness  to  a 
contract  between  Sir  John  and  John  Kinross  of 
Kippenross,  dated  Apr.  10,  1516. 

3  Katherine  Stirling,  the  second  wife  of  Archibald,  Earl  of 

Angus,  called  "  Bell  the  Cat,"  of  which  marriage  was 
Sir  Archibald  Douglas,  appointed  Lord  Treasurer 
in  1526,  whom  James  V  at  one  time  loved  to  call  his 
"  Grey  Steil  "  (a  hero  of  popular  romance),  the  pro- 
genitor of  the  Douglases  of  Kilspindie.  He  was  at- 
tained and  forfeited  by  Parliament  on  Sept.  5,  1528, 
and  retired  into  France;  but  weary  of  exile,  he  re- 
turned to  Scotland.  He  went  to  Stirling-  and  threw 
himself  on  his  knees  before  the  King,  when  returning 
from  hunting,  and  implored  permission  to  lead  an 
obscure  life  in  his  native  land.  The  King  passed  the 
suppliant  without  an  answer  and  rode  briskly  up  the 
steep  hill  toward  the  castle.     Kilspindie   kepi    pace 


52  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

with  the  horse,  in  vain  endeavoring  to  catch  a  glance 
from  the  implacable  monarch.  He  sat  down  at  the 
gate,  wearied  and  exhausted,  and  asked  for  a  draught 
of  water,  which  was  refused  by  the  royal  attendants. 

Returning  to  France,  he  died  of  a  broken  heart. 
His  forfeiture  was  rescinded  Mar.  15,  1542,  when 
Archibald  Douglas  of  Kilspindie,  his  son  and  heir, 
was  restored  to  his  estates. 

Katherine  Stirling  had  by  Alexander,  third  Lord 
Home,  Great  Chamberlain,  a  natural  son,  John  Home. 
On  June  11,  1513,  Lord  Home  granted  a  precept 
for  infefting  her  in  life  rent  and  John  Home,  their  son 
and  his  heirs,  in  fee,  in  the  hands  of  Innerallon,  in  the 
shrine  of  Stirling.  This  grant  was  made  on  account 
of  the  great  love  and  favor  which  Lord  Home  bore 
to  the  said  Katherine  Stirling  and  their  son.  On 
Aug.  24,  1541,  Alexander,  Master  of  Home,  with  con- 
sent of  George,  Lord  Home,  his  father  and  his  cura- 
tors, granted  a  charter  to  the  said  John  Home,  and 
his  heirs,  whom  failing,  to  Andrew  Home,  brothers- 
german  to  the  Master  and  the  heirs  whomsoever 
of  the  latter,  of  the  half  of  the  lands  of  Innerallon 
and  on  this  charter  John  Home  was  infeft.  In  1557 
the  lands  fell  to  the  Crown  on  the  death  of  John 
Home,  and  Queen  Mary  granted  a  presentation  in 
favor  of  James  Striueling  of  Keir  and  Janet  Chis- 
holme,  his  wife,  in  joint  fee  and  the  heirs  of  James, 
of  the  half  of  the  lands  of  Innerallon,  fallen  in  her 
Majesty's  lands  by  the  death  of  John  Home,  therein 
designed  of  Hutounhall,  a  bastard,  without  lawful 
heirs  of  his  body  or  without  making  a  disposition 
thereof  in  his  lifetime. 

This  presentation  was  made  for  the  purpose  of 
having  the  presentees  entered  to  the  lands  by  the 
Superior,  Alexander,  Lord  Home,  who  refused  to 
obey  the  same.  He  refused  also  to  obey  a  third  pre- 
cept under  the  Quarter  Seal  and  a  fourth  precept  was 
issued  in  1570,  directed  to  the  sheriff  of  Stirling  for 
enforcing  infeftment,  in  respect  Lord  Home  had  re- 
fused to  do  so.  The  sheriff  accordingly  infeft  James 
Striveling  and  Janet  Chisholme. 

By  a  charter  dated  May  31,  1574,  James  VI,  with 
consent  of  the  Regent,  Morton,  in  respect  of  the  ser- 


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vices  done  by  Alexander  Home  of  Huttonhall,  son  of 
the  said  deceased  John  Home,  in  the  past  turbulent 
times  and  in  regard  that  the  lands  of  Inncrallon  had 
belonged  to  the  deceased  Alexander,  sometime  Lord 
Home)  and  his  heirs,  the  lands  of  Inner allon.  Soon 
the  King  granted  to  the  said  Alexander  Home  of 
Huttonhall  (who  was  a  natural  son  of  the  said  John 
Home)  and  his  heirs,  the  lands  of  Innerallon.  Soon 
after  the  date  of  this  charter,  an  action  of  reduction 
of  it  was  bought  by  the  Laird  of  Keir,  who  entered 
into  a  contract  in  1576  with  Andrew,  Commendator 
of  Jedburgh,  and  the  said  Alexander  Home,  whereby 
they  renounced  their  right  in  the  lands  to  the  Laird 
of  Keir.     The  lands  still  form  part  of  the  Keir  estate. 

4  Elizabeth  Stirling;    married  Sir  Adam  Crichton  of  Ruth- 

ven.     She  d.  before  Sept.  10,  1503,  without  issue. 
She  d.  before  Sept.   10,   1503,  without  issue. 

5  Janet  Stirling ;  married  Sir  David  Bruce  of  Clackmannan, 

and  had  a  son,  Robert  Bruce  of  Clackmannan. 

XI     SIR    JOHN    STRIVELING,    OF    KEIR,    KNIGHT 

(1503-1539).  John  Striveling,  son  and  apparent  heir  of  Sir 
William  Striveling  of  Keir,  obtained  on  May  18,  1495,  a  charter 
from  James  IV,  of  the  barony  of  Keir,  on  the  resignation  of  Sir 
William,  reserving  his  own  life  rent  and  the  reasonable  tierce  of 
Margaret  Crichton,  his  wife. 

When  James  IV  attained  his  majority,  he  revoked  all  deeds 
done  in  his  minority.  As  this  revocation  comprehended  the  erection 
of  the  barony  of  Keir  in  1488,  it  seems  to  have  been  considered 
necessary  to  obtain  a  new  charter  of  erection  from  the  King.  For 
this  purpose,  Sir  William  resigned  the  barony  in  the  hands  of  the 
King,  who  on  Sept.  10,  1503,  granted  a  charter  thereof  to  Sir 
John  Striveling  (who  had  been  knighted  in  the  interval),  son  and 
apparent  heir  of  Sir  William  and  his  children  to  be  born,  whom 
failing,  the  one  half  of  the  barony  of  Keir  to  Katherine  Striveling, 
Countess  of  Angus,  his  sister,  and  her  heirs,  and  the  other  half  to 
Sir  Adam  Crichton  of  Ruthvens,  and  the  heirs  of  his  marriage 
with  the  deceased  Elizabeth  Striveling,  sister  of  Sir  John,  of  the 
"  lands  of  Kere,  with  the  tower  and  manor-places,  corn  and  waulk- 
milus  and  cruires  thereof  " ;    the  lands  of  Lupnon  with  fishings ; 


54  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

the  lands  of  Strowe,  Danachlowane,  Reterne-Striveline,  otherways 
called  Coygs  of  Strathalloune,  Glassingallis,  Schannon,  the  Wes- 
ter Coyg,  Beirholme,  the  Little  Coyg,  the  Waist  Poffill,  with  the 
mill  of  Coygs  and  lands  of  Glentye  and  advocation  and  donation 
of  chaplainries  and  hermitage  of  Lupnon,  newly  erected  into  the 
barony  of  Kere.  In  1516  Sir  John  Striveling  was  sheriif  of  Perth, 
as  appears  from  a  discharge  by  him  in  that  character  to  Gilbert 
Gray  of  Buttergask,  dated  March  4,  1516.  In  1523,  Sir  John 
was  one  of  the  arbiters  for  the  Earl  and  Master  of  Glencairn,  in 
their  dispute  with  the  Earl  and  Master  of  Eglington,  concerning 
the  Bailliary  of  Cunynghame,  which  were  finally  adjusted  by  the 
Regent  Albany  and  others  as  oversmen. 

Upon  the  death  of  James  IV,  Sir  John  Stirling  of  Keir  was  ap- 
pointed, along  with  the  Lords  of  Erskine  and  Fleming,  to  the  im- 
portant office  of  keeping  the  person  of  the  young  King.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Parliament  of  1524  and  was  chosen  one  of  the  Lords 
of  the  Articles  amongst  the  commissioners  of  burghs,  which,  to- 
gether with  the  terms  of  the  Minutes  of  Parliament,  renders  it 
not  improbable  that  he  was  at  that  time  provost  of  Stirling. 

On  June  21,  1526,  the  Lords  Temporal  of  Parliament  directed 
summons  of  treason  to  be  raised  in  due  form  against  the  Earl  of 
Eglington,  the  Lord  of  Sempill,  Neil  of  Montgomery,  and  John 
Striveling  of  the  Keir,  Knight. 

It  would  appear  that  Sir  John  Striveling  had  joined  the  party 
of  the  Queen-mother,  in  company  with  the  lords  of  her  faction,  for 
he  opposed  the  forces  of  Angus,  Argyle,  and  Lennox,  at  Lin- 
lithgow, with  whom  was  the  young  King  in  person  with  his  "  baner 
displayit."  Sentence  of  forfeiture  was  pronounced  against  Sir 
John  on  Nov.  19,  1526,  for  the  crime  of  lese  majesty,  for  convo- 
cation of  the  lieges  to  "  have  tane  the  Kingis  person  "  usurping  his 
"  auctorite  riall  "  and  for  the  treasonable  convocation  of  the  lieges 
at  Stirling,  moving  the  people  to  sedition  and  for  raising  and  lead- 
ing of  a  host  and  army  "  enter  and  in  batall  and  fecht  and  at  the 
Burgh  of  Lynlithgw,  our  said  soverane  Lord  being  present  in 
propir  persone  and  his  baner  displayit  and  cumand  again  s  his 
graice  and  his  trew  lordis  and  baronis  being  with  him  be  command 
of  his  letterz  for  defencion  of  his  maist  noble  persone." 


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On  the  4th  of  September  of  the  following  year  the  Laird  of  Keir 
is  said  to  have  accompanied  Lennox  in  his  attempt  to  rescue  the 
young  King  from  the  hands  of  the  Douglases,  and  authorities,  even 
contemporary  with  the  event,  erroneously  assert  that  he  fell  with 
Lennox  at  the  passage  of  the  Avon,  beside  Linlithgow. 

In  Angus'  Parliament,  held  at  Edinburgh  in  May,  1527,  Keir 
was  restored  to  his  estates  and  honor  and  the  sentence  of  forfeiture 
rescinded. 

This  laird  added  largely  to  the  family  estates.  Between  1517 
and  1535  he  acquired  the  lands  of  Bardony,  Barnellane,  Blars- 
keith,  Easter  Bankeir,  Flenchart,  Birdistown,  Buquharrage,  Kin- 
caid,  the  patronage  of  the  church  of  Bothornok  in  the  County 
of  Dumbarton;  Lanerick  and  Auchinbee,  Boquhapple,  Torry, 
Drungy  and  the  little  ward  of  Gudy,  Drunmess,  otherwise  called 
Glenbank,  Wellcoig,  Kippendavie,  Brackland,  Blackford,  alias 
Blacksauche,  Greenyards,  Calliemuck,  and  others  in  the  County  of 
Perth;  Touchadam  and  others  in  the  County  of  Fife;  Duffons, 
Pittindreich,  Caldcottis,  Darkle,  Levingshaus,  and  half  of  the 
lands  of  Swinstone  in  the  Shire  of  Elgin. 

By  charter,  dated  Oct.  2,  1509,  Sir  John  Striveling,  for  the 
safety  of  the  soul  of  James  IV  and  of  Margaret,  his  queen,  and 
their  predecessors  and  successors,  and  for  the  safety  of  the  souls 
of  Lucas  Striveling  and  of  Sir  William  Striveling  and  Margaret 
Cunynghame,  grandfather  and  grandmother  of  Sir  John,  and  the 
souls  of  Sir  William  Striveling  and  Margaret  Crichtoun,  Lady 
Sympell,  his  father  and  mother,  and  Katharine  Striveling,  Countess 
of  Angus,  his  sister,  and  for  the  safety  of  the  souls  of  himself  and 
his  wife  and  their  predecessor  and  successors ;  granted  to  God  and 
the  Virgin  Mary  and  all  the  Saints  and  to  the  altar  of  the  Virgin, 
situated  in  the  north  part  of  the  cathedral  church  of  Dunblane, 
an  annual  rent  of  £20  Scots  from  the  lands  of  Shanran,  Wood- 
land,  and  Kippcnrate  and  mills  of  Strowy  and  Keir,  to  be  held 
for  performing  of  mass  and  prayer  at  the  said  altar.  The  chap- 
lains were  to  reside  constantly  in  Dunblane  and  to  forfeit  their 
office  in  case  of  their  absence  for  two  months  and  the  right  oi 
patronage  was  to  be  in  the  said  Margaret  Crichton  (luring  her 
life  and  thereafter  in  Sir  John  Striveling  and  hie   heirs. 


56  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


An  adventure  which  was  undertaken  by  Sir  John  on  behalf  of 
his  uncle,  Lukas  Stirling,  in  the  year  1517,  against  William  Mel- 
drum,  Laird  of  Binns,  popularly  known  as  "  Squire  Meldrum,"  de- 
serves special  notice,  since  it  has  all  the  characteristics  of  a  strik- 
ing romance.  The  circumstances  attending  this  affair  have  been 
recorded  both  in  prose  and  verse  by  two  Lindsays  —  the  one,  the 
well-known  chronicler  of  Pitscottie,  and  the  other,  Sir  David  Lind- 
say of  the  Mount,  in  his  still  popular  poem  of  "  Squire  Meldrum." 

"  Thar  was,"  says  Pitscottie,  "  ane  gentleman  in  Edinburgh, 
namit  William  Meldrum,  Laird  of  Bines,  who  had  in  company  with 
him  ane  fair  ladie,  called  the  ladie  Gleneagies,  who  was  ane  dochter 
to  Mr.  Richard  Lawsone  of  Humby,  Provaist  of  Edinburgh,  the 
quhilk  ladie  had  borne  twa  bairnes  to  the  said  Laird  and  (he)  in- 
tended to  marie  hir  if  he  might  purchase  the  Pope's  lisense,  be- 
tween her  husband  before  and  he  were  sib.  Notwithstanding  ane 
gentleman  called  Luke  or  Luis  Stirling,  inveyed  the  love  and 
marriage  betwixt  thir  two  personages,  thinking  to  have  the  gentle- 
woman in  marriage  to  himself,  becaus  he  knew  the  Laird  of  Bines 
might  not  have  hir  richtie  be  the  Pope's  lawis.  Therefoir  he  so- 
listed  his  brother  sone,  the  Laird  of  Keir,  with  ane  certane  com- 
panie  of  armed  men,  to  set  vpoun  the  Laird  of  Bines  to  tak  his 
ladie  from  him  by  way  of  deid ;  and  to  that  effect  followed  him 
betwixt  Leith  and  Edinburgh  and  set  on  him  beneath  the  Reid 
(Holy rood)  Chappell,  with  fyftie  armed  men  and  he  againe  de- 
fendit  himself  with  fiue  in  number  and  fought  with  him  and  slew 
the  Laird  of  Keires'  principal  servand  before  his  face,  defending 
himself  and  hurt  the  Laird  of  Keir  to  the  periull  of  his  life  and 
twentie  sax  of  his  men  were  hurt  and  slaine. 

"  Bot  this  William  Meldrum  of  Blines  was  evil  martyred,  for  his 
hochis  war  cutted  and  the  Knojopis  of  his  elbowis  war  stricken  off 
and  was  strikin  throw  the  badie,  so  thair  was  no  signe  of  lyff  in  him. 
Yitt  be  the  mightie  power  of  God,  he  eschaped  the  death  and  all  his 
men  that  were  with  him  and  leived  fyftie  yeires  thairefter." 

This  affair  took  place  in  the  year  1517,  during  the  regency  of 
the  Duke  of  Albany  and  when  he  was  absent  in  France.  Monsieur 
Delabatie  was  left  in  charge  of  affairs  in  Scotland,  having  a  guard 
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Delabatie  that  Laird  Meldrum  was  slain  and  his  proceedings  are 
recorded  by  Pitscottie.  "  He  incontinently  gart  strike  an  alarm 
and  blew  his  trumpets  and  rang  the  common  bell,  commanding  all 
men  to  follow  him,  both  on  foot  and  horse,  that  he  might  revenge 
the  Lard  slaughter  and  rushed  fiercely  forward  to  the  place  whar 
the  battle  was  stricken  and  saw  him  noblemen  lying  deadly  wounded 
and  his  men  about  him  in  the  same  manner ;  and  passed  fiercely 
after  the  enemies  and  committers  of  the  said  crime  and  over  hyed 
them  at  Linlithgow,  where  they  took  the  peel  upon  their  heads  to 
be  their  safe  quard,  thinking  to  defend  themselves  therein ;  notwith- 
standing, this  noble  Regent  lap  manfully  about  the  house  and 
sieged  it  continually  till  they  rendered  the  same  to  come  in  his 
will ;  who  took  them  and  brought  them  to  Edinburgh  and  gave 
them  a  fair  assize;  who  were  all  convicted  and  condemned  of  the 
said  crime  and  thereafter  were  put  in  the  Castle  of  Edinburgh  in 
sure  keeping,  induring  the  Regents  will." 

Graphic  as  the  language  of  Pitscottie  is,  his  prose  account  of 
the  skirmish  between  the  Stirlings  and  Squire  Meldrum  is  perhaps 
surpassed  by  his  kinsman  of  the  Mount,  in  his  celebrated  poem  of 
"  Squyer  Meldrum,"  which  was  composed  about  the  year  1550: 

"  Gude  William  Meldrum  he  was  namit 
,  Quhilk  in  his  honour  was  never  defamit,"  etc. 

In  justification,  so  far  as  Sir  .John  Stirling's  conduct  to  Squire 
Meldrum,  it  is  not  too  much  to  suppose  that  the  Lady  of  Glen- 
eagles  and  Luke  Stirling  may  have  been  engaged  to  be  married  at 
the  time  that  the  Squire  made  his  fatal  appearance  at  Glencagles 
Castle  and  overcame  the  heart  and  virtue  of  the  lady  by  his  fame 
and  superior  address.  "  Scotland,  existing  under  an  anarchial 
minority,  furnished  such  a  Squire  many  a  field,  both  for  the  con- 
flicts of  war  and  the  dalliances  of  love.  His  concluding  adventure, 
in  both,  happened  on  the  road  from  Edinburgh  to  Leith,  in  August, 
1517,  when  jealousy  and  hatred  in  the  person  of  Stirling  of  Keir, 
marched  out  with  fifty  men,  to  cut  off  his  retreat  to  Fife." 

Sir  John  Stirling  could  have  had  no  ground  for  jealousy  and 
hatred,  unless  on  account  of  rivalry  in  love  on  the  part  of  his  uncle 
Luke,  who  may  have  been  unceremoniously  supplanted  at  Glen- 
eagles  by  the  Squire,  who,  in  his  turn,  met  with  a  hard  retribution. 


58  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Sir  William  Stirling  contracted  on  Mar.  30,  1501,  with  Sir 
Patrick  Hume  of  Polwarth,  Knight,  who  had  also  espoused  the 
cause  of  James  IV  against  his  father  and  got  a  grant  of  Argaty 
and  other  lands  situated  near  Keir,  that  John  Stirling,  son  of  Sir 
William,  should  marry  Sir  Patrick's  eldest  daughter  Margaret, 
and  failing  her,  Sibbale,  or  another  sister,  "  so  long  as  the  said  Sir 
Patrick  has  a  lawful  daughter  remaining,  till  once  the  said  mar- 
riage is  completed."  John  Stirling  and  the  daughters  of  Polwarth 
appear  to  have  been  under  age  and  even  in  childhood,  for  the  con- 
tract provides  that  the  marriage  shall  be  completed  at  the  lawful 
age  of  the  said  bairns,  the  male  being  fourteen  years  and  the 
female  twelve  years.  This  contemplated  marriage  did  not  take 
place,  as  John  Stirling  married  before  July  13,  1513,  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Sir  Walter  Forrester  of  the  Torwood.  She  was  alive 
on  Apr.  25,  1532.  Sir  John  was  one  of  the  inquest  which  tried 
John,  Lord  Glammis,  for  concealing  his  mother's  conspiracy 
against  the  King's  life  by  poison. 

Sir  John  Stirling  of  Keir  was  murdered  by  Shaw  of  Cam- 
busmore,  near  Stirling,  in  a  fit  of  compunction  "  for  having 
been  the  unworthy  instrument  of  Keir  in  assassinating  Buchanan 
of  Leny,  whose  daughters,  co-heiresses,  he  had  stript  of  a  great 
part  of  their  estate."  (Drumpellier  Printed  Claim,  p.  21.) 
This  appears  to  be  a  very  partial  account  of  the  slaughter  of  Sir 
John  Stirling.  There  was  a  previous  feud  with  the  Campbells  of 
Auchinhowie,  in  which  Allan  Hamilton  of  Bardowie,  Andrew  Striv- 
elyng  of  Benkeir  and  Robert  Strivelyng  of  Cadder,  were  slain. 
(Ibid.,  p.  20.)  Sir  John  was  alive  on  May  22,  1539,  but  his  assassi- 
nation occurred  before  Nov.  5,  following,  for  on  Nov.  4,  1542, 
David  Schau  and  George  Dreghorn  had  a  respite  under  the  Privy 
Seal  "  for  slauchter  of  umquhile  Johnne  Strivilling  of  Keir, 
Knycht  " ;  but  the  cause  or  occasion  of  the  slaughter  is  not  men- 
tioned in  the  respite.  It  is  stated  in  Squire  Meldrum,  that  Sir 
John  was  slain  at  the  Bridge  of  Stirling. 

"Bot  efterward,  as  I  hard  say, 
On  Striveling  brig  upon  ane  day 
This  Knight  was  slain  with  crueltie, 
And  that  day  gate  na  mair  mereie 
Nor  be  gaif  to  the  young  squyer." 


THE   KEIR  LINE  59 


On  Dec.  18,  1538,  a  Letter  of  Gift  was  made  by  King  James  V  to 
Sir  John  Striveling  of  the  Keir,  Knicht,  of  the  goods,  etc.,  "  which 
perteint  to  unquhle,  Colin  Campbell  of  Auchinhouie,  justifyit  for 
art  and  part  of  the  cruell  slauchteris  of  unquhile  Alane  Hammyl- 
toune  of  Bardowie,  Robert  Striveling  of  Lettir  and  Andru  Strive- 
ling in  Ballindrocht." 

Sir  John's  children  were: 
XII      1   Sir  James  Striveling,  his  heir. 

2  William  Stryveling  of  Dallachlewn,  ancestor  of  the  Stir- 

lings  of  ARDOCH  (q.  v.). 

3  Lucas  btriveling. 

4  Catharine    Striveling.      She    was    probably    married    to 

George  Mushet  of  Tolgart,  whose  son,  James  Mus- 
het,  of  Tolgart,  a  minor  in  1566,  mentions  Sir 
James  Stirling  of  Keir,  Knight,  and  William  Stirling 
of  Ardoch,  his  mother's  brothers.  If  Catharine  was 
not  the  mother  of  James  Mushet,  a  sister  of  hers, 
whose  christian  name  has  not  been  ascertained,  must 
have  been  so. 

5  Margaret  Striveling.     She  was  married  to  Walter  Gra- 

ham, who  granted  on  Apr.  30,  1556,  an  obligation 
anent  the  lands  of  Brokland,  which  had  been  dis- 
poned, redeemably,  by  John  Stirling  of  Keir  to 
VValter  Graham  and  Margaret  Stryveling,  his  wife, 
"  sister  of  the  said  James/' 

6  John  Striveling,  a  natural  son,  who  witnessed  a  sasine  in 

favor  of  James  of  Keir,  dated  Jan.  24,  1541. 

XII  SIR  JAMES  STRIVELING  OF  KEIR  AND  CAD- 
DER,  KNIGHT  (1539-1588).  James,  the  eldest  son  of  Sir 
John,  was  served  heir  of  his  father.  He  was  infeft  in  the  barony 
of  Keir  on  Nov.  5,  1539,  and  in  the  lands  of  Innerallon  on  Aug. 
30,  1544.  His  curators,  on  the  list  of  November,  1541,  were 
Abraham  Crichton,  Parson  of  Craufurdjohn,  and  Alexander 
Crichton,  Vicar   of  Innerwick. 

Sir  James  Stirling  acquired  the  lands  of  Larry,  Pitquhautrie, 
and  Balmyle  in  the  sheriffdom  of  Perth,  Ballindroek,  Bankell,  and 
others,  in  the  sheriffdom  of  Stirling  and  Laidurquhart  ami  others 
in  the  shire  of  tife.  In  1522  Sir  John  Stirling  of  Keir  purchased 
from  the  Archbishop  of  Glasgow,  for  2500  merks,  the  marriage 


60  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

of  Janet  Striviling,  daughter  and  heiress  of  the  deceased  An- 
drew Striviling  of  Cadder,  with  the  ward  of  her  lands  of  Cadder 
and  the  mill  thereof,  lying  in  the  regality  of  Glasgow.  In  1529 
Sir  John  had  a  Crown  gift  of  the  marriage.  Janet  Striviling  was 
infeft  as  heiress  of  her  father  in  1534  and  soon  after  married 
James  Stirling,  eldest  son  of  Sir  John. 

This  marriage  was  a  favorable  one  for  the  Keir  family,  as 
through  it  they  acquired  the  valuable  estate  of  Cadder,  which  has 
ever  since  been  united  with  Keir. 

But  the  parties  seem  to  have  been  ill  assorted,  for  soon  after 
the  marriage  questions  arose  in  the  civil  court  between  the  heiress 
and  her  father-in-law  regarding  the  alienation  of  the  estates,  and 
at  the  end  of  seven  years  the  marriage  was  annulled,  chiefly  through 
the  dishonor  of  the  heiress.  On  July  8,  1535,  Janet  brought  an 
action  in  the  civil  court  against  her  father-in-law  and  her  hus- 
band, setting  forth  that  the  former,  having  her  marriage  and  the 
disposition  of  her  ward  lands,  "  causit  ane  pretendit  matrimony 
to  be  maid  betwix  the  said  James  and  hir  and  senoyne  the  said 
Johnne  hes  haldin  and  as  yit  haldis  her  in  subjection  and  will 
nocht  suffir  her  to  speik  with  hir  friendis  and  hes  compellit  hir 
to  mak  diuers  alienationuis  and  takkis  of  hir  lands."  The  Lords 
of  Council  ordered  Sir  John  and  James  to  "  bring  and  produce 
the  said  Jonet  before  the  Lordis,  that  sche  may  shew  hir  mynd  to 
theim  in  the  premises  "  and  that  all  alienations  made  by  her  in 
the  meantime  should  be  null. 

This  judicial  injunction  continued  in  force  till  the  year  1541, 
when  the  arrangements  effected  for  the  conveyance  of  Cadder  to 
her  husband,  and  their  divorce,  rendered  it  necessary  that  the 
heiress  should  personally  appear  in  the  court  of  Session  to  have 
the  first  decree  recalled.  This  she  did  on  July  29,  1541,  when 
she  declared  that  she  did  so  of  her  "  awin  free  motive  will,"  that 
she  had  been  and  was  at  free  liberty  and  desired  the  said  decree 
to  be  null,  that  she  might  dispone  her  lands  at  pleasure,  as  other 
heritors  did,  "  and  that  I  am  nocht  compellit  hereto,  of  the  quhilk 
I  geif  my  bodily  aith." 

This  was  preparatory  to  her  alienation  of  Cadder,  and  on  the 
7th  of  December  following  Janet  Striveling  again  appeared  before 


THE  KEIR  LINE  61 


the  Lords  of  Council  and  produced  a  writing,  setting  forth  that 
she  had  named  certain  procurators  for  resigning  her  lands  to 
James  Striveling,  her  husband  and  his  heirs;  and  which  pro- 
curatory  she  declared  "  now  in  presense  of  your  Lordships  be 
my  grett  aith  that  the  samin  was  maid  be  me  of  my  awin  fre  mo- 
tiue  will  and  sertain  science  vncompellit,  coactit,  dissaint  or  cir- 
cumvenit  be  my  said  spous  or  any  otheris,  bot  oulie  for  the  vele 
and  proffeit  of  my  said  spous  and  his  hous  and  for  augmenta- 
tioune  of  the  leving  thairof,  becaus  it  is  the  principale  and  chief 
hous  of  his  and  myne  surnamis  and  ane  grett  part  of  the  auld 
heretage  and  leving  of  Keir,  annalyit  and  put  away,  sua  that 
the  saime  was  lildie  to  haif  dekeit ;  and  als  for  the  liuf  and  favour 
I  haif  and  bere  to  my  said  spous;  and  thairfor  now  instantlie, 
in  presens  of  your  Lordships,  of  my  awin  fre  will,  vncompellit  as 
said  is,  ratifeis,  appruvis  and  conferims  the  saidis  letteris  of  pro- 
curatorie  in  all  poyntis."  * 

1  Considerable  effort  has  been  made  at  different  times  by  several  members  of  the 
various  branches  of  the  Stirling  family,  descendants  of  the  Cadder  house,  to  establish 
their  claim  to  the  representation  of  the  family:  that  is,  to  show  that  in  their  persons 
was  represented  the  most  direct  descent  through  the  eldest  sons  of  each  succeeding 
generation ;  the  main  point  of  contention  in  each  case  being  to  establish  the  heirs  by 
blood  of  Janet  Stirling,  the  last  of  the  Cadder  line. 

Andrew  Stirling  of  Drumpellier  had  his  status  as  heir  male  recognized  in  1818  in 
the  Lyon  court  and  the  undifferenced  coat  of  Cadder,  with  supporters,  allowed  to  him. 
He  was  at  this  time  served  heir  male  of  his  ancestor,  Robert  Stirling  of  Lettyr  and 
Bankeir,  said  to  be  identical  with  the  Robert  Stirling  who  at  his  death  in  1537  was 
confessedly  heir  male  of  Cadder.  This  claim  was  again  championed  about  forty  years 
later  in  a  work  by  John  Riddell,  a  herald  and  genealogist,  in  a  book  entitled  "  Com- 
ments in  refutation  of  Pretensions  advanced  for  the  first  time  and  Statements  in  a 
recent  Work  "  [by  Cosmo  Innes,  Esq.,  advocate,  John  Dundas,  Esq.,  C.S.  and  Mr. 
Wm.  Fraser,  Ass't  Keeper  of  the  Register  of  Sasines],  "The  Stirlings  of  Keir  and  their 
Family  Papers;  with  an  Exposition  of  the  Right  of  the  Stirlings  of  Drumpellier  to 
the  Representation  of  the  ancient  Stirlings  of  Cadder,"  Edinburgh,  1860,  4to,  pp.  281. 
[300  copies  for  private  distribution.    British  Museum  Library,  No.  99,179.] 

The  Stirlings  of  Keir  base  their  claim  to  the  representation  upon  a  belief,  which  is 
well  sustained,  that  John  de  Strivelin  of  Rathoran,  living  in  1338,  grandfather  of  Luke 
de  Striveling  who  acquired  half  of  Keir  in  1448,  was  a  son  and  heir  of  Sir  William,  a 
younger  brother  of  Sir  Alexander  de  Striveling  of  Cadder,  and  that  no  known  descend- 
ants in  the  male  line  exist  of  any  of  the  eight  lords  of  Cadder  from  Sir  Alexander,  who 
swore  fealty  to  Edward  I  of  England  in  1292,  to  Andrew,  the  last  of  Cadder,  the  father 
of  Janet,  who  died  in  1522. 

Again,  Sir  Charles  Elphinstone  Fleming  Stirling,  8th  Baronet  of  Glorat,  in  "  The 
Stirlings  of  Craigbarnet  and  Glorat"  (by  Joseph  Bain,  F.S.A.,  Scot.,  Edinburgh, 
4to,  1883),  claims  for  himself  the  representation  of  the  Stirlings  of  Cadder,  a  claim 
which  will  be  enlarged  upon  more  fully  when  considering  that  line.  It  is  a  matter 
that  cannot  be  of  great  interest  to  the  representatives  of  the  family  in  America  and  is 
therefore  passed  over  with  this  slight  mention. 


62  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

The  divorce  of  Janet  and  James  Striveling  was  pronounced 
by  the  Official  of  Lothian  on  the  last  of  January,  1541.  The 
grounds  of  divorce  set  forth  were  that  the  parties  were  related 
in  the  fourth  and  fourth  degrees  of  consanguinity,  that  is,  that 
they  were  the  great-great-grandchildren  of  a  common  ancestor. 
This  relationship  could  not  have  been  traced  through  males,  as 
no  such  degree  of  consanguinity  existed  between  the  parties.  But 
as  the  mother  of  Janet  was  Marjory  Cunninghame  and  the  great- 
grandmother  of  James  was  Margaret  Cunninghame,  it  is  probable 
that  these  two  ladies  were  descended  from  a  Cunninghame  ancestor 
common  to  them  both.  Hence  James  and  Janet  would  stand  in 
the  relationship  to  each  other  by  affinity  and  not  of  consanguinity, 
which  is  stated  as  the  grounds  of  divorce,  although  Janet  was  a 
degree  further  removed  from  the  supposed  common  ancestor  than 
James. 

But  the  relationship  between  the  parties,  whether  it  was  of 
consanguinity  or  affinity  and  whether  real  or  pretended,  was  only 
a  pretext  for  dissolving  the  marriage  from  which  both  parties 
perhaps  wished  to  be  free.  Janet  Stirling  had  been  unfaithful  to 
her  husband.  Her  paramour  was  Thomas  Bischop,  who  is  said  to 
have  been  originally  a  tailor  and  a  servitor  of  Keir.  If  a  separa- 
tion had  been  craved  by  her  husband  on  account  of  her  crime,  the 
marriage  would  still  have  subsisted  as  a  bar  to  a  subsequent  mar- 
riage. To  annul  the  marriage  effectually,  recourse  was  had  to 
the  common  plea  of  consanguinity,  and  thus  the  marriage  being 
declared  null,  each  party  was  free  to  contract  another  marriage, 
which  they  did. 

James  Stirling  was  infeft  in  the  lands  of  Cadder  on  a  charter 
and  precept  by  the  Archbishop  of  Glasgow  on  Jan.  14,  1541,  and 
the  decree  of  divorce  was  pronounced  on  the  31st  of  that  month. 

In  the  following  month  James  Stirling  granted  a  disposition 
and  assignation,  whereby,  for  certain  sums  of  money  paid  to  him 
by  Thomas  Bischop,  his  servitor  and  "  spouse  affidate  "  of  the  said 
Janet  Striviling,  and  for  his  help  and  labor  in  soliciting  and 
furthering  the  conveyance  made  by  her  of  her  heritage  to  the 
said  James  Striveling,  he  assigned  to  Bischop  the  marriage  of  the 
said  Janet   Striviling  and  became  bound  to  dispone   redeemably 


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the  lands  of  Ochiltree  to  them  in  joint  fee,  with  some  smaller 
provisions ;  as  also  to  do  his  diligence  for  getting  a  remission 
from  the  King  for  the  said  Thomas  for  "  his  alleged  lying  with 
the  said  Janet  "  while  she  was  the  said  James's  wife. 

Of  the  divorced  lady  little  more  is  known.  She  was  alive  in 
1588.  She  seems  to  have  met  treatment  which  was  to  be  expected 
from  her  second  husband.  A  rhyme  is  still  preserved,  descriptive 
of  her  fortunes : 

"  First  she  was  Lady  Cawder 
Syne  she  was  Lady  Keir 
And  Syne  she  was  Tarn  Bishop's  wife 
Wha  clippit  wis  the  shear." 

Her  paramour  is  more  easily  traced.  He  acted  the  part  of 
a  notary  public  and  a  traitor  to  his  country,  having  given  assist- 
ance to  the  English  and  gone  with  his  wife  to  England,  as  a  spy 
and  instrument  there  in  the  transactions  of  Lennox  and  Queen 
Mary.  He  was  afterwards  a  trader  at  Yarmouth,  and  finally  an 
adulterer  at  Perth,  where  he  found  means  to  sojourn.  ("About 
this  same  tyme,  1544,  Lennox,  seiuing  himself  so  farr  out  stripit 
by  the  Regent  and  his  two  cheiffe  supports,  Angus  and  Maxswoll, 
detained  closse  prisoners ;  he  turns  his  coate  and  sends  one  Thomas 
Bischope,  priuiley  to  Henrey,  the  Englishe  King,  with  offers  to 
assist  the  King  in  his  demands."    Balfour's  Annals,  Vol.  I,  p.  280.) 

In  1586  Bishop  was  cast  into  the  Tower  of  London  for  his 
supposed  authorship  of,  or  connection  with,  a  spirited  satirical 
rhyme  against  the  Regent  Murray.  This  poem  is  signed  by  <;  Tom 
Trouth,"  and  in  Bishop's  judicial  examination  he  was  asked  "  what 
part  did  yourself  make  or  minister  to  the  makers  of  the  book 
against  the  Earl  of  Murray?"     His  reply  is  not  given.1 

1  Queen  Mary,  on  March  28, 1547,  renewed  a  licence  to  her  lovit,  Janet  Striveling, 
spouse  of  Thomas*  Bischop,  to  remain  with  her  husband  in  the  parts  of  England  for 
twenty  days,  notwithstanding  the  wars  and  ratified  all  rights  made  or  to  be  made  to 
the  said  Janet  Striveling  since  her  departure  and  during  the  currency  of  the  licence. 
In  1555,  Bishop  wrote  the  English  Secretary  of  State  that  "One  Elder,  a  Scotchman 
(who  was  Lord  Darnley's  tutor),  hath  been  with  me.  He  told  me  he  had  letters  from 
my  Lord  Aubigny,  to  my  Lord  Lennox,  my  Lord  Darnley  and  as  I  think  to  my  1  -adv. 
Eider  said  'he  showed  the  Queen  of  Scots,  in  France,  my  Lord  Darnley's  hand,  which 
he  wrote,  being  eight  years  of  age.'"    (Maitland's  Miscellany,  Vol.  I,  p.  101.) 

Miss  Strickland  thinks  that  this  was  the  first  time  Mary's  attention  was  called  to 
her  youthful  kinsman's  existence  (Life  of  Queen  Mary,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  54). 


64  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 

On  the  forfeiture  of  Bishop,  Sir  James  Stirling  reacquired 
Ochiltree  from  the  Crown  donator. 

In  the  year  following  his  divorce,  James  Stirling  of  Keir 
entered  into  a  contract  of  marriage  with  James  Chisholm  of 
Glassingall  and  Jean  Chisholme,  "  consigness  "  to  William  (Chis- 
holm) Bishop  of  Dumblane,  whereby  it  is  agreed  that  James  Chis- 
holm should,  on  his  own  expenses,  procure  a  dispensation  for 
third  degrees  of  consanguinity  and  fourth  of  affinity,  subsisting 
between  James  Striveling  and  Jean  Chisholme. 

And  that  thereafter  James  Striveling  should  infeft  Jean  in 
her  virginity  in  his  £20  lands  of  old  extent  of  Cadder,  for  her 
lifetime,  and  the  heirs  to  be  gotten  between  them,  whom  failing, 
to  the  said  James'  heirs ;  and  that  he  should  thereafter  solemnize 
marriage  with  her ;  for  which  James  Cheisholme  agreed  to  pay 
James  Striveling  the  sum  of  £1000  Scots. 

Although  Jean  Chisholm  was  called  a  cousin  of  the  Bishop, 
she  was  truly  his  daughter,  according  to  the  author  of  the  gene- 
alogy of  the  Drummonds,  who  says :  "  William,  Bishop  of  Dun- 
blane, had  diverse  natural  children,  according  to  the  custom  of 
the  clergy  in  those  days.  Jean  Cheesholm,  his  daughter,  begotten 
upon  Lady  Jean  Grahame,  daughter  to  William,  Earl  of  Mont- 
rose, was  married  to  James  Sterline  of  Keer  and  had  to  him  Sir 
Archibald  Sterline  of  Keer  and  James  Sterline  his  brother,  killed 
in  Dumblane  by  George  Sinclair;  and  also  daughters,  to  wit, 
Elspet  Sterline,  Lady  Marchiston,  Helen  Sterline,  Lady  Dun- 
treath,  Barbara  Sterline,  Lady  Polmaise,  Margaret  Sterline,  Lady 
Houstoune." 

On  Nov.  3,  1570,  Sir  James  Stirling  granted  at  Kincardine 
a  bond  of  manrent  to  John,  Master  of  Graham.  Sir  James  and 
Mr.  John  Graham  of  Halyards  held  a  court  of  justice  at  Edin- 
burgh on  June  1,  1581,  in  terms  of  a  commission  from  King 
James  VI  and  his  Privy  Council,  for  the  trial  of  James,  Earl  of 
Morton,  for  Lord  Darnley's  murder.  (Pitcairn,  Vol.  I,  p.  114.) 
Sir  James  pronounced  the  sentence  of  death  on  Morton. 

Sir  James  Stirling  of  Keir  died  at  Cadder,  Feb.  3,  1588.  His 
will  was  made  on  the  4th  of  September  in  the  same  year,  by 
which  he  appoints  his  wife  and  his  son  Archibald  his  executors. 


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He  ordains  them  to  plenish  the  half  land  given  to  his  son  James 
and  to  build  him   a  reasonable  house,  either  in  Kippendavie  or 
Lanerk,  and  plenish  it  well.     He  prays  Archibald  to  live  with  his 
mother  and  use  her  council,   for   she   is  his   loving   friend.      He 
ordains  the  securities  made  to  his  son  John  to  remain  with  his 
mother  while  she  lives  and  then  to  be  delivered  to  Archibald,  for 
it  is   reasonable,  John  be  sustained.     He  leaves  all  effects   that 
belong  to  his  wife  in  life  rent  to  Archibald  in  fee,  except  what 
his  wife  please  to  leave  to  their  daughter,  Margaret,  or  other 
friends  at  her  discretion ;    he  leaves  the  helping  of  servants  and 
poor  friends  to  the  discretion  of  his  wife  and  his  son  Archibald, 
and  as  to  the  council  and  company,  Archibald  should  use,  he  refers 
that  to  his  own  wisdom,  for  he  hopes  in  his  judgment;    he  anew 
makes  his  son  Archibald  assignee  to  all  his  reversion  of  wadsets, 
as  if  he  were  his  eldest  son  and  heir;    he  ordains  his  son  James 
to  wait  well  on  his  brother  Archibald  and  to  be  servant  to  him, 
and  both  of  them  to  be  good  and  kind  sons  to  their  mother,  and 
James  to   marry   with   the   consent   of   his   mother   and   brother, 
which,  if  they  do,  he  doubts  not  but  God  will  assist  them  with 
his  holy  spirit,  that  they  might  live  together  in  love,  upright  in 
God,  true  to  the  prince  and  kind  to  their  friends,  and  he  leaves 
his  blessing  with  them  and  all  his  bairns,  oyis   (grandchildren) 
and  friends. 

Sir  James'  issue  by  his  first  marriage  with  the  Lady  of  Cadder 
was  one  son : 

John  Stirling  of  Bankeir  (1535-1597).  John  Stirling 
received  from  his  father  the  estate  of  Bankeir,  in 
the  parish  of  Baldernock  and  shire  of  Stirling. 
John  Stirling  of  Bankeir,  son  of  Sir  James,  wit- 
nessed an  obligation  by  James  Striveling  of  Fed- 
dals  to  Sir  James,  Oct.  18,  1582.  On  Feb.  16, 
1592,  a  commission  was  granted  under  the  Quarter 
Seal,  for  serving  John  Stirling,  eldest  son  of  the 
deceased  Sir  James  Stirling  of  Keir,  heir  of  his 
father,  in  the  lands  belonging  to  him  in  Perthshire. 
On  Apr.  18,  1593,  John  Stirling  had  sasine  of  the 
lands  of  Auchimbee,  in  Strathberne,  on  a  precept 
from  Chancery,  as  heir  of  Sir  James,  his  father. 
On    May    4,    1597,    John    Stirling    of    Wester 


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66  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


Bankeir  and  Margaret  Colquhoun,1  his  wife,  en- 
tered into  an  agreement  with  Sir  Archibald  Stir- 
ling of  Keir  and  Dame  Grizel  Ross,  his  wife, 
whereby  John  and  his  wife  became  obliged  to  dis- 
pone to  Sir  Archibald  and  his  wife  in  life  rent 
and  William  Stirling,  their  son  and  his  heirs  and 
assignees  in  fee,  the  lands  of  Wester  Bankeir,  and 
also  to  renounce  an  annuity  of  40  merks,  payable 
to  the  said  John  during  his  lifetime,  out  of  the  lands 
of  Cadder,  for  which  Sir  Archibald  and  his  lady 
obliged  themselves  to  pay  John  the  sum  of  5000 
merks  and  also  to  cause  the  tenants  of  the  ten 
towns  of  Cadder,  Ballmaroch,  Haystoun  and 
Blaquharne,  carry  every  town  a  dozen  of  leads 
of  coals  yearly  to  the  said  John  and  his  wife,  at 
their  lodging  in  Glasgow  from  any  heugh  in  Camp- 
sie  or  other  heugh  within  four  miles  of  Glasgow.  It 
is  presumed  that  John  Stirling  died  without  issue, 
as  no  trace  has  been  found  of  any  descendants  from 
him. 

Sir  James  Stirling's  issue  by  his  second  wife,  Jean  Chisholm, 
was: 
XIII     1  Archibald  Stirling,  his  successor.2 

1  It  appears  that  this  was  not  the  first  alliance  with  the  Colquhouns.  Charles  B. 
Tiernan  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  in  "The  Tiernan  and  other  Families,"  1901,  employs  the 
following:  "A  dau.  of  Stirling  of  Keir  m.  Colquhoun  of  Luss,  in  Dumbartonshire, 
the  Laird  who  had  the  famous  feud  with  the  MacGregors,  and  had  a  dau.  who  m. 
Stewart  of  Seottstown,  a  son  of  Stewart  of  Blackhall.  Their  dau.  m.  Sir  Archibald 
Fleming  of  Fenn  in  Lanarkshire  and  had  a  dau.  who  m.  Somerville  of  Kennox  (son 
of  James  Somerville;  grandson  of  Lord  Somerville  of  Cambusnethan)  in  Ayrshire 
and  had  James  Somerville  who  m.  a  dau.  of  Montgomerie  of  Asoloas  and  had  several 
children,  among  them  William,  John,  and  James.  James  d.  at  Somerville,  N.  J., 
unm.  John  migrated  to  America  in  the  reign  of  Geo.  Ill,  and  settled  as  a  merchant 
and  later  a  planter  in  Maryland ;  he  m.  a  dau.  of  Col.  George  Clarke  of  Bloomsbury, 
St.  Mary's  Co.,  and  d.  in  1788;  had  3  sons:  John,  b.  Dec.  6,  1754;  moved  to  No. 
Carolina;  m.  there  in  Aug.,  1773,  Mary,  dau.  of  John  Goodloe,  and  d.  Nov.  18,  1806, 
leaving  issue ;  George  served  as  a  surgeon  in  the  Revolutionary  Army  and  d.  unm. ; 
William,  2nd  son,  b.  Dec.  25,  1755 ;  in.  May  1,  1788,  Elizabeth  Hebb,  dau.  of  Col. 
Vernon  and  Anna  (Hopewell)  Hebb  of  Porto  Bello,  Md.,  b.  Nov.  22,  1770,  d.  Nov. 
2,  1792.  He  was  a  planter  in  Md.,  d.  Dec.  29,  1806.  He  had  three  children:  Eliza- 
beth, b.  in  1789,  m.  George  Plater,  son  of  Gov.  Plater  of  Md.,  and  had  one  dau.  who 
d.  Nov.  20,  1820;  William  Clarke  Somerville,  b.  Mar.  25,  1790,  d.  in  France,  Jan.  5, 
1826,  unm.  (See  Appleton's  Cyclopedia  of  Am.  Biog.),  and  Henry  Vernon  Somerville 
of  Catonsville,  Md.,  b.  Mar.  12,  1792;  m.  Dec.  26,  1815,  Rebecca  Tiernan  and  d. 
Aug.  26,  1837;  'a  very  elegant  gentleman.'" 

2  In  a  charter  by  Ludovick,  Duke  of  Lennox,  dated  Mar.  20,  1586,  of  the  lands  of 
Lettir,  Archibald  is  called  second  son  of  Sir  James.    On  May  23,  1588,  Schir  James 


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2  James  Stirling.  By  disposition,  dated  at  Keir,  Dec.  20, 
1574,  Sir  James  Striuiling  of  Keir,  as  patron  of 
the  chaplanry  or  altarage  in  the  cathedral  Kirk  of 
Dunblane,  granted  to  James  Striuiling,  his  son, 
the  said  chaplanry,  with  all  lands,  rents,  and  emolu- 
ments thereof,  to  be  possessed  by  James  "  for  sup- 
port of  his  enterteinment  at  the  Sculis."  The  chap- 
lanry was  vacant  in  consequence  of  Sir  William 
Blackwood,  the  last  chaplain,  not  compearing  to 
conform  to  the  reformed  religion.  In  an  assign- 
ment, dated  Dec.  27,  1587,  by  William  Synclare 
and  Elizabeth  Striviling,  his  wife,  in  favor  of 
this  James  Striviling,  he  is  called  Fiar  of  Kippen- 
davy,  and  third  lawful  son  of  Sir  James.  James 
Striviling  was  killed  at  Dunblane  by  William  Sin- 
clair of  Galwadmoir,  in  a  quarrel  about  the  right 
of  property  in  Auchinbee,  in  the  parish  of  Dun- 
blane. Sinclair  founding  on  an  infeftment  of  feu- 
farm  of  the  lands  granted  to  him  by  the  King  as 
part  of  the  temporality  of  the  bishopric  of  Dun- 
blane, attempted  to  dispossess  James  Stirling  by 
force  and  in  a  scuffle  which  ensued  on  June  3,  1593, 
Sinclair  and  Edward  and  George,  his  sons,  were 
slain,  and  a  third  severely  wounded. 

On  July  5,  following,  Sir  Archibald  Stirling, 
with  his  servant  and  two  others,  were  ordained  to 
be  denounced  rebels  for  non-appearance  to  answer 
touching  the  slaughter  of  William  Sinclair  and  his 
sons,  but  in  a  few  years  the  feud  was  staunched, 
and  on  Apr.  8,  1596,  the  Sinclairs  finally  gave  up 
their  claim  to  the  land  by  a  contract,  to  which 
Keir  was  a  party. 

3  Margaret  Stirling,  married  Sir  John  Houston  of  that 

family.  They  had  a  Crown  charter  of  Houstoun  and 
other  lands,  June  27,  1609.  He  died  in  the  same 
year,  leaving  issue. 

4  Elizabeth    Stirling,    Lady    Merchieston.      On    Sept.    28, 

1563,  William,  Bishop  of  Dunblane,  and  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Keir,  renounced  in  his  favor  the  lands 
of     Strowie-Striveling,     called     Strowiehill.       Sir 

Strivelinge  of  Keir,  Knycht,  Jeane  Chesholme,  his  spouse,  and  Archibald  Strivelin<,r, 
their  son  and  appearaned  heir,  were  infeft  in  the  five-pound  and  of  Eiste  Cader, 
(Protocol  Book  of  Robert  Blair,  notary  public,  in  the  Library  of  Glasgow  University.) 


68  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

James  Stirling  granted  on  June  29,  1567,  a  char- 
ter to  Elizabeth,  his  daughter,  of  the  lands  of 
Wellcoig  and  Westercoig  and  an  annual  rent  of  40 
merks  each  out  of  Auld  Keir  and  Camiebank. 
There  is  an  instrument  of  renunciation,  dated  Feb. 
16,  1571,  on  the  back  of  that  charter,  by  Elizabeth 
and  her  tutor  (which  shows  that  she  was  then 
under  age),  of  the  said  lands  and  annual  rent  to 
Sir  James,  because  he  had  become  obliged  to  pay 
to  Archibald  Napier  of  Merchistoun,  in  considera- 
tion of  the  marriage  to  be  solemnized  between  her 
and  John  Napier,  his  son  and  heir  apparent,  the 
sum  of  3000  merks  in  name  of  tocher,  as  men- 
tioned in  their  marriage  contract,  dated  in  De- 
cember, 1571,  and  also  because  her  said  father  had 
expended  other  great  sums  for  her  utility.  She  was 
married  to  John  Napier  of  Merchistoun,  the  in- 
ventor of  logarithms. 

The  marriage  is  thus  noticed  in  the  memoirs  of 
Napier :  "  The  contract  of  marriage  between  John 
Napier,  son  of  Archibald  Naper  of  Edirkinbillie, 
Knycht,  and  Elizabeth  Striueling,  daughter  of  the 
Rycht  Honorabill  Sir  James  Striveling  of  Keir, 
Knycht,  and  Jane  Chisholm,  his  spouse,  is  dated 
Feb.  23,   1571-2. 

"  The  marriage  did  not  take  place  till  toward  the 
close  of  the  following  year.  Sir  James  Striveling 
of  Keir,  already  noticed  as  the  colleague  of  Sir 
Archibald  Napier,  in  the  office  of  Justice  Depute 
and  who  was  knighted  at  the  same  time,  repre- 
sented one  of  the  oldest  and  most  respectable  baron- 
ial families  in  Scotland.  His  place  of  '  The  Keir,' 
celebrated  both  in  history  and  song,  joined  the 
Napier  estates  in  the  Monteith  and  was  finely 
situated  for   astronomical  purposes."  x 

1  This  was  not  the  earliest  alliance  between  the  families  of  Napier  and  Stirling. 
At  the  Wrights'  Houses,  near  Edinburgh,  which  was  for  a  long  period  a  well-known 
residence  of  Napiers,  there  is  still  preserved  a  stone,  with  the  armorial  bearings,  which 
appears  to  record  a  marriage  between  a  Napier  and  a  Stirling  as  early  as  1399.  The 
shield  is  of  a  florid  form  and  impaled  on  the  dexter  side  with  the  arms  of  Napier,  on 
a  bend  a  crescent  between  two  mulltts  with  the  initials  A.  N.  for  A.  Napier  of  Wrycht- 
ishousis  and  on  the  sinister  side,  a  bend  charged  either  with  three  buckles  or  three 
annulets  and  in  the  sinister  chief  point  a  unicorn's  head.  Below,  the  initials  I.  S., 
evidently  for  a  lady  named  I.  Stirling,  if  the  bearing  on  the  bend  is  buckles.  Motto: 
"Constantia  et  labore,  1399." 


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Sir  James  Stirling  of  Keir  had  also  two  "  fou  begotten " 
(natural)   daughters. 

5  "  Helen  Stryveling,  daughter  fou-begotten  of  the  said 

James  Stryveling,  with  consent  of  Mr.  James 
Kennedy,  chancellor  of  Dumblane,"  granted  a  re- 
version to  the  said  James  Stryveling,  of  the  lands 
of  Beirholme,  in  the  barony  of  Keir,  1552.  Helen 
married  Sir  James  Edmonston  of  Duntreath.  They 
had  two  sons  and  four  daughters. 

6  "  Jean   Stryveling,   daughter  fou-begotten  of  the  said 

James  Stryveling,  with  consent  of  Robert  Leir- 
mouth,  her  tutor,  and  William,  Bishop  of  Dun- 
blane," granted  a  reversion  to  the  said  James 
Striveling  of  the  lands  of  Kippendavy,  in  1554. 

XIII  SIR  ARCHIBALD  STIRLING  OF  KEIR  AND 
CADDER,  KNGHT  (1588-1630).  Sir  James,  his  father,  dis- 
poned the  barony  of  Keir  to  his  son  Archibald,  Sept.  15,  1579, 
and  Archibald  was  infeft  in  Cadder  the  next  year  on  the  resig- 
nation of  his  father.  Sir  Archibald  was  knighted  between  Oct.  12, 
1587,  and  June  7,  1592.  He  had  a  commission  from  King  James 
IV,  dated  July  22,  1601,  and  was  appointed  Admiral  Depute  of 
the  West  Seas  and  Lochs  "  at  the  float  and  tak  of  the  herring 
in  the  year  1601."  1 

Sir  Archibald  Stirling  married  first,  Mary,  youngest  daughter 
of  David,  second  Lord  Drummond.  He  married  second,  contract 
dated  Mar.  18,  1589,  Grizell,  daughter  of  James,  Lord  Ross, 
and  Jane  his  wife,  daughter  of  Lord  Sempill.  Sir  Archibald  died 
May  17,  1630. 

By  his  first  marriage,  Sir  James  had: 

XIV      1   James  Stirling,  his  eldest  son. 

2  Jeane  Stirling,  married   Sir  William  Drummond,  third 
"  laird  of  Riccarton,  eldest  sone  of  the  last  Harie." 

By  his  second  marriage  he  had: 
XIV     3  John  Stirling  of  GARDEN  who  carried  on  the  line 
of  the  family. 
4  William  Stirling.     He  had  the  ward  and  non-entry  of  the 
lands  of  Bankell  in  the  parish  of  Baldernock,  from 

1  Sir  Archibald  was  a  member  of  the  Convention  as  a  minor  baron  for  Stirling- 
shire, 1609-17-25,  and  a  member  of  Parliament,  1621.  (Members  of  Parliament, 
Scotland,  Joseph  Foster,  1882.) 


70  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

John,  Earl  of  Mar,  by  disposition,  dated  July  14, 
1614.  He  had  a  son,  William  Stirling  of  Bankell, 
who  died  before  Oct.  31,  1654,  without  issue  and 
was  succeeded  by  his  cousin,  John  Stirling  (son  of 
Henry,  fifth  son  of  Sir  Archibald  Stirling  of  Keir), 
who  was  served  heir  to  William  of  that  date. 
I  5  Archibald   Stirling,   who    acquired   from   his    father   the 

lands  of  KIPPENDAVIE  in  1594,  and  was  the  first 
of  that  branch  of  the  Keir   family    (q.  v. ). 

6  Henry  Stirling.     Had  two  sons:    John,  who  succeeded 

William  Stirling  of  Bankell,  his  cousin,  and  who 
married  before  Feb.  7,  1661,  Elizabeth  Dick, 
daughter  of  John  Dick,  fiar  of  Braid,  and  one 
other. 

7  Alexander  Stirling. 

8  Agnes  or  Anna  Stirling. 

XIV  SIR  JAMES  STIRLING,  FIAR  OF  KEIR,  KNIGHT. 

He  was  knighted  after  Apr.  30,  1607.  He  married  (contract 
dated  July  and  August,  1606)  Anna,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir 
George  Home  of  Wedderburn,  who  divorced  him.  His  children 
were: 

1  James  Stirling. 

2  Archibald  Stirling,  died  before  Aug.  17,  1630. 
XV       3  George  Stirling  of  Keir  and  Cadder. 

4  Mary  Stirling;    married  John  Stewart,  the  younger  of 

Blackball  (contract  dated  Aug.  23,  1633).  Had 
four  sons :  Archibald,  who  succeeded  his  grandfather 
in  1658  and  was  created  a  baronet  in  1667,  Walter, 
David,  and  James,  and  two  daughters,  Mary  and 
Anabel. 

5  Jean  Stirling. 

XV  SIR  GEORGE  STIRLING  OF  KEIR  AND  CADDER, 
KNIGHT  (1630-1667).  He  succeeded  his  grandfather,  Sir 
Archibald  Stirling,  in  1630.1  He  married  first  (contract  dated 
December,  1630)  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  his  cousin,  the  Honorable 
Margaret  Ross,  born  Dec.  19,  1615,  daughter  of  James,  Lord 
Ross,  who  died  and  was  buried  in  Holyrood  Chapel,  Mar.  27, 
1633;  married  second  (settlement  dated  Jan.  2,  1637),  Margaret 

1  A  member  of  Parliament  for  Stirlingshire,  1639-41 ;  was  Vmghted  at  Holyrood 
House,  June  2,  1632.    (Members  of  Parliament,  Scotland,  Joseph  Foster.) 


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Napier,  daughter  of  Archibald,  first  Lord  Napier,  by  Margaret, 
sister  of  the  great  Marquis  of  Montrose ;  married  third  (contract 
dated  Feb.  2,  1654),  Anna,  second  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Nicol- 
son  of  Carnock,  Bart. ;  married  fourth,  June  8,  1666,  Lady  Mar- 
garet Livingston,  widow  of  Sir  Thomas  Nicolsone  of  Carnock, 
Knight,  daughter  of  Alexander,  second  Earl  of  Linlithgow.  Sir 
George  Stirling  died  in  June,  1667.  He  had  by  his  first  marriage 
an  only  daughter:  Margaret  Stirling,  who  died  in  childhood. 
He  was  succeeded  by  his  cousin,  Sir  Archibald  Stirling,  Knight, 
Lord  Garden,  descended  from 

XIV     SIR   JOHN    STIRLING   OF   GARDEN,   KNIGHT 

(1595-1643).  He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Sir  Archibald  Stirling 
of  Keir  by  his  second  marriage  with  Dame  Grizell  Ross,  and  was 
born  Sept.  30,  1595.  He  was  educated  at  Glasgow  University 
and  went  to  France  in  October,  1610,  where  he  studied  law,  fenc- 
ing, dancing,  etc.,  till  March,  1613.  He  kept  a  minute  account 
of  his  traveling  and  personal  expenses,  still  preserved  at  Keir.1 
He  married  first,  Aug.  17,  1613,  Margaret  Menteith,  youngest 
daughter  of  Sir  William  Menteith  of  Kerse,  Knight.  The  mar- 
riage took  place  in  Alva  church.  Sir  Archibald  and  Sir  John 
Stirling  thereby,  with  consent  of  Dame  Grizell  Ross,  oblige  them- 
selves to  infeft  Margaret  Menteith  in  life  rent  of  the  tower  and 
place  of  Garden.  Margaret  died  at  "  Keir  on  Mononday  the  xxi 
of  July,  1628,  at  fyve  horis  in  the  morning  and  was  buriet  in 
Dunblaine." 

Sir  John  married  secondly  (contract  dated  Oct.  13,  1638), 
Margaret  Bruce,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Bruce  of  Kincavil,  Knight, 
and  Dame  Jean  Drummond.  He  died  Apr.  15,  1643.  Sir  John's 
children  by  his  first  marriage  were: 

1  John  Stirling,  "  born  in  the  Keir  on  Saturday  the  xxiii 
of  July  1614,  at  ten  horis  at  nicht  " ;  died  without 
issue  before  1639. 
XV  2  Archibald  Stirling  "  was  borne  in  Cadder  on  monon- 
day the  ix  of  June  1617  at  two  horis  afternoon"; 
carried  on  the  line  of  the  Keir  family. 

1  Sir  John  was  a  member  of  Parliament  for  Linlithgowshire  in  1640  -41.  (Mem- 
bers of  Parliament,  Scotland,  Joseph  Foster.) 


72  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

3  William  Stirling  "  was  borne  in  Cadder  on  Sonday  the 

xxiiij  of  December,  1620,  betwix  3  and  4  in  the 
evening  " ;  probably  died  in  infancy. 

4  James  Stirling  "  was  borne  in  the  Keir  on  Thursday  the 

xxx  of  May,  1622,  just  at  xii  horis  at  nicht."  He 
was  captain  of  the  town  of  Berwick,  June  28,  1675 ; 
a  major  in  the  army.  He  married  before  1675 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Col.  James  Innes  of  Easter 
Denson,  Forfarshire.  She  died  about  May,  1681. 
He  had: 

James  Stirling;  died  without  issue  before  Apr. 
80,  1698. 

Francis  Stirling ;  a  colonel  in  the  army ;  mar- 
ried Agnes,  daughter  of  Robert  Murray,  third  son 
of  Sir  Archibald  Murray  of  Blackbarony,  Bart., 
by  whom  he  had  two  daughters,  Frances  and 
Barbara. 

Christian  Stirling  (probably) ;  married  before 
1697  Mr.  Bower  of  Kincaldrum  and  Meathie;  had 
five  sons,  James,  Francis,  Archibald,  Peter,  and 
Alexander. 

Mary  Stirling;  married  before  1698  Alexander 
Bower  of  Carret. 

Anna   Stirling. 

Margaret  Stirling;  married  (contract  dated  Feb. 
15,  1700),  David  Brown;  d.  in  June,  1706;  issue, 
two  sons. 

5  William  Stirling  "  was  borne  in  the  Keir  on  Saturday 

the  xv  of  January  1625  betwix  ten  and  elevin  in  the 
morninge." 

6  George  Stirling  "  was  borne  in  Cadder  on  Mononday 

the  xviii  of  September  1626,  at  ten  horis  in  the 
morninge";  died  before  1639. 

7  Alexander  Stirling  "  was  borne  in  the  Keir  on  Thursday 

the  xvii  of  July  1628  befoir  fyve  horis  in  the 
morninge." 

8  Grissell  Stirling  "  was  borne  in  Cadder  on  Sonday  the 

xi  of  Februar,  1616  at  fyve  horis  in  the  morninge  " ; 
died  before   1639. 

9  Anne  Stirling  "  was  borne  in  the  Keir  on  Saterday  the 

xi  of  July,  1618,  betwix  x  and  xi  at  nicht  ";  mar- 
ried (contract  dated  June  5,  1635)  Alexander 
Cowan  of  Wester  Polmaise,  and  died  without  issue 
before  1638. 


THE  KEIR  LINE  73 


10  Margaret  Stirling  "  was  borne  in  The  Keir  the  1st  of 
August,  1619,  before  viij  horis  in  the  morninge"; 
died  before  1639. 

XV  SIR  ARCHIBALD  STIRLING  OF  GARDEN, 
KNIGHT,  LORD  GARDEN  (1617-1668).  Archibald  Stirling 
was  educated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow;  studied  law,  and  at 
an  early  age  entered  public  life.  He  was  a  member  of  various 
committees  of  war  appointed  for  the  defence  of  the  country  in 
1643,  and  subsequently  commanded  a  troop  of  horse  in  the  army. 
He  was  appointed  one  of  the  Committee  of  Estate  on  June  9,  1648. 
Sir  Archibald  was  fined  £1500  by  Oliver  Cromwell's  Act  of  Grace 
and  Pardon  in  1654.  On  Feb.  14,  1661,  he  was  nominated  one 
of  the  Senators  of  the  College  of  Justice,  when  he  assumed  the 
title  of  Lord  Garden.  He  was  one  of  the  commissioners  to  the 
convention  and  Parliament  for  Linlithgow  from  1661  until  he 
was  chosen  a  Lord  of  the  Articles,  1661  and  1663.1 

Sir  Archibald  was  served  heir  male  of  Sir  George  Stirling  of 
Keir,  Knight,  his  uncle's  son  in  the  lands  and  barony  of  Keir  and 
others,  Aug.  15,  1667.  He  married  first,  Elizabeth,  eldest  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  Patrick  Murray  of  Elibank,  Baronet,  and  Dame  Eliza- 
beth Dundas,  his  second  wife  (contract  dated  June  24,  1637)  ; 
marriage  at  Edinburgh,  July  9,  1637 ;  married  second  (contract 
dated  June  24,  1646),  Mause  Murray,  daughter  of  Sir  James 
Murray  of  Kilbaberton,  by  his  wife  Dame  Katharine  Weir.  Sir 
Archibald  died  at  Edinburgh,  Apr.  23,  1668;  buried  at 
Dunblane. 

By  his  first  marriage  Sir  Archibald  had: 
XVI        1  John  Stirling,  "born   at  Ochiltrie  the  13th  day   of 
Apraill  1638,"  succeeded  his  father  in  Keir  and 
Cadder. 

2  George  Stirling,  "  born  at  Polmease,  16th  day  of  June, 

1642  "  ;    died  young. 

3  Anne  Stirling,  "born  at  Gardenn  the  3d  of  August, 

1639." 

4  Margaret   Stirling,   "  born   at   Stirling   upon   the   9th 

of  Januar,  1640." 

1  Sir  Archibald  was  a  member  of  Parliament  for  Linlithgowshire,  1646-47,  164R, 
1661-63,  1667;  a  member  of  various  committees  of  war,  1643,  commanded  a  troop  of 
horse  after  the  battle  of  Preston  and  was  appointed  a  Senator  of  the  College  of  Justice, 
June  1,  1661.     (Members  of  Parliament,  Scotland,  Joseph  Foster.) 


74  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

By  his  second  marriage  Sir  Archibald  had: 
III  5  Archibald   Stirling,  "  borne   at  Gardenne  the  21st   of 

March,  1651  " ;  succeeded  his  father  in  GARDEN 
and  continued  that  branch. 

6  James  Stirling,  "  borne  in  Gardenne  the  29th  of  June 

1652";  married  (contract  dated  June  22,  1681) 
Mary,  daughter  of  Sir  George  Stirling,  first  Bar- 
onet of  Glorat.  He  died  before  Apr.  2,  1699, 
leaving  a  son  James  and  a  daughter  Christian,  both 
living  Aug.  15,  1702. 

7  George  Stirling,  "  borne  at  Ochiltrie,  the  20th  day  of 

July,  1653." 

8  William  Stirling,  "  borne  at  Ochiltrie,  the  20th  day  of 

Octr  1654";    probably  died  young. 

9  Alexander  Stirling,  "  born  at  Ochiltrie,  the  9th  of  April, 

1656";    probably  died  young. 

10  Thomas   Stirling,   "  borne   at   Ochiltrie,   the   25th  De- 

cember, 1658  "  ;  probably  died  young. 

11  Henry  Stirling,  "borne  at  Edinburgh  the  20th  day  of 

July,  1667."  He  was  appointed  ensign  in  the  com- 
pany levied  by  the  merchants  of  London  to  go  to 
the  East  Indies  ;  died  in  the  end  of  August,  1736  ; 
had  a  son  born  in  1709  or  10,  who  was  living  in 
1731. 

12  Catharine    Stirling,    "  borne    at    Edinh    the    8th    Sep- 

tember 1647." 

13  Elizabeth  Stirling,  "  borne  at  Ochiltrie  upon  the  last 

of  January,  1649  " ;  married  James  Letoun  of 
Touch. 

14  Rebecca   Stirling,   "  born   at  Ochiltrie   upon   the   2nd 

April,  1650." 

XVI  SIR  JOHN  STIRLING  OF  KEIR  AND  CADDER, 
KNIGHT  (1668-1684).  He  married  first,  at  Stirling,  Feb.  6, 
1668,  Lady  Margaret  Livingston,  daughter  of  Alexander,  second 
Earl  of  Linlithgow  (widow  of  Sir  Thomas  Nicolson  of  Carnock 
and  of  Sir  George  Stirling  of  Keir).  She  died  at  Keir,  Nov.  2, 
1674,  without  living  issue.  He  married  second,  at  the  Abbey  of 
Holyroodhome,  Dec.  2,  1675,  Lilias,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  John 
Colquhon  of  Luss.  He  died  at  Cadder,  in  March,  1684,  "  a  dis- 
creet, honest  and  ingenious  gentleman."  1     She  married  second,  the 

1  He  was  a  member  of  Parliament  for  Stirlingshire,  1667-72,  1674,  and  1678. 
(Members  of  Parliament,  Scotland,  Joseph  Foster.) 


THE   KEIR  LINE  75 


Hon.    Charles    Maitland,    third    son    of    Charles,    third    Earl    of 

Lauderdale,  by  whom  she  had  no  issue.     She  died  at  Cadder,  Dec. 

81,  1726. 

Sir  John  Stirling  by  his  second  marriage  had: 

1  Archibald  Stirling  "  was  borne  at  the  Keir  29th  Oct. 
1676,  at  five  o'clock  on  Sonday  Morning  " ;  died 
young. 

XVII     2  John  Stirling  "  was  borne  at  Sterling  26th  Oct.  1677 
at  five  o'clock  on  Fraydie  morning  "  ;   succeeded  his 
his   father. 
3  George  Stirling  "  was  borne  at  the  Kere    on  Tuesday, 
12th  November,  1678";    died  without  issue. 

XVII  4  James  Stirling  "was  borne  at  the  Keir  on  Saturday, 
the  1st  of  November,  1679  " ;  succeeded  his  brother 
John  in  Keir. 
5  William  Stirling  "  was  borne  at  Keir  on  Fraydie,  24th 
March,  1682,  at  Six  o'clock  in  the  morning  "  and 
"  was  baptized  on  Saturday  26th  of  March  at 
Lecrop  by  Mr.  William  Weems,  minister  at  Le- 
crop."  He  is  called  the  third  son  in  his  father's 
testament  in  1682,  by  which  he  has  a  provision 
of  12,000  merks.  He  acquired  the  lands  of  North- 
side  before  Feb.  29,  1704.  He  had  a  son  James 
who  is  supposed  to  be  the  James  Stirling  men- 
tioned in  a  letter  from  James  Stirling  "  the  Vene- 
tian "  to  John  Stirling  of  Keir,  dated  May  26, 
1726.  "  Your  coosen,  James  Stirling  of  New 
England,  is  expected  here  in  a  little  while  from 
Portugal,  where  he  has  lately  sold  a  great  ship 
of  600  tun."  *      (Original  at  Keir.)     James  Stir- 

1  The  "James  Stirling  of  New  England"  referred  to  here  was  not  James,  son  of 
William  of  Northside,  as  James  of  New  England  was  a  considerably  older  man  than 
William's  son  could  have  been.  The  Boston  (Mass.)  Town  Records,  p.  241,  Vol.  29, 
say  "on  board  the  George  Pumiss  ye  Brigg*.  Joseph  &  Sarah  frm  London  &  Tenareaf 
—  James  Sterling,  a  Merch*  &  Six  of  his  Marin^, "  Sept.  20,  1716.  A  James  Sterling, 
probably  the  same,  was  married  in  Boston,  Dec.  23,  1718,  to  Elizabeth  Waite,  by  the 
Rev.  Samuel  Miles,  Presbyterian  minister.  (Ibid.,  Vol.  of  1898.)  On  Aug.  27, 1722,  in 
a  list  of  "New  Inhabits  Admitted  by  ye  Sel'men"  James  Cotter  from  London,  with  a 
wife  and  child,  were  admitted  "Capt.  James  Starlings  giving  Security  to  the  Town 
Treasurer  in  the  Sum  of  One  Hundred  pounds  to  keep  the  Town  from  Charge  by  the 
Said  family."  (Ibid.,  Vol.  of  1885.) 

Capt.  James  Jeffrey  of  New  London,  Conn.,  in  1723,  contracted  to  build  for  Capt. 
James  Sterling  the  largest  ship  that  had  been  constructed  on  the  American  side  of  the 
Atlantic.  (Hist,  of  New  London,  Frances  Calkins).  This  was  very  likely  the  vessel 
he  sold  three  years  later  in  Portugal.    He  was  one  of  a  committee  to  select  a  site  for  a 


76  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


ling,  son  of  William  Stirling  of  Northside,  was 
"  out  "  in  the  Rising  of  1745  against  the  English. 
He  appears  to  have  been  in  Jamaica  (Kingston)  in 
May,  1748,  as  a  letter  of  that  date  from  James 
Stirling  to  his  brother  Archibald  says,  "  Our  cousin 
James  Stirling  is  well."  William  Stirling  died  at 
Monkrig,  near  Haddington. 

6  Lilias   Stirling  "  was  born  at  the  Keir,  on  Thursday, 

13th  January,  1681,  at  6  in  the  morning";   mar- 
ried at  Cadder,  Dec.   18,  1701,  John  Murray. 

7  Elizabeth  Stirling  "  was  born  at  Keir  on  Sonday,  3d 

June,  1683,  at  2  o'clock  in  the  morning  " ;    died 
young. 

XVII     JOHN    STIRLING    OF    KEIR    AND    CADDER 

(1684-1693).  He  was  infeft  in  the  family  estates  as  heir  of  his 
father,  Apr.  14,  1686.  He  died  in  October,  1693,  and  was  buried 
on  the  20th  in  the  family  aisle  in  Dunblane  Cathedral.  He  was 
succeeded  by  his  brother 

XVII     JAMES    STIRLING    OF    KEIR    AND    CADDER 

(1693-1715).  James  was  served  heir  to  his  brother  in  the  barony 
of  Keir,  May  1,  1694.  He  was  accused  of  being  implicated  in 
the  attempt  made  on  behalf  of  the  Stuart  family  to  invade  Britain 
in  1708.  With  others  he  was  tried  for  high  treason  in  the  Court 
of  Justiciary  at  Edinburgh  on  Nov.  15,  1708. 

He  was  acquitted  of  the  charge  on  Nov.  23.  In  1715  James 
was  attainted  for  having  been  at  Sheriffmuir,  and  his  estates  were 
forfeited.  They  were  purchased  from  the  Crown  by  Robert,  Lord 
Blantyre,  Sir  James  Hamilton  of  Rosehall,  Bart.,  James  Graham 
of  Airth,  Judge  of  the  High  Court  of  Admiralty  in  Scotland, 
John  Stuart,  advocate,  brother  of  Lord  Blantyre,  Ralph  Dundas 
of  Manor  and  William  Stirling  of  Northwoodside,  for  behoof  of 
John,  eldest  son  of  James.     On  the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebellion 

church  of  the  denomination  of  the  Church  of  England,  to  which  (Tie  being  one  of  the 
largest  subscribers)  he  gave  £25,  June  5,  1725.  Capt.  James  Sterling  was  a  warden 
of  the  King's  Chapel  in  Boston,  of  the  established  faith.  In  April,  1721,  he  was  called 
before  the  Lieutenant  Governor  and  Council  of  the  Colony  of  Massachusetts  in  Bos- 
ton, upon  the  request  of  the  Rev.  Henry  Harris,  pastor  of  the  King's  Chapel,  who 
represented  Capt.  Sterling  as  being  opposed  to  the  authority  of  the  English  King. 
(Hist.  Coll.  of  the  Am.  Colonial  Church,  pp.  144-145-164.)  There  is  no  record  of 
any  children  to  Capt.  Sterling. 


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77 


in  1745,  James  Stirling  was  imprisoned  in  Dumbarton  Castle, 
together  with  his  son  Hugh  and  James  Stirling  of  Craigbarnet. 
Lady  Hamilton,  who  was  Margaret  Stirling,  daughter  of  James, 
visited  the  prisoners,  and  by  concealing  a  rope  about  her  dress, 
they  availed  themselves  of  it  and  escaped. 

He  spent  some  of  his  latter  years  in  hiding  from  the  govern- 
ment, and  died  at  Cadder,  Feb.  25,  1749. 

He  married  at  Cardonald,  Feb.  24,  1704,  Marione  Stuart, 
eldest  daughter  of  Alexander,  Lord  Blantyre,  by  Anne,  his  second 
wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Hamilton,  Lord  Pressmenman,  and 
sister  of  John,  second  Lord  Belhaven.  She  died  at  Cadder,  Mar. 
20,  1770. 

Of  this  union  there  were  twenty-two  children: 
XVIH       1  John   Stirling,  born   at  Erskine,   Nov.    18,   1704; 
succeeded  his  father  in  the  estates  of  Keir  and 
Cadder. 
2  Alexander  Stirling. 
XVIII       3  Archibald  Stirling,  born  at  Keir,  Sept.  4,  1710; 
succeeded  his  brother  John. 

4  Walter  Stirling,  born  at  Keir,  Aug.  30,  1711;    died 

without  issue. 

5  Charles   Stirling,  born  at  Keir,  Oct.   1,  1712 ;    died 

without  issue. 

6  William  Stirling,  born  at  Keir,  Sept.  8,  1713;    died 

without  issue. 

7  James    Stirling,   born   at   Keir,   Sept.    17,    1714;    a 

merchant  at  Kingston,  Jamaica,  in  1734.  He 
died  at  Monkrigg,  near  Haddington,  Aug.  9, 
1773. 

8  Robert  Stirling,  born  at  Keir,  Sept.  14,  1715 ;    also 

a  merchant  at  Kingston,  1734-1748.  He  died 
there  in  1760.  (James  Stirling,  the  Venetian, 
writes  to  James  Stirling  of  Keir,  on  Christmas 
Day,  1735,  "  Your  sons  in  Jamaica  are  both  in 
good  health  and  good  esteem,  according  to  all 
accounts,  particularly  Roby.")1 

9  Henry  Stirling,  born  at  Keir,  Nov.  22,  1718;   died  in 

India  before  Nov.  1,  1748. 


1  Robert  Sterling  of  Jamaica  appears  to  have  died  later  than  1760.  His  will  is  on 
file  in  Philadelphia,  Penn.  It  is  dated  Nov.  16,  1763,  and  was  probated  in  1764,  wherein 
he  mentions  his  brothers  William,  James,  and  Archibald  and  cousin  Patrick  Sterling. 


78  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

10  Charles  Stirling,  born  at  Cadder,  Mar.  8,  1722 ;   died 

at  Manchester,  Feb.  7,  1740. 

11  Hugh  Stirling,  born  at  Cadder,  Feb.  26,  1723 ;    was 

concerned  in  the  rising  of  1745  with  his  father 
and  imprisoned  in  Dumbarton  Castle.  He  was 
a  merchant  at  Calcutta  in  1748  and  died  at  Fort 
St.  Davids,  East  Indies,  Apr.  7,  1749. 
XVIII  12  William  Stirling,  born  at  Cadder,  June  5,  1725 ; 
succeeded  his  brother  Archibald  and  carried  on 
the  line  of  the  family. 

13  Lewis  Stirling,  born  at  Cadder,  Nov.  30,  1726 ;    died 

in  Jamaica. 

14  Alexander  Stirling,  born  at  Glasgow,  Dec.  4,  1729. 

15  Ann  Stirling,  born  at  Keir,  Jan.  20,  1706 ;    married 

John  Erskine  of  Carnock,  advocate,  and  died  at 
Edinburgh,  May  11,   1779.     Had  issue. 

16  Lilias   Stirling,  born   at   Edinburgh,  Feb.    6,    1707 ; 

died  unmarried  at  Cadder  about  1775. 

17  Frances  Stirling,  born  at  Keir,  Dec.  30,  1707 ;   mar- 

ried Mar.  31,  1742,  Sir  Archibald  Stuart  of 
Castlemilk,  Bart. ;  died  at  Gourock,  Sept.  12, 
1757.  Had  one  son,  who  died  young,  and  a 
daughter  Anne,  who  married  Sir  John  Stuart  of 
Castlemilk,  her  cousin,  who  died  Jan.  18,  1797, 
and  was  the  last  Baronet  of  Castlemilk.  She  died 
Dec.   16,  1821,  without  issue. 

18  Elizabeth    Stirling,    born    in    Edinburgh,    Jan.    17, 

1718 ;    died  unmarried. 

19  Helen  Stirling,  born  at  Keir,  Oct.   10,  1719;    died 

unmaried. 

20  Margaret  Stirling,  born  at  Keir,  Oct.  6,  1720 ;    mar- 

ried Sir  Hugh  Hamilton  of  Rosehall  and  died  at 
Edinburgh,  Oct.  20,  1802. 

21  Magdalen  Stirling,  born  at  Cadder,  Feb.  29,  1724; 

died  at  Edinburgh  in  February,  1798. 

22  Henriett,  born  at  Cadder,  Mar.  20,  1728. 

XVIII     JOHN    STIRLING    OF    KEIR    AND    CADDER 

(1728-1757).  The  family  estates  which  had  been  forfeited  by 
his  father  in  1715  and  purchased  by  his  friends,  were  reconveyed 
to  John  in  June,  1728.  The  rental  of  these  estates  was  then 
£795.  The  vassals  of  Keir,  who  had  become  Crown  holders  by 
Act    of   Parliament,   reconveyed   to   him   the   superiority    of   the 


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lands.  It  appears  from  a  letter  from  John  Stirling  of  Garden, 
Mar.  10,  1746,  that  "  on  the  march  of  the  Duke  of  Cumberland's 
Army  northwards,  that  part  of  them  were  quartered  at  Keir  on 
the  night  of  the  4th  of  February  last,  did  then  take  away  or 
destroy  a  great  many  papers."  John  Stirling  died  at  Edinburgh, 
unmarried,  July  7,  1757,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  brother 

XVIII  ARCHIBALD  STIRLING  OF  KEIR  AND  CAD- 
DER.  He  went  to  Jamaica  in  early  life  and  became  a  merchant; 
acquired  a  modest  fortune  and  returned  in  1748.  He  married 
first  (contract  dated  at  Cardross,  June  21,  1755;  is  post  nuptial 
and  narrates  their  marriage  in  February,  1751),  Margaret 
Erskine,  daughter  of  Col.  William  Erskine  of  Torrie.  She  died 
on  Sept.  4,  1761,  aged  29,  without  issue.  He  married  second, 
at  Balmanno,  Perthshire,  Oct.  7,  1762,  Dame  Ann  Hay,  daugh- 
ter of  Alexander  Hay  of  Drummelzier,  widow  of  Sir  Patrick 
Hepburn  Murray,  Bart.  She  died  at  Cadder,  Oct.  14,  1807, 
aged  80. 

By  deed  of  entail  dated  Nov.  5,  1771,  Archibald  entailed  the 
estates  of  Keir  and  Cadder  and  others  on  the  heirs-male  of  his 
body  and  the  persons  and  heirs  male  of  a  number  of  specified 
members  of  his  immediate  family,  brothers  and  sisters,  etc.  In 
his  will,  confirmed  Aug.  25,  1784,  he  bequeathed  to  John,  Archi- 
bald, Charles,  and  Robert,  the  younger  sons  of  his  brother  Wil- 
liam, successively,  and  the  heirs  of  their  bodies  and  in  default  of 
such  heirs,  to  James  Sterling,  eldest  son  of  his  brother  William, 
the  plantations  and  sugar  works  of  Hampden,  Keir,  and  Frontier 
in  Jamaica.  Archibald  died  at  Keir,  Nov.  3,  1783,  without  issue 
and  was  succeeded  by  his  brother 

XVIII     WILLIAM  STIRLING  OF  KEIR  AND  CADDER 

(1783-1793).  Although  the  twelfth  son,  he  inherited  the  estates 
of  Keir  through  the  failure  of  his  eleven  elder  brothers.  He  was 
engaged  in  the  rising  in  favor  of  the  Stuart  family,  along  with 
his  father  and  brother  in  1745.  He  married  first,  at  Edinburgh, 
Oct.  1,  1765,  the  Hon.  Helen  Gray,  second  daughter  of  John, 
Lord  Gray.  She  died  at  Cadder,  July  31,  1776,  aged  thirty,  and 
was  buried  at  Dunblane  in  the  Keir  aisle  of  the  Cathedral.     He 


80  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 

married  second,  at  Castlemilk,  Nov.  3,  1781,  Jean  Stuart,  young- 
est daughter  of  the  deceased  Sir  John  Stuart  of  Castlemilk,  Bart. 
William  Stirling  died  suddenly  at  Keir,  May  22,  1793;  buried 
at  Dunblane. 

William's  children  by  his  first  marriage  were: 

XIX       1  James  Stirling,  born  at  Cadder,  Oct.  8,  1766 ;    suc- 
ceeded his  father. 
2  John  Stirling,  born  at  Cadder,  Feb.  23,  1768;    went 
to  Kingston,  Jamaica,  in  1789,  and  died  there  in 
Hampden,  Mar.   24,   1793 ;    unmarried. 

XIX       3  Archibald  Stirling,  born  at  Cadder,  Aug.  2,  1769 ; 
succeeded  his  brother  James. 

4  Charles  Stirling,  born  at  Cadder,  May  12,  1771.     He 

inherited  from  his  father  a  thirteenth  share  in  the 
copartnery  of  Somerville,  Gordon  and  Co.,  West 
India  Merchants  in  Glasgow,  and  was  engaged 
during  most  of  his  life  conducting  the  affairs 
of  that  firm.  In  1806  he  purchased  the  lands 
of  KENMURE,  adjoining  his  brother's  estate  of 
Cadder,  and  built  the  greater  part  of  the  existing 
Mansion  house,  which  he  sold  to  his  brother 
Archibald  for  £40,000.  He  married  at  Linlathen, 
Oct.  14,  1817,  Christian,  daughter  of  David 
Erskine,  C.S.,  and  died  at  Cadder,  Jan.  30,  1830; 
buried  at  Lecropt,  being  the  first  of  his  family 
buried  in  the  vault  under  the  southern  end  of  the 
then  recently  built  church. 

5  Robert  Stirling,  twin  with  Margaret,  born  at  Cadder, 

Dec.  24,  1772;  went  to  Jamaica  in  1790,  and 
became  a  planter.  He  married,  in  1807,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Thomas  Steel i  of  Steelfield, 
Jamaica ;  he  died  at  Kingston,  Jamaica,  Sept.  28, 
1808,  leaving  one  daughter,  Helen,  who  died  in 
London,  Feb.  4,  1822.  His  widow  married  Sept. 
3,  1821,  Com.  Gen.  Thomas  Dunmore,  and  died 
June  23,  1823. 

1  The  "Monumental  Inscriptions  of  the  British  West  Indies,"  1875,  p.  121,  gives 
the  inscription  upon  the  stone  of  Robert  Sterling:  "Robert  Stirling,  Esq.,  of  Hampton, 
in  the  Parish  of  St.  James  —  Fifth  son  of  William  Stirling  of  Keir,  in  the  County  of 
Perthshire,  Scotland,  who  died  September  the  28th  1808,  aged  36  years."  The  same 
work  states  that  "the  branches  of  the  Stirlings  of  Kippenross  and  Kippendavie  were 
also  connected  with  Jamaica.  Patrick,  son  of  John  Stirling  of  the  latter,  married  a 
daughter  of  George  Wedderburn  of  Paris,  Westmoreland,  and  William  Stirling,  his 
younger  brother,  married  the  daughter  and  heiress  of  Henry  Barrett  of  Cinnamon 
Hill."     (See  the  Kippendavie  Line.) 


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6  Margaret  Stirling ;   died  at  Keir  in  June,  1784. 

7  Marion  Stirling,  born  at  Cadder,  June  12,  1774;    she 

kept  house  at  Keir  for  her  brothers  James  and 
Archibald  for  fifty  years,  and  died  there,  unmar- 
ried, Mar.  1,  1842,  and  was  buried  at  Lecropt. 

8  Jean  Stirling,  born  at  Cadder,  July  2,  1775 ;    died  at 

Bromley,  Kent,   Sept.  7,   1855. 
Children  by  second  marriage: 

9  William  Stirling,  born  at  Keir,  Aug.   23,  1789.     He 

entered  the  First  King's  Dragoon  Guards  in  1810  ; 
was  a  captain  in  1815,  and  was  engaged  at  the 
Battle  of  Waterloo.  He  retired  in  1818.  He 
married  first,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Anderson, 
a  merchant  in  London,  and  had  one  son : 

William  Stuart  Stirling-Crawfurd,  born  Nov. 
29,  1819,  of  Milton.  He  assumed  the  name  of 
Crawfurd  on  inheritance  from  his  grandaunt,  Mrs. 
Margaret  Stuart  Rae  Crawfurd  of  Milton.  Win. 
S.  Stirling-Crawfurd,  J. P.,  D.L.,  County  Lanark, 
Lieut.  Col.  First  Lanark  Artillery.  He  married, 
Jan.  22,  1876,  Catharine,  Dowager  Duchess  of 
Montrose  and  daughter  of  John,  Second  Lord 
Decies. 

Capt.  William  Stirling  married  second,  in  1822, 
Anne  Charlotte  Maitland,  daughter  of  Sir  Alex- 
ander Charles  Maitland-Gibson  of  Cliftonhall, 
Bart.,  and  had  by  her  (who  died  Sept.  17,  1875) 
James  Stirling  Stirling-Stuart,  born  in  1825,  and 
Helen  Maitland  Stirling.  James  S.  Stirling-Stuart 
succeeded  to  the  estate  of  Castlemilk  in  1828  upon 
the  death  of  his  grandaunt,  Mrs.  Margaret  Stuart 
Rae  Crawfurd  of  Milton.  He  was  a  captain  of 
the  King's  Dragoon  Guards ;  married  at  Dublin, 
June  1,  1852,  Harriet  Boswell  Erskine,  second 
daughter  of  Matthew  Fortescue  of  Belvidere,  Dub- 
lin.    Had  a  son  and  five  daughters : 

William  James  Stirling-Crawfurd-Stuart,  born 
May  9,  1854,  now  of  Castlemilk.  The  estate  of 
CASTLEMILK  comprises  2137  acres,  with  an 
annual  income  of  £3300.  Address,  Castlemilk, 
Lanarkshire. 

Erskine  Mary  Katharine;  married  Aug.  2, 
1875,  Charles  Shipley  Gordon,  third  son  of  J.  Gor- 


82  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

don  of  Aikenhead,  and  his  wife,  Lady  Isabella 
Gordon,  and  has  a  daughter,  born  Feb.  7,  1879. 

Anne  Helen  Margaret;  married  Jan.  25,  1876, 
Maj.  Gen.  William  Gordon,  C.B.,  K.L.H.M., 
Lieut.  Col.  brigade  depot,  Hamilton,  Scotland, 
1873-1875;    commanded  17th  foot,  1859-1869. 

Harriet  Christian. 

Hannah  Geraldine. 

Marian  Jane. 

Helen  Maitland  Stirling,  born  in  1823  ;  married 
at  Edinburgh,  Dec.  17,  1846,  Henry  Everard  of 
Fulney,  Lincolnshire.  Had  an  only  son,  Harry 
Stuart-Stirling-Crawfurd-Everard,  born  Jan.  30, 
1848,  at  Claybrooke  Hall,  Leicestershire,  England. 
Capt.  William  Stirling  died  at  Castlemilk  Dec.  1,  1825. 

10  Helen  Stirling,  born  at  Cadder,  Feb.  14,  1783;    mar- 

ried, in  1816,  the  Rev.  Angus  Makellar,  D.D. ; 
had  a  son,  the  Rev.  William  Makellar,  born  Aug. 
29,  1816. 

11  Anne  Stirling,  born  at  Keir,  Feb.  23,  1785;    died  un- 

married June  4,  1849. 

XIX     JAMES    STIRLING    OF    KEIR    AND    CADDER 

(1793-1831).  Born  at  Cadder,  Oct.  8,  1766.  He  entered  the 
11th  Dragoons  as  lieutenant  in  1787  and  remained  until  1793. 
He  made  considerable  additions  to  Keir  house  on  the  western  side ; 
died  unmarried  July  26,  1831 ;  buried  in  Lecropt  church.  He 
was  succeeded  by  his  brother 

XIX    ARCHIBALD  STIRLING  OF  KEIR  AND  CADDER 

(1831-1847).  Born  at  Cadder,  Aug.  2,  1769.  He  went  to 
Jamaica  in  early  life  and  was  for  twenty-five  years  a  planter 
there  on  his  father's  estates  at  Hampden  and  Frontier.  He  com- 
pleted the  additions  to  Keir  house,  begun  by  his  brother,  and 
added  considerably  to  the  value  of  the  estates  by  the  discovery 
and  development  of  iron,  coal,  and  freestone.  He  sold  the  estate 
of  Frontier  in  Jamaica  and  purchased  from  his  brother  Charles 
the  estate  and  house  of  Kenmure,  where  he  lived  for  a  time,  then 
removed  to  Edinburgh.  He  married,  June  1,  1815,  Elizabeth 
Maxwell,  born  in  1793,  second  daughter  of  Sir  John  Maxwell  of 
Pollok,  in  Renfrewshire,  seventh  Baronet,  by  his  wife  Hannah  Anne, 


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daughter  of  Richard  Gardiner  of  Aldborough,  Suffolk.  Her  issue 
was  heir  of  her  brother,  Sir  John  Maxwell,  eighth  Baronet,  who 
died  without  issue.  Elizabeth  died  Sept.  5,  1822.  Archibald 
died  Apr.  9,  1847. 

Archibald's  children  were: 
XX     1  William  Stirling,  born  at  Kenmure,  Mar.  8,  1818  ;   suc- 
ceeded his  father  in  Keir  and  Cadder  and  his  uncle 
in  Pollok. 

2  Hannah  Ann  Stirling,  born  at  Kenmure,  Aug.  17,  1816; 

died  unmarried  at  Carlsbad,  Germany,  July  18,  1843  ; 
buried  at  Lecropt. 

3  Elizabeth   Stirling,   born   at   Kenmure,  Aug.    24,   1822; 

died  unmarried  Sept.  12,  1845 ;    buried  at  Lecropt. 

XX  SIR  WILLIAM  STIRLING-MAXWELL  OF  KEIR 
AND  CADDER,  NINTH  BARONET  OF  POLLOK  (1847- 
1878).  He  was  born  at  Kenmure,  Mar.  8,  1818.  Educated  at 
private  school  in  Buckinghamshire;  Trinity  College,  Cambridge, 
B.A.,  1839,  M.A.,  1843.  Spent  some  time  abroad,  after  leaving 
college  in  1839,  in  Spain  and  the  Levant ;  explored  Mount  Leba- 
non ;  lived  with  the  monks  on  Mount  Carmel,  and  returned  to 
England  from  Syria  in  1843.  He  made  other  visits  to  Spain  and 
became  greatly  interested  in  Spanish  art.  His  researches  on  the 
subject  were  embodied  in  a  work  which  first  appeared  in  1848, — ■ 
"Annals  of  the  Artists  of  Spain"  (London,  3  vols.,  8vo), — 
a  work  which  has  remained  an  authority  and  has  appeared  in 
many  editions  and  was  translated  into  German  and  French.  In 
1852  was  issued  "  The  Cloister  Life  of  the  Emperor  Charles  V  ' 
(London,  8vo),  which  has  likewise  been  translated  into  other 
tongues  and  passed  through  many  editions. 

In  1847  William  Stirling  succeeded  to  the  family  estates, 
which  he  disentailed  in  1849,  upon  the  death  of  his  father.  Be- 
tween that  date  and  1851  he  remodelled  the  mansion  at  Keir. 
In  1852  he  sold  the  estate  of  Hampden  in  Jamaica,  the  remainder 
of  the  family  holdings  in  that  isle.  He  was  a  member  of  Parlia- 
ment for  Perthshire  in  1857,  '59  and  '65  and  '74 ;  member  of 
the  Universities  Commission,  1859,  the  Historical  Manuscripts 
Commission  and  Scottish  Education  Board.  Besides  his  Scottish 
residences,  Mr.  Stirling  had  a  fine  mansion  in  London,  where  he 


84  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

entertained  freely,  and  where  he  associated  intimately  with  the 
men  prominent  in  literature  in  his  day:  the  Due  d'Aumale,  Lord 
Dufferin,  Thackeray,  Monckton  Mimes,  and  Prescott,  the  histo- 
rian. He  was  elected  a  rector  of  St.  Andrews  University,  Nov.  27, 
1862,  over  Lord  Dalhousie ;  in  1870  a  rector  of  Aberdeen  Uni- 
versity ;  on  Feb.  5,  1872,  was  installed  rector  of  Edinburgh 
University,  and  on  Apr.  27,  1876,  chancellor  of  Glasgow  Uni- 
versity. On  June  21,  1876,  he  was  created  D.C.L.  by  the 
University  of  Oxford,  and  the  same  year  he  had  the  exceptional 
honor  for  a  commoner  of  being  nominated  a  knight  of  the 
Thistle. 

In  1865,  by  the  death  of  his  uncle,  Sir  John  Maxwell,  ninth 
Baronet  of  Pollok,  William  succeeded  to  the  title  and  estate  and 
assumed  the  additional  name  of  Maxwell. 

Sir  William  took  great  interest  in  the  breeding  of  short-horned 
cattle  and  Clydesdale  horses,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Highland 
Agricultural  Society  in  1841 ;  was  elected  honorary  secre- 
tary Jan.  15,  1868,  and  was  also  president  of  the  Glasgow  Agri- 
cultural Society.  His  hobby  was  the  collection  of  works  of  art 
and  vertu  and  of  sixteenth  century  engravings ;  of  the  bibliog- 
raphy of  proverbs,  and  in  making  additions  to  his  extensive 
library  at  Keir.  He  passed  many  hours  in  the  reading-room  of 
the  British  Museum  Library  and  was  appointed  a  trustee  of  that 
institution  in  1872.  He  was  also  a  trustee  of  the  National  Gal- 
lery and  a  member  of  the  senate  of  London  University,  1874-1878. 
A  terra-cotta  bust  of  Sir  William  is  in  the  National  Portrait 
Gallery  in  London. 

Five  years  after  his  death  his  most  important  literary  work 
was  published,  "  Don  John  of  Austria,  or  Passages  from  the 
History  of  the  Sixteenth  Century,  1547-1578,"  2  vols.,  8vo.  He 
also  contributed  many  papers  to  periodicals  and  issued  some 
thirteen  volumes  of  an  historical  character,  several  of  which  were 
privately  printed.  (For  a  more  extended  account  of  Sir  Wil- 
liam's career  see  the  "  Dictionary  of  National  Biography,"  Vol. 
LIV,  London,  1898). 

Sir  William  married  first,  in  Paris,  Apr.  26,  1865,  Anna  Maria, 
third  daughter  of  David  Leslie  Melville,  tenth  Earl  of  Leven  and 


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Melville,  who  died  Dec.  8,  1874;  married  second,  Mar.  1,  1877, 
Caroline  Elizabeth  Sarah  Norton,  who  died  on  June  15,  follow- 
ing. Sir  William  Stirling-Maxwell  died  at  Venice,  Jan.  15,  1878 ; 
buried  in  Lecropt  church. 

Sir  William's  children  by  his  first  marriage  were: 

XXI  John  Stirling-Maxwell,  born  June  6,  1866,  succeeded 
his  father. 
Archibald  Stirling,  born  in  1867;  lieutenant  3d  Bat- 
talion, Princess  Louise  Argyll  and  Southerland 
Highlanders ;  captain  Scots  Guards ;  unmarried. 
Address:    Keir  House,  Dunblane,  Perthshire. 

XXI  SIR  JOHN  STIRLING-MAXWELL,  TENTH 
BARONET  OF  POLLOK  (1878-  ).  He  was  born  June  6, 
1866;  married  in  1901  Ann  Christian,  daughter  of  the  Right 
Hon.  Sir  Herbert  Eustace  Maxwell,  seventh  Bart,  of  Monreith,  by 
Mary,  eldest  daughter  of  H.  F.  Campbell. 

Sir  John  was  educated  at  Eton  and  Trinity  College,  Cambridge 
(B.A.)  ;  M.P.  (C),  College  Division  of  Glasgow,  1895-1906.  By 
the  will  of  the  late  baronet,  his  eldest  son,  upon  attaining  his 
majority,  was  to  elect  between  the  estates  of  Pollok  and  Keir,  the 
baronetcy  having  originally  been  limited  to  the  heirs  of  entail  of 
the  former.  The  POLLOK  estate  comprises  4773  acres,  including 
mines  and  quarries,  and  has  an  income  of  £14,000  annually.  Ad- 
dress: 48  Belgrave  Sq.,  S.  W.,  London;  Pollok  House,  Pollok- 
shaws,  Renfrewshire. 

The  estate  of  KEIR  comprises  8863  acres,  with  an  annual 
income  of  £6000.  Keir,  the  most  imposing  and  beautiful  place 
in  a  locality  celebrated  for  its  scenery,  is  situated  on  a  rising 
ground  between  the  rivers  Allan  and  Forth,  four  miles  from  the 
city  of  Stirling  and  two  from  the  picturesque  town  of  Dunblane. 
In  front  of  the  mansion  rise  the  wooded  and  precipitous  rocks  of 
Stirling,  Craig  Forth,  and  Abbey  Crag,  out  of  the  rich  alluvial 
plain  of  the  Forth.  Somewhat  nearer,  in  the  east,  the  view  is 
bounded  by  Dumiat,  the  finest  and  boldest  of  the  Ochil  liills,  and 
the  rich  woods  of  Aithrey  and  Kippenross. 

Below  the  house  lies  the  vale  of  Blair  Drummond,  with  the 
last  defended  Scottish  fortress,  the  Castle  of  Dounc,  and  far  to 


86  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

the  north  the  prospect  is  terminated  by  the  magnificent  range  of 
the  noble  Grampian  Hills ;  the  mountains  of  Ben  Lodi,  Ben  Lo- 
mond, and  Ben  Venue,  all  being  included  within  the  horizon  of 
Keir. 

The  old  house  was  a  large  and  ugly  building,  —  an  oblong 
square,  three  floors  high,  and  whitewashed.  It  contained  noth- 
ing worthy  of  notice,  excepting  a  huge  saloon  on  the  ground  floor, 
painted  in  fresco,  and  overlooking  the  lovely  valley  toward  Doune 
Castle,  and  a  handsome  drawing-room,  with  some  good  pictures, 
on  the  second  floor,  which  commanded  a  view  of  the  three  remark- 
able rocks  on  the  plain  of  the  Forth.  About  the  year  1830  the 
old  house  of  Keir  received  very  considerable  additions ;  a  hand- 
some corridor  and  spacious  dining-room  and  drawing-room  were 
built  on  the  ground  floor,  and  about  the  same  time  great 
alterations  were  made  in  the  park,  which  is  of  considerable  ex- 
tent, inclining  downwards  to  the  rivers  Forth  and  Allan,  and 
having  a  handsome  lodge  both  on  the  Stirling  and  Dumblane 
roads. 

Under  the  care  of  the  late  proprietor,  Sir  William  Stirling- 
Maxwell,  Bart.,  the  character  of  the  house  and  grounds  was  greatly 
changed,  and  Keir  was  made  one  of  the  most  remarkable  places  in 
Scotland.  In  former  times  the  shaved  lawn  of  the  park  came  close 
up  to  the  windows  of  the  house ;  now,  immense  terraces  are  inter- 
posed between  the  mansion  house  and  the  lawn,  so  as  to  give  to 
the  place  the  air  of  one  of  the  magnificent  villas  in  the  vicinity  of 
Rome. 

The  entrance  to  the  house  has  been  entirely  changed,  and  stately 
colonnades  and  covered  galleries,  adorned  with  artificial  rock 
work,  have  been  thrown  out  between  the  house  and  the  offices. 
The  interior  was  greatly  changed,  the  library,  among  other  altera- 
tions, being  heightened  to  include  two  floors  of  the  house.  A 
number  of  paintings  by  the  old  masters  are  among  the  collection 
of  valuable  works  of  art.1 

The  estate  of  CADDER,  in  Cadder  parish,  Lanarkshire,  near 
Glasgow,  which  has  been  in  the  possession  of  the  Stirling  family 

1  A  visitation  of  The  Seats  and  Homes  of  the  Noblemen  and  Gentlemen  of 
Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  Sir  Bernard  Burke,  London,  1855,  Vol.  II. 


THE   KEIR  LINE  87 


uninterruptedly  since  the  twelfth  century,  and  is  now  owned  by 
Capt.  Archibald  Stirling  of  Keir,  comprises  5691  acres,  having  a 
rental  income  of  £9000  and  produces  minerals  to  the  value  of 
£3250  annually.  The  present  tenant  is  G.  Buchanan.  Address : 
Bishopbriggs,  Glasgow. 


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IORALDUS,  VICECOMES  *:   so  named  in  a  charter 
by  King  David  I,  granting  Kelso  Abbey  a  salt  pit 
in  Carsaak,  dated  "  apud  Strivelin,"  before  1147. 
(Chartulary  of  Kelso.) 

He  is  held  to  have  been  one  of  the  distinguished  strangers  from 
the  south  who  were  brought  by  David  I  to  civilize  his  native  coun- 
try, and  from  the  names  of  the  other  witnesses  to  David's  charter 
must  have  been  of  the  highest  rank.  John,  Bishop  of  Glasgow,  one 
of  the  witnesses,  having  died  in  1147,  according  to  the  chronicles 
of  Melrose  and  Holyrood,  Toraldus  thus  flourished  at  that  early 
date.     Nothing  more  seems  to  be  known  of  him.2 

1  It  will  be  observed  that  there  is  a  marked  difference  between  the  origin  of  the 
family  here  given  and  that  supplied  by  Sir  William  Fraser,  in  his  work,  "  The  Stir- 
lings  of  Keir  and  their  Family  Papers,"  immediately  preceding.  Why  the  two  historians 
of  the  Scottish  family  did  not  reach  a  common  ground  respecting  the  identity  of  the 
first  two  generations,  does  not  appear.  There  is  no  mention  in  Mr.  Bain's  work,  here 
given  in  its  entirety,  of  the  difference  between  his  explanation  of  the  family's  source, 
and  that  given  in  Mr.  Fraser's  earlier  work.  Each  claim  seems  to  rest  upon  ndisput- 
able  authority.  These  two  gentlemen  have  made  very  exhaustive  researches  in  their 
efforts  to  find  all  existing  material  respecting  the  early  generations  of  the  family  and  it 
is  fair  to  assume  that  they  have  discovered  all  that  we  can  ever  hope  to  know  of  these, 
our  early  ancestors.  Whether  Walter  de  Striuelyng  and  Toraldus  "vicecomes  de 
Strivelyn"  were  identical,  and  are  confused  as  two  separate  individuals,  the  compiler 
of  this  present  history  cannot  surmise. 

Mr.  Fraser  was  aware  of  the  existence  of  Toraldus,  for  he  is  claimed  to  have  been 
the  ancestor  of  the  Stirling  Family  by  William  Playfair  in  his  extensive  work  "British 
Family    Antiquity,"  published  in  London  in  1811. 

2  William  Playfair  in  his  work,  above  mentioned,  states:  "There  have  been  a 
multiplicity  of  branches  from  the  original  stock;  viz.,  the  Stirlings  of  Glesneck  (said 
to  have  derived  their  descent  from  Henry,  a  natural  son  of  David  de  Scotia,  'Comes 
de  Huntingdon  et  de  Gorioch,'  brother  to  William  King  of  Scotland  in  1165,  who 
was  called  the  Lyon  which  Henry  is  frequently  spoken  of  in  Abbey  Chartularies,  etc., 
and  assumed  his  name  from  the  town  of  Stirling  or  Striveling)  and  the  Stirlings  of 
C  alder  in  Lanarkshire  (whose  genealogy  commenced,  according  to  the  authority  of 


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II  WILLIAM,  "  filius  Thoraldi  Vicecomes  de  Strivelyn,"  son 
of  the  preceding.     (1165-1214,  Chartulary  of  Arbroath.) 

His  status  and  relationship  are  vouched  for  (1)  by  a  charter 

the  chartulary  of  the  episcopal  see  of  Glasgow,  the  original  of  which  was  in  the  Scots 
College  at  Paris,  with  '  Willielmus,  filius  Thoraldi,'  possessor  of  the  lands  of  Calder 
in  the  reign  of  King  David  I)." 

The  ancestor  of  these,  the  above  mentioned  Willelmus,  filius  "Thoraldi  Vicomes 
de  Striveling"  made  a  donation  to  the  bishop  and  the  chapter  of  the  see  of  Glasgow 
"de  molendino  suo  de  Calder,"  together  with  certain  lands  "versus  Ecclesiam  de 
Calder"  and  from  his  office  of  Sheriff  of  the  county  of  Stirling,  adopted  the  surname 
and  designation  of  Stirling,  or  as  it  was  called  in  ancient  writs  and  deeds,  Strivelyn. 
There  is  also  another  notification  by  the  same  "Willelmus,  filius  Thoraldi,  Vicomes 
de  Strivelyn,  Ecclesise  Sancte  Maria  de  Strivelyn  &  abbate  &  conventue  ejusdem," 
that  is  to  say,  to  the  Abbey  of  Cambuskenneth,  "  de  Ecclesia  de  Kirkintalloch,  in  puram 
&  perpetunam  elemosyanam." 

His  successor,  if  not  the  son  of  this  Willelmus,  Vicomes  de  Strivelyn,  was  Petrus  de 
Strivelyn,  who  was  a  witness,  under  the  name  of  Strivelyn,  to  a  charter  of  King  William 
to  the  Abbey  of  Cambuskenneth  in  1200.    P.  586,  Vol.  VII. 

John  Kiddell,  in  his  work  wherein  he  claims  the  representation  of  the  Stirlings  of 
Cadder  for  the  Drumpellier  branch  also  finds  the  early  generations  to  be  ditferent 
from  those  detailed  by  Mr.  Fraser,  and  agrees  with  Playfair.  Relative  to  this  point  he 
says: 

"  A  full  statement  of  the  original  and  early  ancestry  of  the  fibulati  (a  term  derived 
from  the  fact  of  their  having  buckles  on  their  shield  as  distinguished  from  the  Stirlings 
of  Moray  and  Glenesk,  whose  shield  bore  three  stars)  Strivelienses  in  the  person  of 
the  ancient  and  distinguished  Vicecomites  de  Striveline  from  whom  the  former  derive 
their  descent  and  their  name." 

I.  Toraldus  or  Thoraldus  —  Vicecomes  —  the  first  generation  and  conceived 
ancestor  from  what  will  transpire  of  the  Stirlings  in  question.     Proofs: 

Charter  by  David  I  who  reigned  from  1125  to  1153,  to  the  Abbey  of  Kelso,  of  a 
saltpit  in  Carsaak,  dated  "apud  Strivelin,"  which  is  witnessed  —  "Roberts,  Saueti 
Andree  Episcopo;  Johanne,  Glasqueusi  Episcopo;  Edwardo,  Chancellario ;  Duncano- 
Comiti;  Herberto,  Camerario;  Toraldo,  Vicecomite;  Alwino  MacArchile,  Lctredo 
filio  Fergusii."  All  the  above  witnesses  were  persons  of  the  highest  rank  and  consid- 
eration holding  great  public  offices  and  beside  the  two  first  Bishops  of  the  Kingdom, 
the  Chancellor  and  Chamberlain,  there  is  Duncan,  Earl  of  Fife  and  Lictred,  son  of 
Fergus,  the  Lord  of  Galloway.  Thoraldus  is  held  to  have  been  a  Saxon  chief  or  leader, 
whom  with  various  Saxons,  Normans  and  strangers  David  I,  during  what  Chalmers 
styles  the  Scoto-Saxon  period,  imported  into  Scotland  to  colonize  and  civilize  it. 

From  the  date  of  the  above  charter  at  Stirling,  taken  with  what  will  follow,  we  may 
conclude  that  the  Sheriffdom  he  undoubtedly  held  was  that  of  Stirling.  This  charter 
must  have  been  signed  in  or  before  1 147,  that  being  the  year  when,  according  to  the 
"Chronicls  of  Melrose  and  Holyrood,"  John,  Pishop  of  Glasgow,  a  witness  thereto, 
died. 

II.  Williemus,  Filius  Thoraldi,  Vicecomes  de  Strivelyn,  son  and  heir  of  the 
preceding  Thoraldus.  The  proof  of  his  existence  and  connection  is  found  in  a  charter 
by  William  the  Lion,  who  reigned  from  11G5  to  1214,  to  the  Abbey  of  Arbroath,  of  a 
saltpit  in  the  Kars,  which  is  witnessed  "inter  alias,  by  Williemo  filio  Thoraldi."  Further, 
in  a  charter  without  date  "Willcinus,  filius  Thoraldi,  vicecomes  de  Strivelyn"  to  the 
Church  of  St.  Mary  of  Stirling  and  Abbot  thereof  (the  same  as  of  Cambuskenneth), 
of  the  Church  of  Kirkintulloch  and  others. 

III.  Alexander,  son  of  William,  son  of  Thorald,  or  as  he  came  to  be  styled,  Alex- 


90  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 

of  William  the  Lion  to  Arbroath  Abbey,  of  a  salt  pit  in  the  Kars 
to  which  he  is  a  witness ;  (2)  a  charter  by  the  same  king  to  the 
Abbey  of  Dunfermline,  to  which  he  is  a  witness,  granted  at  Stir- 
ling; and  (3)  a  charter  granted  by  himself,  as  "William,  son  of 
Thorald,  Sheriff  of  Stirling,"  of  the  church  of  Kirkintilloch,  to 
Cambuskenneth  Abbey,  witnessed  by  Alan,  his  son,  among  others. 

These  are  all  without  date  but  are  prior  to  1214,  when  Wil- 
liam the  Lion  died.  Other  documents,  cited  by  Riddell  in  his  com- 
ments on  the  pretensions  of  the  house  of  Keir  to  the  representation 
of  the  sheriffs  of  Stirling,  show  that  William  had  at  least  three 
sons: 
III     1  Alexander  de  Strivelyn,  his  heir. 

2  Alan  de  Strivelyn,  and 
IV     3  John  de  Strivelyn,  who  succeeded  his  brother. 

III  "ALEXANDER  DE  STRIVELYN  (1222-1244),  son 
of  William,  son  of  Thorald,"  or  simply  "  Sheriff  of  Stirling  "  and 
Justiciary  of  Lothian,  was  the  first  proprietor  on  record  of  Ochil- 
tree and  Cadder. 

The  charters  and  other  documents  cited  by  Riddell  from  the 
Chartularies  of  Dunfermline  of  the  priory  of  St.  Andrew  of  New- 
bottle  and  other  sources  fully  prove  his  existence  and  style,  and 
that  he  had  a  brother 

IV  JOHN  DE  STRIVELYN,  afterwards  Sir  John  de  Strive 
lyn,  "  Dominus  de  Ochiltree,"  and  also  sheriff  of  Stirling. 

He  is  called  the  son  of  Alexander  (No.  Ill)  by  the  editor  of  the 
Stirlings  of  Keir;  but  from  the  evidence  adduced  by  Riddell  he 
was  more  probably  his  younger  brother  and  appears  to  have  flour- 
ished about  the  middle  of  the  thirteenth  century. 

In  the  next  generation,  three  knights  appear  on  record,  who 

ander  Vicecomes  of  Strivelyn  and  Justiciary  of  Lothian  also  Sheriff  of  Stirling  and 
proprietor  of  Ochiltree  and  Cadder  the  original  patrimonies  of  the  fabulati  Strivelienses 
down  to  1541. 

The  Vicecomites  of  Stirling  had  not  yet  in  the  time  of  Alexander  adopted  the  sur- 
name of  Strivelyn,  which  they  came  afterwards  to  take,  from  the  high  office  which  they 
uniformly  held.  In  this  way  the  original  ancestry  and  descent  of  the  fibulati  Strive- 
lienses have  been  aeduced,  through  their  re,  resentatives,  the  Vicecomites  of  Strivelyn 
(then  as  much  the  capital  of  Scotland  as  Edinburgh),  which  high  office  was  in  a 
manner  hereditary  in  the  family  and  from  which  they  derived  their  surname ;  with 
it  they  conjoined  their  noted  patrimonies  of  Ochiltree  and  Cadder  besides  other  valuable 
domains  and  fiefs. 


THE  STIRLINGS  OF  CRAIGBARNET  91 


there  is  little  doubt  were  the  sons  of  the  above  Sir  John.     They 
were : 

V  1  Sir  Alexander  de  Strivelyn,  "  del  conte  de  Lanark,"  who 
swore  fealty  to  Edward  I  of  England  in  1296.  He 
was  the  ancestor  of  the  Cadder  line. 

2  Sir  John  de  Strivelyn  of  Carse  and  Alva.  He  appears  as 
"  Jehan  de  Striveline,  Chevaler,"  on  the  Ragman  Roll. 
His  seal,  three  round  buckles  on  a  chief,  is  in  the 
Chapter  House  Collection,  H.  M.  Public  Record  Office. 
His  only  daughter,  having  married  one  of  the  Menteiths 
of  Ruskie,  carried  his  estates  into  that  family,  who, 
in  consequence  of  the  alliance,  quartered  the  Stirling 
buckles  with  their  own  coat  of  arms. 

3.  Sir  William  de  Strivelyn,  ancestor  of  the  Keir  line. 

V  SIR  ALEXANDER  DE    STRIVELYN   OF   CADDER 

died  some  time  before  1304,  leaving  a  widow,  whose  christian  name 
was  Marie. 

Among  the  Scottish  Chancery  documents  in  the  Public  Record 
Office,  the  editor  lately  found  a  writ  by  Edward  I,  dated  "  Tullib- 
otheville,  20  April"  (1304),  commanding  the  sheriff  of  Lanark 
to  allow  Marie,  widow  of  "  Monsieur  Alexander  de  Strivelyn,"  to 
have  peaceable  possession  of  her  lands  in  heritage,  held  in  capite, 
as  she  had  done  homage  and  fealty.  There  is  a  similar  writ  to 
the  sheriff  of  Dumfries ;  and  from  this  it  may  be  concluded  the 
lady  was  an  heiress.  It  has  not  hitherto  been  known  that  the 
Stirlings  of  Cadder  ever  had  lands  in  this  latter  county.  Alexan- 
der left  a  son 

VI  JOHN  DE  STRIVELYN,  killed  at  the  battle  of  Halidon 
Hill,  July  19,  1333. 

His  son: 

VII  SIR  JOHN  DE  STRIVELYN  OF  CADDER,  who  died 
before  1408,  in  which  year  his  son: 

VIII  WILLIAM  DE  STRIVELYN  had  a  charter  of  Cadder 
from  Matthew,  Bishop  of  Glasgow.  He  was  a  hostage  for  the 
ransom  of  King  James  I,  and  appears  to  have  died  about  1434. 
He  was  the  father  of: 

IX     1   Sir  William  de  Strivelyng  of  Cadder  and  Regorton,  an- 
cestor of  Janet  Stirling,  heiress  of  Cadder. 


92  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

IX     2  Gilbert  de  Strivelyn,  ancestor  of  the  Stirlings  of  Craig- 
bernard  and  Glorat. 

IX  GILBERT  DE  STRIVELYN  married  the  daughter  and 
heiress  of  Alicia  de  Erth,  Lady  of  Cragbernard,  and  died  a  young 
man  before  1434,  leaving  a  minor  son  and  heir: 

X  JOHN  DE   STRIVELYN  OF  CRAGBERNARD.     He 

was  one  of  the  jurors  on  the  service  of  James  Livingstone  as  heir 
to  his  father,  James,  Lord  Livingstone,  in  the  barony  and  castle 
of  Calendar,  etc.,  on  Nov.  7,  1467. 

He  was  also  one  of  the  jurors  on  the  service  of  John,  Lord 
Dernley,  in  1473.  He  resigned  in  1486,  Cragbernard,  Bal- 
grochqueris,  Corfatrik,  Leychedis,  and  Balglas,  in  favor  of  his 
eldest  son  John,  reserving  his  own  life  rent.  On  May  29,  1487,  he 
was  one  of  the  jurors  who  served  William  de  Strivelyn,  heir  of 
Sir  William  de  Strivelyn  of  Cadder,  his  father,  in  the  lands  of 
Letter. 

He  is  said  to  have  married  a  daughter  of  Galbraith  of  Kil- 
crench.  He  died  about  July  26,  1497,  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
son: 

XI  SIR    JOHN    STRIVELING    OF    CRAGBERNARD. 

He  was  also  one  of  the  jurors  on  the  service  of  William  de 
Strivelyn  of  Cadder  in  1487.  On  his  father's  resignation  he  re- 
ceived from  James  III,  on  May  29,  1486,  a  charter  of  Crag- 
bernard and  other  lands.  He  is  there  styled  the  King's  beloved, 
familiar  squire.  He  was  a  courtier  and  a  man  of  distinction,  and 
much  about  the  persons  of  this  unfortunate  sovereign  and  his 
son,  by  the  latter  of  whom  he  was  knighted. 

According  to  documents  cited  in  Chalmer's  Caledonia  (Vol. 
Ill,  p.  278),  he  obtained  from  James  IV  a  grant  of  the  keeping 
of  Dumbarton  Castle  for  nineteen  years  on  July  26,  1497.  This 
honorable  and  responsible  post  was  filled  by  his  younger  son  and 
his  grandson  during  the  greater  part  of  the  following  half  cen- 
tury. On  May  1,  1502,  he  was  Comptroller  to  King  James  IV. 
This  king  visited  Sir  John  at  Craigbernard  in  1507,  as  the  ac- 
counts of  the  Lord  High  Treasurer  for  that  year,  February  9, 
bear :  "  Item,  that  nycht  in  Craigbernard,  to  the  King  to  play 


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at  the  cartis,  XXiiij  s."  The  King  Is  supposed  to  have  held  a 
court  at  the  place  since  known  as  Court  Hill. 

Sir  John  Striveling  acquired  the  lands  of  Glorat  from  Mat- 
thew, Earl  of  Lennox,  by  charter,  dated  May  27,  1508,  confirmed 
by  James  IV  by  charter  dated  the  31st  of  the  same  month,  wherein 
he  is  styled  the  King's  familiar  knight. 

On  June  6,  1508,  Sir  John  founded  a  chaplainry  in  the  church 
of  Campsie  and  at  his  place  of  Craigbernard,  the  provisions  of 
which  grant  are  curious  and  interesting. 

Sir  John  married  Margaret,  eldest  daughter  of  James,  third 
Lord  Abernethy  of  Saltoun.  He  died  before  Aug.  3,  1510.  He 
had  at  least  four  sons: 

XII  1   George  Strivelyn,  his  heir. 

2  William  Strivelyn,  first  of  GLORAT  (q.  v.). 

3  Walter  Strivelyn,  first  of  BALLAGAN  (q.  v.). 

4  Robert    Strivelyn,    brother-german    of    William,    named 

in  a  grant  by  Colin  Campbell  of  Auchinhowie  to 
William  Stirling  of  Glorat,  of  the  ward  of  the 
lands  of  Branzaite,  is  clearly  a  fourth  son  of  Sir 
John. 

He    had    also    a    daughter    who    married    John    Lennox    of 

Balcorroch. 

XII     GEORGE  STRIVELING  OF  CRAIGBERNARD.    On 

Aug.  15,  1510,  he  received  from  Matthew,  Earl  of  Lennox,  a 
precept  of  sasine  as  heir  of  his  father  in  Glorat  and  Kilwynnet, 
on  which  he  was  infeft  the  21st  of  the  same  month.  On  June  17, 
1511,  George  Striveling  "  Dominus  de  Cragbernard,"  as  heir  of 
his  deceased  father,  Sir  John,  the  first  founder  and  patron,  in- 
ducted Sir  George  Mason,  late  vicar  of  Drumman  (Drymen)  to 
the  chaplainry  in  the  parish  of  Campsie  and  the  private  chapel 
of  Craigbernard. 

George  married  before  Mar.  16,  1502,  Elizabeth  Park,  by 
whom  he  had  seven  sons  and  one  daughter.  He  died  between 
Feb.  10  and  Apr.  12,  1520,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son. 

His  children  were: 

XIII  1  John  Striveling,  his  heir. 

2  James   Striveling,  witness   to   a   charter  by   Sir   James 
Stirling  of  Keir,  dated  Aug.  11,  1566. 


94  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

3  William  Striveling. 

4  Duncan  Striveling. 

5  William  Striveling. 

6  Walter.      (The    last    four    are   mentioned    as   brothers- 

german  to  the  "  Auld  Lard  "  of  Craigbernard  in 
1565.) 

7  David,  mentioned  as  her  deceased  brother  in  a  discharge 

by  Margaret  Stirling,  spouse  of  Andrew  Symple  of 
Bryntschellis,  dated  Nov.  30,  1565. 

8  Margaret  Striveling,  the  above. 

XIII  JOHN  STRIVELING  OF  CRAIGBERNARD.  John, 
Earl  of  Lennox,  granted  a  precept  on  Apr.  18,  1520,  in  his  favor 
as  heir  of  his  father  in  Craigbarnet  and  Kylwinnet.  He  appears 
as  a  witness  and  otherwise  in  various  deeds  to  June  12,  1579,  when 
he  resigned  his  estates  in  favor  of  his  eldest  son,  John,  who  had 
a  charter  of  that  date  from  Robert,  Earl  of  Lennox.  John  mar- 
ried Euphame  Logan,  probably  a  daughter  of  John  Logan  of 
Gartconnell,  before  Feb.  10,  1520.  He  died  between  June  12,  1579, 
and  Dec.  22,  1580,  when  he  was  called  umquhile  in  a  discharge 
by   James,   his    third    son. 

(So  stated  in  the  Genealogy  of  the  Stirlings  of  Keir.  But  in 
an  old  Inventory  of  Writs  there  is  a  Prorogation  of  a  Submis- 
sion between  William  Livingston  of  Kilsyth  and  Marion  Foster, 
spouse  of  John  Stirling  of  Craigbarnet,  on  account  of  William 
Stirling  of  Glorat,  one  of  the  arbiters,  dated  Jan.  1,  1534.) 

John's  children  were: 

XIV     1  John  Striveling,  his  heir. 

2  Walter  Striveling,  a  witness  in  1546. 

3  James  Striveling,  mentioned  in  1580. 

4  Margaret  Striveling,  presumed  his  daughter   from  her 

mention   in   the   dispensation   for   her   marriage   to 
David  Watson  in  June,  1545. 

XIV  JOHN   STRIVELING  OF   CRAIGBERNARD.     He 

succeeded  his  father  before  December,  1580.  He  was  one  of  the 
executors  named  in  the  will  of  Walter  Striveling  of  Ballagan  on 
Dec.  17,  1597,  confirmed  in  the  Edinburgh  Commissary  Court 
Books,  July  4,  1599.  He  seems  to  have  married  Margaret  Reid 
and  to  have  had  at  least  two  children.  He  was  living  in  16 — ; 
the  date  of  his  death  is  apparently  unknown. 


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His  children: 

XV  John  Striveling,  his  successor. 

Jean   Striveling,   who   married,  Oct.   7,   1593,  Walter   Bu- 
chanan of  Spittal. 

XV  JOHN  STRIVELING  OF  CRAIGBERNARD.  He  ap- 
pears to  have  married  first,  Margaret  Graham,  who  died  in  June, 
1587;  second,  in  1588,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Hamilton 
of  Bardowie.  He  and  his  second  wife  had  a  charter  of  Craig- 
bernard  and  other  lands  from  Ludovic,  Duke  of  Lennox,  in  1591. 

He  died  between  1633  and  1640. 

His  children  by  his  first  marriage  were: 

XVI  1  John  Striveling,  his  successor. 

2  William  Striveling. 

3  Robert  Striveling. 

4  Alan  Striveling. 

5  Andrew  Striveling.      (These  children  appear  as  execu- 

tors in  their  mother's  will.) 

6  Agnes  Striveling,  testament,  dated  in  1587. 

7  Margaret  Striveling. 

8  Jane  Striveling. 

9  Sibella  Striveling. 

10  Elspeth  Striveling,  contracted  in  marriage  to  Gabriel 
Corbet  of  Hardgray,  Apr.  19,  1600. 

XVI  JOHN   STRIVELING  OF  CRAIGBERNARD.     He 

married,  Oct.  11,  1618,  Annabella,  daughter  of  Thomas  Ewing 
of  Cukispow.  He  seems  to  have  died  before  May  9,  1646,  and  was 
succeeded  by  his  son 

XVII  JOHN  STRIVELING  OF  CRAIGBERNARD.  Born 
in  1627,  as  in  a  deposition  made  by  him  in  1673,  he  gives  his 
age  as  "  46  years  or  thereby."  He  had  a  precept  from  William 
Livingston  of  Kilsyth,  as  heir  of  his  father,  in  parts  of  Crag- 
bernard,  on  May  9,  1646.  He  is  named  as  bailie  in  a  charter 
of  adjudication  by  Sir  Mungo  Stirling  of  Glorat,  Knt.,  dated 
July  27,  1655.  He  married  in  Nov.,  1656,  Mary,  youngest 
daughter  of  Sir  Mungo  Stirling  of  Glorat.  Her  tocher  was 
5000  merks.  He  died  between  1697  and  1700.  His  wife  died 
in  1719,  aged  86. 


96  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Children : 

XVIII  1   Mungo  Stirling,  his  successor. 

2  George   Stirling,  who  was   a  writer  in  Glasgow  and 

witnessed  a  bond  by  the  Laird,  Apr.  29,  1708. 
He  was  living  in  1712,  and  was  named  in  a  letter 
by  his  brother  Mungo  to  the  Laird  of  Garden. 

3  James  Stirling,  witnessed  a  discharge  by  his  father, 

May  18,  1684. 

4  A  daughter,  who  married  Bell  of  Antermony. 

XVIII  MUNGO  STIRLING  OF  CRAIGBERNARD.     On 

Feb.  26,  1702,  he  entered  into  an  agreement  of  sale  of  his  estate 
with  Sir  Mungo  Stirling  of  Glorat.  He  and  his  wife  sold  the 
Mains  of  Craigbernard,  etc.,  to  John  Stirling  of  Keir  in  1731. 
Archibald  Stirling,  who  succeeded  his  brother  John  in  Keir,  re- 
conveyed  the  estate  to  James  Stirling,  son  of  Mungo,  in  1768.  As 
Mr.  Fraser  remarks,  this  transaction  is  an  honorable  one  to  the 
Keir  family. 

Mungo  Stirling  married  Marjory  Stirling,  his  cousin,  the 
daughter  of  Sir  George,  of  Glorat,  the  first  baronet.  He  died 
of  "  cold  and  asthma,"  Jan.  7,  1733,  aged  73  years.  His  widow 
survived  him  only  eleven  days,  dying  on  Jan.  18,  1733,  also  of 
"  cold  and  asthma,"  aged  63  years. 

They  had  two  sons  and  a  daughter: 

XIX  1  James  Stirling,  his  successor. 

2  A  son,  name  not  ascertained. 

3  Mary  Stirling,  who  married  George  Graham  of  Schauno- 

chile,  a  cadet  of  the  Grahams  of  Airth.  Her  de- 
scendants succeeded  to  Craigbarnet.  She  died  in 
1759,  aged  70  years  and  upwards. 

XIX  JAMES  STIRLING  OF  CRAIGBARNET.     He  had 

a  tack  from  John  Stirling  of  Keir  of  the  Mains  of  Craigbarnet, 
dated  July  20,  1730. 

He  was  "  out  "  in  the  risings  of  1715  and  1745.  He  captured 
during  the  latter  eleven  dragoons  without  assistance  and  after 
receiving  many  shots.  How  he  did  it  does  not  appear.  It  was 
certainly  a  remarkable  feat,  arguing  either  great  stupidity  or 
pusillanimity  in  the  soldiers  or  consummate  skill  on  the  part  of  the 
Laird  of  Craigbarnet.     He  was  also  said  to  have  concealed  him- 


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self  from  pursuit  while  in  hiding  at  this  time,  in  the  plantations 
of  Woodhead,  opposite  to  Craigbarnet,  dressed  as  an  old  woman 
spinning.  (There  is  also  a  tradition  that  he  was  sometimes  hidden 
in  a  secret  chamber  in  the  old  house  of  Glorat.)  He  was  cap- 
tured and  confined  in  the  Castle  of  Dumbarton  in  May,  1746, 
along  with  James  Stirling  of  Keir. 

He  married  Catharine,  daughter  of  James  Monteith  of  Auld- 
cathy.  He  was  not  reinvested  in  his  estates  until  1768,  when  he 
was  quite  an  elderly  man.     He  died  after  Feb.  17,  1774. 

Issue : 

XX     1   John  Stirling,  who  succeeded. 

2  Charlotte  Stirling  who  married  James  Gartshore  of  Al- 

derston,  by  whom  she  had  four  sons:  James,  who 
died  in  France,  unmarried ;  John,  who  died  unmar- 
ried; Alexander,  who  succeeded  to  Craigbarnet; 
Maxwell,  who  died  in  the  West  Indies,  unmarried ; 
and  a  daughter,  who  died  unmarried. 

3  James  Stirling  (a  natural  son),  who  married  and  had  a 

daughter. 

XX  JOHN  STIRLING  OF  CRAIGBARNET.  He  exe- 
cuted, Mar.  14,  1799,  an  entail  of  Craigbarnet,  in  which,  after 
the  heirs  of  his  own  body,  he  called  to  the  succession  the  heirs  of 
the  body  of  his  sister,  Charlotte  Stirling  and  her  husband,  James 
Gartshore,  whom  failing,  the  heirs  of  the  body  of  Robert  Graham 
Burden  of  Feddel.  Under  this  substitution  Charles  Campbell 
Graham,  only  son  of  John  Graham,  succeeded  to  Craigbarnet. 
John  Stirling  married  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  Patrick  Murray 
of  Balmanno,  Bart.  He  died  before  May  28,  1805,  without  law- 
ful issue  and  was  succeeded  by  his  nephew 

XXI  ALEXANDER  GARTSHORE-STIRLING  OF 
CRAIGBARNET,  third  son  of  James  Gartshore  and  Charlotte 
Stirling,  as  before  shown,  who  took  the  name  of  Stirling  in  addi- 
tion to  his  own.  He  was  born  Jan.  21,  1773,  and  became  a  lieu- 
tenant in  the  Royal  Navy.  He  married  (proclamation  of  banns 
made  on  Feb.  23,  1806)  Ann,  only  daughter  of  James  Millar  of 
Glasgow.  He  died  of  heart  disease,  Apr.  21,  1852,  without  issue, 
and  was  succeeded  by 


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XXII  CHARLES  CAMPBELL  GRAHAM-STIRLING 
OF  CRAIGBARNET,  the  only  son  of  the  deceased  John  Graham, 

who  was  the  second  son  of  Rob- 
ert Graham  Burden  of  Feddel, 
whose  grandmother  was  Mary 
Stirling,  as  before  stated. 

He  was  a  maj  or  in  the  army 
and  a  captain  in  the  42d  High- 
landers, or  Black  Watch,  with 
which  regiment  he  served  with 
distinction  in  the  Crimean  War. 
He  commanded  at  the  final 
assault  on  Sebastopol  in  Sep- 
tember, 1853. 

He  married  at  Ballagan 
House,  Dec.  2,  1856,  Elizabeth 
Agnes,  elder  daughter  of  the 
late  Robert  Dunmore  Napier  of 
Ballikinrain.  He  died  July  25, 
1898,  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
only  child. 

XXIII  CAROLINE  FRANCES  MILLER-STIRLING  OF 
CRAIGBARNET.  She  married,  Jan.  10,  18S3,  George  H.  Miller 
(who  added  the  name  of  Stirling  to  his  own),  commander  of  the 
Royal  Navy,  now  retired,  and  third  son  of  the  late  James  Black 
Miller,  Esq.,  of  Muirshiels,  Renfrewshire. 

The  estate  of  CRAIGBARNET  consists  of  3400  acres  lying 
in  the  parishes  of  Campsie  and  Strathblane,  Stirlingshire,  having 
an  annual  income  of  some  £1700.  Address :  Craigbarnet,  Campsie 
Glen. 

Issue  of  the  above: 

Elizabeth   Georgina   Caroline,   born   Mar.    9,    1885. 
Harry  James  Graham  Stirling,  born  at  Halifax,  N.  S., 

Aug.  2,  1886. 
Edward  George  Bradshaw,  born  Apr.  8,  1890. 
Arthur  Eustuce  Stirling,  born  July  15,  1895. 


%i)t  ^ttrltttgs  of  (glorat 

THE  elder  line  of  Craigbarnet  having  failed  in  the  person  of 
John  Stirling  (XX)  in  1805,  the  male  representation 
devolved  upon  their  kinsmen  of  Glorat. 
The  lands  of  Glorat,  or  a  part  of  them  (for  there  is  reason  to 
believe  that  he  held  some  part  of  them  already),  were  acquired  in 
1507  by  Sir  John  Striveling  (XI)  of  Craigbernard,  who  on  May 
27,  1508,  had  a  charter  from  the  superior,  Matthew,  second  Earl 
of  Lennox. 

The  second  son  of  Sir  John  and  his  wife  Margaret  Abernethy 


was 


I     WILLIAM  STRIVELING,  FIRST  OF  GLORAT.     The 

above  Earl  Matthew,  on  Oct.  10,  1508,  granted  a  charter  to  him, 
therein  styled  son  of  the  Earl's  beloved  cousin,  Sir  John  Strive- 
ling, Knt.,  which  bears  that  the  lands  had  been  resigned  in  Wil- 
liam's favor  by  his  father.  On  July  8,  1523,  John,  third  Earl  of 
Lennox,  bound  himself,  "  becauss  of  profitts  and  gratitude  don 
be  the  said  William  to  ws,"  to  give  him  new  infeftment  of  the  lands 
of  Glorat  and  the  superiority  of  the  lands  of  Easter  Baldorane, 
belonging  to  Walter  Stewart.  In  fulfilment  of  which  promise  the 
Earl,  on  Aug.  3,  thereafter,  granted  him  a  charter  of  these  lands 
and  superiority.  On  Feb.  20,  1529,  George  Colquhoun  of  Glyne 
conveyed  the  50s.  lands  of  old  extent  of  Wester  Baldoran  to  Wil- 
liam Striveling  and  Margaret  Houstoun,  his  spouse,  by  charter  of 
that  date.  By  indenture,  dated  June  24,  1510,  between  Robert, 
Lord  Erskine,  and  William  Striveling  of  Glorat,  which  contains 
a  curious  list  of  the  effects  within  the  fortress,  it  would  seem  that 
William  had  been  previously  keeper  of  Dumbarton  Castle,  probably 
as  deputy  to  his  father.  On  Feb.  3,  1514,  John,  Earl  of  Lennox, 
in  consideration  that  "  our  traist  cousyng  and  familiar  servitour, 


100  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Williame  Strivelyng  of  Glorat,  has  to  his  labouris,  travellis,  costls 
and  expensis,  gotten  and  optenit  to  us  the  Castale  of  Dunbertane," 
bound  himself  to  give  to  William  and  his  heirs  charter  and  seisin 
of  the  £5  lands  of  Keppock. 

After  the  cruel  murder  of  this  Earl  on  Linlithgow  field  in 
1526  by  Sir  James  Hamilton  of  Fynnart,  William  Striveling  ob- 
tained from  Sir  James  the  office  of  keeper  of  Dumbarton  Castle 
for  seventeen  years,  from  Whitsunday  following  the  date  of  the 
deed,  —  Mar.  19,  1527. 

William  Strivelyng  was  appointed  curator  to  Matthew,  the 
fourth  Earl  of  Lennox  (an  office  only  conferred  on  a  near  relative) 
by  grant  under  the  Privy  Seal  of  James  V,  dated  Aug.  3,  1531, 
and  he  was  Sheriff  of  Dumbartonshire  in  that  year.  In  a  letter 
of  bailliary  granted  to  him  on  July  10,  1532,  he  is  styled  the  Earl's 
well  beloved  cousin  and  curator.  He  signs  along  with  his  ward, 
a  gift  by  Matthew,  Earl  of  Levanax,  with  consent  of  William 
Stryvelyng  of  Glorat,  his  curator,  to  Sir  John  Striveling  of  Keir, 
of  the  non-entry  duties  of  the  lands  of  Auchinhowie,  dated  Aug.  1, 
1532.     To  this  deed,  his  seal  is  said  to  be  appended. 

William  Stryvelyng  met  with  a  sudden  end  to  his  busy  career. 
He  was  murdered  on  Good  Friday,  1534,  by  Humphry  Galbrath 
and  his  accomplices,  being  then  on  the  King's  employment,  coming 
from  Striveling  to  Dumbarton,  by  those  who,  in  the  expressive 
Scottish  phrase,  "  wes  hounded  out  for  that  end,  becaus  the  said 
William  did  take  the  Castell  of  Dunbarton  from  those  who  wes  in 
possession  thereof,  and  did  possess  the  said  John,  Earl  of  Lennox 
therein." 

He  was  married  first,  before  Apr.  20,  1517,  to  Mariota  Bris- 
bane, a  daughter  of  Brisbane  of  Bishoptoun.  John  Brisbane  of 
Bishoptoun  was  on  the  above  date  appointed  one  of  her  attorneys 
by  James  V.  His  second  wife,  to  whom  he  was  married  before 
1527,  was  Margaret,  a  daughter  of  Houstoun,  of  that  family. 

By  his  first  marriage  he  had : 
II     1  George  Striveling,  his  heir. 

By  his  second  marriage  he  had : 

2  Andrew  Striveling,  ancestor  of  the  Stirlings  of  LAW  and 
EDINBARNET,  now  extinct  in  the  male  line  (q.  v.). 


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101 


3  James  Striveling,  styled  Mr.  James,  brother-german  to  An- 

drew Stirling  of  Law,  on  Jan.  27,  1561,  and  on  May  4, 
1564. 

4  John  Striveling. 

5  Walter  Striveling,  who  as  "  brother  to  the  said  capitane  " 

was  a  pledge  for  George  in  the  articles  of  agreement 
between  the  Regent  Arran  and  the  latter,  dated  Apr.  1, 
1545.  He  was  slain  when  quite  a  youth,  before  Mar.  3, 
1545-1546,  on  which  date  John  Sympill  of  Foulwod 
and  John  Sympill,  his  son  and  heir-apparent,  and 
others,  found  caution  to  underly  the  law  at  the  next 
justice  aires  of  Dumbarton  and  Renfrew,  for  art  and 
part  in  the  cruel  slaughter  of  Walter  Strivelyng, 
brother  of  George  Strivelyng  of  Glorat. 


Old  Glorat  Seals 


II  GEORGE  STRIVELING  OF  GLORAT.  He  was  served 
heir  of  his  father  in  Glorat  and  Baldoran  on  Jan.  15,  1537.  As 
captain  of  the  Castle  of  Dumbarton  he  was  granted  receipts  on 
July  30  and  Mar.  19,  1536,  to  Huchoun  Rose,  Baron  of  Kilravock, 
for  sums  due  his  "  burd  "  while  in  ward  there.  As  son  and  heir  of 
William  Strivelyng,  he  had  a  crown  charter  of  the  lands  of  Mains 
and  others  in  Dumbartonshire,  dated  May  24,  1536,  and  another 
of  the  lands  of  Glorat,  Baldorran,  Portnellan,  Halliday,  Capeth, 
and  Park  of  Inchinman,  dated  July  15,  1546.  He  also  had  a 
charter  of  the  lands  of  Keppoch,  from  Matthew,  Earl  of  Lennox, 
on  Apr.  1,  1544. 

He  succeeded  his  father  in  the  captaincy  of  Dumbarton  Castle, 
having  had  a  gift  of  that  office  from  James  V,  dated  at  Stirling, 
Apr.  13,  1534.  This  document  narrates  the  true  service  done  to 
the  King  and  his  father  by  the  late  William  Striveling  and  his 


102  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

father  (Sir  John),  and  that  William  was  cruelly  slain  last  Good 
Friday  acting  for  the  King  in  his  charge  and  service.  In  the  fol- 
lowing month  the  King  wrote  to  George,  thanking  him  for  his 
diligence  and  good  service  "  wherebye  ye  could  have  done  us  nae 
greater  pleasour."  * 

On  the  death  of  James  V,  Matthew,  Earl  of  Lennox,  returned 
to  Scotland  in  1543.  On  January  27  of  that  year  he  granted 
the  captaincy  of  Dumbarton  Castle  to  George  Striveling,  and  on 
Apr.  19,  1544,  it  appears  that  the  Earl  and  George  entered  into  a 
mutual  bond,  offensive  and  defensive.  Tytler  (Hist,  of  Scotland) 
relates  how  Lennox  and  his  secretary,  Thomas  Bischop,  attempted 
to  persuade  George  Striveling  to  surrender  the  Castle,  without  suc- 
cess, and  though  the  captain  would  have  protected  his  relative,  the 
Earl,  from  violence,  the  garrison  took  arms,  on  which  Lennox  and 
his  English  followers  betook  themselves  for  safety  to  their  ships. 

The  captain  appears  to  have  resolved  to  hold  the  Castle  till 
he  could  make  safe  terms  with  the  Regent  Arran.  He  stood  a  siege 
for  many  months,  and  at  last  entered  into  articles  of  agreement 
with  Arran  on  Apr.  1,  1545. 

Tytler,  on  the  authority  of  Bishop  Lesley,  says  that  George 
Striveling,  for  a  high  reward,  was  induced  to  deliver  the  fortress 
into  the  Governor's  hands,  but  the  terms  of  the  articles  afford 
no  countenance  to  this  assertion,  and  show  distinctly  that  George 
Striveling  was  to  continue  to  hold  the  Castle  for  the  Queen,  with 
the  Governor's  approval.  If  he  had  delivered  it  to  his  cousin  Len- 
nox, representing  the  English  interests,  then  there  might  have  been 
some  foundation  for  the  charge,  which,  however,  seems  groundless. 

Besides,  all  his  influential  neighbors,  some  of  them  his  near 
relatives,  the  Barons  of  Lennox,  by  their  declaration  of  July  13, 

1  Letter  by  James  V  to  George  Stirling  of  Glorat  thanking  him  for  his  service; 
dated  May  21,  1534. 
Rex. 
Trast  and  well  beloved  friend,  we  greet  you  heartily;  and  has  understoud  by  our 
secretar  and  James  Wallace  pursevant,  the  bearer,  your  dilhgence  and  good  service 
done  to  us  att  this  time,  whereby  ye  could  have  done  us  nae  greater  pleasour ;  whereior 
we  thank  you  greatly,  praying  you  to  continew  in  your  diligence  and  gud  service  in 
time  coming.    Like  as  the  said  James  will  inform  you,  as  ye  will  report  our  speciale 
thanks  and  reward,  and  doe  us  singular  empleasour.    Subscribed  with  our  hand  and 
under  our  signet  att  Dundee,  the  twenty-first  day  of  May,  and  of  our  reigne  the  twenty- 
first  year.  T  „ 

James  Hex. 


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1546,  clearly  showed  him  that  failing  his  compliance  with  the  ra- 
tional party,  they  were  prepared  to  assist  in  placing  the  Castle 
in  the  hands  of  the  Regent  and  Council  by  force  of  arms.  More- 
over, in  the  memorandum  submitted  to  the  Duke  of  Lennox  by  Sir 
Mungo  Stirling,  the  great-grandson  of  George,  credit  is  justly 
claimed  for  his  having  performed  his  part  of  the  bond  with  the 
Earl,  "  which  the  said  George  performed  to  his  uttermost,  having 
keeped  the  Castell  for  the  space  of  ane  yeire  against  the  Governor 
of  Scotland  and  all  his  power  and  never  did  surrender  the  same 
till  the  said  Earle  of  Lennox  wreatt  to  him  from  France  so  to  doe 
and  upon  honorable  and  advantageous  conditions  to  the  said  Earle 
and  himself,  rendered  up  the  place." 

On  Apr.  25,  1545,  George  Striveling  received  a  formal  com- 
mission from  the  Queen,  with  the  consent  of  the  Regent,  to  be  cap- 
tain, constable,  and  keeper  of  the  Castle.1 

George  Striveling  married,  before  Aug.  6,  1544,  Margaret 
Buchanan,  daughter  of  the  Laird  of  Buchanan.  She  is  named  as 
"  Lady  Glorat "  in  a  charter  by  Walter  Striveling,  brother  to 
George,  in  her  favor  in  life  rent,  and  the  heirs  betwixt  her  and 
George,  in  fee,  of  the  Kirkland  of  Strathblane,  dated  Aug.  6,  1544. 

George  Striveling  was  killed  at  Pinkie  in  1547,  and  on  Dec.  24, 
1550,  Queen  Mary  granted  a  precept  to  John  Striveling  as  his 
heir  in  the  lands  of  Glorat  and  others,  on  which  John  was  infeft 
the  29th  day  of  the  same  month.  George  had  at  least  the  son  above 
mentioned  who  succeeded  him. 

Ill  JOHN  STRIVELING  OF  GLORAT.  This  laird  mar- 
ried, probably  between  1565  and  1570,  Annabella,  fourth  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  William  Edmonstone  of  Duntreath  by  his  second  wife, 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  James  Campbell  of  Lawers,  ancestor 
of  the  Earls  of  Loudoun. 

1  Abstract  of  a  copy  of  Grant  by  Queen  Mary,  with  the  Lord  Governor's  consent, 

to  George  Stirling  of  Glorat,  of  the  office  of  Captain  of  Dunbarton  Cast  le. 

Dated  Apr.  25,  1545. 

Mary  Queen  of  Scots,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  her  "dearest  cousing  and 

tutour"  James,  Earl  of  Arran,  &c,  makes  and  constitutes  her  lovite  George  Stirling 

of  Glorat,  "his  heirs  or  assigneys"  captains,  keepers  and  constables  of  her  castle  of 

D  inbarton,  then  in  his  keeping,   for  nine  years  after  the  date  of  the  dee.  1:  with  all 

powers  competent  to  former  captains  of  said  castle.     Given  under  the  privy  seal  at 

Edinburgh,  Apr.  25,  1545,  and  third  year  of  her  reign. 


104  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


On  June  23,  1576,  the  Lords  of  Council  and  Session  granted  a 
decree  absolving  John  Striveling  of  Glorat,  John  Striveling,  called 
Tutor  of  Glorat,  and  Luke  Striveling  of  Baldorran,  from  an  action 
brought  against  them  by  Robert  Callender,  younger   of  Ballin- 
choch,  who  accused  them  of  molesting  and  troubling  him,  occupy- 
ing- his  lands  "  bodin  in  feir  of  weir  "  and  other  crimes,  but  failed 
to  prove  his  case.    In  1579  he  had  a  sasine  in  the  lands  of  Keppoch. 
On  Dec.  9,  1581,  "  Joine  Striveling  of  Glorat,  John  Striveling 
3'ounger  of  Craigbarnet,  Walter  Striveling  of  Ballagane,  Louke 
Striveling  of  Baldorane,  and  Johnne  Striveling,  servitour  to  Glor- 
att,  were  dilaitt   of   airt  and  pairt   of   the  crewall   slauchter   of 
umquhile  Malcume  Kincaid,  sone  to  James  Kincaid  of  that  Ilk, 
commited  in  Junij  last  by  past." 

In  1588,  in  consequence  of  the  marriage  between  his  daughter 
Mary  and  Robert  Striveling  of  Lettir,  he  granted  to  them,  with 
the  consent  of  Annabella  Edmonstoune,  his  wife,  and  John,  his 
apparent  heir,  an  annual  rent  of  £10  out  of  the  lands  of  Glorat. 

He  is  said  to  have  died  between  May  24,  1608,  and  May  18, 
1613,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son. 

Issue: 

IV     1   John  Striveling,  his  heir. 

2  James   Striveling,  a  witness  with  George,  his  brother,  to 

a  sasine,  in  1595,  in  favor  of  John  Striveling,  senior 
of  Glorat,  of  the  lands  of  Capuc  (Keppoch)  for  im- 
plementing a  contract  between  his  eldest  son  and  Wil- 
liam, his  "  Alius  liberalis." 

3  William  Striveling,  who  received  a  grant  from  his  father, 

with  consent  of  John,  fiar  of  Glorat,  of  certain  lands 
about  Cardross,  in  1595. 

4  George  Striveling,  who  received  from  his  father,  propriis 

manibus,  sasine  of  the  lands  of  Easter  Baldorran,  in 
1593.  Among  the  witnesses  are  John  Striveling, 
younger  of  Glorat,  and  Robert  Striveling  of  Lettir. 
He  is  said  to  have  died  without  issue,  before  May  24, 
1608,  when  his  father  was  confirmed  executor  to  him 
by  the  commisaries  of  Edinburgh. 

5  Mary  Striveling,  who  married  Robert  Striveling  of  Lettir, 

circa  1588. 

6  Elizabeth  Striveling. 

7  A  daughter   (possibly  Jean  Striveling,  to  whom  and  her 


THE  STIRLINGS  OF  GLORAT  105 

husband, Livingstone,  John  Striveling  of  Glorat 

granted  an  annual  rent  out  of  Baldorran  in  1607). 

IV  JOHN  STRIVELING  OF  GLORAT.  He  had  a  precept 
of  Clare  Constat  from  Sir  William  Livingstone  of  Kilsyth,  Bart., 
a  senator  of  the  College  of  Justice,  in  his  favor,  as  heir  of  his 
father,  in  Easter  and  Wester  Glorat,  dated  Oct.  13,  1613. 

He  is  said  to  have  acquired,  in  1601,  the  lands  of  Wester  Bal- 
dorran from  James  Striveling  (and  Helen  Dalziel,  his  spouse), 
heir  and  successor  of  umquhile  Lukas  Stirling,  his  father,  and  in 
1604  to  have  sold  these  lands  to  John  Livingstone.  He  was  infeft 
in  Keppoch  on  a  precept  of  clare  constat  by  Ludovic,  Duke  of 
Lennox,  Apr.  14,  1614. 

On  Nov.  16,  1629,  with  consent  of  his  eldest  son,  Mungo  Stir- 
ling, fiar  of  Glorat,  he  sold  Keppoch  to  John  Ewing. 

He  married,  before  Sept.  28,  1604,  Annabell  Graham,  and  had 
seven  sons  and  two  daughters.  He  died  about  1642,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  eldest  son. 

Issue: 

V     1   Mungo  Stirling,  his  heir. 

2  John   Stirling,  who  married  Lilias   Grahame.     They  were 

living  in  1640. 

3  Archibald  Stirling,  living  in  1636. 

4  James  Stirling,  who  died  before  January,  1631,  leaving  a 

son,  Archibald,  and  a  daughter,  Christian,  who  married 
Alexander  Livingstone  of  Parkhills. 

5  George  Stirling,  mentioned  in  a  contract  between  John  Stir- 

lino:  of  Glorat  and  John,  his  son,  dated  Feb.  26,  1629. 
He  also  witnessed  a  charter  by  John  Stirling,  son  law- 
ful to  John  Stirling  of  Glorat,  to  John  Shaw  of  Bar- 
garrane  for  500  merks,  in  which  Mungo  Stirling, 
their  brother-german,  fiar  of  Glorat,  is  a  cautioner, 
dated  May  27,  1635. 

6  William  Stirling,  parson  of  Baldernock. 

7  A  daughter,  married  John  Livingstone  of  Baldorran. 

8  Margaret  Stirling,  who  married  William  Dalziel  of  Chissin. 

She  is  called  his  relict  on  June  26,  1649. 

V     SIR  MUNGO  STIRLING  OF  GLORAT.    Sir  Mungo  had 

a  precept  of  sasine  from  Sir  William  Livingstone  of  Kilsyth,  as 
heir  to  his  father,  in  1642. 


106  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

He  was  an  active  politician,  and  was  deeply  engaged  in  public 
affairs  during  the  troublesome  times  in  which  his  long  life  was  cast. 
Being  a  steady  Royalist,  he  suffered  much  during  the  usurpation 
of  Cromwell.  Beside  these  public  engagements,  his  private  affairs 
occupied  no  small  share  of  his  time,  as  many  deeds  in  the  Glorat 
charter  chest  still  remain  to  attest.  He  was  evidently  a  man  much 
trusted  by  his  neighbors  and  his  friends,  both  in  public  and  per- 
sonal matters. 

He  was  a  captain  in  the  army  which  the  celebrated  Field 
Marshal  Alexander  Leslie,  afterwards  Earl  of  Leven,  led  across 
the  border  in  aid  of  Charles  I  of  England,  as  the  following  docu- 
ment shows : 

"  Sir    Alexander    Leslie    of    Balgonie,    Knight,    Generall    of    the 
Scottish  Armie. 

"  Whereas  Capitane  Mungo  Stirling  in  my  Lord  Eskine's 
Regiment  is  going  to  Scotland  for  fourtein  dayes  about  the  dis- 
patche  of  his  affairs.  Thairfor  this  shall  be  ane  sufficient  for- 
loffe  for  him  and  his  servant  in  their  going  and  returning  wtout 
spoke  or  hinderance  of  any  of  the  Guards  belonging  to  the  Scot- 
tishe  Armie. 

"  Dated  at  Newcastle  the  3d  of  June  1641  Yeires. 

"  A.  Leslie." 

He  was  again  in  arms  for  the  King  four  years  later  under 
Montrose. 

Sir  Mungo  married  first,  contract  dated  Aug.  11,  1614,  Mar- 
garet, third  daughter  of  Alexander  Hamilton  of  Kinglas  and 
Elizabeth  Forrester,  his  spouse.  He  married  second,  before  1631, 
Marion,  daughter  of  Wauchope  of  Niddrie ;  third,  contract  dated 
Oct.  2,  1641,  Margaret  Livingstone,  who  was  living  in  1666.  He 
died  later  than  January,  1669 ;   was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son. 

Children : 

VI     1  George  Stirling,  his  heir. 

2  William  Stirling,  of  whom  little  seems  to  be  known. 

3  Jean  Stirling,  who  married  George  Ross  of  Galston  in  1649. 

4  Margaret  Stirling,  who  married  Thomas  Kennedy  of  Bal- 

tersan  in  1649. 

5  Mary  Stirling,  who  married,  contract  dated  Oct.  31  and 

Nov.  4,   1656,  John  Stirling  of  Craigbarnet. 

VI  SIR  GEORGE  STIRLING  OF  GLORAT,  FIRST 
BARONET.     Like  his  father,  he  was  a  strong  Royalist,  but  the 


THE   STIRLINGS  OF  GLORAT  107 


only  reward  they  received  was  the  dignity  of  Night  Baronet  and 
an  honorable  augmentation  to  their  armorial  bearings.  Sir 
George,  who  was  already  a  knight,  was  created  a  baronet  of 
Nova  Scotia  with  limitation  to  the  heirs  male  of  his  body  by 
patent,  dated  at  Whitehall,  Apr.  30,  1666.1 

It  narrates: 

"  The  good  and  faithful  services,  great  sufferings  and  losses, 
through  several  imprisonments,  fynes  and  other  prejudices  sus- 
tained by  Sir  Mungo  Stirling  of  Glorat  and  Sir  George  Stirling, 
his  sone,  for  and  in  His  Majestie's  service  and  His  Majestie  being 
no  less  sensible  thereof  is  desyrous  for  their  encouragement  in  the 
future,  to  put  ane  mark  of  His  Majestie's  favour  upon  that 
family." 

Sir   George  married,   contract  dated   July   11,   1657,   Mary, 

daughter  of  Sir  George  Seaton  of  Haillis.  She  died  in  August, 
1659,  leaving  an  only  child  and  daughter.  Sir  George  married 
second,  contract  dated  Feb.  1,  1666,  Marjory,  eldest  daughter 
of  Sir  William  Purves  of  Woodhouselee,  Bart.,  and  had  three  sons 
and  four  daughters.  Sir  George  was  living  Mar.  7,  1693.  He 
was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son. 

Issue: 
VII     1  Muxgo  Stirling,  his  heir. 

2  Robert  Stirling,  who  left  no  issue,  as  his  next  brother, 

John,   carried  on  the  line  of  the  family.     He  was 
lost   at   sea. 

3  John   Stirling,  W.S.,  of  Edinburgh,  whose   son,  Alex- 

ander, became  the  fourth  baronet. 

4  Margaret  Stirling,  who  married  William  Cross,  merchant 

of  Glasgow,  contract  dated  Feb.  5,  1691.     They  had 
a  daughter,  Katharine,  living  in   1728. 

1  "  The  order  of  the  Knights-Baronets  was  designed  to  be  established  by  King 
James  VII  in  1621,  but  it  was  not  actually  founded  until  the  year  1625  when  King 
Charles  I  granted  a  certain  portion  of  land  in  Arcadia  (Nova  Scotia),  a  New  Scotland, 
to  each  person  upon  whom  a  baronetcy  was  conferred. 

"  This  land  thev  were  to  hold  of  Sir  William  Alexander,  afterward  Earl  of  Stirling, 
with  precedency  to  them  and  their  heirs-male  forever,  before  all  Knights  called  Equites, 
Aurati  and  all  lesser  barons  called  Lairds  and  all  other  gentlemen,  except  Sir  William 
Alexander,  his  Majestie's  Lieutenant  in  Nova  Scotia,  his  heir,  their  wives  and  children. 

"  Sir  was  to  be  prefixed  to  their  christian  name  and  Baronet  added  to  their  sur- 
name, and  their  own  and  their  eldest  son's  wives  were  to  enjoy  the  title  of  Lady,  Madam, 
or  Dame.  Thus,  from  the  institution  and  design  of  this  order  of  Baronets  in  Scotland, 
they  are  denominated  Baronets  of  Nova  Scotia."  (Members  of  Parliament,  Scotland, 
Joseph  Foster.) 


108  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

5  Marjory  or  May  Stirling,  who  married  Mungo  Stirling 

of  Craigbarnet.     (q.  v.) 

6  Helen  Stirling,  who  married  Andrew  Currier,  W.S.,  Edin- 

burgh,  who    survived  her,   and   as   assignee   granted 
a   discharge   to  Lady  Stirling  in   1720. 

7  Ann  Stirling,  living  in  1720. 

VII  SIR  MUNGO  STIRLING  OF  GLORAT,  SECOND 
BARONET.  He  married,  about  1705,  Barbara,  eldest  daughter 
of  Hugh  Corbet  of  Hardgray  and  widow  of  John  Douglass  of 
Mains.  He  was  living  at  Glorat  on  July  10,  1706,  and  Mar.  19, 
1712.  In  a  letter  from  William  Stirling,  dated  Aug.  20,  1715, 
to  John  Stirling  of  Garden,  he  says :  "  I  gott  a  letter  from  the 
Lady  Glorat  with  ane  account  of  hir  son  Mr.  James,  being  in 
a  fiver."  Sir  Mungo  made  his  will  on  Apr.  21,  1712,  and  died 
on  the  same  day.     His  widow  made  her  will  Dec.  29,  1740. 

Issue: 
VIII     1  James  Stirling,  his  heir. 

2  William  Stirling.1 

3  Hugh  Stirling. 

VIII  SIR  JAMES  STIRLING  OF  GLORAT,  THIRD 
BARONET.     Sir  James  was  only  six  years  old  when  served  heir 

1  William  and  Hugh  Stirling  were  among  the  first  settlers  of  the  Colony  of  Georgia. 
It  is  likely  that  they  came  with  Oglethorpe  at  the  time  of  the  first  settlement,  arriving 
Feb.  1,  1733,  in  company  with  the  forty  families,  totaling  one  hundred  persons,  which 
comprised  the  first  of  the  colonists.  The  "  Narrative  of  the  Colony  of  Georgia, "  by 
P.  Timothy,  published  at  "Charles  Town,"  in  1741,  locates  definitely  the  Stirling 
plantation:  "Twelve  Miles  Southward  by  Land  from  Savannah  is  Mr.  Houston's 
Plantation,  kept  with  one  Servant,  And 

About  Thirty  Miles  from  that,  up  the  River  Ogeeche,  was  the  Settlements  of  Messrs 
Stirlings,  &c,  with  Twenty  five  Servants:  This  Place,  when  they  went  there  was  the 
Southernmost  Settlement  in  the  Colony  and  very  remote.  (This  was  the  only  Spot 
allowed  them  to  settle  upon,  any  other  Place  being  refused.) ;  so  that  they  were  obliged 
to  build,  at  their  own  expence  and  at  a  considerable  charge,  a  strong  Wooden  Fort  for 
Defence.  And  the  said  Messers  Stirlings  having  resided  for  about  three  Years  with 
the  Servants,  they  were  obliged  to  leave  it  after  having  exausted  their  Fortunes  to  no 
Purpose  in  the  Experiment."    P.  77. 

William  Stirling's  name  is  found  on  petitions  addressed  to  the  Trustees  of  the 
Colony,  under  dates  of  Dec.  9,  1738,  and  Aug.  10, 1740.  Ibid.,  p.  41.  Hugh  Sterling, 
"an  experienced  Planter  in  the  Colony,"  carried  to  England  and  "presented  to  the 
Trustees  in  the  Summer  of  1735,  a  Petition  for  the  Use  of  Negroes,  signed  by  about 
Seventeen  of  the  better  Sort  of  People  in  Savannah."  Ibid.,  p.  23.  (See  also  American 
Colonial  Tracts,  Vol.  4,  pp.  35,  47,  66,  73.)  William  and  Hugh  Stirling  are  said  to  have 
both  died  in  Georgia  before  1742. 


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of  his  grandfather,  Sir  George,  on  Aug.  8,  1712.     On  Feb.  12, 
1740,  he  had  a  Crown  charter  of  the  estate  of  Glorat. 

He  married  first,  in  May,  1728,  Martha  Luke,  daughter  of  a 
wealthy  Glasgow  merchant,  John  Luke  (of  Claythorn?);  second, 
at  Edinburgh,  Jan.  28,  1751,  Jean,  only  daughter  of  John  Stir- 
ling of  Herbertshire  (q.  v.),  but  had  no  issue  by  either  of  these 
ladies.  He  entailed  the  estates  by  a  deed,  dated  Oct.  5,  1765. 
Sir  James  died  at  Glorat,  Apr.  30,  1771,  and  was  succeeded  in 
his  title  and  estates  by  his  first  cousin,  Alexander,  son  of  his 
uncle,  John  Stirling,  writer  to  the  signet.  Sir  James's  widow, 
Jean,  married  second,  James  Erskine,  a  lord  of  Session,  by  the 
title  of  Lord  Alva. 

JOHN  STIRLING,  third  son  of  Sir  George,  the  first 
baronet. 

He  was  apprenticed  (by  article)  to  William  Stirling,  W.S., 
by  indenture  dated  Mar.  1,  1699.  He  was  one  of  the  tutors  of 
his  nephew,  Sir  James,  and  purchased  Glorat  for  him  when  it 
was  publicly  sold  in  1720.  He  married  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter 
of  Sir  Alexander  Home,  of  Renton,  Bart.,  and  his  wife,  Dame 
Margaret  Scott. 

Through  this  marriage  his  son  eventually  succeeded  to  the 
estate  of  Renton,  and  transmitted  with  it  to  his  descendants  the 
representation  of  two  great  historic  houses,  —  the  Hepburns, 
Earls  of  Bothwell  and  their  successors,  the  Stewarts  of  Colding- 
hame,  —  beside  no  small  share  in  that  of  George  Home,  Earl 
of  Dunbar,  the  trusted  councilor  of  King  James  VI.  John  Stir- 
ling had  one  son  and  two  daughters.  They  were: 
IX     1  Alexander  Stirling,  the  fourth  baronet  of  Glorat. 

2  Margaret  Stirling,  named  in  a  memorial  by  counsel  for 

her  uncle,  Sir  Robert  Home  of  Renton. 

3  A  daughter  married  Thomas  Graham  of  Ballagan. 

IX  SIR  ALEXANDER  STIRLING  OF  GLORAT, 
FOURTH  BARONET.  Before  his  succession  this  gentleman 
was  Mayor  of  St.  Albans,  Hertfordshire,  England,  in  1755. 
He  was  born  in  1715.  He  received  a  Crown  charter  of  Glorat, 
Aug.  6,  1771.     On  the  death  of  his  cousin,  Sir  John  Home  of 


110  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Renton,  in  1785,  he  succeeded  to  the  estate,  which  he  entailed  June 
28,  1788. 

He  married  about  1749,  Mary,  daughter  and  coheiress  with 
her  sister,  Frances,  of  Robert  Willis,  Esq.,  of  Strood,  near 
Rochester,  England,  who  survived  him.  He  died  at  Edinburgh, 
Feb.  22,  1791,  in  his  76th  year,  and  was  buried  at  Campsie  on 
the  26th  of  the  same  month. 

Children : 
X     1  John  Stirling,  born  Mar.  3,  1750,  who  succeeded. 

2  Mary,  born  June  21,  1762;    died  Dec.  20,  1774;    buried 
in  Greyfriars  Churchyard,  Edinburgh. 

X  JOHN  STIRLING  OF  GLORAT,  FIFTH  BARO- 
NET. Sir  John  was  served  heir  to  his  father  Mar.  21,  1791. 
He  married  in  Stratford,  Conn.,  Gloriana  Folsome,  born  Dec. 
24,  1753,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Ann  Folsome  of  Stratford.1 

1  The  marriage  of  John  Stirling  with  Gloriana  Folsome  was  a  romantic  one  and 
one  that  has  been,  to  a  certain  extent,  celebrated  in  local  history  as  well  as  furnishing 
the  basis  of  some  works  of  fiction. 

References  to  this  romance  are  found  in  the  History  of  Stratford  and  Bridgeport, 
Rev.  Samuel  Orcutt,  1886  (pp.  449-452) ;  the  Folsome  Genealogy,  Jacob  Chapman, 
A.  M.  1882  (pp.  28,  43,  44,  247-250),  etc. 

It  is  related  in  the  History  of  Stratford  that  Gloriana  or  Glorianna,  as  her  name 
was  also  spelled,  "possessed  light  brown  hair,  bright  sparkling  blue  eyes,  a  tine  personal 
figure,  with  a  lively,  entertaining  manner  and  all  the  modest  culture  of  those  frugal 

days."' 

"In  the  autumn  of  the  year  1770  .  .  .  there  came  to  Stratford,  a  stranger  of  rather 
remarkable  appearance,  who  stopped  at  Benjamin's  tavern.  ...  He  was  John  Ster- 
ling from  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  the  son  of  a  Baronet  and  he  had  been  sent  out  by  his 
fattier  on  a  visiting  tour  to  America,  going  first  to  Canada  and  thence  to  New  York." 

"By  what  fatality  he  came  to  Stratford  is  not  known.  ...  His  manner  was  pleas- 
ant and  entertaining  but  he  seemed  to  be  wittiout  any  object  of  worldly  or  religious 
business  and  there  ore  was  viewed  as  a  suspicious  character." 

John  and  Glorianna  met  and  were  mutually  attracted  and  a  strong  affection  grew 
into  an  engagement.  "  The  proposition  (of  marriage)  all  opposed  except  the  father 
and  'sweet  sixteen'  ...  but  Jotinny  won  ttie  race  and  came  out  Mr.  Sterling  with 
Mrs.  Glorianna  Sterling  as  mate  March  10,  1771." 

"  He  then  tarried  in  Stratford  and  after  a  while  wrote  home  for  money.  The  father 
sent  some  and  wrote  him  to  return  home,  but  he  wrote  that  he  was  married  and  could 
not  come  —  so  say  the  descendants  of  the  Folsome  family.  .  .  .  When  funds  ran  low 
again,  Mr.  Sterling,  like  a  true  Yankee  engaged  in  teaching  school  in  the  old  Pendleton 
house,  where  he  continued  for  several  months,  if  not  more  than  a  year." 

"In  the  autumn  of  1771,  the  Baronet  in  Edinburgh  became  impatient  at  the  stay 
of  his  son  in  America  and  wrote  a  peremptory  requirement  for  his  son  to  come  home 
and  bring  his  wife  with  him.  ...  He  departed  alone,  assuring  her  he  would  send  for 
her  as  soon  as  possible." 

"When  he  had  departed,  the  whole  town  was  musical  with  whisperings,  suspicions 


THE  STIRLINGS  OF   GLORAT  111 

Sir  John  died  at  Edinburgh,  Mar.  6,  1818.  Lady  Stirling 
died  Jan.  4,  1826. 

They  had  seventeen  children ;    they  were : 

1  Mary    Stirling,   born   in    Stratford,    Conn.,    Dec.    10, 

1771 ;  married  John  Aitchison  of  Berwickshire, 
and  died  in  1838,  leaving  issue. 

2  Jean  Maria  Stirling,  born  in  Stratford,  Conn.,  Jan.  7, 

1773 ;  married  John  Mackenzie  of  Garnkirk,  and 
died  Oct.  30,  1797,  leaving  an  only  daughter, 
Gloriana,  who  married  and  left  issue. 

3  Elizabeth  Ann  Stirling,  born  Nov.  27,  1774;    married 

Sept.  10,  1792,  the  Rev.  James  Lapslie,  minister 
of  the  parish  of  Campsie.  She  died  in  1825. 
Their  eldest  son,  John  Stirling  Lapslie,  born 
Nov.  14,  1793,  was  a  midshipman  in  the  Royal 
Navy,  and  died  at  Batavia,  E.  I.,  Dec.  11,  1813. 
They  also  had  James,  Alexander,  Andrew,  Mar- 
garet, and  Gloriana. 

4  Alexander    Home    Stirling,   born    Oct.    8,    1775.      He 

joined  the  North  York  Militia  in  1793.  He  was 
appointed  lieutenant  in  the  7th  Royal  Fusiliers 
and  joined  the  regiment  at  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia, 
then  under  the  command  of  H.R.H.  the  Duke  of 
Kent.  He  returned  to  England  on  a  recruiting 
party,  and  in  1797  was  promoted  by  the  Duke  to 
the  rank  of  captain  and  A.D.C. 

He    sailed    from    Plymouth    on    his    return    to 
Halifax  on  Oct.  20,  1799,  in  a  government  trans- 

and  reports  that  the  great  Mr.  Sterling  had  deserted  his  wife  and  that  she  would  see 
and  hear  no  more  of  him." 

"  Soon  a  letter  came  from  Mr.  Sterling  that  a  ship  fitted  for  her  special  comfort 
would  be  in  New  York  at  a  certain  time  to  convey  her  to  Scotland ;  that  he  had  sent 
her  a  quantity  of  goods  of  elegant  material  which  she  must  have  made  in  New  York 
and  that  he  had  sent  servants  to  attend  to  the  necessary  work  and  preparations  for  her 
journey.  .  .  .  After  making  her  wardrobe  as  complete  as  possible,  Mrs.  Sterling  sailed 
for  Europe  with  her  two  cliildren  and  two  servants,  a  nurse  and  a  maid. 

"...  Mrs.  Sterling  wrote  back  that  when  she  arrived  in  Scotland  there  were  so 
many  carriages  on  the  wharf  that  she  was  at  a  great  loss  to  know  what  it  meant,  but 
found  they  were  all  there  to  meet  her.  After  her  arrival  she  had  governesses  in  the 
house  to  teach  her  the  accomplishments  befitting  the  future  Lady  of  Sterling  Castle." 
(The  historian  \s  confusion  of  ideas  relative  to  Stirling  Castle  is  pardonable.) 

Gifts  sent  to  relatives  in  Connecticut  are  still  preserved,  as  are  pieces  of  the  goods 
sent  for  Glorianna's  dresses.  She  never  returned  to  America.  Her  brother  Nathan 
visited  her  for  some  months  and  returning,  brought  "glowing  accounts  of  the  grandeur 
with  which  his  sister  was  surrounded." 


112  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

port  with  several  of  his  brother  officers.  The  ship 
was  wrecked  on  Table  Island  within  forty  leagues 
of  Halifax  on  Dec.  22,  1799,  when  all  on  board 
perished. 

5  Barbara  Black  Stirling,  born  Mar.  8,  1777 ;    married 

the  Rev.  Robert  Rennie,  D.D.,  parish  minister  of 
Kilsyth.  They  had  Alexander  Home  Stirling 
Rennie  (who  married  Miss  Anderson  of  Glass- 
wood,  and  had  a  son  and  three  daughters,)  Mar- 
garet, Gloriana,   and  Jane  Maria. 

6  John  Home  Stirling,  born  Mar.  16,  1778 ;    died  Aug. 

19,  1789. 

7  Margaret    Stirling,    born    Feb.     14,    1780;    married 

Robert  Watt  of  Logiebank,  near  Kirkintilloch, 
and  died  in  1811,  without  issue. 

8  James  Stirling,  born  Aug.  7,   1781.     He  was  a  mid- 

shipman in  the  Royal  Navy.  He  was  killed  on 
board  H.M.S.  Mermaid  on  Oct.  17,  1798.  His 
commanding  officer,  Captain  Newman,  R.N.,  bore 
the  following  testimony  to  his  gallant  conduct  in 
a  letter  to  Sir  John  Stirling,  of  Nov.  8,  1798 : 
"  It  is  with  great  concern  that  I  have  to  inform 
you  of  the  death  of  your  son,  Mr.  James  Stirling, 
in  the  action  of  the  17th  ult.  with  '  La  Loire,' 
French  frigate.  The  only  consolation,  Sir,  I  can 
offer  you  on  so  severe  a  loss  is  that  his  being  my 
aide-de-camp  gave  me  an  opportunity  of  wit- 
nessing his  gallantry;  and  he  fell  gloriously, 
fighting  for  his  King  and  Country's  cause.  I 
sincerely  sympathize  with  your  family  and  self 
on  this  melancholy  event." 
XI  9  Samuel,  Stirling,  born  July  28,  1783,  who  succeeded 

his  father  as  sixth  baronet. 

10  George  Stirling,  born  Feb.   12,  1786,  of  whom  after- 

ward. 

11  Ann  Stirling,  born  Sept.  8,  1780;    married  Archibald 

Napier  of  Merchiston  in  the  island  of  Tobago  and 
had  issue.  He  died  Feb.  16,  1822,  and  was  buried 
in  Greyfriars  Church,  Edinburgh.  Her  grand- 
son, Groome  Napier,  is  Prince  of  Mantua,  in  the 
peerage  of  Italy. 

12  John  Stirling,  born  Apr.  3,  1790 ;   served  in  the  Royal 

Navy,  and  died  unmarried  in  1833. 


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13  William    Bromley    Cadogan    Stirling,   born    in    1791 ; 

entered  the  service  of  the  Hon.  East  India  Com- 
pany as  an  artillery  cadet  in  1809  and  sailed 
from  Torbay  on  board  the  Indianman  Henry 
Addington,  Februaiy,  1811,  for  Bombay.  He 
died  on  board  ship  May  18,  1811,  from  the 
effects  of  wounds  received  when  on  shore  at  the 
Cape  of  Good  Hope,  where  his  boat's  crew  were 
attacked.  In  covering  their  retreat  he  was  mor- 
tally wounded. 

14  Robert  Stirling,  bapt.  Oct.  19,  1792 ;  went  to  America.1 

15  Joseph  Stirling,  born  Jan.  14,  1794 ;    died  unmarried 

in  1878. 

16  Sarah  Stirling,  twin  with  Joseph;  married  first,  Major 

Davidson  of  Drumley,  Ayrshire.  Had  Lieut. 
Col.  James  Davidson,  Royal  Lanark  Militia  (died 
in  1878),  John,  of  Australia,  and  a  daughter, 
who  married  Alfred  Meadows,  M.D.,  of  Poyle 
Park,  Hertfordshire,  Eng.  Mrs.  Davidson  mar- 
ried second,  John  Graham  of  Ballagan,  by  whom 
she  had   two   sons   and  two   daughters,   of  whom 

1  Robert  Stirling,  eighth  son  of  Sir  John  Stirling  of  Glorat,  bapt.  Oct.  19,  1792, 
was  born  in  1789  or  '80,  on  the  family  estate  in  Campsie. 

He  was  educated  in  Edinburgh  and  finished  a  mercantile  course  in  London,  then 
went  out  to  the  island  of  Tobago,  West  Indies,  where  he  remained  on  the  sugar  estate 
of  his  brother-in-law  for  some  seven  years.  After  the  emancipation  of  slaves  by  England 
he  engaged  in  commerce  between  the  West  Indies  and  the  United  States. 

He  married  at  Eastport,  Me.,  Nov.  2,  1820,  Mary  Ann  Pine.  He  engaged  in 
shipbuilding  in  St.  Johns,  N.  B.,  for  a  time,  removed  to  Eastport,  Me.,  and  from 
thence  to  "By  Town,"  on  the  Ottawa  river,  Can.  (now  Ottawa),  where  he  engaged 
in  the  Government  service  until  his  removal  to  New  York  City,  where  he  was  in 
business  on  Broad  Street  until  1838,  when  he  settled  in  Clermont  Co.,  Ohio,  on  a 
farm  which  he  purchased.  He  died  at  Batavia,  Ohio,  Dec.  9,  I860.  Mrs.  Stirling  died 
at  Ottawa,  Mar.  19,  1832. 
Children : 

William  Bromley  Cadogan  Stirling,  b.  in  St.  Johns,  N.  B.,  Mar.  26,  1823;   of 
Batavia,  Ohio;  has 

Robert  A.  Stirling  of  Batavia. 

Mrs.  Florence  G.  Nichols  of  Mt.  Washington,  Ohio. 

Mrs.  Laura  Dean  Nichols  of  Batavia. 

Mary  Ann  Stirling,  b.  at  St.  Johns,  Nov.  14, 1824 ;  m. McKay  and  d.  in  Iowa , 

five  sons  and  three  daughters  surviving  her. 
Julia  Caroline  Stirling,  b.  at  Eastport,  Me.,  Oct.  26, 1828. 

Robert  Dundas  Stirling,  b.  at  Ottawa,  Can.,  Feb.  26,  1832;   living  at  Acton, 
Ind.,  has 

Charles  Stirling  of  Acton. 
Three  married  daughters. 


114  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 

Miss  Janet  Graham  of  Ballagan,  County  Stir- 
ling, was  living  in  1883. 
17  Thomas  Dundas  Stirling,  born  May  25,  1798;  bap- 
tized June  8,  after ;  married  Christina  Cameron 
and  died  in  1825.  Had  one  son  John,  baptized 
June  27,  1821,  who  died  on  his  way  to  the  West 
Indies. 

XI  SIR  SAMUEL  STIRLING  OF  GLORAT,  SIXTH 
BARONET.  Sir  Samuel  was  called  to  the  Scottish  bar  in  1808. 
He  married,  contract  dated  Sept.  13,  1842,  Mary  Ann,  only 
daughter  of  Major  Robert  Berry  of  Un thank,  County  Dumbar- 
ton. She  died  at  Friedrichsharu  on  the  Lake  of  Constance,  Oct. 
8,  1856. 

Sir  Samuel  died  at  Paris,  May  2,  1858,  in  his  75th  year, 
without  issue,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  nephew,  Samuel  Home 
Stirling,  eldest  surviving  son  of  his  next  older  brother,  George 
Stirling,  who  had  predeceased. 

GEORGE  STIRLING.  George  Stirling,  fifth  son  of  Sir 
John  the  fifth  baronet,  joined  the  9th  Foot  in  Spain  during  the 
Peninsular  War. 

He  saw  service  with  that  distinguished  regiment  and  was 
severely  wounded  at  the  passage  of  the  Bidassoa  in  1813,  when 
he  was  shot  through  both  legs.  He  retired  with  the  rank  of 
captain.  He  married  first,  Anne  Henrietta,  only  daughter,  and 
eventually  heiress,  of  William  Gray  of  Oxgang,  Dumbartonshire. 
On  the  death  of  his  first  wife,  in  1833,  Captain  Stirling  married 
second,  Margaret,  youngest  daughter  of  Thomas  Kibble  of  White- 
ford,  and  died  without  issue  by  her  at  Portobello,  on  Feb.  21, 
1852;  buried  in  Old  Greyfriars  Church,  Edinburgh.  His  widow 
died  in  1857. 

Issue  by  first  marriage: 

1  George  Stirling,  died  an  infant,  Oct.  3,  1825. 

2  John   Stirling,  born  Apr.  30,   1826,  died  in  his   sixth 

year. 

3  William  Henry  Stirling,  born  July  30,  1827;    joined 

his  father's  old  regiment,  the  9th  Foot,  in  India 
in    1846,    during   the    Sutlej    campaign,    when   his 


THE  STIRLINGS  OF   GLORAT  115 

health  failing,  he  returned  to  England,  invalided, 
early  in  1848,  and  exchanged  into  the  60th  Rifles, 
then  quartered  in  Dublin.  He  died  a  lieutenant 
soon  afterward. 

XII  4  Samuel  Home  Stirling,  born  in  January,  1830,  sev- 

enth baronet. 

XIII  5  Charles  Elphinstone  Fleming  Stirling,  born  July 

31,  1831,  eighth  baronet. 

6  Jean  Adam  Stirling,  died  at  Glorat,  Jan.  25,  1828,  in 

childhood. 

7  Gloriana  Ann  Stirling,  died  in  infancy. 

8  Ann    Henrietta    Stirling,    married,    in    1855,    the    Rev. 

William  Buckley,  and  had  three  sons  and  six 
daughters. 

9  Jane  Stirling,  married  Capt.  C.  L.  Hockin,  R.N.,  now 

Admiral  (1883).  She  died  in  1866,  leaving  two 
sons  and  one  daughter. 

XII  SIR  SAMUEL  HOME  STIRLING  OF  GLORAT, 
SEVENTH  BARONET.  He  succeeded  his  uncle,  Sir  Samuel,  on 
the  2d  of  May,  1858,  in  the  estates  of  Glorat  and  Renton.  He 
married,  in  1854,  Mary  H.  T.,  third  daughter  of  Lieut.  Col. 
Thomas  Stirling  Begbie.  He  died  without  male  issue  on  Sept.  18, 
1861,  survived  by  his  widow  and  two  daughters. 

Mary  Eleanor  Stirling,  married,  in  1885,  Charles  Lisle 
Stirling-Cookson,  born  in  1855,  son  of  Charles  E. 
Cookson  of  Hermatige,  County  Durham,  by  his 
wife,  Sarah  Turnbull.  He  assumed  the  name  of 
Stirling  upon  his  marriage.  Has,  with  other  issue, 
George  Lisle  Home,  born  in  1886. 

Edith  Home  Stirling. 

Under  the  entail  of  Renton,  by  her  great-grandfather,  Sir 
Alexander,  the  elder  of  these  ladies  succeeded  to  that  estate. 

RENTON  is  an  estate  of  2674  acres,  having  an  annual 
revenue  of  £3000.  Address:  Renton  House,  Grant's  House, 
Berwickshire. 

Under  the  entail  of  Glorat,  made  by  the  third  baronet  in  1765, 
the  brother  of  Sir  Samuel  Home  succeeded  to  that  estate  and  to 
the  title. 


116 


THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Glorat  House,  East  Front 
The  present  house  was  rebuilt  in  1869-71 


XIII  SIR  CHARLES  ELPHINSTONE  FLEMING  STIR- 
LING OF  GLORAT,  EIGHTH  BARONET.  He  emigrated  to 
Australia  in  1850,  from  which,  after  visiting  the  different  colo- 
nies, then  Tasmania,  New  Zealand,  Ceylon,  China,  Japan,  and 
America,  he  returned  to  Scotland  in  1863.  He  joined  the  Stir- 
lingshire Militia,  and  retired  with  the  rank  of  captain  in  1868. 
He  is  also  a  deputy  lieutenant  and  a  J.P.  for  the  County  of 
Stirling. 

He  married,  Apr.  24,  1867,  Anne  Georgina,  elder  daughter 
of  James  Murray  of  Ancoats  Hall,  Manchester,  and  Bryan- 
ston  Sq.,  London,  and  Anne  Houldsworth  (of  Coltness),  his 
wife. 

Sir  Charles,  who  is  resident  on  his  ancestral  acres,  has  done 
much  since  his  succession  in  improving  the  various  holdings  on 
his  property  and  has  purchased  the  adjoining  estate  of  Bencloich. 
He  has  also  rebuilt  the  Mansion-house  of  Glorat,  now  a  hand- 
some building  in  the  Scottish  domestic  baronial  style  of  archi- 
tecture, surrounded  by  aged  timber  and  thriving  young  planta- 
tions, and  standing  nearly  on  the  site  of  the  old  fortalice,  on  the 
southern  slope  of  the  beautiful  Campsie  Hills. 

GLORAT  is  an  estate  of  2700  acres,  having  an  annual 
rental  of  some  £2000.  Address:  Glorat,  Milton  of  Campsie, 
Sterlingshire. 


THE   STIRLINGS   OF   GLORAT 


117 


Issue: 

XIV  George  Murray  Home  Stirling,  born  Sept.  4,  1869; 
heir  of  his  father.  Married  Nov.  15,  1904,  Mabel 
Sprot,  daughter  of  Col.  Sprot  of  Garnkirk,  Lanark- 
shire. Educated  at  Eton  and  at  the  Royal  Military 
School  of  Sandhurst.  Joined  2d  Essex  Regiment 
(56th  Foot  and  Pompadour)  in  1889;  captain,  1900; 
took  part  in  the  Tirah  Campaign,  as  transport  officer, 
from  1897  to  1898;  participated  in  the  South  Afri- 
can War  and  was  wounded  at  the  Battle  of  Sand- 
fontein.     Address,  Milton  of  Campsie,   N.  B. 

Blanche  Margaret  Anne  Stirling,  born  in  1871. 

Eliza  Caroline  Stirling,  born  in  1873. 


Glorat  Arms 


%\)t  ^ttrltngs  of  &jrtiocf) 

patity  of  jttufl&tll,  County  of  p>ert^ 

I  T  71  7 ILLIAM  STIRLING,  second  son  of  Sir  John  Stryv- 

^  ^  eling  of  Keir,  Knight,  and  Margaret  Forrester, 
was  the  first  of  this  house.  A  descendant  of  Wil- 
liam was  created  a  baronet  in  the  reign  of  King  Charles  II,  but 
the  title  became  extinct  by  the  failure  of  male  heirs,  although 
the  first  baronet  was  the  eldest  of  thirty-one  children,  and 
one  of  his  brothers  lived  to  the  age  of  112  years. 

By  charter,  dated  May  10,  1543,  James  Stirling  of  Keir 
gave  to  his  brother-german,  William  Stirling,  and  Marion  Sin- 
clair, his  wife,  and  the  children  of  their  marriage,  the  lands  of 
Glassingall  and  Dachlewne  in  the  barony  of  Keir.  William  Stir- 
ling was  thereafter  designated  of  Dachlewne.  Marion  Sinclair, 
his  wife,  was  only  daughter  and  heiress  of  Henry  Sinclair  of 
Nether  Ardoch  and  Drumlacothe  or  Drumlacok  and  Beatrix  Chis- 
holm,  his  wife.  He  died  between  June  30,  1565,  and  Dec.  16, 
1573. 

His  children  were: 

II  1  Henry  Stirling,  his  heir. 

2  James    Stirling,    advocate,    portioner   of   Easter   Feddals. 

He  acquired  the  western  half  of  Easter  (now  called 
middle)  Feddals,  in  the  regality  of  Lindores  and  shire 
of  Perth,  June  1,  1577 ;  married  Isabel  Borthwick, 
relict  of  Robert  Crichton  of  Ellioch.  He  died  May 
31,  1614,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  eldest  son,  Wil- 
liam, who  sold  Feddals  to  William  Stirling,  fiar  of 
Ardoch,  in  1618. 

3  William  Stirling,  rector  of  Aberfoyle  from  1566  to  1593. 

He  acquired  in  1584,  from  his  brother  James,  the  west- 
ern half  of  Easter  Feddals.  He  married  Geills  Bisset, 
who  died  about  1566;   he  died  between  Jan.  11,  1614, 


THE  STIRLINGS  OF  ARDOCH  119 

and  Jan.  21,  1618 ;  had  a  daughter,  Helen,  who  mar- 
ried Sir  James  Chisholm  of  Cromlix,  by  whom  she 
had  two  sons  and  two  daughters. 

4  John  Stirling. 

5  Jean  Stirling,  married  James  Kinross  of  Kippenross. 

6  Elizabeth   Stirling,  married  Thomas   Drummond  of   Cors- 

kaplie;  had  a  son  John,  Laird  of  Corskaplie,  1621, 
and  daughters. 

7  Beatrix  Stirling,  married  William  Sinclair  of  Galwaldmuir. 

8  A  daughter,  married  Robert  Buchanan  of  Lennie. 

II  HENRY  STIRLING  OF  ARDOCH.  He  was  infeft  in 
Nether  Ardoch  and  Drumlacock  in  1573  and  1579 ;  in  1574  he 
acquired  Over  Ardock  and  subsequently  other  estates.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Scottish  Parliament  for  Dumbartonshire  in  1621. 
He  married  Helen,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Haldane  of  Gleneagles, 
Knight,  who  died  before  June  12,  1622.  He  died  in  February, 
1628. 

His  children  were: 

III  1  William  Stirling,  his  heir. 

2  John  Stirling,  living  in  1656. 

3  James  Stirling. 

4  George  Stirling,  died  between  Sept.  20,  1652,  and  Oct. 

10,  1655 ;    succeeded  by  his  nephew,  Henry  Stirling 
of  Ardoch. 

5  Jean   Stirling,  married    (contract   dated  Feb.   3,    1611) 

George  Lundie,  Sr.,  of  Gorthie. 

6  Elspeth  Stirling,  married  the  third  son  of  Laurence  Oli- 

phant   of   Condie. 

7  Helen  Stirling,  married  Laurence  Graham  of  Callendar. 

in  WILLIAM  STIRLING  OF  ARDOCH.  He  married 
(contract  dated  May  14  and  15,  1602)  Margaret,  daughter  of 
James  Murray,  fiar  of  Strowan.  June  4,  1603,  Henry  Stirling 
of  Ardoch  granted  a  charter  of  Over  and  Nether  Ardoch  to  his 
son  William.  In  1621,  William  Sterling  sold  Glassingall,  which 
was  a  part  of  his  grandfather's  patrimony,  to  Archibald  Stirling 
of  Kippendavie.  William  died  between  Apr.  18,  1651,  and  July 
6,  1652.  He  was  the  father  of  thirty-one  children,  the  names  of 
whom  only  the  following  have  been  ascertained: 

IV  1  Henry  Stirling,  his  heir. 

2  John  Stirling;   he  and  a  brother  were  captains  in  a  Scots' 
regiment  in  1646;    living  in  1656. 


120  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 

3  Robert  Stirling,  guardian  to  the  second  and  third  baro- 

nets;  lived  until  the  year  1716,  and  died  aged  112. 
He  is  still  remembered  by  the  designation  of  the 
"  Tutor  of  Ardoch." 

4  William  Stirling,  living  in  August,  1649. 

5  George  Stirling,  living  in  December,  1650. 

6  Margaret  Stirling,  married  James  Row,  minister  at  Mut- 

hill,  1633  or  1635. 

7  A  daughter,  married  Dr.  John  Paton ;    living  in  Stirling 

in  1659. 

IV  SIR  HENRY  STIRLING,  FIRST  KNIGHT-BARO- 
NET OF  ARDOCH.  His  father  conveyed  Ardoch  to  him  in 
1635.  He  was  created  a  baronet  by  patent  dated  May  2,  1666, 
containing  a  limitation  of  the  dignity  to  the  heirs  male  of  his 
body.  He  married  Isobel,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Haldane  of 
Gleneagles ;    died  in  February,  1669. 

Sir  Henry's  children  were: 

V  1  William  Stirling,  his  heir. 

2  James  Stirling,  died  young  (probably  born  May  19,  1668; 
died  July  19,  1693). 

V  SIR  WILLIAM  STIRLING,  SECOND  KNIGHT- 
BARONET  OF  ARDOCH.  He  purchased  in  1693  Easter  Gask 
from  John,  Earl  of  Tullibardine.  He  married  first  (contract 
dated  Jan.  22,  1685),  Mary,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  Charles 
Erskine  of  Alva,  Baronet;  married  second  (contract  dated  May 
24,  1694),  Janet,  daughter  of  John  Murray  of  Touchadam.  She 
married  second,  Dec.  3,  1702,  Robert,  second  son  of  Sir  Robert 
Murray  of  Abercairney.     He  died  in  February,  1702. 

His  children  by  first  marriage  were: 

VI  1  Henry  Stirling,  his  heir. 

2  James  Stirling,  living  in  1694. 

3  Isabel  Stirling,  married  Patrick  Linton  of  Pendriech ;   died 

in  1761  without  issue. 

4  Christian  Stirling,  married  Capt.  John  Stirling  of  Belle- 

will,  Auchyll,  and  Herbershire;  died  Sept.  16,  1763. 
(q.v.).   ^ 

5  Catharine  Stirling,  married  James  Graham  of  Braco  and 

Gorthie ;    had  three  sons  and  three  daughters. 


THE  STIRLINGS  OF  ARDOCH  121 

VI  SIR  HENRY  STIRLING,  THIRD  KNIGHT-BARO- 
NET OF  ARDOCH.  He  was  born  Jan.  28,  1688 ;  admitted  an 
advocate,  Nov.  29,  1710;  married  at  St.  Petersburg,  Russia,  Dec. 
21  j  1726,  Anna,  daughter  of  Admiral  Thomas  Gordon,  Governor 
of  Kronstadt,  and  Ann,  his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Elphin- 
stone  of  Cadderhall.  Sir  Henry  lived  for  many  years  at  St. 
Petersburg;    died  Oct.  24,  1753.     She  died  Sept.  23,  1775. 

His  children  were: 
VII     1  William  Stirling,  fourth  baronet. 
VII     2  Thomas  Stirling,  fifth  baronet. 

3  Charles  Stirling,  born  Oct.  8,  1742 ;  a  planter  in  Jamaica 

and  proprietor  of  Ardoch  Penn,  in  that  isle.  On 
Nov.  14,  1781,  he  was  confirmed  one  of  the  execu- 
tors of  Archibald  Stirling  of  Keir.  He  died  Jan. 
19,  1795. 

4  Henry  Stirling,  born  Mar.  25,  1733 ;  died  Nov.  19,  1749. 

5  James  Stirling,  born  Feb.  14,  1735 ;    died  Mar.  3,  1735. 

6  John  Stirling,  born  June  19,  1738 ;   died  Nov.  19,  1738. 

7  Mary  Stirling,  born  at  Kronstadt,  Russia,  in  1728 ;   mar- 

ried at  Ardoch,  Aug.  11,  1760,  James  Campbell 
of  Monzie;    died  without  issue,  Dec.  15,  1801. 

8  Ann   Stirling,   married  Feb.   6,    1760,   William   Graham 

of  Airth,  who  died  Nov.  12,  1790.  Had  seven  sons 
and  seven  daughters.  The  eldest  son,  James,  died 
unmarried  in  lh05  ;  the  second  son,  Thomas  Graham- 
Stirling  of  Airth,  married  in  1807  Caroline  Mary, 
only  daughter  of  Colonel  Home,  grandson  of  Sir  John 
Home  of  Blackadder.  Mr.  Graham  inherited  the 
property  of  Strowan  from  his  maternal  uncle  Sir 
Thomas  Stirling  of  Ardoch  and  took  his  name;  he 
died  in  1836.     He  had: 

1  William  Graham  of  Airth.  AIRTH  is  an 
estate  of  1145  acres,  with  an  income  of  £3240. 
Address,  Airth  Castle,  Falkirk,  Stirlingshire. 

2  Thomas  James  Graham-Stirling  of  Strowan, 
County  of  Perth,  J.P.,  and  commissioner  of  supply 
for  Perth,  D.L.  for  Perth,  late  of  the  42d  High- 
landers (Black  Watch);  born  June  11,  1811;  mar- 
ried first,  July  4,  1844,  Mary,  eldest  daughter  of 
William  Stirling  of  Kenmure  House,  County  Lanark, 
second  son  of  John  Stirling  of  Kippendavie  (q.  v.), 
who  died  without  issue  in  1847 ;    married  second  in 


122  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

1858,  Jane,  youngest  daughter  of  William  Hugh 
Hunter  of  Auchterarder,  who  died  in  November,  1892. 
He  died  Aug.  15,  1896. 

Children  by  second  marriage: 

1  Thomas  James,  born  in  1858;  lieutenant, 
Black  Watch ;    killed  at  the  Battle  of  Tel-el-Kebir. 

2  William  Evan,  died  young. 

3  Carolus  Home  Graham-Stirling,  now  of 
Strowan ;  J.P.,  commissioner  of  supply,  County 
Perth,  captain  3d  Battalion  Black  Watch  Regiment ; 
born  Jan.  19,  1866. 

4  Ernest  Henry. 

5  Alice  Elizabeth. 

6  Mary  Maude. 

7  Florence  Kate. 

STROWAN  is  an  estate  of  3566  acres,  with  an- 
nual rental  of  £3400.  Address :  Strowan,  Crieff, 
Perthshire. 

3  Carolus  James  Home  Graham. 
9  Isabella  Stirling,  married  June  15,  1762,  John  Hamilton 
of   Bellfield;    died  November,   1801. 

VII  SIR  WILLIAM  STIRLING,  FOURTH  KNIGHT- 
BARONET  OF  ARDOCH.  Born  in  Russia  before  Dec.  22, 
1729;  came  to  England  with  his  brother  Thomas  in  1737;  was 
lieutenant  in  General  Haket's  regiment  in  the  Dutch  service, 
1749-1752.  He  married  at  Keir,  Apr.  17,  1762,  Christian,  only 
daughter  of  John  Erskine  of  Carnock,  advocate,  who  died  Feb.  7, 
1788.     He  died  at  Venlaw,  July  26,  1799. 

Children : 

1  Anne  Stirling,  heiress  of  Ardoch. 

2  Christian    Stirling,    born    Sept.    10,    1762;    married    at 

Ardoch,  Dec.  24,  1784,  George  Dundas  of  Dundas, 
who  was  shipwrecked  off  the  coast  of  Madagascar, 
Aug.  20,  1792.  She  died  Sept.  14,  1832;  had  one 
son  and  three  daughters. 

3  Mary  Stirling,  born  Mar.  1,  1764 ;    married  at  Ardoch, 

June  10,  1790,  Ebenezer  Oliphant  of  Condie;  died 
in  1845,  leaving  issue. 

4  Margaret    Stirling,    born    May    21,    1765;    married    at 

Ardoch  in  October,  1790,  Andrew  Stuart  of  Tor- 
rance ;    had  one  son  and  three  daughters. 


THE  STIRLINGS   OF  ARDOCH  123 

5  Magdaline   Stirling,  born  July   29,   1766;    died  unmar- 
ried in  November,   1846. 
Sir  William  Stirling  was  succeeded  in  the  baronetcy  by  his 
brother 

VII  SIR  THOMAS  STIRLING,  FIFTH  KNIGHT-BAR- 
ONET OF  ARDOCH.  He  entered  the  army  in  1747  and  rose  to 
the  rank  of  general  in  1781 ;  was  successively  colonel  of  the 
42d  and  71st  regiments,  and  saw  much  service  in  America  dur- 
ing the  Revolutionary  War  and  before.  He  was  commissioned  a 
captain  in  the  42d  Royal  Highland  Regiment,  July  24,  1757. 
(N.  E.  Hist.  Gen.  Register,  Vol.  XLIX.)  The  following 
sketch  of  General  Stirling's  service  in  America  is  given  in  the 
"  Annals  of  Newtown,"  Queens  County,  N.  Y.,  pp.  204-205 :  "  The 
Royal  Highland  Regiment,  Lt.  Col.  Thomas  Sterling  com- 
manding, had  seen  long  and  arduous  service  in  America  during 
the  French  and  Indian  War.  Early  in  1776,  after  recruiting  in 
Scotland,  it  took  ship  at  Cork  for  America,  being  composed  of 
1168  men  and  wearing  a  red  uniform,  faced  with  blue,  with  belted 
plaid  and  hose.  They  formed  part  of  the  reserve  at  the  Battle 
of  Long  Island,  shared  in  the  capture  of  Fort  Washington  and 
also  in  that  of  Fort  Montgomery,  and  during  the  last  campaign, 
in  1778,  accompanied  the  expedition  of  Maj.  Gen.  Gray  down  the 
Sound  to  annoy  the  settlements  along  the  Connecticut  shore. 

"  Part  of  the  regiment  helped  to  form  a  detachment  which 
attacked  Elizabethtown  in  February,  1779,  of  which  enterprise 
Col.  Sterling  had  the  command. 

"  Being  chosen  soon  after  to  go  on  a  predatory  expedition 
to  Virginia,  the  Highlanders  prepared  to  break  up  their  winter 
encampment  at  Newtown.  On  the  morning  before  this  took  place 
the  principal  inhabitants  presented  to  Col.  Sterling  an  address 
thanking  him  for  their  '  very  equitable,  polite  and  friendly  con- 
duct during  their  winter  stay  among  them.'  "  Sir  Thomas  did 
not  pass  through  his  long  period  as  an  army  officer  unscathed. 
As  a  captain  and  lieutenant  in  the  48th  Regiment  he  was  wounded 
at  the  battle  on  the  Monongahela  (Braddock's  Defeat),  July  9, 
1755,  and  while  holding  the  commission  of  brigadier  general  was 
shot  in  the  thigh  by  a  continental  picket  in  June,  1780,  in  a  recon- 


124  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 

naissance  near  Springfield,  N.  J.,  a  fact  mentioned  in  Washington's 
correspondence.  (Mass.  Hist.  Coll.)  Sir  Thomas  purchased  the 
estates  of  Strowan,  County  Perth.  He  died  unmarried  May  9, 
1808,  when  the  baronetcy  became  extinct.  He  never  inherited  the 
estates  of  Ardoch,  which  descended  at  William's  death  to  his 
daughter 

ANNE  STIRLING,  born  July  5,  1761;  married  Mar.  14, 
1778,  Col.  Charles  Moray  of  Abercairny,  County  of  Perth.  She 
died  May  22,  1820. 

Children : 

1  William  Moray-Stirling;    died  without  surviving  issue. 

2  Christian  Moray,    his    heiress,    married    Apr.    14,    1812, 

Henry  Home-Drummond,  born  July  28,  1783,  son  of 
George  Home-Drummond  and  Janet  Jardine,  vice- 
lieutenant  and  M.P.  for  Perth,  who  died  Sept.  12, 
1867;   she  died  Nov.  29,  1864. 

Children : 

1  George  Home-Drummond  of  Blair  Drummond 
and  Ardoch,  Perth.  He  was  succeeded  by  his 
son,  George  Stirling-Home-Drummond  of  BLAIR 
DRUMMOND  and  ARDOCH.  These  estates  com- 
prise 13,817  acres,  with  an  annual  rental  of  £15,500. 
Address :    Blair  Drummond  House,  Stirling. 

2  Charles  Stirling-Home-Drummond-Moray  of 
Abercairny,  born  Apr.  17,  1816;  married  Dec.  11, 
1845,  Lady  Anne  Georgiana,  youngest  daughter  of 
Charles,  fifth  Marquess  of  Queensbury,  who  died 
Nov.  28,  1900. 

Children : 

1  Henry  Edward  Home-Drummond-Moray,  born 
Sept.  15,  1846,  captain  Scots  Guards;  married  Jan. 
23,  1877,  Lady  Georgiana  Emily  Lucy  Seymour, 
daughter  of  the  Marquess  of  Hertford.  He  is  the 
present  owner  of  ABERCAIRNY.  This  estate  com- 
prises 24,980  acres,  and  has  an  annual  income  of 
£14,300.     Address:    Abercairny,   Crieff,  Perthshire. 

2  William  Augustus  Home-Drummond-Moray, 
born  Apr.  12,  1852. 

3  Caroline  Frances  Home-Drummond-Moray. 

3  Anne  Home-Drummond,  married  in  1839,  George, 
Lord  Glenlyon,  afterward  the  sixth  Duke  of  Athole. 


Garden  House,  Home  of  James  Stirling 


. 


Cf)e  g>ttrltngs  of  (garden 

parity  of  ftippen,  County  of  ^ttrltug 

III  A  RCHIBALD  STIRLING,  born  Mar.  21,  1651,  at  Gar- 
/-\     den,  third  son  of  Sir  Archibald  Stirling  of  Keir,  and 

grandson  of  Sir  John  Stirling,  first  of  Garden  (see 
Keir  line),  succeeded  to  Garden  on  the  death  of  his  father  in  1668. 
Archibald  Stirling  was  tried  for  high  treason  for  participating  in 
the  uprising  in  favor  of  the  Stuarts  in  1708.  He  was  taken  to  Lon- 
don, along  with  others,  and  imprisoned  in  Newgate  until  July, 
1709,  when  he  was  sent  back  to  Edinburgh,  tried,  and  acquitted. 
He  married  first,  in  April,  1677,  Margaret  Baillie,  only  daughter 
of  Sir  Gideon  Baillie  of  Lochend  and  widow  of  Sir  John  Colqu- 
houn.  She  died  July  20,  1679.  He  married  second  (contract 
dated  Jan.  26,  1686),  Anna,  eldest  daughter  of  Sir  Alexander 
Hamilton  of  Haggs,  by  his  wife,  Mary  Murray.  She  died  before 
Jan.  20,  1735.  Archibald  died  Aug.  19,  1715. 
Child  by  first  marriage  was: 

IV  1   Archibald  Stirling,  who  succeeded  his  father. 
Children  by  second  marriage  were: 

2  James  Stirling,  died  before  1701. 
IV       3  John  Stirling  ;   acquired  Garden  from  his  brother  Archi- 
bald in  1718. 

4  James  Stirling,  born  at  Garden  in  1692 ;  mathematician, 
commonly  called  "  The  Venetian."  He  was  educated 
at  Glasgow  University  and  afterwards  proceeded  to 
Balliol  College,  Oxford,  whence  he  matriculated 
Jan.  18,  1711.  In  1715,  however,  he  was  expelled 
from  the  university  for  corresponding  with  mem- 
bers of  the  Keir  and  Garden  families,  who  were 
noted    Jacobites,    and    had    been    accessory    to    the 


126  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

"Gathering  of  the  Brig  of  Turk"  in  1708  (the 
uprising  in  favor  of  the  Stuarts). 

He  made  his  way  to  Venice  and  employed  himself 
in  the  study  of  mathematics.  The  vicinity  of  Padua 
gave  him  the  opportunity  of  acquiring  the  friendship 
of  Nicolas  Bernoulli,  who  was  mathematical  profes- 
sor in  the  university  there. 

In  1717  he  published  "  Linae  Tertii  Ordinis  New- 
tonianae "  (Oxford,  8vo.),  which  was  intended  to 
supplement  Newton's  "  Enumeratio  Linearum  Tertii 
Ordinis  " ;  it  supplied  four  additional  varieties  to 
Newton's  seventy-two  forms  of  the  cubic  curve.  In 
1718  he  communicated  to  the  Royal  Society,  through 
Sir  Isaac  Newton,  a  paper  entitled  "  Methodus  Dif- 
ferentialis  Newtoniana  illustrata." 

Having  discovered  the  trade  secrets  of  the  glass 
makers  of  Venice,  he  returned  home  about  1725, 
from  dread  of  assassination,  and  with  the  help  of 
Sir  Isaac  Newton  established  himself  in  London.  In 
December  of  the  year  following  he  was  elected  a 
fellow  of  the  Royal  Society  and  remained  a  mem- 
ber until  1754.  He  lived  for  ten  years  in  London, 
corresponding  with  various  mathematicians  and  en- 
joying Newton's  friendship  and  hospitality.  Dur- 
ing the  greater  part  of  the  time  he  was  connected 
with  an  academy  in  Little  Tower  Street.  In  1730 
he  published  his  most  important  work,  "  Methodus 
Differentialis,  sive  Tractatus  de  Summatione  et  In- 
terpolatione  Serierum  Infinitarum."  (London,  4to, 
new  ed.  1764;    translated  into  English  in  1749.) 

In  1735  he  was  appointed  manager  to  the  Scots 
Mining  Co.  at  Leadhills,  in  Lanarkshire,  Scotland, 
and  proved  extremely  successful  as  a  practical  ad- 
ministrator, the  condition  of  the  mining  company 
improving  vastly,  owing  to  his  methods  of  employ- 
ing labor  to  work  the  mines.  In  1746  he  was  sug- 
gested as  a  candidate  for  the  mathematical  chair 
at  Edinburgh  University,  but  his  Jacobite  principles 
rendered  his  appointment  impossible.  At  a  later 
time  he  surveyed  the  Clyde  with  a  view  to  rendering 
it  navigable  by  a  series  of  locks,  thus  taking  the  first 
step  toward  making  Glasgow  the  commercial  capital 
of  Scotland.     The  citizens  were  not  ungrateful,  and 


THE  STIRLINGS  OF   GARDEN  127 


in  1752  presented  him  with  a  silver  tea-kettle  "  for 
his  service,  pains  and  trouble." 

James  was  also  the  author  of  a  paper  communi- 
cated to  the  Royal  Society  in  1735,  "  On  the  Figure 
of  the  Earth  and  on  the  Variations  of  the  Force  of 
Gravity  at  its  Surface,"  and  in  1745  of  "A  De- 
scription of  a  Machine  to  blow  Fire  by  the  Fall  of 
Water."  He  married  a  daughter  of  Watson  of 
Thirtyacres,  near  Stirling,  and  died  at  Edinburgh, 
Dec.  5,  1770.  His  only  child,  Christian  Stirling, 
married  her  cousin,  Archibald  Stirling  of  Garden. 
(Dictionary  of  National  Biography,  Vol.  LIV,  pp. 
379-380 ;  Encyclopaedia  Britannica,  Vol.  XXII, 
p.  555.) 

5  Charles  Stirling;    went  to  Kingston,  Jamaica;    became  a 

merchant ;    died  unmarried  after  1739. 

6  Marion  Stirling,  baptized  Aug.  2,  1690. 

7  Elizabeth  Stirling,  died  young. 

8  Margaret  Stirling,  buried  at  Greyfriers'  churchyard,  Oct. 

27,  1701. 

9  Anna  Stirling,  died  at  Leadhills,  unmarried,  Apr.  8,  1747. 
10  Mary  Stirling,  died  unmarried. 

IV  ARCHIBALD  STIRLING  OF  GARDEN,  born  before 
July  20,  1679.  In  April,  1706,  he  went  to  Barbadoes  as  a  pri- 
vate tutor.  He  was  served  heir  of  his  father  Nov.  20,  1717,  and 
made  over  the  estate  of  Garden  to  his  brother  John  about  a  year 
later.  He  married  at  Barbadoes,  in  1712,  Elizabeth  Jones,  widow 
of  a  Mr.  Read  of  that  island.     He  died  in  August,  1732. 

Children : 

1  Archibald  Stirling,  born  Mar.  18,  1713. 

2  Three  daughters ;    the  eldest  married  a  Mr.  Layton. 
3-4  Margaret  and  Sarah  Stirling. 

IV  JOHN  STIRLING  OF  GARDEN  acquired  Garden 
from  his  eldest  brother  in  1718.  Married  (contract  dated  Dec.  2, 
1736)  Grizell  Graham,  youngest  daughter  of  Robert  Graham  of 
Gartmore.  He  built  the  present  house  of  Garden  about  1751  and 
died  about  1760. 

His  issue  were: 
V     1  Archibald  Stirling,  baptized  Jan.  13,  1738,  his  heir. 


128  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

2  Robert  Stirling,  born  Mar.  20,  1739 ;    died  at  the  Cape  of 

Good  Hope  in  1765,  unmarried. 

3  James  Stirling,  born  Dec.  15,  1740;    went  to  Jamaica  as 

a  planter  and  died  there,  young  and  unmarried. 

4  Isabell  Stirling,  born  Jan.  12,  1742;    died  unmarried. 

5  Ann  Stirling,  born  Nov.  16,  1747;    died  unmaried. 

V  ARCHIBALD  STIRLING  OF  GARDEN,  baptized  Jan. 
13,  1738.  Purchased  the  estates  of  Arnmore,  Amfinlay,  and 
Amgibbon,  adjoining  Garden.  He  executed  an  entail  of  the  estate 
of  Garden  Nov.  22,  1816.  Married  in  1772  his  cousin  Christian, 
daughter  of  James  Stirling,  the  Venetian.  He  died  at  Garden 
in  January,  1824. 

His  only  son  was : 

VI  JAMES  STIRLING  OF  GARDEN,  born  Sept  3,  1772. 
Purchased  the  estate  of  Amprior,  adjoining  Garden;  married  in 
January,  1844,  Isabella,  daughter  of  William  Monteith,  who  died 
after  1872.  He  died  June  20,  1856,  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
only  son 

VII  JAMES  STIRLING  OF  GARDEN,  born  in  1844  ;  mar- 
ried, in  1875,  Anna  Selina  Gartside,  daughter  of  Gartside  Gart- 
side  Tipping,  Esq.,  of  Ross-Ferry,  County  Fermanagh,  Ireland. 
Mr.  Stirling  was  educated  at  Rugby  and  Oxford,  is  a  J.P.  and 
D.L.  for  County  Stirling  and  J.P  for  Perth.  Has  with  other 
issue : 

Archibald  Stirling,  born  in  1885,  his  heir. 

The  estate  of  GARDEN  comprises  some  2620  acres,  and  re- 
turns an  annual  rental  of  about  £2000.  Address :  Garden  House, 
Port  of  Menteith  Station,  Perthshire.  Stirling  of  Garden  also 
owns  an  estate  of  618  acres,  having  an  income  of  £800,  at  Garden, 
Buchlyvie,  Stirlingshire. 


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Kippendavie  Lodge 

RCHIBALD  STIRLING,  third  son  of  Sir  Archibald  Stir- 
ling of  Keir  and  Cadder,  by  his  second  marriage  with 
Grizell,  daughter  of  James,  Lord  Ross,  received  from  his 
father  by  a  charter,  dated  Aug.  5,  1594,  the  estate  of  Kippendavie 
and  other  lands  and  became  the  founder  of  this  and  younger 
branches  of  the  Keir  family.  He  was  received  and  admitted  a  bur- 
gess and  guild  brother  of  the  town  of  Stirling.  He  married  in 
1618  Jean,  daughter  of  Sir  George  Mushet,  Knight,  of  Burn- 
bank,  and  died  between  Apr.  23,  1645,  and  Apr.  17,  1646. 
His  issue  were: 

1  George  Stirling,  his  heir,  who  died  without  issue  and  was 
succeeded  by  his  brother. 

2  John  Stirling,  who  succeeded. 

3  Grizell  Stirling,  married  Donald  M'Gillespie  vie  O'challum 
or  Donald,  son  of  Archibald,  son  of  Malcolm  of 
Poltalloch. 


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130  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


4  Marie  Stirling,  married  (contract  dated  at  Abruthven,  Aug. 

22,  1655)  James,  son  of  Patrick  Crichtoun,  in  Forfar. 

5  Heleine  Stirling,  married  (contract  dated  in  Doune,  Feb.  2, 

1653)  James  Jack;    had  at  least  Alexander,  who  was 
in  Amsterdam,  Holland,  in  1712-1714. 

6  Margaret    Stirling,   married   John,   eldest   son   of  Patrick 

Burne,  portioner  of  Scheardaill,  in  Clackmannan. 

7  Jeane  Stirling,  married  the  Rev.  Robert  Moir,  minister  at 

"  Girtoune." 

II  JOHN  STIRLING  OF  KIPPENDAVIE  succeeded  to 
the  estates  upon  the  death  of  his  brother.  He  married  in  1667 
Christian,  daughter  of  David  Doig  of  Ballingren,  and  widow  of 
John  Graham  of  Micklewood,  and  died  June  1,  1697. 

His  children  were: 

1  Archibald  Stirling,  baptized  Aug.  25,  1667 ;   died  without 

issue. 

2  George  Stirling,  twin  with  above;    died  without  issue. 

3  James  Stirling,  born  Oct.  6,  1677;    died  without  issue. 

4  Christian  Stirling,  born  Apr.  19,  1679. 

III  5  Charles  Stirling,  born  Dec.  14,  1680;    succeeded. 
6  Alexander  Stirling. 

III  CHARLES  STIRLING  OF  KIPPENDAVIE,  born  Dec. 
14,  1680;  married  first,  in  1703,  Katherine,  second  daughter 
of  Alexander  Arbuthnott  of  Knox,  second  son  of  the  first  Vis- 
count Arbuthnott;  married  second  (contract  dated  Mar.  9,  1709) 
Christian  Douglas,  widow  of  Douglas  of  Garvald.  She  is  referred 
to  by  Sir  Walter  Scott  in  his  "  Tales  of  a  Grandfather,"  Vol.  II, 
3d  series,  p.  24,  as  assisting  the  adherents  of  the  Stuart  family 
in  the  rising  of  1715 :  "  Fresh  intelligence  came  to  them  from 
Lady  Kippendavie,  who  seems  to  have  been  as  correct  in  her  in- 
telligence and  accurate  in  communicating  with  the  insurgent  army, 
as  she  was  singular  in  her  choice  of  messengers.  This  last  being 
an  old  woman,  who  confirmed  the  tidings  of  the  enemy's  approach." 
Sheriffmuir,  at  which  the  battle  of  1715  was  fought,  is  on  the 
property  of  Kippendavie  and  is  close  to  the  mansion  house. 
Charles  Stirling  of  Kippendavie  died  before  Nov.  6,  1736. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

IV  1  Patrick  Stirling,  born  Apr.  8,  1704 ;    succeeded. 
2  James  Stirling. 


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IV  PATRICK  STIRLING  OF  KIPPENDAVIE,  bom 
Apr.  8,  1704 ;  married  in  1727,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sylvester 
Douglas  of  Whiteridge,  by  Margaret  Keith  his  wife.  He  died  in 
November,  1745;    she  died  before  1757- 

Children : 

1  Margaret  Stirling,  born  Oct.  1,  1727. 

2  Charles  Stirling,  born  May 

14,  1729;   died  young. 

3  Christian  Stirling,  born  Apr. 

12,  1731. 

4  Robert  Stirling,  born  Nov. 

5,  1732;  died  young. 
V  5  Patrick  Stirling,  born  Jan. 
28,  1734  ;  succeeded  to 
Kippendavie  and  died 
without  issue  Dec.  12, 
1775. 
6  Katherine  Stirling,  born 
June  11,  1736;  mar- 
ried   Fortescue  and 

had: 

I  Faithful  Adrian, 
captain  20th  Regi- 
ment ;    died  unmarried. 

II  Ann, married  first, 
Brodie  Hepworth ;  sec- 
ond,    John     Taylor. 

Children  by  first  mar- 
riage: 

1  Thomas,    died 
young. 

2  Faithful,   died 
young. 

3  Ann   Elizabeth. 

4  Katherine    Stir- 
ling. 

5  Margaret  Douglas;    married  Major  Bethune. 

Children  by  second  marriage: 

6  John  Stirling,  born  Aug.  29,  1802;  married, 
Apr.  21,  1831,  Harriet,  daughter  of  John  Waddilove 
of  Thorpe  Hall,  Skipton,  Yorkshire,  England,  and 
had: 


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132  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

1  Emily  Fortescue,  born  June  28,  1833. 

2  Herbert,  born  Feb.  28,  1835. 

Ill  Katherine,  married  Cameron,  merchant  in 

Glasgow  and  had : 

1  Katherine,  married  Nairne. 

2  Mary,  married Walkinshaw. 

7  Sylvester  Stirling,  born  Sept.  27,  1737 ;    died  young. 

8  Robert  Stirling,  born  May  25,  1739 ;    died  young. 

V  9  John  Stirling,  born  Dec.  22,  1742 ;    succeeded. 

V  JOHN  STIRLING  OF  KIPPENDAVIE  AND  KIPPEN- 
ROSS,  born  Dec.  22,  1742 ;  acquired  the  estate  of  Kippenross 
from  William  Pearson  in  1778,  and  in  1813  the  superiority  of 
Kippendavie,  Lanrick,  Auchinbie,  Shanraw,  and  Woodland  from 
James  Stirling  of  Keir.  He  married  Apr.  30,  1781,  Mary,  second 
daughter  of  William  Graham  of  Airth  by  his  wife  Ann  Stirling 
of  Ardoch  (q.  v.).  He  died  at  Kippenross,  June  7,  1816,  less 
than  three  months  after  his  eldest  son,  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
grandson  John. 

His  children  were: 

VI  1   Patrick  Stirling,  born  Apr.  30,  1782;  captain  13th  Light 

Dragoons  ;  served  in  the  Peninsular  Campaign.  His 
father  conveyed  Kippenross  to  him  on  the  occasion 
of  his  marriage  in  1810  to  Catherine  Georgiana,  third 
daughter  of  John  Wedderburn  of  Spring  Garden, 
Westmoreland,  Jamaica,  grandson  of  Sir  Alexander 
Wedderburn,  6th  baronet  of  Blackness.  Patrick  died 
Mar.  30,  1816. 

Children : 

VII  I  John  Stirling,  born  Aug.  19,  1811 ;  suc- 
ceeded his  grandfather. 

II  Patrick  Stirling,  born  Aug.  19,  1813 ;  succeeded 
to  Gogar  and  Blackgrange,  near  Alloa,  owned  by  his 
uncle  John,  in  1819.  He  acquired  by  purchase  the 
estate  of  Tillocultry,  which  was  subsequently  sold  by 
Mr.  Stirling  of  Kippendavie.  He  died  unmarried 
Mar.  10,  1839,  as  the  result  of  a  fall  at  Lauriston 
Castle. 

III  Mary  Wedderburn  Stirling,  survived  her 
brother  in  Gogar  and  Blackgrange ;  married  May 
2,  1840,  John  Davie  Morries,  M.D.,  who  died  in 
1858,  leaving  issue:    John,  born  in  1851. 


THE  STIRLINGS   OF  KIPPENDAVIE  133 


2  Ann  Stirling,  born  July  7,  1783;    married  Nov.  6,  1809, 

Ludovic  Houstoun  of  Johnstone  Castle,  and  had  a  son, 
George  Houstoun,  M.P.  for  Renfrewshire,  who  died 
unmarried  Sept.  14,  1843. 

3  Margaret  Douglas  Stirling,  born  Aug.  14,  1784 ;   married, 

Nov.  3,  1806,  James  Sandilands,  grandson  of  James, 
seventh  Lord  Torpichen,  and  who  succeeded  as  tenth 
Lord  Torpichen  in  1815.     She  died  Dec.  13,  1836. 

Children  (three  sons  and  one  daughter)  : 

I  The  Hon.  Robert  Sandilands,  eleventh  Lord  Tor- 
pichen, born  Aug.  3,  1807;  married,  July  25,  1865, 
Helen,  daughter  of  Thomas  Maitland,  Lord  Dun- 
drennan.  He  died  Dec.  24,  1869 ;  she  died  July  23, 
1885.     No  issue. 

II  The  Hon.  and  Rev.  John  Sandilands,  M.A.,  born 
Nov.  1,  1813;  rector  of  Coston,  County  Leicester, 
England;  married  July  24,  1845,  Helen,  daughter 
of  James  Hope,  clerk  to  the  signet.  He  died  Mar.  18, 
1865;    she  died  Jan.  29,  1887,  aged  73. 

Children : 

1  James  Walter  Sandilands  or  St.  John  of 
Torpichen,  West  Lothian,  twelfth  Lord  Torpichen, 
born  May  4,  1846;  married  May  25,  1881,  Ellen 
Frances,  daughter  of  Lieut.  Gen.  Charles  Edward 
Park  Gordon,  C.B. ;  marriage  dissolved  in  January, 
1890. 

Children : 

1  Alison  Margaret,  born  July  29,  1883. 

2  James    Archibald    Douglas,    born    Oct.    6, 
1884. 

3  John  Gordon,  born  June  8,  1886. 

4  Walter  Alexander,  bora  Apr.  26,  1888. 

2  John  Hope  Sandilands,  born  July  24,  1847 ; 
married  Aug.  1,  1877,  Helen  Mary  Anne,  only  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Tourle  of  Waratah,  New  South  Wales. 

Children : 

1  Helen  Caroline,  born  1880;    died  1898. 

2  James  Bruce,  born  Apr.  8,  1883. 

3  Francis  Robert  Sandilands,  born  Jan.  21, 
1849;  commander  R.N. ;  married  June  4,  1885, 
Maude  Bayard,  daughter  of  Frederick  Augustus  Wig- 
gins   of   London,    and   died   July    30,    1887.      Child: 


134  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Robert   Walker,   born    January    12 ;     died   Jan.    28, 
1886. 

4  Douglas    Sandilands,    born    Oct.    20,    1851 ; 
lieutenant,  43d  Regiment ;    died  Dec.  13,  1882. 

5  Helen  Jane  Sandilands,  born  Sept.  20,  1853 ; 
married,  Feb.  7,  1891,  Charles  Woodbine  Parish,  son 
of  Sir  Woodbine  Parish,  M.P.,  and  has  issue. 

III  The  Hon.  James  Sandilands,  born  Oct.  2,  1821 ; 
captain  8th  Hussars;    died  unmarried  Apr.  29,  1902. 

IV  The  Hon.  Mary  Sandilands,  born  Jan.  30,  1811 ; 
married,  Aug.  4,  1828,  William  Ramsay  Ramsay  of 
Barnton,  and  had :  Charles  William  Ramsay  Ramsay, 
born  Feb.  22,  1844. 

4  Mary  Stirling,  born  Feb.  24,  1786;  married,  Apr.  26, 
1808,  James  Russell  of  Woodside,  and  died  Sept.  16, 
1820. 

Children  (five  sons  and  five  daughters)  : 

I  David  Russell,  born  May  27,  1809 ;  colonel  84th 
Regiment. 

II  John  Russell,  bom  May  21,  1810;  captain 
R.N. ;  purchased  Maulside,  parish  of  Dairy,  Ayr- 
shire ;  married  Katherine,  third  daughter  of  William 
Forbes  of  Callender  (owner  of  the  estates  of  the  ex- 
tinct Sterlings  of  Herbertshire),  and  had: 

1  James  Erskine,  born  June  4,  1850. 

2  Agnes,  born  Aug.  16,  1851. 

3  Mary  Jane,  born  July  30,  1852. 

4  William  David,  born  Sept.   15,  1853. 

III  Henry  Russell,  died  Apr.  25,  1816. 

IV  James   Stirling   Russell,   born   Aug.   24, ; 

died  Apr.  4,  1838. 

V  Graham  Russell  (now  Somervell),  born  Jan. 
13,  1819;  married  July  23,  1844,  his  cousin-german, 
Henrietta  Jane,  third  daughter  of  William  Stirling 
of  Content.  In  1856  Graham  Russell  succeeded  to 
the  estate  of  Hamilton  Farm  and  took  the  name  of 
Somervell. 

Children : 

1  James,  born  Sept.  19,  1845. 

2  Elizabeth,   born   Sept.    29,   1847. 

3  William   Somervell,  born   Feb.   21,   1850. 

4  Agnes  Marv,  born  Aug.  22,  1852 ;  died  Sept. 
3,  1853. 


THE   STIRLINGS  OF  KIPPENDAVIE  135 

5  Graham   Charles,   born   July    13,    1854. 

6  Henry   David,  born  May  22,  1856. 
VI  Mary  Russell,  died  unmarried. 

VII  Elizabeth   Russell,   died  unmarried. 
VIII  Ann  Russell,  died  unmarried. 
IX  Catherine  Russell,  died  unmarried. 
X  Marion    Russell;     married    William,    brother 
of  Ludovic  Houstoun  of  Johnstone  Castle  above,  and 
had: 

1  George   Ludovic,   born   Aug.    31,    1846. 

2  William   James,   born   Aug.   25,    1848. 

3  Mary   Erskine,   born  Aug.    17,   1850. 

4  Ann  Margaret,  born  Apr.  2,  1852. 

5  William  Stirling,  born  June  26,  1787 ;  inherited  the  estate 
of  Content  in  Jamaica  from  his  father ;  married  first, 
in  1811,  Elizabeth  Barrett  Barrett,  daughter  of 
Henry,  eldest  son  of  Edward  Barrett  Barrett  of 
Cinnamon  Hill,  Jamaica.  She  died  Apr.  19,  1830. 
William  married  second,  contract  dated  June  10, 
1833,  Olivia,  daughter  of  Peter  Salmond.  William 
died  in   1862. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

I  John  Stirling,  born  at  Montego  Bay,  Jamaica, 
Jan.  24,  1813;  married  in  1839,  Rebecca  Ann,  daugh- 
ter of  Major  Crotty.  He  was  educated  at  St.  John's 
College,  Cambridge,  and  read  for  the  bar.  After 
his  marriage  he  secured  an  appointment  in  Australia 
and,  having  held  appointments  in  the  Legislative 
Council  and  Civil  Service,  returned  to  England  in 
1859.  He  subsequently  engaged  in  business  as  a 
merchant  in  the  West  Indian  trade  until  1888 ;  died 
at  Tenerife  in  1894. 

Children : 

1  William  Cashel,  born  May  24;  died  July 
23,  1840. 

2  John  Henry,  born  in  Sidney,  N.  S.  W.,  Oct. 
7,  1841 ;  married  in  1886  his  cousin  Anna  Dcnnis- 
toun,  daughter  of  Henry  Macdowall  of  Garthland 
and  Carruth,  Renfrewshire,  Scotland.  He  joined  his 
father  in  business  in  Jamaica  in  1868;  retired  in 
1888  and  settled  in  the  Canaries.  Address :  El 
Drago,  Villa  de  la  Orotava,  Tenerife,  Canary  Islands. 


136  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

3  Frances  Gordon,  born  Aug.  3,  1843. 

4  Elizabeth,  born  Feb.  17,  1845. 

5  Charles  William,  born  Jan.  18,  1847;  mar- 
ried Aug.  27,  1884,  Kate  Eliza,  daughter  of  John 
William  Parkin  of  Catherine  Mount,  St.  James, 
Jamaica,  W.  I.  Mr.  Stirling  was  for  many  years 
a  planter,  attorney,  and  J. P.  in  the  parish  of  St. 
James,  Jamaica.  Address :  Washington  House,  13 
St.  Paul's  Road,  Clifton,  Bristol,  England. 

Children  : 

1  Henry  Graham,  born   May    28,   1885. 

2  Charles  Cecil,  born  Apr.  15,  1890. 

3  Elizabeth  Mary. 

4  Annette. 

II  Henry    Stirling,    born    Mar.    29,    1818;    died 
1824. 

III  William  Stirling,  born  Mar.  30,  1822;  married 
July  26,  1855,  his  cousin-german,  Mary  Katherine, 
second  daughter  of  Sylvester  Douglas  Stirling  of 
Glenbervie.  He  was  a  merchant  in  Glasgow,  J.P.  for 
the  counties  of  Stirling  and  Lanark,  and  colonel  8th 
Lanark  R.  V.  He  purchased  the  estate  of  Tarduf, 
in  Stirlingshire;  died  in  1900,  his  wife  surviving. 
TARDUF  is  a  small  estate  of  260  acres  with  an 
income  from  the  land  of  £295.  Address :  Tarduf, 
Polmont  Station,  Stirlingshire.     Colonel  Stirling  had: 

1  Charlotte  Douglas,  born  May  1,  1856. 

2  William  George  Hay,  born  Apr.  21,  1861 ; 
major  in  the  Indian  Army;  married  Oct.  15,  1895, 
Mary  Louisa,  daughter  of  William  George  Spens  of 
Glasgow,  and  has  issue: 

1  William  George  Patrick,  born  Feb.  17,  1898. 

2  Archibald  Hay,  born  Nov.  4,  1899. 

3  Mary  Sylvia.  " 

3  Sylvester  Douglas,  born  Dec.  11,  1873;  char- 
tered accountant ;    resides  in  London,  England. 

4  James  David,  born  Dec.  11,  1873;  D.S.O. ; 
captain  in  the  Indian  Army. 

5  Mary  Graham. 

6  Elizabeth  Barrett. 

7  Katherine  Henrietta  Jane. 

IV  Mary   Stirling,  born  July   23,    1814;    married 
July     4,     1844,     Thomas     James     Graham-Stirling     of 


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Strowan  (q.  v.),  and  died  without  issue  Dec.  23, 
1847. 

V  Elizabeth  Stirling,  born  Apr.  6,  1820. 

VI  Henrietta  Jane  Stirling,  born  July  4,  1824 ; 
married  her  cousin  Graham  Russell  (afterward  Som- 
ervell)  of  Hamilton  Farm,  above   (q.  v. ). 

Children  by  second  marriage : 

VII  Olivia  Catherine  Stirling,  born  Nov.  29,  1834 ; 
died   Sept.  28,   1851. 

VIII  Anna  Christian  Stirling,  born  Dec.  31,  1835; 
married  Gen.  Sir  William  Stirling,  a  descendant  of 
the  Stirlings  of  Drumpellier   (q.  v.). 

IX  Peter  Stirling,  born  Oct.  15,  1837 ;  died  Apr. 
13,  1838. 

X  Amy  Stirling,  born  Nov.  30,  1839. 

XI  Patrick  Douglas  Stirling,  born  Jan.  6,  1841 ; 
died  Feb.  12,  1851. 

XII  James  William  Stirling,  born  Oct.  30,  1842; 
died  Dec.  10,  1843. 

XIII  Margaret  Sandilands  Stirling,  born  Jan.  7, 
1845 ;  married  Mar.  5,  1868,  James  Stewart,  then  of 
Garvock  and  Blackhouse,  for  seven  years  M.P.  for 
Greenock. 

Children : 

1  James  Stirling. 

2  William  Norman. 

3  Ian;    major  2d  Battalion  Scottish  Rifles. 

4  Patrick;    captain  Gordon  Highlanders. 

5  Olive  Juana,  married  in   1893   James  Arthur 
Montgomerie  of  Tarbolton,  and  has  issue: 

1  Thomas  James. 

2  Marjorie  Olive. 

3  Evelyn  Stewart. 

6  Mary. 

XIV  Williamina  Mary  Stirling,  born  Oct.  3,  1846. 
6  John  Stirling,  born  Oct.   18,  1788 ;    a  broker  in  London  ; 

succeeded  to  the  estates  of  GOGAR  and  BLACK- 
GRANGE  on  the  death  of  his  father.  He  died  at 
Brighton,  England,  May  21,  1819,  unmarried,  when 
his  estates  descended  to  his  nephew,  Patrick,  as  above, 
and  from  him  to  Patrick's  sister,  Mary  Wedderburn 
(Stirling)    Morries. 


138  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

These  estates  comprise  958  acres  with  an  annual 
rental  of  £2100.  Address,  Northfield,  Clackmannan, 
and  Blackgrange,  Stirling. 

7  James  Stirling,  born  Oct.  31, 1789  ;  captain  R.  N.    He  pur- 

chased Glentyan,  in  Renfrewshire;  married  first,  con- 
tract dated  July  7,  1820,  his  cousin-german,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Day  Hort  Macdowall  of  Castle  Semple, 
who  died  without  issue,  Feb.  17,  1839;  married 
second,  contract  dated  Apr.  30,  1844,  his  cousin- 
german,  Elizabeth  Christian,  daughter  of  James  Dun- 
das  of  Ochtertyre,  C.S.,  and  widow  of  William  Mac- 
dowall of  Garthland.  He  died  in  1872.  GLENTYAN 
is  an  estate  of  265  acres,  with  a  rental  of  £800.  Ad- 
dress :    Glentyan,  Kilbarchan,  Renfrewshire. 

8  Katharine  Stirling,  born  June  20,  1791 ;    married  June  4, 

1811,  her  cousin-german,  James  Erskine  of  Linlathen, 
and  had  four  daughters,  all  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 
James  died  Aug.  26,  1816. 

9  Elizabeth  Christian  Stirling,  born  Sept.  24,  1794 ;    mar- 

ried Nov.  11,  1815,  Sir  William  Milliken  Napier  of 
Milliken,  8th  Bart.,  born  in  1788,  son  of  Robert  John 
Milliken  Napier,  of  Culcreuch,  by  Anne,  daughter 
of  Robert  Campbell  of  Downie,  Argyllshire.  He  died 
Feb.  4,  1852;   she  died  Mar.  3,  1860. 

Children : 

I  Mary  Milliken  Napier,  born  Apr.  7,  1817 ;  mar- 
ried June  6,  1839,  Robert  Speir  of  Culdees  Castle, 
County  Perth,  born  Jan.  1,  1801,  son  of  Robert  and 
Isabella  Speir,  who  died  Feb.   18,  1853. 

Children : 

1  Elizabeth  Christian  Stirling,  born  Mar.  30, 
1840;  married  Oct.  10,  1867,  Archibald  Campbell 
Douglass  of  Mains,  County  Dumbarton. 

2  Robert  Thomas  Napier,  born  Oct.  15,  1841,  of 
Blackstoun  and  Burnbrae,  County  Renfrew,  and  Cul- 
dees, County  Perth,  J.P.  and  D.L.  for  both  coun- 
ties;  married  June  2,  1868,  Hon.  Emily  Gifford,  3d 
daughter  of  Robert  Francis,  Lord  Gifford,  by  Fred- 
erica,  daughter  of  Maurice,  Lord  Fitzhardinge. 

Children : 

1  Gwendolyn  Mary,  born  Aug.  29,  1870. 

2  Guy  Thomas,  born  Feb.  26,  1875. 


THE  STIRLINGS   OF  KIPPENDAVIE  139 

3  Kenneth  Robert  Napier,  born  Apr.  1,  1877. 

4  Marjorie  Gifford,  born  Nov.  1,  1878. 

5  Evan  Berkeley,  born  Mar.  22,  1882;    died 
Feb.  15,  1884. 

6  Malcolm  Scott,  born  Feb.  6,  1887. 

7  Ronald  Fitzhardinge,  born  Mar.  9,  1888. 
II  Robert  John   Milliken  Napier  of  Milliken,  9th 

Bart.,  honorary  colonel  4th  Battalion,  The  Prin- 
cess Louise's  Argyll  and  Sutherland  Highlanders,  born 
Nov.  7,  1818;  married  Apr.  4,  1850,  Anne  Salis- 
bury Meliora,  daughter  of  John  Ladeveze  Adlercorn 
of  Moyglare,  Meath.  He  died  Dec.  4,  1884 ;  she  died 
Jan.  5,  1902. 

Children : 

1  William  John,  born  Nov.  6;  died  Nov.  7,  1850. 

2  Theodora  Eliza  Christian,  born  Nov.  6 ;  died 
Nov.  7,   1850   (twin  with  above). 

3  William  John,  born  Nov.  4  ;  died  Nov.  6,  1854. 

4  Robert  James,  born  Nov.  4,  1854  (twin  with 
above)  ;    died  Jan.  9,  1855. 

5  Sir  Archibald  Lennox  Milliken  Napier  of  Mil- 
liken, 10th  Bart.,  born  Nov.  2,  1855;  lieutenant 
Grenadier  Guards;  married  Dec.  16,  1880,  Marv 
Alison  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Fairbairn, 
Bart. ;   residence,  London. 

Children : 

1  Alexander  Lennox,  born  May   30,   1882. 

2  Robert  Archibald,  born  July  19,   1889. 

6  Robert  Francis  Ladeveze;  major  Queen's  own 
Cameron  Highlanders;  born  Dec.  3,  1856;  married 
in  1887  Emily  Norrie,  daughter  of  George  Moke, 
and  died  May  23,  1898,  from  wounds  received  at 
Atbara,  Egypt. 

Children : 

1  Lennox  Robert  Murray,  born  in  1890. 

2  Gerald  Francis  George,  born  in  1892. 

3  Ivan  Robert,  born  Nov.  9,  1893. 

4  Noreen  Mary  Hay,  born  Feb.  6,  1895. 

7  William  Edward  Stirling,  born  May  2,  1858; 
married  in  1884  Janet  Catherine,  daughter  of  W.  W. 
Rcid,  and  died  Sept.  25,  1900. 


140  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Children : 

1  William  Edward  Stirling,  born  in  1893. 

2  Alec  Douglas,  born  in  1894. 

3  Lola  Lillias  Daphne. 

8  Anne  Salisbury  Mary  Meliora,  born  Dec.  30, 
1851 ;  married  Mar.  10,  1881,  Sir  John  Adam  Rob- 
ert Hay,  9th  Bart.,  who  died  May  4,  1895,  leaving 
issue. 

9  Aymee  Elizabeth  Georgiana,  born  Dec.  30, 
1851  (twin  with  above)  ;  married  Jan.  4,  1876,  Sir 
George  Douglas  Clerk,  8th  Bart.;    has  issue. 

10  Theodora  Evelyn. 

Ill  John  Stirling  Milliken  Napier,  D.L.,  County 
Renfrew,  born  May  7,  1820;  married  Mar.  4,  1845, 
Janet,  only  child  of  Andrew  Brown  of  Auchintorlie, 
County  Renfrew,  and  died  Apr.  17,  1891. 

Children : 

1  William,  born  Aug.  16,  1850;  killed  in  Can- 
ada, Mar.  26,  1885. 

2  Andrew  John,  born  in  May,  1854;  died  in 
June,  1855. 

3  John  Stirling,  born  June  22,  1856;  major 
Argyll  and  Sutherland  Highlanders;  married  Sept. 
17,  1902,  Caroline  Charlotte,  daughter  of  Col.  Keith 
Ramsay  Maitland. 

4  Charles  James,  born  July   9,   1863. 

5  Mary  Elizabeth,  married  June  9,  1902,  Lisle 
Stirling-Cookson  of  Renton   (q.  v.). 

10  Charles  Stirling,  born  Jan.  24,  1796;  a  merchant  in  Glas- 
gow ;  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Stirling-Gordon  and  Co. ; 
married  June  14,  1831,  Christian,  eldest  daughter  of 
John  Hamilton  of  Sundrum.  In  1835  he  purchased 
the  estate  of  GARGUNNOCK,  in  Stirlingshire,  of 
1881  acres,  with  an  annual  rental  of  £1500.  He  died 
Oct.  24,   1839. 

Children  : 

I  John  Stirling,  born  Dec.  21,  1832;  lieutenant- 
colonel  of  the  Royal  Artillery ;  educated  at  the  Royal 
Military  School  at  Woolwich ;  J.P.  and  D.L.  for  Stir- 
lingshire; married  in  Mar.,  1871,  Henrietta  Char- 
lotte, youngest  daughter  of  John  Buchannan  of 
Carbeth,  County  Stirling.  Address:  Gargunnock, 
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Children : 

1  Charles  Stirling,  born  in  1873. 

2  Louisa  Christian  Auselan. 

3  John  Buchannan  Stirling. 

4  Kathleen  Caroline  Ann. 

II  Caroline  Dundas  Stirling,  born  Feb.  2,  1837 ; 
married  in  June,  1864,  John  Spurway,  captain  and 
brevet  major,  Royal  Artillery. 

Children : 

1  Christian  Annie. 

2  Caroline  Ethel. 

11  Thomas  Stirling,  born  Oct.  31,  1800;   died  in  June,  1801. 

12  Sylvester  Douglas   Stirling,  born  Feb.   3,   1803;    married 

in  1830  Anne  Pati'icia  Cragie,  daughter  of  David 
Connell  of  Glasgow.  He  purchased  the  estate  of 
Woodside,  in  Stirlingshire,  and  changed  the  name  to 
GLENBERVIE.  This  estate  is  of  778  acres  with  a 
rental  of  £1400.  He  was  drowned  while  bathing  at 
Ardrossan,  Sept.  2,  1846.  Address :  Glenbervie,  Fal- 
kirk, Stirlingshire. 

Children : 

1  Isabella  Georgina  Hay  Stirling,  born  Aug.  1. 
1831. 

2  Mary  Katherine  Stirling,  born  Nov.  8,  1833; 
married  William,  third  son  of  Wilham  Stirling  ot 
Content,  above   (q.  v.). 

3  Anne  Douglas  Stirling,  born  Oct.  9,  1834 ;  mar- 
ried Gen.  Sir  William  Stirling,  a  descendant  of  the 
Stirlings  of  Drumpellier  (q.  v.). 

4  Charlotte  Jane  Stirling,  born  Sept.  27,  1838. 

5  Charles  Douglas  Stirling,  born  May  18,  1840; 
died  Apr.  29,  1856. 

13  Jean  Wilhelmina  Stirling,  born  July  15,  1804. 

VII  JOHN  STIRLING  OF  KIPPENDAVIE  AND  KIP- 
PENROSS.  Born  Aug.  19,  1811;  married  Aug.  8,  1839,  Cath- 
erine Mary,  only  child  of  the  Rev.  John  Willings  by  his  wife  Mary 
Wcdderburn. 

Children: 

VIII     1   Patrick   Stirling,  born  Nov.    13,  1846;    succeeded  his 
father. 
2  John  Carolus  Stirling,  born  Dec.  14,  1848. 


142  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


3  William  Robert  Stirling,  born  Mar.  30,  1850. 

4  Mary  Catherine  Stirling,  married  in  March,  1866,  Capt. 

George  Kellie  McCallum,  younger,  of  Braco  Castle, 
County  Perth. 

Vin  PATRICK  STIRLING  OF  KIPPENDAVIE  AND 
KIPPENROSS,  born  Nov.  13, 1846 ;  married  in  1876, 
Margaret  Mary,  eldest  daughter  of  Rear  Admiral 
John  Leith  of  Blackford,  County  Aberdeen.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  92d  Highlanders ;  died  in  December, 
1899.     His  son 

IX  JOHN  ALEXANDER  STIRLING,  born  in  1881; 
married  1906,  an  American  lady ;  lieutenant  Scots 
Guards,  present  Laird  of  KIPPENDAVIE  and  KIP- 
PENROSS. The  estate  comprises  6111  acres,  with 
an  annual  rental  of  £5600.  Address :  Kippenross 
House,  Dunblane,  Perthshire;  London  address:  13 
Chesham  Street,  S.  W. 


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parity  of  ^tratpiaue,  County  of  Stirling 

IN  the  account  of  the  Stirlings  of  Glorat  given  in  Playfair's 
"  British  Family  Antiquity,"  it  is  stated  that  the  first  Stir- 
ling of  Ballagan  was  Walter,  second  son  of  William  Stirling 
of  Glorat,  but  this  is  erroneous,  as  the  earliest  charter  of  Balla- 
gan shows  that  William  of  Glorat  and  Walter  of  Ballagan  were 
brothers-german  and  not  father  and  son.  (See  the  Stirlings  of 
Craigbarnet  and  Glorat.) 

I  WALTER  STIRLING,  FIRST  OF  BALLAGAN.  Wil- 
liam Stirling  of  Glorat  granted  a  charter,  dated  June  5,  1522,  to 
his  brother-german,  Walter  Striuelyng  and  Eufame  Brisbane,  his 
spouse,  of  the  wester  half  of  the  lands  of  Ballagan,  extending  to 
a  forty  shilling  land  of  old  extent,  then  lying  in  the  earldom  of 
Lennox  and  the  shire  of  Dumbarton,  to  be  held  of  William  for  six 
merks  Scots  and  four  bolls,  four  pecks  farm  bear,  yearly.  Walter 
and  Eufame  were  infeft  on  the  same  day.  "  Walter  Stryuelyng 
of  Bavlagan  "  granted  a  reversion,  without  date,  to  his  "  derrest 
brodes  germane  William  Stryuelyng  of  glorat,"  of  the  Kirklands 
of  Strathblane.  He  was  curator  of  Andrew  Cunyngham  of  Blar- 
quheis.  He  made  his  will  June  6,  1549,  and  died  the  same  day. 
In  the  inventory  of  his  debtors  and  debts,  James  Striueling  of 
Keyr  is  a  debtor  for  10  merks  and  Walter  is  stated  to  be  due 
270  merks  as  tocher  of  Christian  Striueling,  probably  his  daugh- 
ter, according  to  the  terms  of  the  contract  between  her  and  Walter 
Campbell  of  Auchinhowie. 

Walter's  eldest  son  was: 

II  LUCAS  STRIUELING  OF  BALLAGAN  was  one  of  his 


144  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

father's  executors  in  1549.  He  was  a  curator  to  Marion  Stirling 
in  1554.  Andrew  Stirling  of  Portnellan-Haliday,  granted  a  char- 
ter, May  4,  1564,  to  his  beloved  cousin,  Luka  Stirling  and  Jonet 
Edmestoun,  his  spouse,  in  conjunct  life- rent  and  to  John  Stir- 
ling, their  son  and  heir  apparent  of  the  lands  of  Wester  Bal- 
dorrane.  He  married  Janet  Edmastoun,  who,  with  consent  of  Luke 
Stirling,  resigned  to  James  Stirling  of  Keir,  their  infeftment  of 
Ballindroch,  Oct.  22,  1564. 

III  WALTER  STRIUELYNG  OF  BALLAGAN,  who  was 

a  witness  to  a  reversion  in  favor  of  Sir  James  Stirling  of  Keir, 
dated  May  25,  1569. 

Walter  Stirling  of  Ballagan  was  fined  £100  for  non-appear- 
ance of  the  panels  for  whom  he  had  become  surety  that  they  should 
enter  themselves  before  the  justician  on  Jan.  31,  1570,  and  under 
the  law,  for  the  traitorous  detention  of  the  tower  or  fortalice  of 
Perdowye  against  the  King  and  his  Regent  and  also  for  their 
remaining  at  home  from  the  rand  at  Linlithgow.  Walter  was  tried 
for  being,  art  and  part,  with  William  Stirling  of  Glorat  and 
others  in  the  slaughter  of  Malcolm  Kincaid.  He  married  Janet 
Graham  and  died  Dec.  24,  1597,  as  appears  by  his  will,  dated  the 
17th  of  that  month,  and  in  which  his  wife  is  one  of  his  executors 
along  with  John  Stirling,  the  elder  of  Craigbarnet,  and  John 
Stirling,  the  elder  of  Glorat. 

("  Walter  Stirling  of  Ballagan  had  a  carnal  daughter,  Kath- 
arine Stirling,  who  received  a  life-rent  charter  in  1545  from 
John  Colquhoun  of  Kilmardinny  of  his  half  of  the  lands  of 
Kilmardinny.") 

IV  GEORGE  STIRLING  OF  BALLAGAN.  He  witnessed 
a  discharge  by  Sir  Archibald  Stirling  of  Keir  dated  May  24,  1602. 
George  died  in  July,  1615,  intestate,  and  an  inventory  of  his 
effects  was  given  by  Jonet  Stirling,  his  relect,  on  behalf  of  Jeane, 
Elizabeth,  Jonet,  and  Agnes  Stirlings,  his  lawful  bairns  and  ex- 
ecutors-dative.    He  was  succeeded  by  his  son : 

V  WALTER  STIRLING  OF  BALLAGAN.  He  was  served 
heir  of  his  father  in  Ballagan  on  Aug.  22,  1618.  He  was  prob- 
ably father  of 


THE   STIRLINGS   OF  BALLAGAN  145 

VI  WALTER  STIRLING  OF  BALLAGAN.1  He  married 
Margaret  Logan.     Their  eldest  son  was 

VII  JOHN  STIRLING  OF  BALLAGAN.  On  Feb.  13, 
1655,  Walter  Stirling  of  Ballagan  granted  a  charter,  whereby, 
in  implement  of  a  contract  of  marriage,  dated  January  19th  pre- 
ceeding,  betwixt  him  and  John  Stirling,  his  lawful  son,  and  James 
Stirling,  chamberlain  of  Mugdock,  for  himself  and  Jean  Stirling, 
his  eldest  lawful  daughter,  he  dispones  the  lands  of  Ballagan  and 
Hill  of  Dumglas  to  his  son  John,  Jean  Stirling,  his  future  spouse, 
and  their  lawful  heirs.  John  Stirling  died  before  Mar.  20,  1668, 
on  which  date  James  Stirling  of  Bankell  and  Walter  Stirling, 
minister  of  Baldernock,  as  tutors,  curators,  and  overseers  "  of 
the  orphans  of  umquhile  John  Stirling  of  Ballagan,"  required 
Sir  Mungo  Stirling  of  Glorat,  then  at  the  new  Hall  of  Craig- 
barnet,  to  pay  a  certain  sum  owing  by  him.  John  Stirling  was 
succeeded  by  his  eldest  son 

VIII  JAMES  STIRLING  OF  BALLAGAN.  He  obtained 
a  precept  of  clare  constat  from  William  Stirling  of  Law  superior 
of  Ballagan  for  infefting  his  as  heir  of  John  Stirling,  his  father, 
Aug.  29,  1684.  He  was  a  goldsmith  in  Glasgow.  He  married 
Mary  Napier,  who  survived  him  and  was  living  in  1728.  He  had 
a  daughter  Jean,  to  whom  her  brother  James  was  served  heir 
general  Nov.  29,  1756.     He  was  succeeded  by  his  son 

IX  JAMES    STIRLING    OF    BALLAGAN.      His    father 

having  died  in  embarrassed  circumstances,  a  ranking  and  sale  of 
Ballagan  was  brought  by  creditors,  which  depended  for  25  years, 
when  a  separate  action  was  brought  by  James  Stirling  as  heir- 
apparent  of  his  father.     Under  this  judicial  sale  he,  in  1728,  pur- 

1  From  an  abstract  of  the  Grants  to  be  Recorded  in  the  Great  and  Privy 
Seal  Records  of  Scotland,  1676-81. 

"Infeftment  to  Sir  Robert  Sinclair  of  Longfurrnacus,  Knight  and  Baronet,  advo- 
catt,  of  the  lands  and  barronie  of  Lochend  and  Tennendrie  of  Woodhall;  holds  of 
his  Majestie  as  Prince  and  Steward  of  Scotland  few,  bleusch  and  taxt  ward  for  pay- 
ment of  100  lib.  for  the  ward,  als  much  for  releifl'e  and  200  lib.  for  the  manage  upon 
the  resignatione  of  umquhill  Sir  John  Calqwhoune  of  Luss  and  Dame  Margaret 
Bailie,  his  spouse  and  Walter  Stirling  of  Ballagone." 

July  7,  1676.     (P.  501,  Vol.  2,  Genealogical  Magazine.) 


146  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

chased  back  Ballagan  for  £16,000  Scots,  after  a  keen  competition. 
In  1756  he  sold  Ballagan  to  Thomas  Graham,  merchant  in  Glas- 
gow, whose  descendant  is  now  Graham  of  Ballagan. 

BALLAGAN  is  an  estate  of  914  acres,  and  has  a  revenue  of 
£600  annually.     Address:    Ballagan,  Strathblane,  Stirlingshire. 


Cfje  g>ttriings  of  2Lato,  ^ortnellatt,  antj 

Cfceniarnet 

Cartel)  of  £Hb  ftUpatrtcfc,  County  of  Dumbarton 

ITT  TILLIAM  STIRLING  OF  GLORAT  acquired  the 
w^  y  lands  of  Law  from  Sir  James  Hamilton  of  Fyn- 
nart,  Bart.,  in  1528.  By  a  charter,  dated  Feb.  5, 
that  year,  Sir  James  granted  to  William  Stirling  of  Glorat  and 
Margaret  Houston,  his  wife,  the  lands  of  Law,  lying  in  the  lord- 
ship of  Drumry,  earldom  of  Levenax  and  shire  of  Dumbarton. 

William  and  his  wife  were  infeft  in  this  estate  Apr.  14,  1529. 
He  was  slain  on  Good  Friday,  1534,  and  was  survived  by  Mar- 
garet, who,  on  May  9,  1537,  obtained  a  transumpt  of  this  con- 
junct infeftment  in  Law.  Their  eldest  son  and  heir  and  successor 
in  Law  was : 

II  ANDREW  STIRLING  OF  LAW,  PORTNELLAN, 
AND  EDENBARNET.  On  Nov.  28,  1571,  John  Cunninghame 
of  Drumquhassell,  who  had  acquired  the  superiority  of  Law, 
granted  a  precept  for  infefting  Andrew  Stirling  in  these  lands 
and  Andrew  was  infeft  on  the  following  day.  Andrew  had  previ- 
ously acquired  the  lands  of  Portnellane  Halliday  and  half  of  Bal- 
dorane  by  charter  from  Queen  Mary,  dated  May  24,  1557.  He 
had  another  crown  charter  of  these  lands,  dated  May  24,  1577. 
Andrew  Streueling  also  acquired  the  lands  of  Edenbarnet  and 
Craigbanzeoch  in  the  lordship  of  Kilpatrick,  regality  of  Paisley, 
and  shire  of  Dumbarton,  from  Stephen  Spreull  of  Edenbarnet,  by 
charter  dated  July  13,  1569.  Andrew  granted  to  Luke  Stirling 
and  Janet  Edmonstone,  spouses,  and  their  son  John,  the  lands  of 


148  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Wester  Ballindorane,  by  charter  dated  at  Law,  May  4,  1564.     He 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Gabriel  Cunninghame  of  Craigends, 
and  died  before  Oct.  24,  1581. 
Andrew  had  five  sons : 

III  1   William,  who  succeeded. 

2  James,  who  witnessed  the  infeftment  in  Law  in  favor  of 

his  brother,  William,  Apr.  2,  1582. 

3  John,  who  as  a  brother  of  William  Stirling  of  Law,  wit- 

nessed a  sasine  dated  Apr.  20,  1591.  John  was  made 
a  burgess  of  Dumbartonshire  in  160,3. 

4  Walter,  whose  son  and  heir,  John,  had  an  annuity  in  1584. 

5  Robert  Striueling,  brother-german  of  William  Stirling  of 

Law,  witnessed  an  instrument  in  favor  of  the  latter, 
dated  Feb.  26,  1584.  William,  son  of  Robert,  had  a 
tenement  in  Dumbarton  in  1606. 

Ill  WILLIAM  STREUELING  OF  LAW,  PORTNEL- 
LAN,  AND  EDENBARNET.  Malcolm  Crawford  of  Kilbirny 
granted  on  the  last  day  of  March,  1582,  a  precept  of  clare  con- 
stat for  infefting  William  Strierling,  son  of  the  deceased  Andrew 
Streueling  of  Portnellan,  in  the  lands  of  Law. 

William  was  infeft  in  the  lands  of  Portnellan  Halliday  on  Sept. 
6,  1581.  He  received  from  William,  Commendator  of  Paisley,  a 
charter,  dated  Apr.  16,  1581,  of  Edenbarnet  and  Craigbanzeoch 
on  the  resignation  of  John  Spreull,  heir  of  the  deceased  Stephen 
Spreull.  He  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Hugh  Crawfurd  of 
Clobarhill,  who  survived  him  and  gave  up  his  testament-dative  to 
the  Commissary  of  Glasgow.     William  died  in  December,  1623. 

Children : 

IV  1  Andrew,  who  succeeded. 

2  Hugh.     He  is  probably  the  "Major  Stirling,"  brother  of 

Andrew  Stirling  of  Law,  who  is  noted  in  Durie's 
Decisions,  Jan.  25,  1642,  as  having  arrested  certain 
silver  plate  belonging  to  Colonel  Cunninghame. 

3  Walter,  who  was   executor-dative   of  his   father  Jan.    19, 

1624. 

4  Robert,  afterward  Sir  Robert  Sterling,  governor  of  Cork. 

Sir  Robert  appears  to  have  served  as  an  ensign  of 
foot,  lieutenant  of  horse,  and  captain  of  dragoons  in 
Germany  for  11  years  under  the  "  Lion  of  the  North," 
Gustavus  Adolphus.     In  short,  he  was  a  fine  specimen 


THE   STIRLINGS   OF  LAW  140 

of  the  adventurous  Scot  of  his  day.  In  1649  he  was 
Governor  of  Cork,  Ireland,  where  he  was  knighted 
Nov.  22,  1648.  Sir  Robert  obtained  on  Oct.  9,  1649, 
a  grant  of  arms  from  the  Ulster  King.  This  grant  is 
a  lengthy  document  and  in  part  relates  "  whereas  The 
Hunourable  Robert  Sterling,  Knight,  Governor  of  the 
Citty  and  County  of  Corke,  President  of  the  Councell 
of  Warre,  Sargent  Major  Generall  of  His  Majesties 
Councell  in  the  said  province,"  etc.  He  was  made  a 
knight  by  the  Lord  Marquis  of  Ormond,  Governor 
General  of  Ireland,  for  his  distinguished  services  and 
loyalty  to  the  late  King  Charles  and  his  son,  then 
reigning,  and  for  the  effusion  of  his  blood  and  many 
other  exploits. 

Upon  the  margin  of  the  Grant  is  the  following 
memorandum :  "  Sir  Robert  Sterling  knight  was  En- 
sign of  Foot,  Lieutenant  of  Horse  and  Captain  of 
Dragoons  in  Germany,  under  the  command  of  the 
King  of  Sweden,  where  he  serued  eleuen  yeers.  He 
was  the  fowerth  of  December  1641,  made  Sargent 
Major  and  in  the  same  Month  Lieutenant  Colonell,  by 
commission  from  his  Excellency,  James  Marques  of 
Ormonde,  then  Lieutenant  Generall  of  all  his  Majes- 
ties forces  in  Ireland.  He  was  made  Colonell  of  Foot 
the  Xlth  of  September  1645 :  Gouernor  of  the  Citty 
of  Corke,  President  of  the  Councell  of  Warre,  one  of 
his  Majestes  Councell  and  Sergent  Major  Generall 
of  his  Majesties  Forces  in  the  Province  of  Munster," 
etc.  "  Hee  was  knighted  att  Corke  the  XII  day  of 
Nouember,  Anno  1648." 

The  patent  further  shows  from  the  marginal  Pedi- 
grees that  Sir  Robert  married  Jane,  daughter  of 
Edward,  Lord  Blaney,  by  whom  he  had  three  sons : 
Capt.  Laurence,  Robert,  and  Edward  Sterling,  all 
three  of  whom  it  is  said  died  unmarried. 

5  William,  of  whom  hereafter. 

6  Elizabeth,  who  married  Hew  Crawfurd  of  Jordanhill  and 

died  without   issue. 

7  Jean,  a  natural  daughter,  was  living  in  1585. 

IV  ANDREW  STIRLING  OF  LAW.  William  Stirling  of 
Law  and  Margaret  Crawfurd,  his  wife,  granted  to  Andrew  Stir- 
ling, their  eldest  son  and  heir  apparent,  and  his  wife,  Jean,  daugh- 


150  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

ter  of  Patrick  Walkinshaw,  sub-dean  of  Glasgow,  charters,  dated 
Oct.  20,  1610,  of  half  of  Law  and  the  lands  of  Enbarnen  and 
Craigbanzeoch,  in  implement  of  contract  of  marriage  between  said 
Andrew  and  Jean,  dated  Sept.  4th  previous. 

Sir  John  Crawfurde  of  Kilbirnie  granted,  on  Sept.  10,  1641,  a 
precept  of  clare  constat  for  infefting  Andrew  Stirling  of  Law  as 
heir  to  his  grandfather,  Andrew  Stirling  of  Law,  in  the  lands  of 
Law,  and  he  was  infeft  on  the  following  day.  On  the  same  day 
Andrew  resigned  Law  in  favor  of  William  Stirling,  his  eldest  son 
and  apparent  heir,  reserving  the  life-rent  of  Andrew  and  Jane 
Walkinshaw,  his  wife.  Andrew  died  in  December,  1646,  and  had 
at  least  one  son  and  a  daughter,  Agnes,  who  married  William 
Colquhoun  of  Garocadden.     He  was  succeeded  by  his  son 

V  WILLIAM  STIRLING  OF  LAW.  He  was  retoured  heir 
of  his  father,  Andrew,  Oct.  13,  1647.  He  was  one  of  the  War 
Committee  for  Dumbartonshire  in  1647.  He  entailed  Law  by 
entail  dated  May  20,  1691 ;  married,  contract  dated  Dec.  2,  1641, 
Margaret  Maxwell  of  Dargavel.  William  died  between  1694  and 
Sept.  14,  1703,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  grandson.  He  was  the 
father  of  three  daughters : 

1  Margaret    Stirling;    married    James    Buchanan    of   Ross, 

by  whom  she  had  two  daughters: 

1  Jean,  heiress  of  Ross,  who  married  Archibald 
Buchanan  of  Drumikill  and  had  four  sons  and  four 
daughters. 

2  Janet,  who  with  Jean  got  legacies  from  their 
grandfather,  William  Stirling,  under  his  will  made  in 
1694. 

2  Mary  Stirling;    married  before  1698,  William  Colquhoun 

of  Craigton.  Her  tocher  was  5000  merks.  She  died 
before  Sept.  14,  1703,  leaving  two  sons  and  three 
daughters.  The  second  son  was  William  Colquhoun, 
of  whom  hereafter.     The  daughters  were: 

1  Margaret,  who  married  before  1713,  John  Max- 
well of  Dargavel. 

2  Anna,  who  married  before  1713,  Robert  Campbell 
of  Balvie,  West   Indies. 

3  Elizabeth. 

3  Agnes  Stirling. 


THE  STIRLINGS  OF  LAW  151 

VI  AGNES  STIRLING,  youngest  daughter  of  William 
Stirling  of  Law,  married  first  John  Campbell  of  Succoth,  West 
Indies,  and  had  two  sons ;  John,  the  second  son,  succeeded  to  Law. 
She  married  second  James  Hamilton  of  Hutchinson,  by  whom 
she  had  a  son  James,  who  appears  to  have  died  with  issue, 
and  two  daughters,  Agnes  and  Anne,  who  successively  inherited 
Law. 

VII  JOHN  CAMPBELL  OR  STIRLING  OF  LAW.     He 

had  a  charter  from  Walter,  Lord  Blantyre,  the  superior,  dated 
Aug.  17,  1708,  of  the  lands  of  Edinbaron  and  Craigbanoch,  as 
heir  of  William  Stirling  of  Law.  John  Campbell-Stirling  had  also 
a  crown  charter  of  these  lands,  dated  July  27,  1713. 

John  Graham,  younger  of  Killearn,  as  Provost  of  the  Collegi- 
ate Church  of  Dumbarton,  granted  to  him  a  charter  of  the  Kirk- 
lands  of  Strathblane,  dated  July  4,  1711.  John  Stirling  of  Law 
was  a  great  Anti-Jacobite  in  1745.  He  died  in  April,  1757,  and 
was  succeeded  by  his  son 

VIII  JAMES  STIRLING  OF  LAW.  On  Aug.  18,  1758, 
he  was  served  heir  to  his  father  in  the  lands  of  Enbarren,  etc.  He 
was  infeft  in  the  lands  of  Law,  Aug.  7,  1762.  He  married,  con- 
tract dated  June  6,  1757,  Christian,  second  daughter  and  one 
of  the  three  heirs-portioners  of  William  Colquhoun  of  Craigtoun, 
who  died  Jan.  27,  1806,  at  Edenbarnet.  James  died  Jan.  15, 
1809,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  cousin-uterine 

VII  AGNES  HAMILTON-STIRLING  OF  LAW  AND 
EDENBARNET.  She  was  the  eldest  daughter  of  James  Hamil- 
ton, of  Hutchinson,  and  Agnes  Stirling,  his  wife  (q.  v.). 

On  Nov.  10,  1809,  Agnes  Hamilton  was  served  heir  to  James 
Stirling  of  Law.  She  married  Peter  Buchanan  of  Spittal,  whom 
she  survived.  She  died  Feb.  2,  1816,  and  was  succeeded  by  her 
sister 

VII  ANNE  HAMILTON-STIRLING  OF  LAW  AND 
EDENBARNET.  She  was  infeft  in  Law,  as  heir  of  her  sister, 
July  23,  1816.  She  died  unmarried  July  11,  1817,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded  by   William    Colquhoun,    descended    from    Mary    Stirling, 


152 


THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


second  daughter  of  William  Stirling  and  wife  of  William  Colqu- 
houn  of  Craigton,  as  before  shown.  This  William  Colquhoun  was 
the  father  of  Margaret  Colquhoun,  who  married  Alan  Colquhoun  of 
Kenmure  and  had  two  sons,  Alan,  who  died  without  issue,  and 
William  Colquhoun  of  Kenmure,  who  married  Judith  Dunn 
Thibou,  by  whom  he  had  a  son,  William,  who  succeeded  to  Law, 
and  two  daughters.  The  elder,  Margaret,  married  Alexander 
Dunlop  of  Keppoch  and  had  five  sons  and  six  daughters ;  the 
second  son  was  Alexander  Murray  Dunlop  of  Corsock,  M.P.  for 
Greenock. 

IX     WILLIAM  COLQUHOUN-STIRLING  OF  LAW.     He 

was  for  some  time  surgeon  in  the  service  of  the  East  Indian  Com- 
pany. On  July  23,  1818,  he  was 
served  heir  of  Mrs.  Agnes  Ham- 
ilton or  Stirling.  He  married 
Helen,  daughter  of  Archibald 
Calder,  banker  of  Glasgow,  lin- 
eal descendant  of  the  Calders  of 
Inchbreck.  William  died  in  Jan- 
uary, 1842,  and  was  succeeded 
by  his  son. 
Children : 

1  William  Colquhoun- 
Stirling  of  Law. 

2  Judith ;  married  George, 
son  of  Sir  David 
Innes  of  Orton  and 
Cockstoune,   Bart. 


Arms  of  Colquhotjn- 
Stirling  of  Law 


X  WILLIAM  COLQUHOUN-STIRLING  OF  LAW  AND 
EDENBARNET,  lieutenant  14th  Regiment,  Madras  Native  In- 
fantry. 

IV  WILLIAM  STIRLING,  fifth  son  of  William  Stirling  of 
Law,  Portnellan,  and  Edenbarnet.  In  an  old  family  Bible  printed 
in  1658,  now  in  the  possession  of  Maj.-Gen.  John  B.  Sterling  of 
London,  the  following  entries  are  recorded: 

"  William  Sterling,  brother  of  Sir  Robert  Sterling,  married 


THE  STIRLINGS  OF  LAW  153 

Miss  Poe,  daughter  of  Anthony  Poe,  of  Dromgooldstoun,  in  the 
county  of  Lowth,  Esq.,  by  whom  he  had  several  sons,  viz,  —  An- 
thony, William,  Robert,  Edward  and  John,  all  of  whom  died  un- 
married except  Anthony,  who  married  the  daughter  of  the  Rev- 
erend Doctor  Robert  Bredin.  Anthony,  born  8  of  October  1656, 
died  17  November,  1723,  aged  67.  Married  Ann  Bredin,  23  July, 
1693.  She  was  born  9  January,  1675.  Died  29  April,  1713, 
aged  33. 

"  Their  youngest  son,  but  one,  was  named  Edward,  born  on 
24  May,  1711;  (died  1777.)" 

V  ANTHONY  STERLING,  as  above,  had, 

VI  EDWARD  STERLING,  born  May  24,  1711;  married 
Nov.  9,  1734,  Mrs.  Catherine  Ferguson,  who  was  born  June  23, 
1712.  He  was  clerk  to  the  Irish  House  of  Commons.  He  died 
Oct.  5,  1777. 

Child : 

VII  REV.  ANTHONY  STERLING,  born  July  15,  1740; 
married  a  Miss  Wallace,  daughter  of  an  American  Loyalist. 

Children  : 

VIII     1   Edward  Sterling. 

2  Catherine    Sterling;     married    Colonel   Pryor    and    died 
without  issue  in  1862. 

VIII  EDWARD  STERLING  ("Vivius"  of  the  London 
Times),  born  at  Waterford,  Ireland,  Feb.  27,  1773;  married 
Apr.  5,  1804,  Hester,  only  daughter  of  John  Conningham  of  Lon- 
donderry, Ireland,  by  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Campbell,  of  the  Camp- 
bells of  Sunderland,  in  Isla.  He  was  educated  at  Trinity  College, 
Dublin,  and  was  called  to  the  Irish  bar.  He  fought  at  Vinegar 
Hill  and,  having  attained  the  rank  of  captain  of  militia,  contem- 
plated a  military  career. 

Shortly  after  his  marriage  he  migrated  to  Karnes  Castle,  Isle 
of  Bute,  and  then  to  Llanblethian,  near  Cowbridge,  Glamorgan- 
shire, Wales.  In  1811  he  issued  a  pamphlet  on  "Military  Re- 
form," which  led  to  his  becoming  a  regular  correspondent  of  the 
London  Times  under  the  signature  "  Vetus,"  later  exchanged  for 
"  Magus."     During  the  peace  interval  in   1814-1815   lie  was   in 


154  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Paris,  and  on  his  return  to  England  became  a  regular  and  impor- 
tant member  of  the  Times'  staff. 

Between  1830  and  1840  the  paper  became,  says  Carlyle,  his 
"  express  emblem,"  and  his  opinions  were  especially  identified  with 
"  The  Thunderer's  "  admiration  for  Wellington  and  Peel. 

He  retired  from  active  journalism  soon  after  1840  and  died  at 
his  eldest  son's  house,  South  Place,  Knightsbridge,  London,  Sept. 
3,  1847.    His  wife  died  Apr.  18,  1843,  two  hours  after  the  death  of 
her  daughter-in-law,  Susannah,  wife  of  her  son  John. 
Children : 

1  Sir  Anthony  Conningham  Sterling,  K.C.B.,  born  in  1805 ; 
married  in  1829,  Charlotte,  daughter  of  Maj.-Gen. 
Joseph  Baird. 

He  was  educated  at  Trinity  College,  Cambridge. 
In  February,  1826,  was  gazetted  an  ensign  in  the 
24th  Foot;  was  from  Mar.  21,  1834,  to  Dec.  5,  1843, 
a  captain  of  the  73d  Foot.  He  was  on  active  service 
during  the  Crimean  War  of  1854—1855,  first  as  brigade 
major  and  afterwards  as  assistant  adjutant  general 
to  the  Highland  division,  including  the  battles  of  the 
Alma,  Balaklava,  and  Inkerman,  and  the  Siege  of  Se- 
bastopol.  He  received  the  medal  with  four  clasps, 
the  order  of  the  Legion  of  Honor,  the  Turkish  medal, 
and  the  fourth  class  of  the  Medjidie.  He  returned  in 
October,  1857,  but  during  1858-1859  was  employed 
as  military  secretary  by  Sir  Colin  Campbell,  Lord 
Clyde,  in  the  suppression  of  the  Indian  mutiny  and 
received  a  medal  with  clasp.  He  was  gazetted  C.B. 
July  5,  1855,  and  K.C.B.  July  21,  1860. 

He  was  author  of  "  The  Highland  Brigade  in  the 
Crimea,"  "  Russia  under  Nicholas  I,"  a  translation, 
and  "  Letters  from  the  Army  in  the  Crimea  "  (p.  192, 
Diet,  of  Nat.  Biog.;  Carlyle's  Life  of  Sterling).  He 
died  at  his  home,  3  South  Place,  Knightsbridge,  Lon- 
don, Mar.  1,  1870.  His  wife  died  Apr.  10,  1863. 
No  issue. 
IX    2  John  Sterling. 

3  and  4  Two  children,  died  in  infancy. 

IX  JOHN  STERLING,  the  poet  and  author,  was  born 
at  Kames  Castle,  Isle  of  Bute,  July  20,  1806.  He  received 
his  early  education  at  Dr.  Burney's  establishment  at  Greenwich, 


THE   STIRLINGS  OF  LAW  155 

England,  and,  after  a  short  trial  of  the  University  of  Glasgow, 
proceeded  to  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  in  October,  1824.  Here 
his  tutor  was  Julius  Charles  (afterward  archbishop)  Hare.  He 
formed  the  acquaintanceship  of  Frederick  Denison  Maurice,  Rich- 
ard Chenevix  French,  Coleridge,  Wordsworth,  and  Edward  Irving. 
He  and  a  number  of  friends  in  1828  purchased  the  Athenaeum. 
Sterling  contributed  little  fanciful  tales  and  sketches ;  for  Cole- 
ridge he  composed  his  novel  "Arthur  Coningsby."  In  it  appeared 
the  beautiful  ballad  "  A  maiden  came  gliding  over  the  sea,"  which 
alone  would  have  proven  Sterling  a  poet  of  unusual  ability.  An- 
other novel,  "  Fitzgeorge,"  which  was  brought  out  in  1832  by  the 
publisher  of  "  Coningsby,"  has  been  attributed  to  Sterling,  but  it 
is  impossible  that  he  could  have  written  it.  Sterling  studied  Ger- 
man philosophy  in  Bonn,  Germany,  in  1833,  but  returned  to  Eng- 
land, and  on  Trinity  Sunday,  1834,  he  became  Julius  Hare's 
curate,  then  rector  at  Hurstmonceaux,  Sussex,  which  he  later  re- 
signed, partly  from  ill  health  and  partly  because  he  found  the  call- 
ing incongenial. 

In  1827  he  wrote  a  poem,  "  The  Sexton's  Daughter,"  published 
in  London  in  1839  and  in  Philadelphia  in  1842 ;  at  the  same  time 
he  formed  a  connection  with  Blackwood's  Magazine,  for  which 
among  many  others,  he  contributed  "  The  Palace  of  Morgana 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  of  prose  poems,  and  the  "  Onyx  Ring 
(published  in  Boston  in  1856).  He  also  wrote  during  this  period 
"  Maga,"  "  Crystals  from  a  Cavern,"  etc.  He  contributed  to  the 
London  and  Westminster  Review,  conducted  by  his  friend,  John 
Stuart  Mill.  In  1838  the  Sterling  Club,  a  literary  organization, 
was  formed  in  London  and  named  in  his  honor.  The  winter  of 
1838-1839  was  spent  at  Rome;  returning  to  England,  he  took  a 
house  at  Clifton,  where  he  gained  the  friendship  of  Francis  (after- 
ward Cardinal)  Newman,  to  whom  he  later  bequeathed  the  guard- 
ianship of  his  son.  He  married  Nov.  2,  1830,  Susannah,  eldest 
daughter  of  General  Barton,  formerly  of  the  Life  Guards,  who 
died  the  same  day  as  his  mother,  Apr.  18,  1843.  He  died  at  Vent- 
nor,  Isle  of  Wight,  Sept.  18,  1844,  where  he  had  lived  since  June, 
1843,  after  a  lifelong  struggle  against  consumption.  He 
was   buried   at   Bonchurch,   in   the   old   churchyard.      His    works 


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156  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


included,  beside  those  mentioned :  "  The  Election,"  a  poem 
in  seven  books,  London,  12mo,  "  Strafford,"  a  tragedy,  dedi- 
cated to  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson,  his  intimate  friend,  "  Rich- 
ard Cceur  de  Lion,"  an  Orlandish  or  Odyssean  serio-comic 
poem.  His  writings  were  collected  in  18-18  by  Julius  Hare 
(Essays  and  Tales  by  John  Sterling),  2  vols.,  London,  8vo, 
with  a  memoir  in  many  respects  admirable,  but  its  inadequacy 
stimulated  Carlyle  to  the  composition,  in  1851,  of  the  biography 
which  has  made  Sterling  almost  as  widely  known  as  Carlyle 
himself. 

Correspondence  with  Emerson  was  published  in  the  July  num- 
ber of  the  Atlantic  Monthly,  1897,  with  a  sketch  of  Sterling's 
life  by  Edward  Waldo  Emerson.  Thomas  Carlyle's  "  Life  of 
Sterling,"  will  of  course  remain  the  greatest  monument  to  this 
brilliant  and  unfortunate  man. 

Children : 

1  Edward  Conningham  Sterling,  born  Oct.  14,  1831 ;    mar- 

ried Bertha  Stone  and  died  in  1815.     One  daughter 
was  living  in  1904. 

2  Anna  Charlotte  Sterling,  born  Feb.   15,  1833. 

3  Katharine  Susan  Sterling,  born  Dec.  2,  1834. 

4  Julia  Maria   Sterling,  born   Mar.    26,   1836. 
X      5  John  Barton  Sterlng,  born  Oct.   12,   1840. 

6  Hester  Isabella  Sterling,  born  Apr,   14,   1843. 

X  MAJOR  GENERAL  JOHN  BARTON  STERLING, 

born  Oct.  12,  1840;    married  in  1864,  Caroline,  eldest  daughter 
of  Sir  John  S.  Trelawny,  9th  Bart. 

After  a  short  service  in  the  Navy,  Mr.  Sterling  was  gazetted 
to  the  8th  Foot  in  1861 ;  was  transferred  to  the  Cold  Stream 
Guards  in  the  same  year;  served  in  that  regiment  till  1896  and 
commanded  the  2d  Battalion  for  four  years  and  the  regiment 
and  North  London  Volunteer  Brigade  for  five  years ;  was  present 
with  the  2d  Battalion  in  Egypt  in  1882,  and  was  wounded  at  Tel- 
el-Kebir;  was  second  in  command  of  the  first  Battalion  in  the 
Soudan  and  in  the  Cyprus  campaign  of  1885 ;  was  promoted 
major  general  in  1896;  retired  in  1902.  Residence,  249  Knights- 
bridge,  London,  S.  W. 


THE   STIRLINGS   OF  LAW  157 


Has,  with  other  issue: 

1  John  Trelawny  Sterling,  born  in  1866 ;    lieutenant  colonel 

in  the  Cold  Stream  Guards,  having  been  promoted  for 
service  in  South  Africa,  1899. 

2  Robert  Sterling,  born  in  1870;    commander  in  the  Royal 

Navy. 


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Baiquijarage  an*  jHutptonsttie 

I  y-jOBERT    STIRLING    OF    BANKEYR    AND    LET- 
r^     TYR.     It  has  been  claimed  for  him  that  he  was  the 
Robert  Stirling  whose  children  were  declared  by  Janet, 
the   Heiress    of    Cadder,    in    1541,    to    be   her    nearest    relatives. 
This  claim  was  championed  in  1818  by  Andrew  Stirling  of  Drum- 
pellier,  descendant  of  the  above  Robert,  who  presented  a  petition 
to  the  Lyon  Court  to  be  served  heir  male  of  the  Stirlings  of  Cadder. 
He  was  granted  to  be  the  "  nearest  and  lawful  heir  male  of  Robert 
Stirling  of  Lettyr,  who  died  in  1537,"  and  was  given  arms  and 
supporters  as  chief  of  the  surname.     It  was  not  proven,  however, 
that  this  Robert  was  the  heir  mentioned  by  Janet ;  the  relationship 
between  them  has  never  been  discovered,  if  any  intimate  connection 
did  exist.     There  has  been  considerable  argument,  which  is  else- 
where referred  to,  to  establish  the  representation  of  the  ancient 
Stirlings  of  Cadder.    In  1863  John  Riddell,  Advocate,  for  the  then 
head  of  the  Drumpellier  Stirlings,  issued  a  book  for  the  purpose  of 
claiming  for  his  client  the  chieftainship  of  the  name,  and  in  an 
effort  to  refute  the  assumption  to  that  position  made  in  the  "  Stir- 
lings of  Keir  and  their  Family  Papers,"  issued  five  years  before. 

Robert  Stirling  married  Marion,  daughter  of  William  Fleming 
of  Boghall.  He  was  killed  in  1537  in  the  course  of  a  feud  with  the 
Campbells  of  Auchinhowie.     Had  issue: 

II    1  John  Stirling  of  Lettyr  and  Baequharage. 

2  William  Stirling  of  Bankeyr,  who  married  in  1752,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  John  Stewart  of  Bowhouse,  and 
died  in  1573,  leaving  two  daughters,  Elizabeth  and 
Barbara. 


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3  "  Jane  Striuiling,"  in  whose  favor  Archibald  Stirling  of 
Keir  and  "  Jane  Lady  Leyr  "  granted  a  precept  to 
their  tenants  in  Ballindrocht  to  pay  her  yearly  "  three 
bollis  ait  meill." 

II  JOHN  STIRLING  OF  LETTYR  AND  BALQUHA- 
RAGE.  He  married  Beatrix,  daughter  of  George  Elphinstone  of 
Blythswood,  and  died  in  1585. 

Issue: 

III  1  Robert  Stirling,  his  heir;   married  first,  Mary  Stirling, 

daughter  of  John  Stirling,  of  Glorat,  second,  Jean 
Guthrie;  died  in  1606,  without  issue.  He  sold  his 
estates    some  years   after  his   father's   death. 

2  George  Stirling,  a  notary  in  Glasgow;    married  Marion 

Watson ;    died  without  issue. 

3  William  Stirling,   a  merchant  in  Glasgow.     He  married 

first,  Helen  Lock,  who  died  in  1619 ;  married  second, 
Janet  Young,  and  died  in  1621,  leaving  five  daughters 
by  his  first  marriage. 

4  Andrew  Stirling,  a  merchant  in  Edinburgh ;   married  Mar- 

garet Smith;  died  in  1631.  Ther  was  no  surviving 
male  issue  of  these  four  sons. 

5  Ninian  Stirling,  died  young. 

IV  6  Walter  Stirling,  of  whom  later. 

7  Malcolm  Stirling,  merchant  in  Glasgow;    married  Katha- 

rine Davidson  and  had  a  daughter,  Margaret. 

8  James  Stirling,  of  whom  nothing  is  known. 

9  Margaret    Stirling,    married    Archibald    Haggate,    town 

clerk  of  Glasgow. 
10  Elizabeth  Stirling,  married  John  Graham  of  Killcarn  and 
had  two  sons. 

IV  WALTER  STIRLING  OF  LETTYR.  He  sold  the 
estate  of  Balquharage  and  fixed  his  residence  in  Glasgow,  where 
he  became  a  merchant.  He  was  dean  of  the  Guild  there  in  1630, 
and  a  Baillie.  He  married  Helen  Wemyss,  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
David  Wemyss,  parson  of  Glasgow,  and  had  three  sons  and  two 
daughters;    he  died  in  1656.     They  were:1 

1  Playfair's  British  Antiquity  states  that  Walter  Stirling  had  a  son  William,  who 
married  and  had  a  son.  This  is  undoubtedly  an  error.  William  was  the  son  of  John 
and  grandson  of  Walter. 


160  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


V  1   John  Stirling,  his  heir. 

2  George  Stirling,  died  unmarried. 

3  Andrew  Stirling,  died  unmarried. 

4  Helen  Stirling,  died  unmarried. 

5  Jean  Stirling,  died  unmarried. 

V  JOHN  STIRLING,  a  merchant  and  Provost  of  Glasgow. 
He  was  born  in  1615.  He  married  Janet  Nelson  or  Neilson, 
daughter  of  William  of  Begra,  Baillie  of  Glasgow,  by  whose  side 
he  was  buried  in  the  churchyard  at  Glasgow.  John  died  in  1648, 
in  his  father's  lifetime. 

Issue : 

VI  1  John  Stirling,  born  in  1640,  his  heir. 

2  William  Stirling,  married  Euphan  Cunninghame  and  had 

a  son,  John,  who  married  but  left  no  male  issue. 
William  and  his  son  were  Regality  Baillies  of  Glasgow. 
This  line  is  now  extinct. 

3  Henry  Stirling. 

4  Walter  Stirling. 

5  James  Stirling. 

6  Marion  Stirling.     All  died  unmarried. 

VI  JOHN  STIRLING,  born  in  1640,  was  a  merchant  and 
Provost  of  Glasgow.  He  married  in  1668,  Janet,  daughter  of 
Charles  Campbell  of  Ballochyle,  in  Argyllshire,  who  was  killed  in 
command  of  a  troop  of  horse  at  the  Battle  of  Worcester.  John 
was  a  captain  under  King  Charles  II  and  was  killed  in  the  Battle 
of  Worcester  in  1709.  His  widow  died  in  1691  and  was  buried 
in  the  High  Church  at  Glasgow. 
Issue: 

VII  1   John  Stirling,  born  in  1677,  his  heir. 

2  William  Stirling,  M.D.,  a  physician  in  Glasgow;   born  in 

1682,  died  in  1757.  He  married  first,  Janet  Smith, 
second,  Elizabeth  Murdoch ;  had  a  son,  Walter,  by 
the  second  marriage,  born  in  1723,  who  died  un- 
married in  1791.  He  was  the  founder  of  the  Stir- 
ling Library  in  Glasgow. 

3  Walter  Stirling,  ancestor  of  the  Stirlings  of  FASKINE 

(q.v.). 

VII  JOHN  STIRLING,  born  in  1677  ;  a  merchant  and  Pro- 
vost of  the  City  of  Glasgow.    He  married  Isabella  Hunter,  daugh- 


THE  STIRLINGS  OF  DRUMPELLIER  161 

ter  and  heiress  of  John  Hunter  of  Forester  Saltcoats,  Provost 
of  Glasgow.     John  died  in  1736. 
Children : 

1  James  Stirling,  born  in  1709 ;    a  minister  in  Glasgow ; 

died  without  issue  in  1772. 

2  Walter  Stirling,  born  in  1714 ;    a  merchant  in  Glasgow ; 

died  unmarried  in  1758. 

VIII  3  William  Stirling,  who  succeeded  his  father. 

4  Edward  Stirling,  born  in  1719;   a  goldsmith  in  Glasgow; 

died  unmarried  in   1743. 

5  Isabella  Stirling,  born  in  1704 ;  married  Andrew  Aiton. 

6  Janet  Stirling,  born  in  1707 ;    married  Robert  Luke. 

VIII  WILLIAM  STIRLING,  born  in  1717;  a  merchant  of 
Glasgow.  He  married  Mary  Buchanan,  daughter  of  Andrew 
Buchanan  of  Drumpellier,  Provost  of  Glasgow.  He  died  in  1777. 
She  died  Sept.  20,  1782. 

Children : 

IX  1  Andrew  Stirling,  born  in  1751 ;    first  of  Drumpellier. 

2  John  Stirling  of  Tillychewan,  in  Dumbartonshire,  born  in 

1752;  died  in  1811;  married  Janet,  daughter  of 
George  Boyle  of  Glasgow.  Had :  Janet,  Mary,  Wil- 
liam (who  left  an  only  child  Margaret),  Isabella, 
George  (who  left  three  sons :  William,  Charles,  and 
Richard,  of  whom  the  two  elder  died  unmarried), 
Marian,  Andrew,  and  James. 

3  James  Stirling  of  Stair,  of  Glasgow,  born  in  1760 ;   mar- 

ried Margaret,  daughter  of  Peter  Murdoch,  merchant 
of  Glasgow.  Had:  Mary,  Isabella,  Anna,  William, 
Lilias,  Margaret,  and  Peter  Murdoch.  Neither  son 
left  issue. 

4  George  Stirling,  born  in  1768 ;    died  unmarried  in  1790. 

5  Marion  Stirling,  married  Robert  Mackay. 

6  Elizabeth  Stirling,  married  in   1783,  William  Hamilton, 

Sr.,  of  Glasgow;  b.  in  Glasgow,  July  31,  1758;  son 
of  Thomas  Hamilton,  professor  of  anatomy  and 
botany,  by  Isabel  Anderson,  his  wife.  William  Ham- 
ilton was  a  physician  in  Glasgow ;  he  died  there 
Mar.  13,  1790.     Elizabeth  died  in  January,  1827. 

Issue  (two  sons)  : 

1   Sir  William  Hamilton,  Bart.,  born  in  the  College 
of  Glasgow,  Mar.  8,  1788.    Sir  William  was  christened 


162  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


William  Stirling,  but  dropped  the  middle  name.  He 
was  an  advocate  at  the  Scottish  Bar;  professor  of 
Logic  and  Metaphysics  in  the  University  of  Edin- 
burgh, and  the  most  learned  and  scientific  of  the 
Scottish  School  of  philosophers.  (The  biography  of 
this  distinguished  man  can  be  found  in  any  work  of 
reference.)  Sir  William  married  Janet,  daughter  of 
Hubert  Marshall,  who  died  Dec.  24,  1877.  Sir  Wil- 
liam died  in  Edinburgh,  May  6,  1856. 

Issue : 

1  Sir  William  Stirling  Hamilton,  Bart.,  of  Pres- 
ton, lieutenant  general,  born  Sept.  17,  1830;  married 
Oct.  15,  1856,  Eliza  Marcia,  daughter  of  Major 
General  Barr.  Has :  William,  born  at  Simla,  Dec. 
4,  1868,  John,  born  in  1873,  Louisa  (died  in  1863), 
Janet,  Elizabeth,  Mary,  and  Eliza. 

2  Hubert  Hamilton,  M.A.,  advocate,  Edinburgh, 
married  June  17,  1868,  Louisa  Wentworth,  daughter 
of  Laurence  Davidson,  Esq.  Has  :  William  Stirling, 
born  July  7,  1869. 

3  Thomas  Hamilton,  M.B.,  F.R.C.S. ;  married 
Nov.  6,  1873,  Helen,  daughter  of  H.  W.  Nutt;  has 
three  sons. 

4  Elizabeth  Hamilton,  died  Mar.  2,  1882,  un- 
married. 

2  Thomas  Hamilton  (second  son  of  Elizabeth  Stir- 
ling Hamilton),  born  in  1789;  miscellaneous  writer, 
member  of  the  staff  of  Blackwood's  Magazine,  a 
friend  of  Michael  Scott  and  Wordsworth.  He  was 
twice  married,  the  second  time  to  the  widow  of  Sir 
R.  T.  Farquharson,  Bart.  He  died  at  Pisa,  Italy, 
Dec.  7,  1842. 
7  Agnes,  married  Dugald  Bannatyne  of  Glasgow. 

IX     ANDREW  STIRLING,  FIRST  OF  DRUMPELLIER, 

born  in  Glasgow  in  1751.  He  inherited  from  his  grandfather,  An- 
drew Buchanan,  the  estate  of  Drumpellier  in  Lanarkshire.  He  was 
a  factor  or  commission  merchant  in  London  and  a  man  of  consider- 
able wealth.  He  endeavored  to  have  himself  declared  by  the  Lyon 
Court  to  be  the  representative  of  the  ancient  Stirlings  of  Cadder, 
sheriffs  of  Stirling,  and,  while  he  was  not  successful  in  establishing 
this  claim,  which  was  dependent  upon  the  identitj'  of  Robert  Stir- 


THE   STIRLINGS   OF  DRUMPELLIER  163 

ling,  his  ancestor,  with  Robert  Stirling,  designated  by  Janet 
Stirling,  heiress  of  Cadder,  to  be  her  nearest  male  heir,  he  was 
granted  the  representation  and  given  their  arms  with  supporters. 
He  married  May  26,  1778,  Anne  Stirling,  daughter  of  Sir  Walter 
Stirling,  of  Faskine,  by  his  wife,  Dorothy  Willing.  She  died  June 
1,  1830.  He  died  in  1823. 
They  had  sixteen  children : 

1  William  Stirling,  born  Mar.  18,  1779;    died  unmarried  in 

1850. 

2  Walter  Stirling,  born  in  1780 ;    died  unmarried  in  1864. 
3,  4,  and  5  Dorothy,  Mary,  and  Mary,  who  died  young. 

X     6  John  Stirling,  born  Oct.  20,  1786,  of  whom  hereafter. 

7  Eliza  Stirling,  died  young. 

8  Charles  Stirling,  born  in  1789 ;   married  in  1827,  Charlotte 

Dorothea,  daughter  of  Admiral  Charles  Stirling  of 
Woburn,  in  Surrey,  England  (q.  v.).  He  acquired  the 
estate  of  Muiravonside  in  Linlithgowshire ;  died  Aug. 
26,  1867;    she  died  June  25,  1862. 

Children : 

1  Andrew  Stirling  of  Muiravonside,  born  in  1829; 
married  in  1864,  Georgina  Louisa,  daughter  of  Sir 
Henry  Martin  Blackwood,  Bart.  Andrew  was  a  cap- 
tain in  the  Royal  Navy ;  he  sold  Muiravonside  to  his 
cousin,  Thomas  Mayne  Stirling,  in  1883.     No  issue. 

2  Charles  Stirling,  born  in  1831  ;  captain  in  the 
Royal  Navy ;  married  in  1863,  Selina,  daughter  of 
Arthur  Grote  of  the  India  Civil  Service  (brother  of 
George  Grote,  the  historian),  and  has  one  son,  Grote, 
born  in  1875;  married  in  1903,  Mabel,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Richard  Whish  Brigstock,  Royal  Navy  of  Bey- 
rout,  in  Syria. 

3  Gen.  Sir  William  Stirling,  K.C.B.,  born  Aug.  4, 
1835.  Educated  at  Edinburgh  Academy  and  at  the 
Royal  Military  Academy  at  Woolwich.  Served  with 
the  Royal  Army  in  the  Crimean  War,  the  Indian  Mu- 
tiny, the  China  Expedition  of  1860,  and  the  Afghan 
Campaign,  1878-1879;  lieutenant  of  the  Tower  of 
London  ;  married  first,  in  1864,  Anne  Douglas,  daugh- 
ter of  Sylvester  Douglas  Stirling  of  Glenbervie  (q.  v.), 
who  died  in  1867;  married  second,  July  14,  1869, 
Anna  Christian,  daughter  of  William  Stirling,  younger, 
of  Kippendavie  (</.  v).     He  died  in  1906. 


164  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


Children  by  first  marriage: 

1  Dorothea,  married  Oct.  2,  1895,  Maj.  Edward 
Sinclair  May. 

2  Anne  Douglas,  married  Nov.  10,  1903,  George 
Ludovic  Houstoun  of  Johnstone  Castle. 

Children  by  second  marriage: 

3  Charles,  born  in  1871;  major  of  the  Royal 
Horse  Artillery;  married  Aug.  22,  1905,  the  Hon. 
Amy  Harriet  Ridley  (nee  Gurdon). 

4  William,  born  in  1876 ;  captain  of  the  Royal 
Horse  Artillery. 

5  Agnes,  married  Dec.  5,  1904,  Capt.  Guy  C. 
Ashworth,  S.  Lanciers. 

6  Walter  Andrew,  born  in  1883;  lieutenant  in  the 
Royal  Artillery. 

7  Frances  Graham,  married  Aug.  29,  1906,  Regi- 
nald F.  A.  Hobbs,  lieutenant  R.C.,  D.S.O. 

4  Francis  Stirling,  born  in  1839;  married  in  1871, 
Mary  Caroline,  daughter  of  Col.  Peregrine  Francis  of 
the  Madras  Engineers.  He  was  a  captain  of  the 
Royal  Navy  and  was  lost  at  sea  in  command  of 
H.M.S.  Atalanta  in  1800.  Left  one  son,  Francis, 
born  in  1880 ;  lieutenant  in  the  Royal  Dublin  Fusiliers. 

5  Walter  Stirling,  born  in  1841 ;   died  in  1853. 

6  Dora  Stirling. 

7  Ann  Stirling,  married  her  cousin  Thomas  Mayne 
Stirling  of  Muiravonside  (q.  v.). 

9  Sir  James  Stirling,  admiral  of  the  Royal  Navy ;  first  gov- 
ernor of  the  Colony  of  Western  Australia.  Born  in 
January,  1791 ;  entered  the  Royal  Navy  in  1803,  on 
board  the  Camel,  a  store-ship.  In  1805  he  was  in  the 
Glory,  then  flagship  of  his  kinsman,  Rear  Admiral 
Charles  Stirling,  second  son  of  Sir  Walter  Stirling,  of 
Faskine  (q.  v.),  and  was  in  the  action  off  Cape  Finis- 
terre,  July  22,  1805.  He  continued  with  Admiral  Stir- 
ling in  the  Sampson  and  again  in  the  Diadem,  in  which 
he  served  during  the  operations  in  the  Rio-de-la-Plata  in 
1807.  He  was  promoted  to  lieutenant  Aug.  12,  1809, 
and  in  1811  went  out  to  the  West  Indies  as  flag-lieu- 
tenant to  the  rear  admiral;  by  him  he  was  promoted, 
June  19,  1812,  to  the  command  of  the  sloop  Brazen, 
in  which  for  some  months  he  cruised  successfully  off 
the  mouths  of  the  Mississippi  during  the  War  of  1812 


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with  the  United  States.  Still  in  the  Brazen,  he  was 
afterward  in  Hudson  Bay,  in  the  North  Sea,  on  the 
coast  of  Ireland,  and  again  in  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  and, 
after  peace  was  established,  commanded  her  in  the  West 
Indies  until  1818.  On  special  recommendation  of  the 
commander-in-chief  he  was  promoted  to  post-rank  Dec. 
7,  1818. 

On  Jan.  25,  1826,  he  was  appointed  to  the  Success 
and  sent  to  form  a  settlement  in  Raffles  Bay,  Torres 
Strait,  Australia.  For  the  successful  performance  of 
that  duty  he  was  highly  complimented  by  the  com- 
mander-in-chief and  by  the  government  of  New  South 
Wales.  His  report  of  further  exploration  in  1827 
determined  the  government  to  attempt  a  settlement  in 
Western  Australia,  and  in  October,  1828,  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  command  a  party  of  intending  colonists. 
The  expedition  sailed  in  the  spring  of  1829  and  reached 
its  destination  in  August.  The  sites  of  two  towns, 
Freemantle  and  Perth,  were  marked  out,  and  four 
months  from  the  time  of  their  foundation  had  a  popu- 
lation of  1300. 

Stirling  remained  governor  of  Western  Australia 
until  1839,  when  the  apparent  imminence  of  a  war  with 
France  led  him  to  resign  the  appointment  in  order  to 
return  to  active  service.  From.  1840  to  1844  he  com- 
manded the  Indus,  of  78  guns,  in  the  Mediterranean 
Sea,  and  from  1847  to  1850  the  Howe,  of  120  guns,  on 
the  same  station.  On  July  8,  1851,  he  was  promoted 
to  rear  admiral.  He  was  commander-in-chief  in  China 
and  in  the  East  Indies  from  January,  1854,  to  Febru- 
ary, 1856,  during  the  War  with  Russia. 

He  became  vice-admiral  Aug.  22,  1857,  and  admiral 
Nov.  22,  1862.  He  was  a  Knight  of  the  Grand  Cross 
of  the  Redeemer  of  Greece.  He  married,  in  1823, 
Ellen,  daughter  of  James  Mangles  in  Surrey.  His 
residence  during  the  latter  days  of  his  life  was  at 
Belmont  in  Hampshire,  England.  He  died  Apr.  22, 
1865. 

Children : 

1  Andrew,  born  in  1827;    died  unmarried. 

2  Frederick  Henry,  admiral  of  the  Royal  Navy,  born 
in  1829;    died  in  1885,  leaving  an  only  child,  Olive. 

3  Charles  Edward,  born  in  1834  and  died  unmar- 


166  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


ried  Oct.  8, 1895  ;  buried  at  Lucerne,  Switzerland.  He 
was  a  colonel  in  the  Royal  Army;  saw  service  in  the 
Crimean  campaign  from' April,  1855,  and  was  present 
at  the  siege  of  Sebastopol. 

4  Walter,  born  in  1837  ;  killed  at  Cawnpore  in  the 
Indian  Mutiny  in  1857  ;    unmarried. 

5  Georgiana  Janet,  married  first,  Sir  Henry  Tombs, 
second,  Sir  Herbert  Stewart. 

6  Charlotte  Dorothea,  married  Charles  Stirling, 
first  of  Muiravonside  (q.  v.).  There  were  a  number 
of  other  daughters. 

10  Anna  Stirling,  born  in  September,  1792. 

11  Dorothea  Stirling,  born  in  January,  1794. 

12  Andrew  Stirling,  born  in  January,  1795,  of  the  Royal  Navy  ; 

died  unmarried  on  board  H.  M.  S.  Inconstant  off  the 
coast  of  Africa  in  1816. 

13  Robert   Stirling,  born  in  April,   1796;    captain  in   the  3d 

Buffs;  killed  by  pirates  in  1829  while  on  a  voyage  to 
India  to  rejoin  his  regiment;    unmarried. 

14  Edward  Hamilton  Stirling,  born  in  April,  1797.    He  was  in 

the  service  of  the  East  India  Company,  and  subse- 
quently acquired  a  property  in  the  Isle  of  Jersey,  near 
St.  Heliers.     He  died  in  1873,  leaving  no  issue. 

15  Mary  Stirling,  born  in  August,  1798. 

16  Agnes  Stirling. 

X  JOHN    STIRLING   OF   ELDERSHAW,    third    son    of 

Andrew  Stirling  of  Drumpellier,  was  born  Oct.  20,  1786 ;    married 

in   1816,   Elizabeth,   eldest   daughter   of  Thomas   Mayne  Willing 

of  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  U.  S.  A.     He  died  in  1853,  leaving  four 

sons : 

1   Andrew  Stirling,  born  in  1818;  died  unmarried  in  Western 
Australia  in   1844,  while  with  his   uncle,  Sir  James 
Stirling,  Governor  of  the  Colony. 
XI     2  Thomas  Mayne  Stirling,  of  whom  hereafter. 

3  William  Stirling,  born  in   1830;    lieutenant  in  the  Royal 

Horse  Artillery,  and  died  unmarried  at  the  Currah 
Camp  in  1856. 

4  John  Stirling,  born  in  1835;    lieutenant  in  the  41st  Regi- 

ment, and  was  killed  at  the  Battle  of  Tukerman  in 
the  Crimean  War. 

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in  1883  from  his  cousin,  Andrew  Stirling),  was  born  in  1824; 
married  in  1858,  Anna,  second  daughter  of  his  uncle,  Charles 
Stirling  of  Muiravonside,  and  died  in  1893,  leaving  six  sons: 

XII      1   John  Stirling,  his  successor. 

2  Charles  Stirling,  born  in  1862;    lieutenant  in  the  Royal 

Navy;    died  unmarried  at  Malta  in  1894. 

3  Walter   Stirling,  born  in   1863;    married  in   1895,  Eva 

Seager,  and  died  in  1904  at  Vernon,  British  Colum- 
bia, Canada,  leaving  an  only  son,  Richard,  born  in 
1896. 

4  Murray  Stirling,  born  in  1865 ;    died  in  1883. 

5  Thomas  Willing  Stirling,  born  in  1866 ;   lieutenant  of  the 

Royal  Navy;  married  in  1888,  Mabel  Marie,  daugh- 
ter of  the  Rev.  Robert  Connolly,  rector  of  Longhill 
and  Shanagolden,  County  Limerick,  Ireland.  Resi- 
dence, Bankhead  Ranch,  Kelowna,  British  Columbia, 
Canada.     He  has  two  sons : 

1  Robert,  born  in  1892. 

2  Arthur  Charles,  born  in  1894. 

6  Francis  Henry   Stirling,  M.D.,  born  in   1870;    married 

first,  in  1891,  Jessie  Amelia,  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
George  Smith,  minister  of  the  Parish  of  Westray, 
Orkney  Islands,  by  whom  he  has  one  daughter ; 
married  second,  in  1898,  May,  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
H.  W.  Johnston,  rector  of  North  Cray,  in  Kent, 
England,  by  whom  he  has  one  son,  Charles  Norman, 
bom  in  1901. 

XII  JOHN  STIRLING  OF  MUIRAVONSIDE,  born  in 
1860;  married  in  1895,  Harriet  Susan,  daughter  of  the  Right 
Rev.  Charles  Wordsworth,  D.D.,  bishop  of  St.  Andrews,  Dunkeld, 
and  Dunblane,  a  nephew  of  the  poet,  William  Wordsworth. 
MUIRAVONSIDE  is  an  estate  of  688  acres,  with  an  annual  rental 
of  £650.     Address:    Muiravonside  House,  Linlithgow. 


C|)e  g>ttrltngs  of  jfasfcme 

I T  T|  T ALTER  STIRLING  OF  SHERVA.    Walter  was  the 

\/  \/      third  son  of  John  Stirling,  merchant  of  Glasgow,  by 

his  wife,  Janet  Campbell  (q.  v.).     He  married  first, 

Janet,  daughter  of  William  Ruthven  of  Torryburn,  who  was  born 

in  1697,  and  died  in  1721.     Walter  died  in  1732,  aged  45. 

Child  by  first  marriage: 
II    1  Walter  Stirling,  the  first  of  Faskine,  born  May  18,  1718. 
Children  by  second  marriage : 
2  Euphemia  Calder  Stirling. 
S  Margaret  Stirling,  of  Glasgow,  living  in  1804,  the  widow  of 

Aitken  of  Orchard. 

4  A  daughter,  who  married Ballantry,  and  another,  name 

unknown. 

II  SIR  WALTER  STIRLING  OF  FASKINE.  He  entered 
the  Royal  Navy,  was  advanced  to  lieutenant  in  1745-1746,  com- 
manded a  sloop  of  war  in  1757,  and  in  1759  1  was  promoted  to  be 

1  From  a  work  published  in  New  York  in  1834  with  the  interesting  title  "Lines 
of  Departed  Heroes,  Sages  and  Statesmen  of  America,"  by  Thomas  J.  Rogers,  may  be 
quoted  the  following  reference:  "Nicholas  Biddle,  Captain  in  the  American  Navy. 
In  the  year  1770,  Nicholas  Biddle  went  to  London  with  a  letter  of  recommendation 
from  Thomas  Willing,  Esq.,  his  brother-in-law  Captain  Stirling,  on  board  whose  ship 
he  served  for  some  time  as  midshipman,"  etc. 

Edward  B.  Sterling  of  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  has  in  his  possession  a  letter  written 
by  Walter  Stirling  in  1759.  Mr.  Sterling  is  not  a  descendant  of  S'r  Walter,  nor  in  any 
way  connected  with  his  family.    This  letter  reads: 

"May  it  Please  your  Excellency. 
I  have  the  Honour  to  acquaint  you  of  the  Arrival  of  his  Majesty's  ship,  Lynn,  under 
my  Command  on  this  coast  &  as  mv  Instructions  direct  me  to  leave  Virginia  the  latter 
end  of  September,  I  beg  your  Excellency  may  make  this  known  to  the  Marchants  and 
Masters  of  Ships  in  your  Province,  that  whoever  is  ready  and  willing  to  proceed  to 
Europe  under  my  convoy  may  be  at  York,  in  Virginia  by  the  time  when  I  shall  certainly 
sail. 

I  have  the  Honour  to  be 

Your  Excellency's  Most  obedient  H'ble.  Serv't. 
Lynn,  off  of  Cape  Henry.  Walter  Stirling. 

July  the  5th,  1759." 

His  "Excellency"  was  Governor  Horatio  Sharpe,  of  the  Colony  of  Maryland. 


THE  STERLINGS  OF  FASKINE  169 


a  post-captain  and  appointed  to  the  Lynn,  a  vessel  of  40  guns,  in 
which  ship  he  cruised  until  1761,  when  he  removed  into  the  Low- 
estoffe,  a  new  ship  of  24  guns,  and  in  her,  in  May,  1762,  destroyed 
two  of  the  enemies  praams  off  Gravelines.  He  was  appointed 
commander  of  the  Rainbow,  of  40  guns,  in  1763  and  ordered  to 
North  America,  where  he  remained  until  1766.  He  commanded 
various  ships  between  1766  and  1780,  when  he  was  made  a  captain 
of  the  Gibraltar,  of  80  guns,  one  of  the  squadron  sent  to  the  West 
Indies,  under  the  order  of  Sir  Samuel  Hood,  to  reinforce  Lord 
Rodney. 

The  expedition  against  the  Dutch  island,  St.  Eustatia,  took 
place  soon  after  and  he  was  chosen  messenger  to  the  English  King 
of  the  British  successes  and  was  knighted.  He  had  a  number  of 
other  commands,  among  them  that  of  The  Nore  in  1781. * 

Sir  Walter  married,  Oct.  30,  1753,  Dorothy,  daughter  of 
Charles  Willing  of  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  by  his  wife,  Ann  Skipper. 
She  died  Sept.  25,  1782.  She  is  buried  at  Drumpellier,  near  Glas- 
gow. Sir  Walter  died  at  Red  Lion  Square,  London,  Nov.  24,  1786, 
and  was  buried  at  Hammondsworth,  Middlesex,  England. 

Issue: 
III  1  Walter  Stirling,  born  June  24,  1758,  who  succeeded. 
2  Charles  Stirling,  bom  Apr.  28,  1760 ;  married  in  August, 
1789,  Charlotte,  daughter  of  Andrew  Grote  of  Lon- 
don, banker,  who  died  Mar.  25,  1825.  He  was  a 
commissioner  of  the  Royal  Navy  at  Jamaica  in  June, 
1803 ;  was  made  a  rear  admiral  in  1807  and  later  a 
vice  admiral;  commanded  at  Montevideo  on  the  cap- 
ture of  that  place  and  afterward  commanded  at  the 
Cape  of  Good  Hope.  He  resided  at  Woburn  Farm, 
Chertsey,  Surrey,  England ;  died  in  November,  1833. 

1  Walter  Stirling  commanded  the  Essex,  of  64  guns,  under  Commodore  Viscount 
Howe  in  the  expedition  to  Cherbourg  in  1758  (the  year  subsequent  to  his  trip  to  Vir- 
ginia, when  the  above  letter  was  written),  in  which  ship,  on  the  same  occasion,  Prince 
Edward,  afterwards  Duke  of  York,  entered  the  navy  under  his  guidance.  Capt. 
Stirling,  in  the  Saltash,  accompanied  Viscount  Keppel  in  his  attack  upon  Goree.  He 
was  subsequently  appointed  Commodore  and  Commander-in-chief  at  The  Nore  and 
on  George  III  reviewing  the  ships  under  his  command,  was  offered  the  baronetcy 
afterward  conferred  upon  his  eldest  son.     (Burke.) 

Sir  Walter  is  also  referred  to  in  correspondence  between  Francis  Jerdone  of  York- 
town,  Va.,  and  Capt.  Hugh  Crawford  of  Philadelphia,  in  1751,  Sterling  being  in  the 
latter  town  at  the  time.     (William  and  Mary  College  Quarterly.) 


170  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Issue: 

1  Charles  Stirling,  born  June  4,  1793,  of  Bucke- 
ridge,  Devonshire,  England;  married  July  2,  1833, 
Mary  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Henry  Harrison  of 
Heathbank,  Cheshire,  who  died  Dec.  "l0,  1863.  He 
died  June  20,  1868. 

Issue: 

1  Charles  Henry  Stirling,  commander  Royal 
Navy,  born  Oct.  25,  1836;  married  July  2,  186T, 
Louisa  Augustus  Tennison  Emilie,  daughter  of  the 
Rev.  Henry  and  Lady  Emilie  Gray.  They  were  both 
lost  in  the  wreck  of  the  City  of  Boston  in  January, 
1870. 

2  Arthur  F.  G.  Stirling,  born  Oct.  18,  1846, 
barrister. 

3  Mary  Charlotte  Stirling,  married  Sept.  11, 
1856,  Capt.  Milford  Tozer  of  the  45th  Bengal  In- 
fantry, who  died  Mar.  22,  I860,  leaving  a  daughter, 
Helen  May. 

4  Emily  Rose  Stirling,  married  June  22,  1865, 
the  Rev.  George  Woollcombe,  rector  of  Highampton, 
North  Devon,  by  whom  she  had :  Harry  St.  John, 
born  Dec.  27,  1869;  Louis  Charles,  bom  Mar.  25, 
1872;    and  Mary  Elizabeth. 

5  Ellen  Augusta  Stirling,  married  Aug.  17, 
1870,  Capt.  Charles  Augustus  John  Heysham,  R.N., 
of  Iddesleigh,  North  Devon,  and  has :  Mary  Frances 
Ellen,  Margaret,  and  Lily  Barrington. 

6  Agnes  Laura  Grace  Stirling. 

2  Andrew  Stirling,  born  Dec.  13,  1794 ;  died  un- 
married in  India. 

3  Walter  Frederic  Stirling,  bom  May  7,  1796; 
died  unmarried. 

4  Joseph  Francis  Stirling,  born  June  29,  1798;  a 
captain  in  the  Ro}7al  Navy;  married  Jan.  13,  1849, 
Mary  Dormer,  daughter  of  Peter  Francis  Luard,  M.D. 
He  died  Sept.  11,  I860. 

Issue: 

1  Walter  Frederic  Stirling,  lieutenant  Royal 
Navy,  bom  Nov.   20,   1851. 

2  Charles  James  Robert  Stirling,  late  lieutenant 
85th  Regiment,  born  Dec.  17,  1857. 

3  Annie  Mary  Stirling. 


THE   STIRLINGS   OF  FASKINE  171 

4  Frances  Charlotte  Stirling. 

5  Charlotte  Dorothea  Stirling,  married  May  1, 
1827,  her  cousin,  Charles  Stirling  of  Muiravonside 
(q.v.).  He  died  Aug.  26,  1867;  she  died  June  25, 
1862. 

3  Anne  Stirling,  married  May  26,  1778,  her  cousin,  Andrew 
Stirling  of  Drumpcllier  (q.v.),  and  died  June  1, 
1830. 

III  WALTER  STIRLING  OF  FASKINE,  FIRST  BARO- 
NET, born  June  24,  1758,  Lord  of  the  Honor  of  Offord,  in  Kent, 
England,  of  Horcham  and  of  Northfleet,  in  Kent,  and  of  Faskine, 
in  Lanarkshire,  Scotland.  Created  a  baronet  Nov.  4,  1800 ;  elected 
a  lieutenant  colonel  of  the  Prince  of  Wales  Loyal  Volunteers ; 
governor  of  Bridewell  and  Bethlehem  hospitals ;  director  of  the 
Globe  Insurance  Company;  high  sheriff  of  Kent  County  in  1804; 
a  representative  in  Parliament  for  Gatton,  in  Surrey,  in  1798,  and 
for  St.  Ives,  Cornwall,  in  1807;  was  an  A.S.  and  an  F.R.  and  a 
banker  in  London.  He  married  Apr.  28,  1794,  Susanna,  daugh- 
ter and  heiress  of  George  Trenchard  Goodenough,  of  Broughton 
Boggis,  in  Oxfordshire,  and  of  Boothwood,  Isle  of  Wight.  He 
died  Aug.  23,  1832. 

Issue: 

1  Mary  Jane  Stirling,  born  May  28,  1795 ;    married  Jan.  2, 

1816,  Sir  James  Flower,  Bart.,  who  died  May  17, 
1850;    she  died  Feb.  4,  1889,  aged  94. 

2  Dorothy  Anne  Stirling,  born  May  14,  1796;   married  July 

23,  1814,  John  Barrett-Leonard,  Esq.,  chief  clerk  of 
the  Privy  Council,  who  died  Dec.  16,  1857;  she  died 
Nov.  19,  1888,  aged  92,  leaving  issue. 

3  Matilda  Georgiana  Stirling,  born  Feb.  27,  1798 ;    married 

first,  Aug.  3,  1816,  FI.  D.  Milligan,  Esq.;  second, 
June  20,  1833,  Sir  T.  Barrett-Leonard,  Bart.,  and 
died  May  7,  1873,  leaving  issue. 
IV  4  Walter  George  Stirling,  bom  Mar.  15,  1802,  2d  baronet. 
5  Susanna  Maria  Stirling,  born  May  31,  1806;  died  June 
7,  1806,  and  was  buried  in  the  same  coffin  with 
her  mother,  who  died  June  6,  1806 ;  buried  at 
Hammondsworth. 

IV  SIR  WALTER  GEORGE  STIRLING  OF  FASKINE, 
SECOND  BARONET.     He  was  born  Mar.   15,   1802;    married 


172  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


Aug.  18,  1835,  Caroline  Frances,  daughter  of  John,  first  Earl  of 

Strafford,   G.C.B.      He  was   a   J.P.    and   a  D.L.    for  Kent   and 

Middlesex,  England.     He  died  Dec.  1,  1888. 
Issue : 

1  Walter  Stirling,  born  Mar.  5,  1838 ;  appointed  an  ensign  and 
lieutenant  in  1855  of  the  Cold  Stream  Guards ;  served 
as  midshipman  on  Britannia,  flag-ship,  in  attack  on 
forts  at  Sebastopol  in  October,  1854 ;  had  a  medal  and 
clasp  and  the  order  of  the  Medijdig.  He  died  at  Hesse- 
Darmstadt,  unmarried,  June  5,  1862. 

V    2  Walter  George  Stirling,  born  Sept.  6,  1839,  3d  baronet. 

3  Frances  Mary  Stirling,  married  the  Rev.  E.  H.  Stapleton. 

4  Harriet  Anne  Stirling,  married  in  1860,  Charles  Swinton 

Hogg,  son  of  the  Rt.  Hon.  Sir  James  Hogg,  1st  baro- 
net;   Charles  died  in  1870. 

V  SIR  WALTER  GEORGE  STIRLING  OF  FASKINE, 
THIRD  BARONET,  born  Sept.  6,  1839;  married  first,  Oct.  12, 
1875,  Elizabeth  Horatia-Frederica,  V.A.,  daughter  of  Frederick 
C.  W.  Seymour,  Esq.,  and  widow  of  Henry,  3d  Viscount  Clifden ; 
married  second,  Feb.  21,  1903,  Frances,  Lady  de  LTsle  and  Dudley. 
Educated  at  Harrow  and  at  the  Royal  Military  Academy  at  Wool- 
wich. Sir  George  has  been  a  captain  of  the  Royal  Horse  Artil- 
lery, colonel  of  the  Kent  Artillery  and  A.D.C.  to  Earl  Spencer  when 
Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland.  He  was  governor  of  H.  R.  H.,  Prince 
Leopold,  and  an  intimate  friend  and  governor  of  the  late  Duke  of 
Albany.  He  was  subsequently  an  extra  groom  in  waiting  to  Queen 
Victoria.  Sir  George  is  a  favorite  at  the  Court  of  King  Edward. 
Besides  his  Scottish  estate,  Sir  George  has  seats  at  Groombridge, 
Kent,  and  an  estate  near  Southampton,  England,  aggregating  642 
acres.  Addresses :  Faskine,  Lanarkshire,  N.  B. ;  Groombridge, 
Kent,  England ;  50  Lennox  Gardens,  S.  W.,  London ;  and  Booth- 
wood,  Isle  of  Wight. 

Issue  by  first  marriage: 

1  A  son,  born  and  died  Oct.  14,  1878. 

2  Evelyn-Mary-Caroline-Lilah  Stirling,  born  Aug.  8,  1877 ; 

married  Frank  Labouchere. 


C|)e  ^ttrltngs  of  i^ftansfielti,  County  of 
3pr,  anti  of  3Lariertt  County  of 
Stirling 

]  f^\  ILBERT  STIRLING,  said  to  be  a  descendant  of  the 
^    -wr   family    of    the    Stirlings    of    Keir    (Bethain's    Peerage, 
Vol.  IV,  p.  247),  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Alex- 
ander Cuming  of  Bimess,  County  of  Aberdeen,  a  cadet   of  the 
family  of  Altyre,  by  whom  he  had  a  son 

II  ALEXANDER  STIRLING,  a  merchant  of  much  respect- 
ability in  Edinburgh,  having  a  shop  in  the  Luckenbooths  for  the 
sale  of  cloth  and  other  goods.  He  married  Jane,  daughter  of 
James  Moir  of  Lochfield,  Perthshire,  a  cadet  of  the  family  of 
Moir  of  Leckie,  and  had  by  her,  who  died  July  30,  1810,  aged  94, 
seven  children: 

III     1  James  Stirling. 

2  Gilbert  Stirling,  a  merchant  in  London,  died  unmarried  in 

1779. 

3  Alexander  Stirling,  died  unmarried. 

4  Janet  Stirling,  married  George  McQueen,  Esq.,  by  whom 

she  had  David,  Jean,  Margaret,  and  Alison. 

5  Seasa  Stirling,  died  unmarried. 

6  Elizabeth  Stirling,  died  unmarried. 

7  Margaret  Stirling,  married  Charles  Robertson,  Esq.,  and 

had  Charles  and  James,  whose  grandson  succeeded  to 
the  Stirling  estates. 

III  SIR  JAMES  STIRLING,  BARONET,  OF  MANS- 
FIELD. The  author  of  Sir  James's  memoir  in  Kay's  Edinburgh 
Portraits  says,  "  in  early  life  he  went  to  the  West  Indies,  as  clerk 
to  an  extensive  and  opulent  planter,  Mr.  Stirling  of  Keir,  where 


174  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


he  conducted  himself  with  such  propriety  that  in  a  short  time 
through  the  influence  of  his  employer  he  was  appointed  secretary 
to  the  Governor  of  the  Island  of  Jamaica,  Sir  Charles  Dalling." 

He  was  thrice  Lord  Provost  of  Edinburgh,  and  was  created  a 
baronet,  July  19,  1792,  in  recognition  of  his  services  during  the 
riots  of  that  year.  He  married  Alison,  youngest  daughter  of 
James  Mansfield,  banker  of  Edinburgh.  He  purchased  the  estate 
of  Garrieve  or  Gartlochs  in  the  parish  of  New  Cumnock,  Ayrshire, 
and  changed  the  name  to  Mansfield.  He  died  Feb.  17,  1805,  aged 
65.     His  wife  died  July  20,  1823. 

Children : 
IV     1   Gilbert  Stirling,  second  baronet. 

2  James  Stirling,  died  young. 

3  William  Robert  Stirling,  died  young. 

4  Janet  Stirling,  married  Sir  Thomas  Livingstone,  Bart.,  of 

Westquarter. 

5  Jane  Stirling,  died  young. 

IV  SIR  GILBERT  STIRLING  OF  MANSFIELD  AND 
LARBERT,  BARONET.  He  entered  the  Cold  Stream  Regiment 
of  Guards  at  an  early  age  and  served  at  the  Helder  and  in  Egypt 
under  Sir  Ralph  Abercromby  and  afterwards  in  the  Peninsula 
under  the  Duke  of  Wellington.  In  1812  Sir  Gilbert  retired  with 
the  rank  of  lieutenant  colonel.  He  sold  the  estate  of  Mansfield 
and  purchased  that  of  Larbert,  in  the  County  of  Stirling,  where 
he  died  Feb.  13,  1843,  aged  64,  unmarried.  He  left  the  estate  of 
Larbert  and  his  large  fortune  to  be  invested  in  land,  to  be  entailed 
on  the  heirs  of  his  cousin,  Sarah-Mary-Emily  Robertson,  wife  of 
Maj.  Francis  Day  Chalmer. 

JAMES  ROBERTSON,  ESQ.,  son  of  Charles  Robertson  and 
Margaret  Stirling,  was  a  captain  in  the  Madras  Army.  His 
daughter 

SARAH-MARY-EMILY  ROBERTSON,  married  in  May, 
1833,  Francis  Day  Chalmer,  major  of  the  7th  Dragoon  Guai'ds, 
son  of  George  Chalmer  and  Elizabeth  Latour.     Her  eldest  son  is 

V  GILBERT  STIRLING  CHALMER-STIRLING  OF 
LARBERT,  Stirlingshire,  and  SYSONBY,  Leicestershire.     He 


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THE   STIRLINGS   OF  MANSFIELD  175 

was  born  Jan.  18,  1843;  married  Dec.  3,  1873,  the  Hon.  Norah 
Josephine  Hardourt  Westerna,  fourth  daughter  of  Henry  Robert, 
3d  Lord  Rossmore.  He  was  a  cornet  in  the  9th  Lancers  and  a 
captain  of  the  Royal  Horse  Guards.  Is  a  J.P.  for  the  County 
of  Leicester.  Assumed  the  name  of  Stirling  in  1865.  Addresses: 
Larbert  House,  Falkirk,  Stirlingshire,  and  Sysonby  Lodge,  Melton 
Mowbray,  Leicestershire,  England. 

LARBERT  is  an  estate  of  899  acres,  with  an  income  of  £1600 
annually. 
Children : 

1  Henry  Francis  Chalmer-Stirling,  born  Nov.  5,  1874. 

2  Reginald  Gilbert  Chalmer,  born  Dec.  30,  1878. 

3  Charles  Richard  Chalmer,  born  July  14,  1882. 

4  William  George  Chalmer,  born  Aug.  25,  1887. 


>ttrltngs,  JSarons  of  attcfiplU  ^ttrltttgs 

of  flerbertsfnre 

pnvitfy  of  $ort,  ^tetoartr  of  fitpcntettl)., 
County  of  pttty 

THE  STIRLINGS  OF  AUCHYLL  are  stated  by  Crawford 
in  his  remarks  on  the  Ragman  Roll  to  be  descended  from 
the    Stirlings    of    Cadder.      The    earliest    proprietor    of 
Auchyll  of  the  name  of  Stirling  who  has  been  discovered  is 

1  THOMAS  STIRLING  OF  AUCHYLL  who  was  infeft  in 
these  lands  on  Nov.  10,  1498,  by  the  Mair  of  Monteith.  Thomas 
had  a  charter  from  King  James  IV  of  the  same  lands  Nov.  3,  1509. 

II  WALTER  STIRLING  OF  AUCHYLL,  by  charter  dated 
July  18,  1531.  Thomas  Stirling  gave  to  Walter,  his  eldest  son 
and  heir,  and  to  Isabella  Graham,  his  spouse,  the  lands  of  Auchyll. 
Walter  was  the  father  of: 

1  James  Stirling,  who  succeeded. 

2  John  Stirling. 

III  JAMES  STIRLING  OF  AUCHYLL  had  three  sons, 
William  Stirling,  his  heir,  and  two  others. 

IV  WILLIAM  STIRLING  OF  AUCHYLL  was  served  heir 
to  his  father  Mar.  31,  1606.  William  is  presumed  to  have  been 
the  "  Baron  of  Auchyll "  mentioned  in  a  warrant  under  the  hand 
of  the  Lord  Chancellor,  June  10,  1623.  William  was  thrice  mar- 
ried;  he  had  two  sons  by  his  second  marriage: 

V     1  James  Stirling,  his  heir. 

2  John  Stirling,  the  second  son,  witnessed  a  charter  by  his 

father  to  his  brother,  James,  Sept.  5,  1627.     John  had 


STIRLINGS,  BARONS  OF  AUCHYLL  177 


a  crown  charter  of  the  lands  of  Sherifhall,  in  the  County 
of  Edinburgh,  and  another  of  the  lands  of  Coldock, 
Jan.  28,  1632.  John  was  also  the  proprietor  of  Her- 
bertshire. 

William  IV  of  Auchyll  by  his  third  wife  had  a  son : 
3  Archibald  Stirling,  who  appears  to  have  got  the  lands  of 
Coldock  from  his  brother  John  before  1652. 

V  JAMES  STIRLING  OF  AUCHYLL  got  the  lands  of 
Auchyll  from  his  father,  William,  by  charter,  dated  Sept.  5,  1627 ; 
he  married  Feb.  19,  1630,  Margaret,  sister  of  John  Haldane  of 
Gleneagles.     He  died  about  1660.     He  had  three  sons: 

1  William    Stirling    of    Herbertshire,    married    Isabell, 
daughter  of  Sir  John  Rollo  of  Bannockburn,  about 
1677;    died  without  issue  and  was  succeeded  by  his 
brother  George. 
VI     2  George  Stirling  of  Auchyll  and  Herbertshire. 

VII  3  Alexander  Stirling  of  Auchyll  and  Herbertshire. 

4  Katharine    Stirling,    married    Archibald    Dennistoun    of 
Dalchurne. 

VI  GEORGE  STIRLING  OF  AUCHYLL  AND  HER- 
BERTSHIRE, married  about  1677,  Jean  Murray  of  Chrickton, 
eldest  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Sir  Robert  Murray,  alias  Chrick- 
ton, of  Lockpool,  knight,  who  was  executor  and  universal  disponer 
of  James  Murray,  last  Earl  of  Annandale.1  His  estate  was  pro- 
bated Sept.  10,  1712  (Commissariot  Record  of  Stirling).  George 
had  three  sons  and  two  daughters: 

1  William   Stirling  of  Herbertshire,  who   died  without 
issue  and  was  succeeded  by 

VIII  2  John  Stirling,  who  purchased  Auchyll. 

3  George  Stirling  of  Byres,  County  of  Perth,  who  died  in 

January,  1750,  leaving  one  son,  who  died  without 
issue. 

4  Margaret  Stirling,  married  Alexander  Graham  of  Duch- 

ray  and  was  mother  of  John  Graham  of  Duchray, 
the  father  of  General  Graham-Stirling  of  Duchray 
and  Auchyll. 


i  "i 


'Infeftment  of  Recognitione  to  George  Stirling  of  Balwill  of  the  22  shilling  land 
of  Drungie,  called  Noreis  Drungie  and  the  He  and  Cock  of  the  saids  lands  and  the  five 
merk  lands  of  Drungie  Balfours  and  Mylne  of  Drungie,  and  the  lands  of  Auchyle; 
changed  from  ward  to  taxt  ward  for  payment  of  20  lib.  for  ye  ward  and  alse  much  for 
the  releiffe  and  40  merks  for  the  mariage,  under  the  King's  hand."    Dec.  22,  1676. 


178  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 

VII  ALEXANDER  STIRLING  OF  AUCHYLL,  third  son 
of  James  Stirling  V  of  Auchyll,  married  Margaret  Graham,  second 
daughter  of  William,  Earl  of  Monteith.  Alexander  died  in  1715. 
His  son,  William  Stirling,  sold  Auchyll  to  John  Stirling,  brother 
to  William  Stirling  of  Herbertshire  above. 

VIII  CAPT.  JOHN  STIRLING  OF  BELLEVILLE, 
AUCHYLL,  AND  HERBERTSHIRE,  originally  of  Belleville, 
married  Christian  Stirling,  daughter  of  Sir  William  Stirling, 
Bart.,  of  Ardoch  (q.v.).  He  purchased  Auchyll  and  inherited 
Herbertshire  from  his  brother  William.  He  died  at  Herbertshire 
in  1756.     She  died  Sept.  16,  1763. 

Children : 

IX     1   George  Stirling,  who  succeeded. 

2  Jean  Stirling  of  Auchyll,  married  first,  Sir  James  Stirling 
of  Glorat,  Bart.  (q.  v.),  and  second,  the  Hon.  James 
Erskine,  Lord  Alva.  She  succeeded  her  brother 
George  in  Herbertshire  and,  dying  without  issue, 
conveyed  the  estate  to  Alexander  Graham  of  Duch- 
ray.  Herbertshire  was  sold  in  1768,  and  is  now  the 
property  of  William  Forbes  of  Callender.  John 
Graham-Stirling  succeeded  to  Duchray,  which  was 
sold  to  the  Duke  of  Montrose  in   1822. 

IX  GEORGE  STIRLING  OF  HERBERTSHIRE,  the  last 
laird  of  that  estate,  died  in  1760.  (Estate  of  George  Stirling 
of  Herbertshire,  parish  of  Dunipace,  Stirling,  proved  Nov.  20, 
1762.  Commissariot  Record  of  Stirling.)  He  left  an  only 
daughter. 

X  MARGARET  STIRLING,  bom  in  1754.  She  was 
adopted  by  her  aunt,  Lady  Alva,  who  reared  her.  Margaret  mar- 
ried first,  at  Edinburgh,  Sunday,  Apr.  17,  1774,  Dr.  David  Forbes, 
born  in  1752.  They  emigrated  to  Virginia,  where  she  married 
second,  a  Mr.  Alexander,  and  died  June  11,  1806. 

A  record  of  Margaret's  children  and  descendants  will  be  found 
elsewhere  in  this  work. 

The  old  mansion  house  or  Castle  of  Auchyll  has  long  since  dis- 
appeared. It  stood  about  two  miles  northwest  of  the  gate  of 
Monteith  and  a  little  higher  than  the  present  farmhouse  of  Auchyll. 


Cije  ^ttrltngs  of  (Ester  Bratfej) 

parity  of  ftinnellj  County  of  Forfar 

THIS  a  branch  of  the  Angus  Stirlings.    The  first  on  record  is 
I     PETER  DE   STRIVELYNE  OF  ESTER  BREKY, 
who  with  his  son  John  had  a  charter  of  these  lands  from 
Hugh  Eraser,  Lord  of  Lovat  and  of  Kynnell,  dated  Mar.  30,  1407. 
He  had  two  sons : 
II     1   John  de   Strivelyne. 

2  Hugh  de  Strivelyne,  who  is  mentioned  as  the  second  son 
of  Peter  in  the  charter  of  1407,  just  noted. 

II  JOHN  STRIVELYNE  OF  ESTER  BRAIKY  was  prob- 
ably the  father  or  grandfather  of 

III  JOHN  STRIVELING  OF  ESTER  BRAKY,  who,  on 
Dec.  10,  1476,  granted  a  charter  of  these  lands,  in  favor  of  his 
son,  George  Stirling,  and  which  was  confirmed  by  Hugh,  Lord 
Lovat,  the  superior,  Jan.  24,  1477. 

John  died  between  the  date  of  the  charter  and  the  confirma- 
tion, as  in  the  latter  he  is  called  "  quondam."  Both  of  these 
charters  were  confirmed  by  the  Crown,  Feb.  23,  1480.  In  this 
last  charter,  King  James  III  styles  the  grantee  "  dilecto  clerico 
nostro  magistro  Georgio  Striveling."     John  had  two  sons : 

IV     1   Peter  or  Patrick  Striveeine. 
IV     2  George  Striveline. 

IV  PATRICK   STRIVELING  OF  RYNMUIR.     He  is   a 

witness  to  the  charter  by  his  father  to  George,  younger  brother 
of  tliis  Patrick,  dated  Jan.  24,  1477.  He  died  before  June  8, 
1519,  and  was  succeeded  in  the  lands  of  Rynmuir  by  his  son, 
Alexander,  who  had  a  precept  of  sasine  of  that  date  from  George 
Stirling  of  Breke,  for  infefting  Alexander  as  heir  of  his  father, 
Patrick,  brother  to  George. 


180  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

IV  GEORGE     STRIUELING     OF     ESTER     BRAKEY. 

Hugh  Fraser,  Lord  Lovat  and  Baron  of  the  barony  of  Kynnell, 
granted  on  Nov.  1,  1499,  "  dilecto  consan  quineo  nostro  Magistro 
George  Struieling  "  a  charter  of  the  lands  of  Ester  Brekie  and 
an  annual-rent  of  ten  merits  payable  out  of  the  same.  The  charter 
bears  that  the  lands  and  annual  rent  belonged  to  William  Stirling, 
son  and  heir  of  Walter  Stirling,  and  were  resigned  by  him  to 
George  Stirling.  By  charter  dated  June  2,  1509,  George  Stir- 
ling of  Ester  Brekky  and  Patrick  Stirling,  his  brother-german, 
with  consent  of  David  Strieueling,  son  and  heir-apparent  of 
George,  mortified  an  annual-rent  of  ten  merks  from  Ester  Braiky 
for  the  Chaplain  of  Kynnell. 

He  also  acquired  the  lands  of  Balcaskie  in  County  Fife  from 
John  Erskine  of  Dun,  who  granted  a  charter  of  sale  thereof  to 
George  and  Margaret  Dalgleish,  his  wife,  dated  Apr.  23,  1510. 
George  Stirling  had  another  Crown  charter  of  Ester  Braiky  Oct. 
23,  1526.     He  appears  to  have  been  succeeded  by  his  son 

V  DAVID  STRIUELING  OF  ESTER  BRAIKY,  who  made 
a  mortification  to  the  church  of  Montrose  out  of  those  lands 
which  was  confirmed  by  a  Crown  charter  Feb.  24,  1531.  He  and 
many  other  landed  gentlemen  were  on  Feb.  2,  1532,  fined  for  not 
appearing  to  pass  on  the  assises  of  Jonet,  Lady  Glammis,  who 
was  tried  for  witchcraft.     He  had  four  sons : 

1  David  Striueling,  who   appears  to  have  predeceased  him 
or  to  have  died  without  making  up  a  feudal  title  to 
the  estate. 
VI     2  George  Striueling,  who  succeeded. 

3  Thomas  Striueling,  who  had  two  daughters:    Helen,  who 

succeeded   to   Balcaskie,    and   another,   who   m.   ■ 

Beaty,  and  had  two  daughters. 

4  John,  burgess  of  Dundee  in  1561.    He  had  a  son,  David,  who 

on  Aug.  2,  1564,  was  retoured  heir  of  his  grandfather, 
David,  in  the  lands  of  Balcaskie,  in  the  County  of  Fife, 
from  which  it  appears  that  David,  the  elder,  had  been 
dead  for  18  years,  consequently  he  died  in  1546. 

VI  DAVID    STRP7ELING    OF    ESTER    BRAIKY.      He 

probably  died  before  his  father,  but  certainly  before  May  8,  1548. 
His  only  son  was 


THE   STIRLINGS   OF  ESTER  BRAIKY  181 

VII  DAVID  STIRLING  OF  BRAKEY.  He  received  from 
Jane  Gray,  Countess  of  Crawford,  a  precept  of  sasine  for  infeft- 
ing  him  in  Ester  Braiky,  as  heir  of  David,  his  grandfather,  dated 
May  8,  1548.  He  died  in  his  minority  in  January,  1566,  and  was 
succeeded  by  his  uncle 

VI  GEORGE  STRIUELING  OF  ESTER  BRAIKY.  On 
Mar.  24,  1561,  an  agreement  was  entered  into  at  Montrose  be- 
tween "  George  Striuelyng  father  brother  and  apperand  air  maill 
and  of  tailze  of  Dauid  Stiruelyng,  now  of  Breikye  and  Johnne 
Stiruelyng,  burgess  of  Dundee,  brother  of  the  said  George." 

The  agreement  narrates  that  "  Forsameikle  as  the  said  Dauid 
Stirueing  now  of  Breckye  is  hewely  vexit  with  deadlie  infirmitie 
and  sickness,  quhair  throw  it  is  suppoint  him  to  depart  to  the 
lord  and  in  case  the  said  Dauid  decessis  the  said  George  bindis 
and  oblisses  him  faithfullie  to  enter  as  air  maill  and  to  tailze  to 
the  said  Dauid,  in  and  to  the  landis  of  Ester  Braikye,"  and  there- 
after to  infeft  the  said  John  Stirueling,  who  had  paid  to  George 
the  sum  of  1000  merks  and  promised  to  pay  him  further  an  an- 
nuity of  £40  Scots,  "  with  tua  stand  of  honest  and  competent 
clething  yearly  "  during  the  lifetime  of  George. 

Owing  to  the  loss  of  the  Braiky  charters,  subsequent  to  this 
date,  the  later  Lairds  have  not  been  ascertained  with  the  excep- 
tion of 

VII  JOHN   STniLING  OF  ESTER   BREIKY,  who   was 

probably  the  son  or  grandson  of  John  Stirling,  youngest  son 
David,  fifth  of  Braiky.  This  John  was  a  debtor  in  the  testament 
of  George  Gladstones,  Archbishop  of  St.  Andrews  in  1615.  He 
was  succeeded  by  his  son 

VIII  JAMES  STIRLING  OF  ESTER  BRAKIE,  who  was 

retoured  heir  of  his  father,  John,  Dec.  18,  1633.1 

1  Patrick  Stirling,  Esq.,  of  Piddendriech,  County  Forfar,  had  a  daughter,  Jane, 
who  married  John  M.  Lacon  of  Great  Yarmouth,  Norfolk,  England. 

John  Edmund  Lacon,  eldest  son  of  this  marriage  was  born  in  1810;  survived  his 
aunt.  Miss  Clementina  Stirling-Graham  in  Duntrune,  Forfarshire,  in  1877.  (County 
Families  of  the  United  Kingdom.) 

There  were  also  resident  of  Forfar  in  1873  Alexander  of  Broughty  Ferry  and 
Charles  of  Kirkintillock.      (Owners  of  Land  in  Scotland.) 


C|)e  stirlings  of  ©leneafc 

County  of  iforfar 

THEY    are    said    to    have    been    descendants    of    Henry    de 
Strevelin,   youngest   son   of   David,   Earl  of  Huntington, 
the  brother  of  King  William,  the  Lion. 
The  Stirlings  acquired  Glenesk  at  a  very  early  date  and  the 
last  male  proprietor  of  the  name  was  Sir  John  de  Striveling, 
whose  daughter  and  heiress,  married  in  1365,  Sir  Alexander  Lind- 
say, third  son  of   Sir  David  Lindsay  of  Crawford.      Sir  David 
Lindsay  of  Glenesk,  who  was  created  Earl  of  Crawford  in  1398, 
was  the  eldest  son  of  Sir  Alexander  Lindsay  and  Catherine  Stir- 
ling.    Lord  Lindsay  says  (Lives  of  the  Lindsays,  Vol.  I,  p.  51) 
that  "  The  cognisance  of  the  Stirlings  of  Glenesk  was  three  stars, 
in   common  with   the  house  of  De  Moravia  and   other  northern 
families    (the    Stirlings    being    even    sometimes    designated    terri- 
torially  De   Moravia).  .   .  .  By   way   of  a   family   difference,   in 
right  of  his  descent  from  Catherine  de  Striveline,  mother  of  David, 
first   Earl  of   Crawford,   the  daughter   and  heiress   of   Sir   John 
Striveline  of  Glenesk,   (head  of  an  ancient  and  powerful  family, 
whose  arms  consisted  solely  of  stars,)   he  added  the  stars  to  his 
Coat.     The  stars  are  still  visibly  sculptured  upon  the  prominent 
parts  of  the  old  Castle  of  Edzell,  which  lay  within  the  barony  of 
Glenesk.      Hence  by    Scottish   practice,   they   became   what   were 
termed  the  '  feudal  arms  '  of  the  Barony,  which  were  also  derived 
from  the  first  tenants  in  capite  or  possession  —  in  this  instance, 
undoubtedly  the  Strivelynes." 

Catherine  Striveline  had  a  sister,  who  was  co-heiress  with  her 
to  their  father's  estates.  The  sister  married  Robert  de  Atholia, 
who  inherited  through  her  lands  in  Inverness  and  Moray. 


THE   STIRLINGS   OF   GLENESK  183 

Tradition  gives  another  account  of  the  succession  of  the 
Lindsays  to  Glenesk.  It  is  said  that  the  last  Sir  John  Striveline 
of  Glenesk  had  a  son  and  a  daughter.  "  They  were  left  orphans 
and  the  former,  small  of  stature  and  greatly  deformed  in  body 
was  familiarly  known  by  the  diminutive  cognomen  of  '  Jackie 
Stirlin.'  Although  physically  defective,  he  enjoyed  excellent 
health  and  was  neither  impervious  to  the  softer  feelings  of  hu- 
manity nor  too  unseemly  for  the  kindly  eyes  of  women,  by  one 
of  whom,  the  lovely  daughter  of  a  neighboring  baron,  his  offer 
of  marriage  was  accepted. 

"  This  was  altogether  contrary  to  the  wishes  and  expectations 
of  his  sister  and  her  lover,  the  gallant  Sir  Alexander  Lindsay, 
and  all  remonstrances  having  failed  to  prevent  the  nuptials,  they 
laid  a  deep  and  heartless  scheme  for  his  overthrow,  and  one  even- 
ing, while  taking  an  airing  alone  in  the  wooded  defile,  he  was 
pounced  upon  by  a  masked  assailant  and  summarily  despatched 
at  a  place  still  pointed  out  a  little  to  the  north  of  the  Castle." 
(Land  of  the  Lindsays,  p.  26.) 

Part  of  the  old  Castle  of  Edzell,  once  the  residence  of  the 
Stirlings  of  Glenesk,  is  called  "  Stirling  Tower  "  and  is  believed 
to  have  been  erected  by  them. 


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IT  is   probable  that   these   Stirlings   were   collaterals   of   the 
Stirlings  of  Glenesk. 

I     JOHN  STRIUELING  OF  TULLYDUFFY  died  between 
Feb.  3,  1488,  and  June  20,  1494,  and  was  succeeded  by  his  son 

II  ANDREW  STIRLING  OF  TULLYDUFFY,  who  was 

served  heir  of  his  father  in  the  lands  of  Gylcorue,  before  June 
20,  1494,  which  service  was  reduced.  He  died  before  June  18, 
1532. 

III  JOHNNE  STRIVELING  OF  TULLYDUFFY.       On 

June  18,  1532,  he  obtained  letters  directed  to  the  bailies  of  the 
city  of  Brechin,  mentioning  that  "  quhair  he  hes  twa  Landis  and 
Tenementis  pertening  to  him  in  heritage  callit  Strivelingis  Landis, 
Hand  in  the  north  est  syde  of  the  said  Ciete  of  Brechin  quhilk  his 
fader  and  guideshir  and  their  predecessors  brukit  peacable  as 
their  heretage  all  thair  dayis  and  thai  now  being  decessit  and 
thair  charteris  and  evidentis  bruynt,  tynt  and  destroyit,  the  tyme 
that  the  Pest  was  in  Brechine,  the  said  Johnne  can  get  na  entre 
thairto  be  brevis."  He  was  ordered  served  heir  of  his  father  in 
the  said  subjects. 


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THE  REV.  JOHN  STIRLING,  D.D.,  of  Craigie,  Ayrshire, 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  William  McQuhae, 
D.D.,  of  St.  Evox,  Ayrshire.     He  was  at  one  time  mod- 
erator of  the  General  Assembly;   died  in  1844. 
His  youngest  son  was : 

JOHN  STIRLING  OF  FAIRBURN,  J.P.  and  D.L.  for  Ross- 
shire  and  J.P.  for  County  Cumberland,  born  at  Craigie,  June  26, 
1820;  married  Sept.  14,  1852,  Marion,  daughter  of  John  Hartley. 
He  acquired  the  estate  of  Fairburn ;    died  Aug.  19,  1907. 
Children : 

1  William  Stirling,  his  successor. 

2  John  Hartley  Stirling,  deceased. 

3  James  Stirling,  of  Foulton,  Ayrshire,  born  Jan.  7,  1862; 

married  Oct.  30,  1895,  Ann  Mary,  only  daughter  of 
John  Harris  of  Greysouten,  County  Cumberland. 

4  Alexander  Stirling,  captain  Seaforth  Highlanders ;  born 

May  24,  1865;  married  Oct.  13,  1896,  Helen  Kath- 
erine,  third  daughter  of  Crawfurd  Hill,  sheriff  sub- 
stitute for  Tain  and  Cromarty. 

5  Charles  Stirling,  born  Nov.  10,  1870. 

6  Margaret   Violet   Stirling,   married    Sir   Hector   Munro, 

11th  Bart.,  of  Foulis,  Ross-shire;  has  an  only  son, 
Hector,  born  in  1895. 

7  Marion  Isabel  Stirling,  married  Wilfrid  Emilius  Laurie, 

second  son  of  the  Rev.  Sir  Emilius  Laurie,  Bart.,  of 
Maxwelton,  County  Dumfries ;    have  issue. 

8  Mary  Laurie  Stirling,  married  June   12,   1895,  Gilfred 

William  Hartley  of  Rosehill,  County  Cumberland. 


186  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


MAJOR  WILLIAM  STIRLING,  SECOND  OF  FAIR- 
BURN,  born  Feb.  12,  1859;  married  Aug.  7,  1889,  Charlotte 
Eva,  daughter  of  ./Eneas  Mackintosh  of  Daviot,  Inverness-shire. 

Addresses:  Fairburn,  Muir  of  Ord,  Ross-shire,  and  17  Ennis- 
more  Gardens,  S.  W.,  London. 

Children : 

1  Marion  Louisa  Stirling,  born  June  26,  1890. 

2  Charlotte  Isabel  Stirling,  born  May  16,  1892. 

3  John  Stirling,  born  Sept.  16,  1893. 

4  William  ^Eneas  Stirling,  born  Sept.  26,  1896. 


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IN  THE  COMMISSARIOT  OR  PROBATE  RECORD  OF 
STIRLING  between  the  years  1607  and  1800  are  found  the 
names  of  a  number,  most  of  whom  are  not  identified  as  belong- 
ing to  any  of  the  important  houses  whose  history  has  been  given. 
These  follow: 

Alexander  Stirling  of  Powhouse,  servitor  to  the  Earl  of  Mar, 
Nov.   18,  1635,  and  Nov.  21,  1663. 

Andrew  Stirling,  indweller  in  Edinburgh. 

Christian  Cuthill,  late  residenter  in  Garclush  and  relict  of 
Andrew  Stirling,  indweller  in  Edinburgh  at  time  of  death,  who 
died  at  Garclush,  parish  of  St.  Ninians,  in  1758. 

Archibald  Stirling  of  Garden,  parish  of  St.  Ninians,  Aug.  11, 
1715,  and  Feb.  3,  1716. 

Elspeth  Stirling,  spouse  of  James  Schaw,  in  Greenhill,  parish 
of  St.  Laurence,  Slamannan,  Apr.  10,  1627. 

Elspeth  Stirling,  spouse  of  William  Allane,  collier  of  Hoil- 
toun,  parish  of  Alloway,  Apr.  21,  1641. 

George  Stirling  of  Herbertshire,  parish  of  Dunipace,  July  21, 
1710,  and  Sept.  10,  1712. 

George  Stirling  of  Herbertshire,  parish  of  Dunipace,  Nov.  20, 
1762. 

James  Stirling,  in  Whytsyde,  parish  of  Falkirk,  Jan.  8,  1664. 

James  Stirling,  at  Mylne  of  Keir. 

Alison  Justice,  relict  of  James  Stirling,  at  Milne  of  Keir,  Mar. 
3,  1699. 

Janet  Stirling,  spouse  of  Robert  Mitchell,  burgess  of  Stirling, 
Apr.  22,  1620. 

John  Stirling,  in  Wester  Baldorane,  May  9,  1657. 

Mr.  John  Stirling,  minister  at  Baldernock,  June  1,  1659. 

John  Stirling,  bailie  of  Stirling,  Apr.  8,   1692. 

Margaret  Stirling,  spouse  of  John  Listoun,  in  Falkirk,  Feb.  6, 
1663. 


188  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 

William  Stirling,  in  Lofthead,  of  Gargunnock,  Dec.  9,  1698. 

William  Stirling,  chyrurgeon  (surgeon)  in  Stirling,  Mar.  22, 
1734. 

Margaret  Short,  spouse  of  William  Stirling  of  Herbertshire, 
parish  of  Dennie,  July  1,  1670. 

Anna,  relict  of  William  Stirling,  in  Gargunnock,  Aug.  28, 
1723. 

Elizabeth,  relict  of  William  Stirling,  indweller  in  Stirling, 
July  6,  1688.     (Scottish  Record  Society,  June-September,  1904.) 

FROM  MEMORANDA  MADE  BY  A  DR.  STIRLING  in  a 

small  volume  entitled,  "  A  Register  or  A  Generall  Almanack 
for  Every  Yeare,"  London,  1646,  now  in  the  possession  of 
C.  M.  Tenison,  M.R.I.A.,  of  Hobart,  Tasmania,  South  Pacific 
Ocean. 

"  The  10th  of  May  1660,  being  Thursday  wee  be  maried  near 
8  a  clocke  at  night  at  Baldonocke  (Baldernock)  Kirke  by  Mr. 
James  Walkinshaw;  came  in  Wensdy  23  of  May  to  take  ane 
house  &  29  May  tuesday  I  came  to  dwell  in  the  house." 

"  Elizabeth,  born  23  feb.  1661  Saturday  a  q'rtre  past  sex  at 
night ;  baptized  the  3  of  March.  Witnesses  my  father  &  my 
good  brother  James  Stirlinge.  Departed  this  lyfe  the  7  Apryll 
1662.  Mr.  Ralph  Rodger  baptized  Elizabeth,  Saboth,  in  .  .  . 
(illegible)   .  .  .  Kirk." 

"  John,  born  31  Decer.  1662  being  Wensday  a  q'rter  before  8 
in  the  morninge;  baptized  1  Jan.  1663.  Witness  my  good 
brother  and  Wm  Robertson.  Departed  the  11th  of  Janr  1665 
being  Wensday  at  half  5  afternoone;  buried  12  Januar  1665. 
M1'  Matt.  Ramsay  baptized  John  at  Kilvarick   ( ?) 

"  Marie,  born  the  11  of  October  1664  being  Tuesday,  ane 
quarter  past  fyve  afternoon ;  baptized  13  Octo'r  beinge  Thursday 
by  Mr  James  Hamilton.  .  .  .  Witnesses  James  Stirlinge  and 
William  Robertson.  Departed  the  23  Octo'r  1664  being  Saboth 
a  q'rter  befor  four  afternoon;  buried  Moonday  24  October 
1664." 

John,  born  9  Feb.  1666  at  half  two  in  the  morninge  being 
friday;  baptized  Saboth  18  by  M1'  Wm  Stirlinge.  Witnesses  my 
father  James  Stirlinge  &  Alexander  Woodrop.  Departed  25 
August  1667  being  Saboth  at  half  ane  in  the  day;  buried  26 
August  1667,  being  Moonday." 

"  William,  born  24  Sept1'  1667  betwixt  8  &  9  at  night  being 
tuesday ;  baptised  29  Septer  beinge  Saboth.    Witnesses,  M1'  George 


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SOME   MISCELLANEOUS   SCOTCH   RECORDS      189 


and  James  Stirlinge  and  Alexr  Woodrop.  Departed  9  March 
1670  a  litill  past  two  in  the  morninge  being  Wensday;  buried 
thursday  the  10th  of  March,  1670.  M.  V.  S.  baptized  him 
blakefriars." 

"James,  born  the  21  August  1670  betwixt  one  &  two  in  the 
morninge;  Baptized  25  August  thursday.  Witnesses  Mr  George 
and  James  Stirlinge  and  Patricke  Parke;  Departed  the  2  of 
Septre  1673  beinge  tuesday  &  buried  the  same  day.  He  departed 
betwixt  2  &  3  in  the  morninge.     Layh  (  ?)  Kirk,  M.  A.  R. 

"  Anna,  born  the  17  October  1671  (beinge  tuesday)  a  q'rtre 
befr  10  at  night;  baptised  29  Octr  Saboth.  Witnesses  James 
Stirlinge  and  Patricke  Parke.  Departed  the  2  October.  1672 
beinge  Wensday  a  q'rter  befor  5  afternoon ;  buried  the  3  Thurs- 
day.    Mr  William  Stirlinge,  Laugh(  ?)  Kirke." 

"  Joan,  born  6  Janvar  1673  beinge  Moonday  about  half  a 
q'rter  befor  10  at  night;  baptised  the  17  Janvar  beinge  friday 
by  Mr  Bartrum(?)  ;  departed  this  Lyf  20  Janvar  1673  Moonday 
at  6  at  night;  buried  tuesday  21  Januar  1673.  Witnesses  to 
baptism  James  Stirlinge  and  Patricke  Parke." 

"  Marie  born  the  second  of  februar  1675  tuesday  about  half 
a  q'rter  past  5  in  the  afternoon;  baptised  (Mr  Rob.  Max,  eld.) 
near  8  a  clocke  at  night  the  8d  day.  Witnesses  James  Stirlinge, 
Patricke  Parke  and  William  Robertson." 

"  Robert  born  the  13th  of  Janvar  1679  beinge  Moonday  be- 
twixt 6  &  7  a  clocke  in  the  morninge :  baptised  the  26th  of  Janvar 
1679  beinge  the  Saboth.  Witnesses  James  Stirlinge  and  Patricke 
Parke.  Departed  30  August  1702  being  Moonday  betwixt  one 
&  two  in  the  morninge." 

"  My  mother  departed  tuesday  the  20  Octre  1646.  My  mother 
in  law  the  5  apryll  thursday  1666;  buried  7  apryll.  My  father 
the  28  May  friday  1669;    buried  29  May  1669." 

"  James  Stirlinge  departed  this  lyf  the  12th  Novr  1687  betwixt 
12  &  one  in  the  beginninge  of  the  morninge  Saturday;  buried  the 
14  of  Nov.  beinge  Moonday,  betwixt  2  &  3  in  afternoone." 

Joane  Stirlinge  departed  Wensday  9  Jan.  1684 ;  buried  friday 
11  Jan.     Shee  departed  betwixt  5  &  6  in  the  morninge." 

"  Anna  Stirlinge  married  to  ...  (illegible)  thursday  the 
4  of  Janur  1666;    maried  againe  to  Jon  Borland  July   the  11 

July  1676." 

«  Mr  William  Stirlinge  my  bro.  in  law  departed  thursday  31 
decbre  1685;  buried  Moonday  the  fourth  of  Janvar  1686.  He 
departed  at  Ancrum." 

"  Mr    James    Stirlinge,    banker,    departed    Saboth    3    Janvar 


190  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


1686;    buried  4th  of  Janvar  1686  Moonday.     He  died  at  9  in 
the  morninge." 

"Mr  George  Stirlinge  departed  the  2  May  (friday)  1679  at 
7  a  clocke  at  night;  buried  the  5  May  1679  betwixt  2  &  3  in 
afternoon." 

"Agnes  Stirlinge,  Lady  garscadon(?)  departed  the  19  decbr. 
friday  betwixt  3  &  four  in  the  afternoon  and  was  buried  the  26 
decbr.  friday." 

"Marie  Stirlinge  relict  of  Jon  Govan(?)  departed  (tuesday) 
10  June  1684;  buried  (thursday)  12  June  1684,  aged  46  years 
&  21  weeks  &  5  days."  (Pp.  143-148,  Miscellanea  Gene,  et 
Heraldica,  Vol.  1902-03.) 

EDWARD  STIRLING,  a  native  of  Scotland,  emigrated  to 
South  Australia  when  a  young  man ;  "  a  poor  man  but  a  gentle- 
man, and  he  won  a  good  and  honorable  position  for  himself  and  a 
moderate  fortune."  Nothing  is  known  of  his  parentage  or  ances- 
try. He  lived  in  Adelaide,  where  he  died  in  1873,  leaving  four  sons 
and  four  daughters.  His  two  eldest  sons  were  Edward  Charles 
and  John  Lancelot : 

Edward  Charles  Stirling,  C.M.G.,  1893;  M.A.,  M.D., 
F.R.S.,  F.R.C.S.,  C.M.Z.S. ;  Hon.  Fellow  Anthropo- 
logical Institute  of  Great  Britain;  professor  of  Physi- 
ology, Adelaide  University;  director,  South  Australian 
Museum;  born  in  South  Australia,  Sept,  8,  1848;  married 
in  1877  Jane,  daughter  of  Joseph  Gilbert  of  Pewsey  Vale, 
South  Australia. 

Dr.  Stirling  was  educated  at  St.  Peter's  College,  South 
Australia;  Trinity  College,  Cambridge  University,  Eng- 
land, and  St.  George's  Hospital,  London.  He  returned  to 
South  Australia  in  1881  and  became  lecturer  and  subse- 
quently professor  of  Physiology  in  Adelaide  University; 
consulting  surgeon,  Adelaide  Hospital;  member  House 
of  Assembly,  1883-86 ;  member  of  the  Council,  Adelaide 
University;  president  Australasian  Medical  Congress, 
1905;  writer  upon  medical  subjects.  Address:  St. 
Vigeans,  Mt.  Lofty,  Adelaide. 

The  Hon.  Sir  John  Lancelot  Stirling,  knighted  1902; 
president  of  the  Legislative  Council  of  South  Australia 
since  1901 ;  born  at  Strathallyn,  South  Australia,  Nov. 
5,  1849;  married  in  1883,  Florence  Marian,  daughter  of 
Sir  William  Milne  of  Adelaide. 


SOME   MISCELLANEOUS   SCOTCH   RECORDS      191 

Sir  John  was  educated  at  St.  Peter's  College,  Ade- 
laide; Trinity  College,  Cambridge  (B.A.  and  LL.B.). 
Was  called  to  the  bar  of  the  Inner  Temple  in  1871 ; 
entered  South  Australian  Parliament  in  1881 ;  sat  for 
districts  of  Mount  Barker  and  Gumeracha  in  the  House 
of  Assembly  from  1887 ;  was  elected  to  the  Legislative 
Council  in  1890.  Address:  The  Lodge,  Strathallyn, 
South  Australia. 

The  Right  Hon.  Sir  James  Stirling,  knighted  1886  ;  LL.D. ; 
F.R.S. ;  P.C.  1900;  born  in  Aberdeen,  May  3,  1836,  eldest  son 
of  the  Rev.  James  Stirling  of  Aberdeen  and  Sarah  Irvin ;  married 
in  1868,  Aby,  eldest  daughter  of  John  Thomson  Renton,  of  Brad- 
stone  Brook,  Shalford,  Surrey,  England. 

Sir  James  was  educated  at  the  University,  Aberdeen ;  Trinity 
College,  Cambridge  (B.A.),  I860;  (M.A.)  1863.  Admitted  bar- 
rister, Lincoln's  Inn,  Nov.,  1862;  practised  as  a  conveyancer 
and  equity  draftsman;  junior  (equity)  counsel  to  the  Treasury, 
1881 ;  judge  of  the  Chancery  Division  of  the  High  Court  of  Jus- 
tice, 1886-1900;    lord  justice  of  appeal,  1900-6. 

Addresses:  Finchcocks,  Goudhurst,  Kent,  and  3  Hans  Cres- 
cent, S.  W.,  London. 

James  Hutchison  Stirling,  LL.D.,  born  in  Glasgow,  June 
22,  1820,  youngest  son  of  William  Stirling  of  James  Hutchison 
and  Co.,  Glasgow ;  married  Jane  Hunter  Mair,  youngest  daughter 
of  William  Mair,  of  Irvine,  Ayrshire. 

He  was  educated  at  the  University  of  Glasgow,  and  in  France 
and  Germany;  qualified  in  medicine,  Edinburgh,  1842;  first  ap- 
pointed Gifford  lecturer,  University  of  Edinburgh,  1888-90. 

Publications :  "  The  Secret  of  Hegel,"  1865,  new  edition,  1893 ; 
"  Sir  William  Hamilton,"  1865 ;  "  Schwegler's  History  of  Philos- 
ophy," translation,  1867,  twelfth  edition,  1893  ;  "  Jerrold,  Tenny- 
son and  Macaulay,  with  other  Critical  Essays,"  1868 ;  "  Address 
on  Materialism,"  1868 ;  "  As  Regards  Protoplasm,"  1869,  second 
edition,  1872;  "Lectures  on  the  Philosophy  of  Law,"  etc.,  1873; 
"  Burns  in  Drama,"  "  Saved  Leaves,"  1878 ;  "  Text  Book  to 
Kant,"  1881 ;  "  Philosophy  in  the  Poets,"  1885  ;  "  The  Community 
of  Property,"  1885  ;   "  Thomas  Carlyle's  Counsels,"  1886  ;   "  Phi- 


192  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


losophy  and  Theology,  Gifford  Lectures,"  1890;  "Darwinism, 
Workmen  and  Work,"  1894;  "  What  is  Thought?  or  the  Problem 
of  Philosophy,"  1900;   "  The  Categories,"  1903. 

Address:    Laverock  Bank  Road,  Edinburgh. 

The  Right  Rev.  Waite  Hockin  Stirling,  D.D.,  assistant  to 
the  Bishop  of  Bath  and  Wells  since  1901 ;  canon  residentiary  of 
Wells  Cathedral  since  1901 ;  precentor,  1903 ;  born  in  1829,  son 
of  Capt.  T.  Stirling,  R.N. ;  married  second,  Lucinda,  widow  of 
William  M'Clymont. 

He  was  educated  at  Exeter  College,  Oxford  (B.A.)  ;  ordained 
in  1852;  missionary  in  Tierra  del  Fuego,  South  America;  first 
bishop  of  the  Falkland  Islands,  1869-1901. 

Address :   East  Liberty,  Wells. 


Che  Sterlings  of  Jrdanti 

STIRLINGS   from   Scotland   naturally   settled  in    the   north 
of  Ireland  and  became  the  progenitors  of  a  portion  of  that 
sturdy  race,  the  Scotch-Irish,  which  has  had  a  large  share 
in  the  affairs  of  whatever  community  it  has  made  a  home  in. 

There  is  small  chance  of  ascertaining  the  date  of  the  first 
settlement  of  the  Scotch  Stirlings.  Some  were  undoubtedly 
Covenanters  who  wished  to  escape  religious  persecution,  about 
1640.  A  settlement  of  Scots  was  made  in  the  first  quarter  of 
the  17th  century.  On  Apr.  16,  1605,  James  Hamilton  and 
Hugh  Montgomery,  both  Ayrshire  men  from  the  northern  division 
of  the  county,  in  company  with  "  Conn.  McNeale  McBryan  Fear 
tagh  O'Neale  "  of  Castlereagh,  near  Carrickfergus  Castle  (now 
Belfast),  received  a  grant  of  land  from  King  James  on  condition 
that  the  land  should  be  "  planted "  with  Scottish  and  English 
colonists.  This  land  lay  in  the  county  of  Antrim  and  the  province 
of  Ulster.  A  good  portion  of  the  settlers  evidently  came  from 
the  vicinity  of  the  homes  of  Hamilton  and  Montgomery,  as  such 
Scottish  names  as  Ayr,  Renfrew,  Wigtown,  Dumfries,  and  Kirk- 
cudbright were  given  by  the  settlers  to  their  towns. 

It  is  fair  to  suppose  that  some  members  of  the  Scottish  family 
of  Stirling,  possibly  from  the  vicinity  of  Glasgow,  made  a  settle- 
ment at  or  about  this  time.  Robert  Sterlin  was  an  early  resi- 
dent near  the  town  of  Bangor  or  Killyleagh,  in  the  province  of 
Ulster,  and  a  Robert  Starling,  possibly  the  same,  was  living  in 
the  town  of  Enniskillen.  He  was  evidently  of  a  good  family,  as 
his  name  is  on  a  petition  bearing  date  of  1689.  "  William  de 
Stirling  "  was  living  in  Wigtownshire  at  an  early  date.  (The 
Scotch-Irish,  Chas.  A.  Hanna,  1902.) 


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"  Starling  "  is  one  of  the  Irish  Families  whose  pedigree  is 
given  in  manuscript  form  by  Mac  Tirbis  (Vol.  F.  3,  23)  in  the 
Library  of  Trinity  College,  Dublin.  (P.  24,  Irish  Landed  Gentry 
when  Cromwell  came  to  Ireland.)  Among  those  of  the  Sterlings 
mentioned  as  belonging  to  the  aristocracy  before  1649  are  the 
names  of  Capt.  George,  Capt.  Hugh,  Lieut.  William  and  Sir 
Robert  Sterling  who  were  officers  of  the  King's  army.  Sir 
Robert  Sterling,  Governor  of  Cork,  was  a  member  of  the  Scotch 
family  of  the  Stirlings  of  Law  (q.  v.).  His  wife,  Lady  Jane, 
received  a  grant  of  land  from  King  Charles  II  between  1661  and 
1665.  Capt.  Hugh  Sterling,  above  mentioned,  was  possibly  a 
brother  of  Sir  Robert,  as  he  had  a  brother  of  that  name. 

Jane  Sterling  of  Coleraine  Meeting  and  John  Hunter  of 
JBallymoney  Meeting  were  married  at  Coleraine,  County  Antrim, 
May  12,  1698,  and  a  John  Sterling  was  living  in  County  Antrim 
in  1727.  (Emigration  of  Irish  Quakers  into  Penn.,  A.  C. 
Myers.) 

This  is  possibly  the  same  John  Stirling  who  was  a  member 
of  the  presbytery  of  Londonderry ;  who,  May  4,  1720,  addressed 
a  letter  to  Cotton  Mather.  (Vol.  II,  series  6,  p.  120,  Mass. 
Hist.   Coll.) 

Patience  Sterling  married  in  1774  Capt.  Marcus  Anthony 
Tuite  of  the  9th  Regt.  of  Dragoons.  A  Miss  Sterling  of  London- 
derry married  in  February,  1788,  Marcus  McCausland  of  Ballyrena, 
County  Derry.  Arabella  Stirling  of  Coleraine  married  Isaac 
Richardson  in  August,  1808.  (Irish  Marriages,  Walker's  Hiber- 
nian Mag.,  1771-1812.) 

The  Scotch-Irish  family  of  Sterling  now,  as  in  earlier  times, 
is  found  chiefly  in  Antrim.  In  1890,  in  the  whole  of  Ireland, 
16  of  the  name  were  born,  which  on  a  percentage  of  one  birth 
to  each  44.8  persons,  would  make  the  estimated  number  of  the 
name  of  Sterling  in  Ireland  at  the  present  time  about  700.  (The 
Scotch-Irish.) 

Naturally  among  the  many  Irish  emigrants  to  America,  there 
have  been  a  number  of  the  Sterling  family.  These  and  their 
descendants  are  elsewhere  considered  in  this  work. 

The  members  of  the  family  now  resident  in  the  country  evi- 


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dently  belong  mainly  to  the  tenant  or  peasant  population  as  there 
are  few  accredited  land  holders  of  the  name  and  what  few  are 
given  as  being  possessors,  are  likely  of  the  more  immediate  Scotch 
family.  In  1873,  the  following  were  given  as  land  holders, — 
James  Sterling,  Balally,  Dundrum,  County  Dublin ;  Thomas  Lyle 
Stirling,  Tullamore,  County  Kings;  James  Sterling  and  Thomas 
Stirling,  Glenwhirry,  County  Antrim;  Henry  Stirling,  Gelvin, 
Dungiven  and  J.  B.  Stirling,  Moneycarrie,  Garragh  and  Portrush, 
County  Derry.  The  last  named  is  the  only  one  whose  estate  is 
of  importance  from  its  extent.  The  acreage  of  his  lands  is  1,576 
with  an  annual  rental  of  some  £1,350.  (Owners  of  Land  in  Eng- 
land, Scotland  and  Ireland.) 

Mrs.  Thomas  Sterling  was  living  in  Coleraine  in  1900.  The 
records  of  the  Presbyterian  or  Covenanters'  Church  of  Coleraine 
were  burned  about  1800.  At  Aghadowey,  a  small  community 
about  eight  miles  from  Coleraine,  is  a  colony  comprised  of  mem- 
bers of  the  Sterling,  Hunter  and  Kennedy  families.  In  the  Epis- 
copal church-yard  at  Aghadowey  the  Sterlings  have  been  buried 
for  many  years  within  a  space  enclosed  by  an  iron  fence,  the 
graves  being  marked  by  ruinous  slabs  of  stone,  overgrown  by 
brambles.  Within  the  little  church  is  a  memorial  tablet  to  a 
Lieut.  Col.  Thomas  Sterling,  bearing  a  coat  of  arms,  with  the 
three  buckles  and  stag  supporters.  The  records  of  Aghadowey 
are  preserved  in  Dublin.  Blair  Sterling,  who  died  about  1890 
was  the  laird  of  Aghadowey ;  he  left  no  issue.  At  Ballymoney, 
near  Aghadowey  are  a  number  of  Sterlings,  and  others  are  found 
throughout  the  Counties  of  Antrim  and  Londonderry. 


Cfje  Sterlings  of  Cnglanti 

THE  family  has  been  represented  in  England  in  a  limited 
degree  and  has  apparently  confined  itself  to  the  imme- 
diate vicinity  of  London  and  to  the  metropolis  itself. 

We  find  records  of  the  Sterlings,  (usually  spelled  Starling)  in 
the  adjoining  counties  of  Kent,  Essex,  Middlesex,  Hertford,  Bed- 
ford, Buckingham,  Cambridge  and  Suffolk.  One  instance  in 
which  the  name  is  mentioned  in  earlier  records,  beyond  the  borders 
of  these  shires  is  at  Ledbury,  County  Hereford,  when  "  Annes 
Joanes  ye  Doughter  of  Jhon  Joanes  whas  chrystened  ye  vii  Day 
of  Aprell  Jhamys  Meyowe  god  father  Annes  Weyner  &  Annes 
Sturlyng  god  mothers."     1558.     (Parish  Register  of  Ledbury.) 

A  William  Starling  was  a  witness  to  the  will  of  Emma  Rominett 
of  West  Wratting,  proved  Jan.  28,  1575,  in  The  Consistory  Court 
of  Ely  at  Peterborough.     (Mis.  Gene,  and  Heraldry,  Vol.  VI.) 

Joane  Canon,  dau.  of  Canon  of  Cambridgeshire,  living  in  1534, 
married  a  Sterling.     (Berry's  County  Pedigrees,  Herts.,  1846.) 

The  family  in  England  was  assumedly  of  Scottish  origin,  as 
the  coats  of  arms  granted  to  some  of  them  have  the  three  buckles 
upon  the  shield,  and  one  of  the  coats  is  identical  with  that  belong- 
ing to  the  Scots.  The  arms  of  the  Sterlings  of  Hertfordshire 
are  the  same  as  those  of  the  Stirlings  of  Bankell,  immediately  con- 
nected with  the  house  of  Stirling  of  Keir,  hence  it  is  safe  to  assume 
an  intimate  relationship  between  them. 

The  family  settled  in  Hertfordshire  at  an  early  date.  We  find 
one  William  living  in  the  parish  of  Asshewell  in  1545.  On  the 
"  first  day  of  July  in  the  xxxvij  yere  of  the  reigne  of  or  most  dred 
So'euyn  lord  Kyng  Henry  the  viij  "  for  the  payment  of  the  third 
part  of  an  assessment  levied  by  parliament  in  1533  in  the  "  Hun- 


THE  STERLINGS  OF  ENGLAND  197 

dred  of  Odsey,"  county  of  Hertford  on  "  all  suche  psons  w*in 
the  said  Hundred  beyng  worth  in  goodl  rx11  and  vnto  the  some 
of  xxs  chargable  to  the  said  Subsidey  for  the  thurde  payment 
of  the  same."  "  William  Sterlyng,  gentleman,"  was  evidently  a 
man  of  some  property  as  his  tax  of  xiiij^  was  the  highest,  with 
one  exception,  of  any  in  the  parish. 

John  Starlyng  of  Barkeway,  County  of  Hertford,  whose  will 
is  dated  Nov.  5,  fourteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth, 
(1572)  mentions  his  "wife,  Agnes;  John  Mapleton,  my  wife's 
son ;  Lettice  Hearde,  my  dau. ;  Dau.,  Dorothie  Baker ;  wife 
Agnes  ex  trix  Witnesses.  —  Willm  Goodwyn,  John  Carter,  John 
Bentley,  John  Mapleton,  Rich.  Herde."  Administration  was 
granted  to  John  Mapleton  as  next  of  kin.  No  date  of  the  es- 
tate's settlement  is  given.      (Herts.  Genealogist  and  Antiquary.) 

Anne  Sterling  married  Christofer  Thurburne,  Nov.  30,  1600, 
at  St.  Albans,  Hertfordshire.  (Parish  Register  of  St.  Albans 
Abbey.) 

Alexander  Stirling,  afterward  fourth  Baronet  of  Glorat,  Scot- 
land, q.  v.,  was  mayor  of  St.  Albans  in  1755. 
"Anno  1588. 
Aprill  —  John    ye    so:    of    Richard    Sterling   at   Elstr,    ye    21, 

christened. 
Anno  Dm  1589. 

May  —  John  ye  so  :  of  Richard  Sterling  ye  13  buried."     (Parish 
Register  of  Aldenham,  Hertfordshire.) 

At  Stock  Harvard  in  the  County  of  Essex,  adjoining  Hertford 
on  the  East,  Sterlings  were  living  during  the  same  period.  A 
John  Sterling,  born  as  early  as  1515,  lived  there  and  five  genera- 
tions of  his  descendants  continued  to  reside  in  the  parish.  There 
are  no  extant  vital  records  of  the  parish  prior  to  1563  in  which 
year  the  registration  began.  Following  is  the  record  of  this 
family  as  found  in  the  Register  of  Harvard  Stock : 

1  John  Starlinge  was  buried  Nov.  13,  1578;   Anne  Ster- 

linge,  supposed  to  have  been  his  wife,  was  buried 
Apr.  19,  1566-7. 

2  John  Sterlinge,  b.  as  early  as  1535,  supposed  son  of 

the  above,  as  he  is  referred  to  as  "  John  Sterlinge 
y*  younger  "  in  1574.     He  m.   1st,  Johan  , 


198  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


who  was  buried  June  27,  1583 :  m.  2nd,  Sept.  22, 
1585,  Elizabeth  Choppyn.  The  "  Widdow  Ster- 
ling, an  aged  woman  "  was  buried  Aug.  7,  1631. 
(The  first  three  children  given  are  not  definitely- 
known  to  be  John's  but  there  is  no  conflicting 
evidence. ) 

Children : 

3  Johan  Starlinge,  m.  May  27,  1576,  Alexan- 
der Garret.  "  Richard  Garrett  s.  of  Alexander 
Garrett  &  Starlinge,  his  wife,  both  of  Har- 
vard Stocke  & Neall,  d.  of  Wm  Neal  & , 

his  wife,  of  Orsett  Hamlet,  as  they  call  it "  were 
m.  Jan.  9,  1619,  the  only  marriage  recorded  in  that 
year. 

4  tWilliam  Starlinge,  m.  Agnes  Palmar. 

5  Agnes  Starlinge,  m.  June  29,  1589,  Edward 
Humfrey.  Four  children  are  accredited  to  them: 
William,  bapt.  Apr.  13,  1592;  Ann,  bapt.  Mar. 
23,  1593 ;  Edward,  bapt.  Aug.  7,  1597,  and  John, 
bapt.  Nov.  15,  1601. 

6  Margaret  Sterlinge,  chr.  June  18,  1564;  m. 
May  25,  1585,  JeofFrey  Richman. 

7  Barbara  Sterlinge,  chr.  May  30,  1567. 

8  Son,  John  (  ?)  Sterlinge,  chr.  Aug.  7,  1574 ; 
m.  Apr.  24,  1598,  Agnes  Danyell. 

9  Elizabeth  Sterling,  chr.  Oct.  13,  1577; 
buried  Nov.  13,  1578. 

4  William  Starlinge,  m.  Aug.   14,  1587,  Agnes  Palmar. 
William  Starling  was  buried,  May  8,  1623. 

Children : 

10  William   Starlinge,  bapt.  between  Oct.   14 
and  Dec.  23,  1599. 

11  Elizabeth  Starlinge,  bapt.  Jan.  10,  1601. 

12  t  Thomas  Starlinge,  bapt.  Mar.  9,  1603;  m. 
Joane  Glascock. 

12  Thomas  Starlinge,  bapt.  Mar.  9,  1603  (Marriage 
licences  granted  by  the  Bishop  of  London,  Essex 
Inst.  Hist.  Col.,  Vol.  28).  "June  30, 1629.  Thomas 
Starling  of  Harverdstock,  Essex,  potter,  batche- 
lor,  aged  23  at  his  own  government  and  Joane 
Glascock,  of  Harverdstock,  maiden,  aged  20,  dau. 
of  Thomas  Glascock,  deceased ;  Eustace  Brock  of 
St.   Faiths,   London,   skinner,  attests   to   the   con- 


THE   STERLINGS  OF  ENGLAND  199 


sent  of  Smith  als  Glascock,  wife  of  Thomas 

Smith  and  mother  of  Joane:  at  St.  Martins,  Lud- 
gate."  Joane  was  buried  the  same  day  her  dau. 
Jone  was  bapt.,  Nov.  19,  1631.  Thomas  m.  2nd 
Sara . 

"  Sara  Sterling,  a  poore  widow,"  was  buried  Dec. 
20,  1653. 
Thomas'  children  by  his  first  marriage  were: 

13  Elizabeth  Starling,  bapt.  Aug.  26,  1630; 
buried  Feb.  13,  1631. 

14  Jone  Sterling,  bapt.  Nov.  19,  1631 ;  buried 
Dec.  25,  1631,  "  d.  of  ye  sayd  Thomas  Starling 
(&  Jone  his  wife  deceased)." 

Children  by  second  marriage: 

15  Thomas  Sterling,  bapt.  Nov.  17,  1633 ;  pos- 
sibly the  Thomas  Sterling  of  Calvert  Co.,  Mary- 
land, U.  S.  A. 

16  Ann  Sterling,  bapt.  Mar.  15,  1635. 

17  Sara  Sterling,  bapt.  Dec.  30,  1636. 

18  t  William  Stareling,  bapt.  Apr.  22,  1638;  m. 
1st  Susann  .     2nd  Anne  Sassal. 

19  John  Stareling,  bapt.  May  16,  1641 ;  pos- 
sibly the  John  Sterling  of  Somerset  Co.,  Maryland. 

20  Nathaniel  Stareling,  bapt.  "  on  Sonday," 
May  14,  1643. 

18  William  Sterling,  bapt.  Apr.  22,  1638;   m.  1st,  Susann 

;    m.   2nd    (a  "widower"),  Feb.   20,   1671, 

Anne  Sassal,  "  spinster  "  of  Stocke.  Will'  Ster- 
ling was  buried  Sept.  23,  1684.  Anna  Sterling 
buried  Jan.  23,  1694. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

21  Thomasine  Sterling,  bapt.  Sept.  21,  1667; 
buried  Oct.  29,  1667. 

22  William  Sterling,  bapt.  Mar.  1, 1668  ;  buried 
Feb.  6,  1669. 

Children  by  second  marriage: 

23  Elizabeth  Sterling,  bapt.  Apr.  26,  1674; 
buried  July  28,  1674. 

24  William  Stirling,  bapt.  July  3,  1 677. 

25  "  Mary,  the  d.  of  William  Sterling  &  Agnes 
his  wife,  bapt.  Dec.  1  1672,"  was  probably  a  dau. 
of  William  and  Anne. 


200  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Other  unidentified  records  at  Harvard  Stock  are: 

"Roger  Reynolds  &  Anne  Starlinge  (m.)  June 
30,  1614." 

"  Thomasin  England  seruant  to  Anne  Starling, 
buried  Dec.   17,   1624." 

"Thomasin  Starling,  buried  Nov.  25,  1627. 

Mary  and  Bridget  Starlinge,  the  daughters  of  Raffe  (Ralph) 
Starlinge  were  mentioned  in  the  will  of  William  More  of  Groton, 
Suffolk,  proved  Oct.  6,  1566;  also  mentions  "Alice  Starlinge, 
sister  of  said  Thomas  "  More,  presumably  wife  of  Raffe. 

"  Rafe  Starlinge,  Robert  Starlinge  and  Richard  Starling  his 
son  "  mentioned  in  the  will  of  William  Littlebury  of  Dedham, 
Essex,  proved  Jan.  26,  1575.  (Gene.  Gleanings  in  Eng.,  Henry 
F.  Waters,  Boston,  1901.) 

Bridgett,  eldest  daughter  and  coheir  of  Raffe  Sterling  of 
Dedham,  County  of  Essex,  m.  1st,  Thomas  Bowes,  eldest  son  of 
Thomas  Bowes  and  was  the  mother  of  Sir  Thomas  Bowes  who 
m.  Mary  Dewes  and  of  Elizabeth;  she  m.  2nd  Charles  Cardynall, 
son  of  William  Cardynall,  of  Great  Bromley,  Essex  and  had 
James  Cardinall  of  Little  Bromley,  Essex,  who  m.  Dorathey,  dau. 
of  Richard  Welby  of  London  and  had  John,  b.  in  1628,  James 
and  Dorothy. 

Mary  Starling  of  Dedham,  very  likely  the  sister  of  the  above, 
m.  in  Mar.  1587,  Martin  Bayles,  son  of  John  Bayles  of  Welby, 
county  Suffolk,  who  d.  in  1596.  She  d.  in  Ireland,  in  1595. ;  had. 
—  Mary,  bapt.  Aug  15,  1588,  and  Christopher,  bapt.  Jan  4,  1591, 
who  m.  Frances  Gooday  and  d.  Dec.  6,  1641  leaving  issue.  (Visi- 
tation of  Essex.) 

James  Starling  was  Clarenceux  King  of  Arms  and  bailiff  of 
Maiden,  county  of  Essex  in  1664.     (Visitation  of  Essex,  1664.) 

"  Mary,  dau.  &  heire  of  Ric.  Sterling  of  Denham  in  Essex  & 
of  Boston,  in  Suff."  m.  Edward  Fincham,  abt.  1598.  (Visitation 
of  Cambridgeshire.) 

Of  the  Sterlings  of  Bedfordshire,  adjoining  Hertford  on  the 
north,  there  is  little  record.  They  were  obviously  connected 
with  the  Scottish  family  as  the  arms  granted  to  them  Sept.  15, 
1661,  have  the  three  buckles  on  a  bend. 


THE   STERLINGS   OF  ENGLAND  201 


Le  Neve,  in  his  "  Pedigree  of  Knights,"  published  in  London 
in  1696,  tells  us  something  of  this  family.     We  quote: 

"  Sr  Sam11  Sterling,  Alderman  of  London,  Sheriff,  Lord  Major 
(Mayor)  Kled  (knighted)  at  Whitehall,  21  Oct.  1667.  ***  Memd. 
I  had  information  from  his  neighbours  in  the  Minories  that  his 
father  was  a  tub  man"  (the  senior  barrister  in  the  Court  of 
Exchequer  who  has  precedence  of  all  others). 

"  Samuell  Sterling  of  the  Hamlet  of  Stopssley  in  Luton  pish, 
Bedford,  esq1".  qre.  if  the  father  of  the  same  p'son  with  Sr  Sam." 
married  and  had: 

1  Magdalen,  who  m.  Edward  Wilford  of  Enfield,  Middlesex. 

2  Sir    Samuel    Sterling,    Sheriff    of   London,    1662,    Lord 

Mayor;  a  brewer.  He  m.  a  dau.  of  Richard  Gar- 
ford  (Garboot)  of  the  Minories,  Tallow  chandler, 
London,  and  had  no  issue. 

3  A   son,  name  not   given,  but  probably  William. 

Mary  the  wid.  of  Sir  Samuel,  m.  2nd  the  Right  Hon.  George 
Villiers,  Lord  Viscount  Grandison  "  of  St.  Margaret,  Westmin-> 
ster,  widr.  abt.  50,"  she  being  then  about  40  years  of  age,  Nov. 
14,  1674.  (Mar.  Allegations  of  the  Vicar  Gen.  of  the  Arch- 
bishop of  Canterbury.) 

"  Kohn  Keech,  of  St  Martins  in  Fields,  Citizen  &  goldsmith, 
Bach1"  about  30  &  Mrs.  Mary  Rutland  of  All  Hallows,  Barking, 
spinster,  abt  22,  her  parents  dead ;  consent  of  her  uncle  Sir 
Samuel  Starlinge,  Kt.  Alderman  of  London,"  married.      (Ibid.) 

Anthony  Ettricke  of  High  Barnes,  b.  Aug.  16,  1663;  m.  first, 
Jane,  dau.  of  Richard  Starling  and  great  niece  of  Sir  Samuel 
Starling,  Knight,  alderman  of  London.  (Burke's  Commoners, 
Vol.  Ill,  p.  68.) 

William  Starling,  said  to  be  a  great  grandson,  more  likely  a 
grand  nephew  or  great  grand  nephew,  of  Sir  Samuel  Starling  of 
Bedfordshire,  Lord  Mayor  of  London,  emigrated  to  Virginia  about 
1750.  A  record  of  his  family  and  descendants  is  given  elsewhere 
in  this  work. 

Other  members  of  this  House  emigrated  to  America  shortly 
before  the  Revolution  and  settled  in  Pennsylvania,  Maryland,  and 
Virginia  (now  West  Virginia).  Record  of  them  will  be  found 
under  the  head  of  the  American  family. 


202  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


William  Starlinge  of  Barnstable,  Devonshire,  will  proved 
June  13,  1638,  by  relict,  Mary.  (P.  279,  Probate  Acts  of  the 
Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury.) 

Sterlings  settled  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  adjoining  Essex 
on  the  north,  at  about  the  same  time  apparently  as  the  latter 
and  Hertfordshire  are  found  first  to  contain  members  of  the 
family.  Their  coat  of  arms  does  not  carry  the  usual  three 
buckles. 

Susan  Starling  of  Colchester,  Suffolk,  and  William  Welbeck, 
of  Higham,  Suffolk,  were  married  prior  to  1577  and  had  Mary. 
(Visitation  of  Suffolk.) 

Parish  Register,  St.  Nichols,  Ipswich,  County  Suffolk 

"  Willm  Starling,  buried,  dece  1,  1572." 

Elizabeth  Starling  buried  Aug.  26,  1604. 

John  Starling  buried  Apr.  15,  1605. 

Thomas  Storling  buried  Dec.  17,  1609. 

"  Cicelye  Starling,  widdowe  was  buryed  "  Nov.  15,  1614. 

"  John  Tailor  maried  marie  Starlinge."  Jan.  6,  1629. 

"  Edward,  son  of  Ed.  Sterlinge  "  buried  Sept.  8,  1665. 

"  John  Starling  of  St.  Lawrence  &  Frances  Catchpoll  sol,  were 

Marry ed  by  License  "  Nov.  18,  1704. 
John  Starlin  from  *e  Goal  "  buried  Dec.  2,  1708. 

Marriage  License  Bonds,  Ipswich 

"  Robert  Hawes  of  Franrlingham,  batchelor,  and  Sarah  Starling 
of  Weston,  single  woman."  married  Aug.  7,  1686. 

"  William  Starling  of  Ipswich,  single  and  Sarah  March  of  Capell, 
single,"  married  Apr.  20,  1717. 

**  Samuel  Pallant  of  Ipswich,  single  and  Elizabeth  Starling, 
single,"  married  Oct.  31,  1739. 

Suffolk  Marriages 

"Richard  Yorke  of  Melton  and  Ann  Sterlinge  of  Wickham,  wid., 

at  Wickham.     Sept.  1639." 
"  Wm  Barnes  of  Blundestown,  widower  and  Sarah  Starlinge  of 

Bradwell,  single,  at  Bradwell,  Mar.  2,  16^|." 
"  Anthony  Sterlinge  of  Brandeston  and  Amy  Borrett  of  Wilby, 

both  single,  at  Halesworth,  Jan.  11,  16 If." 
"  Jefferey  Starlinge  of  Nacton  single  and  Margaret  Girlinge  of  the 

same,  wid.  at  Nacton,  Feb.   15,  16f|." 


THE  STERLINGS  OF  ENGLAND  203 

"  John  Starlinge  and  Mary  Tie,  both  single,  of  Little  Bealings, 
at  Little  Bealings,  Surety,  Edward  Tie,  Dec.  16,  1637." 

«  ^ym  cowen  0f  Nacton  and  Alice  Starlinge  of  Levington.  Dec. 
11,  1639." 

"  Robert  Starlinge  of  Debach  and  Avice  Ide  of  Woodbridge,  both 


single,  at  Woodbridge,  Mar.   18,  16| 


38   JJ 


9' 


"  Jeffery  Starling  and  Elizabeth  Girling  of  Dennington,  single, 

164 . 

"  Thomas  Starlinge  of  Nacton  and  Ann  Aldrich  of  Bedfield,  both 
single,  at  Monk  Soham.     Nov.  16,  1674." 

Marriage  Licenses,  Archdeaconry  of  Suf- 
folk, deposited  at  Ipswich  Probate 
Court.     1613—1674. 

The  earliest  register  of  the  parish  of  Great  Marlow  in  the 
southern  portion  of  Buckinghamshire,  a  register  written  within 
the  years  1592  and  1611  contains  the  names  of  what  appears  to 
be  one  family,  —  that  of  Thomas  Starlinge. 

Buckingham  adjoins  Bedford,  Hertford,  and  Middlesex  coun- 
ties on  the  west.     This  record  follows: 


Januarie  1597.     The  23th  daye  was  Thomas  Starlinge  bap." 
Maye  1600.     The  4th  daye  of  Maye  Marjory  Starlinge  Baptiz." 
Maybe  1603.     The  xjth  daye  Rowland  starlinge  was  Buryed." 
"  November  [1602]     The  3  daye  John  Starlinge  bur." 
"  May  1604.     The  28th  daye  was  John  Starlinge  baptized." 
"  Januarij   1606.     The  xvth  day  was  Buried  John  Sarlinge  the 

sonne  of  Thomas  Starlinge." 
"  1606.     The  xixth  of  October  was  baptized  Alice  Starlinge  the 

daughter  of  Thomas  Starlinge." 
"  October  1610    The  third  day  was  Baptized  Elizabeth  Starlinge 
the  daughter  of  Thomas  Starlinge." 

Sir   Esterlinge,    knight,    of    Glamorganshire    (now    in 

Wales),  was  made  a  Knight  of  the  Royal  Oak.  His  estate  was 
apprised  at  £2000,  the  largest  of  any  belonging  to  gentlemen 
made  knights  of  the  order  from  the  shire  of  Glamorgan.  Not 
dated,  probably  about  1660.  (Burke's  Commoners,  Vol.  I,  p. 
693.)  This  is  the  only  mention  found  of  a  Welsh  family  of 
Sterling. 

George  Sterlinge  was  a  witness  to  and  a  legatee  in  the  will 
of  Thomas  Shawe,  dated  Feb.  4,  1621.     (Visitation  of  Kent.) 


204  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Since  1600,  London  has  claimed  many  of  the  family  as  resi- 
dents. Herewith  is  given  what  mention  of  them  is  found  down 
to  the  year  1800,  since  when  there  are  few  of  the  family  in  the 
city: 

Parish  Register  of  St.  James,  Clerkenwell,  London 

Thomas  Starlinge  and  Amye  his  wife  had. 

Ann  Starlinge.  ch.  Dec.  12,  1613 ;    buried  Dec.  13,  1613. 

"  Peter,  son  of  Thomas  Starling,  buried  May  10,  1617." 

John  Starlinge.  ch.  Dec.  16,  1614;    buried  Aug.  14,  1625. 

Thomas  Starlinge,  ch.  May  25,  1617 ;  buried  Aug.  14,  1625. 

Elizabeth  Starleing,  ch.  July  16,  1620;  Elizabeth  Starlin, 
buried  July  25,  1665;  Elisebeth  Starllying,  a  mayd 
servant,  buried  Oct.  10,  1671. 

Xpofer  (Christopher)  Starling,  ch.  Apr.  28,  1622;  buried 
Aug.  18,  1625. 

William  Starlinge,  ch.  May  23,  1624. 
Amy  Starling  was  buried  Aug.  22,  1625,  making  the  fourth 
death  in  the  family  within  8  days.     "  Thomas  Starlinge,  house- 
holder buried  May  30,  1631. 

William  Starling  (possibly  the  William  above)  and  Margarett 
his  wife  had: 

Joseph  Starling,  ch.  June  8,  1674. 

Mary  Starling,  ch.  Dec.  22.  1676. 

Humfrey  Starling,  ch.  Dec.  16,  1678. 

"  Saray,  dau.  of  Willia  Starling,  buried  Oct.  6,  1669." 

"  Mary,  dau.  of  Willia  Starling,  buried  Jan.  26,  1676." 
"  Willia  Starling,  an  antient  Inhabytant  buried  May  20,  1682." 
"  John  Starlinge  &  Agnes  Venar,  married  Jan.  13,  1571." 
"  Margarett,  wife  of  Richard  Starlinge,  buried  Aug.  10,  1603." 
"  Charles,  son  of  Samuell  Starling,  buried  June  21,  1663." 
"  Hellen,  dau.  of  Samuell  Starling,  buried  Nov.  9,  1664." 
"  Ellin  Starlin  buried  Aug.  23,  1665." 
"  Willia'   Smith  &  Anne   Starling,  by  banns,  married   June   26, 

1668." 
"  Ritchard  Starlingh,  householder,  buried  Jan.   5,  1666." 
"  Tobytha,  dau.  of  John  and  Tobytha  Starling,  buried  May  24, 

1669." 
"  Robert  Starling,  son  of  Robert  Starling,  buried  Sept.  20,  1669." 
"  Rebecca,  dau.  of  James  &  Mary  Sterling,  born  July  21,  christ- 
ened, July  25,  1736." 
"  James  Sterling,  Islington  Road,  buried  Feb.  21,  1739." 


THE  STERLINGS  OF  ENGLAND  205 

St.  Peters,  Cornhill,  London 

Aug.  26,  1660.  "  Tuesday  Buryed  Fraunces  Starling,  daughter 
of  Jeames  Starling  in  ye  County  of  Cambridge,  16  years  old ; 
pit  in  the  east  yard." 

St.  Michael,  Cornhill,  London 

"  John  Starling,  aged  about  20  years ;    per  Wm  Smethes,  christ- 
ened Jan.  15,  1681." 
"Sarah  Starling;    in  the  churchy3  buried  July  28,  1738." 
"  Susannah  Stirling,  from  the  par.  of  St.  Nicholas  Cole  Abby ; 

in  the  churchyd,  buried  June  18,  1745." 
"  Ann  Starland,  spinster,  in  the  churchyd  buried  Feb.  3,  1750." 
Joanna  Starland,  spinster,  in  the  churchyard,  May  19,  1751. 

St.  Mary,  Aldermary,  London 
"  Roger  Kidwall  &  Joane  Sterling,  married  Nov.  10,  1589." 

St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  London 

"  David  Stirling,  batchelor  &  Hannah  Parsley,  Spinster,  both  of 
ye  Parish  of  St.  Dunstans  att  Stepney,  in  ye  County  of 
Middlesex,  were  married  with  a  License  from  ye  Faculty 
Office  in  this  Cathedral  Church  ye  26th  day  of  September, 
1728  by  me,  Henry  Gostling,  Sacrist." 

St.  Dunstans,  Stepney,  London 

"  Lewes  Smith  of  St.  Olanes  in  Southwarke,  silkweaver  &  Eliza- 
beth Sterline  of  Petticoate  Lane,  wid."  married  Nov.  21, 
1625. 

"  James  Starling  of  Wapping,  dyal  maker  &  Fortune  Hall  of 
Limehouse,"  married  Feb.  10,  1635. 

"  Henry  Starling  of  Wapping,  Rope  maker  &  Sarah  Hunt,  spin- 
ster," married  Dec.  25,  1693. 

"  Henry  Starling  of  Limehouse,  Shipwright  &  Mary  Bradin,  spin- 
ster," married  Oct.  16,  1701. 

"  George  Starling  of  Wapp.  Marrr  &  Mary  Harte,"  married, 
Nov.  26,  1714. 

"  John  Follers  of  Wap.  Mariner  &  Mary  Sterling,  widow,"  mar- 
ried Jan.  8,  1716. 

"  William  French  of  Sp.f.  Plaisterer  &  Elizabeth  Sterling,  spin- 
ster," married  Oct.  15,  1716. 


206  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 

London  Marriage  Licenses 

"  Henry  Sterling  of  Brandiston,  co.  Suffolk,  gent.,  bachelor  about 
46  and  Mrs.  Frances  Amyas  of  Wapping,  Middlesex,  widow, 
about  39,  —  at  St.  Mary  Magdalene,  Old  Fish  Street,  Lon- 
don, St.  Mary,  White  Chapel  or  St.  Swithin,  London.  Nov. 
1.  1672." 

St.  Saviours,  Southwark,  London 

Nicholas  Sterlinge  and  Mary  Emsley,  m.  Apr.  24,  1606. 
John  Starlinge  &  Grace  Piggot,  m.  Feb.  5,  1610. 
Thomas  Starlinge  &  Joane  Robinson,  m.  Nov.  16,  1614. 

St  George's  Chapel,  Mayfair,  London 

"  Mr.  Joshua  Bradshaw  of  St.  Michaels,  Cornhill  &  Mrs.  Barbara 

Stirling  of  St.  Martins,"  m.  May  12,  1742. 
"  Samuel   Starling  of   Northern  Folgate  &   Janet  Theobald   of 

St.  Mary's,  Whitechapel,"  m.  May  20,  1742. 
"  Jacob  Moad  &  Mary  Starling  of  St.  Botolph,  Bishopgate,"  m. 

Mar.  26,  1749. 
"  Thomas  Stirling  of  St.  James,  Westmr  &  Elizabeth  Cobham  of 

St.  Margarets,  Westmr  "  m.  Apr.  10,  1750. 
;'  George  Layton  &  Elizabeth  Stirling  of  Greenwich,  Kent,"  m. 

May  21,  1752. 

St.  Dionis,  Bachchurch,  London 

"  William  Sterling  of  St.  Dunstans,  East  London,  Bachr  and 
Elizabeth  Stinnett  of  St.  Sepulchers'  London,  widow,"  m. 
Sept.  17,  1710. 

Church  of  St.  Antholin,  London 
Mary  Starling,  buried  Aug.  21,  1723. 
Mary  Starling,  buried  July  19,  1724. 

St.  George's  Chapel,  Hanover  Sqr.,  London 

"  David  Sterling  of  St.  Giles  in  the  Fields'  &  Jane  Law  of  this 

parish.  L.  A.  C."  m.  June  11,  1769. 
"  John  Stirling  and  Ann  Bunyard,  m.  Mar.  4,  1770 
Thomas  Smith  of  St.  James,  Westmr,  B.  and  Susanna  Starling 

of  this  parish,"  m.  May  9,  1771. 
Thomas  Souls  and  Ann  Starling,  m.  July  2,  1776. 
William  Church  of  this  parish  and  Mary  Starling  of  St.  Mary 

le  Bone,  m.  July  10,  1777. 


THE  STERLINGS  OF  ENGLAND  207 


Christ  Church,  Newgate  Street,  London 

Thomas  Starlin,  buried  Aug.  12,  1677. 
Mary  Starling,  buried  Mar.  21,  1678. 
"  John  Starling  and  Margaret  Cooke  of  Christ  Church,  London, 

by  banns,"  m.  Nov.  27,  1718. 
"  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  John  and  Catharine  Sterling,"  ch.  May  9, 

1734. 
"  David,  son  of  John  and  Catharine  Stirling,"  ch.  May  6,  1735. 
"  Catharine,  dau.  of  John  and  Catharine  Stirling,"  ch.  Sept.  10, 

1736. 
John  Stirling,  buried  Aug.  9,  1736. 
Catharine  Stirling,  buried  Aug.  13,  1736. 
Mary  Starling  (pensioner),  buried  July  23,  1741. 
Edmund  Starling,  buried  July  28,  1741. 
Margarett  Starling,  buried  June  16,  1745. 
Mary  Starling,  buried  Sept.  25,  1747. 
John  Starling,  buried  Nov.  8,  1747. 

Marriage  Allegations  of  the  Vicar  General  oj  the  Arch- 
bishop of  Canterbury 

"  Anthony  Bull  of  St.  Martin's,  Ludgate  &  Grace  Starling,  widow 
of  St.  Martins  le  Grand,"  m.  Nov.  22,  1606. 

"  John  Wellmoth  &  Elizabeth  Starling,  wid,"  m.  Apr.  21,  1637. 

"  Samuel  Starlinge  of  St.  Georges  Tombland,  Norwich,  Skinner, 
widr  abt.  40,  &  Anne  Coxedge  of  St.  Margarets,  wid.,  abt. 
28,"  m.  Aug.  15,  1667. 

"  William  Knott  of  Edmonton,  Midx.  gent.,  Bachr,  abt.  22  &  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Starling  of  Same,  spr  abt.  20,  consent  of  mother, 
Mrs.  Jane  Starling,  widow,"  m.  Oct.  30,  1674. 

"  Stephen  Starling  of  St  Martins  in  the  Fields,  co.  Middx.,  Silver- 
smith, Widr  abt  50  &  Margaret  Warden  of  the  same,  spr 
abt  35,"  m.  Mar.  21,  167  £  . 

"  James  Starling  of  St.  Margarett's,  Westminster,  Esq.,  Widr, 
abt.  40,  &  Mrs  Mary  Rouse  of  the  same,  Spr  abt.  30,"  m. 
Dec.  18,  1689. 

"  Samuell  Starling  of  St.  Bottolph's,  Bishopgate,  Lond.,  Gent., 
Bachr,  abt.  23  &  Mrs  Anne  Keech  of  London  Spr  above  16," 
m.  Mar.  18,  169?. 

"  Thomas  Mounckton  of  St.  Margarets,  Westm1",  Bachr,  abt.  30 
&  Mrs.  Anne  Sterling  of  St  Martins  in  the  Fields,  Midd., 
Spr  at  own  disp.,  abt.  25,  her  parents  dead,"  m.  Dec.  5,  1691. 


208  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 

Stephen  Starling  of  the  parish  of  St.  Sepulcher,  Newgate; 
will  proved  Nov.  27,  by  brother  Simon.  (1632,  p.  177,  Probate 
Acts  of  the  Prerogative  Court  of  Canterbury.) 

The  family  is  a  small  and  unimportant  one  in  England  at 
the  present  time  if  we  can  accept  the  evidence  given  in  the  "  Owners 
of  Land  in  England,  Wales,  Scotland  and  Ireland,"  published  in 
1872—1876 ;  a  work  which  gives  the  names  of  all  those  in  the 
United  Kingdom  who  were  possessors  of  one  acre  or  more  of 
land  at  that  time,  with  the  acreage  and  the  value  of  the  annual 
rental.  From  this  authoritative  work  it  is  learned  that  but  eleven 
of  the  forty  counties  of  England  contained  any  land  owners  of 
the  name.  These  eleven  were  Cambridge,  Cornwall,  Derby,  Essex, 
Hertford,  Kent,  Middlesex,  Norfolk,  Northampton,  Southampton, 
and  Sussex,  and  the  total  number  of  land  owners  of  the  family 
name  were  but  twenty-eight,  their  aggregate  landed  estate  amount- 
ing to  less  than  250  acres,  an  insignificant  figure  or  rather  a 
significant  one,  indicating  an  inferior  position,  in  a  country  where 
real  property  is  an  index  of  social  and  financial  standing.  Wales 
has  none  of  the  name.  Of  the  counties  named  above,  six  are  those 
wherein  Sterlings  have  lived  since  1600  or  prior,  —  Cambridge, 
Essex,  Hertford,  Kent,  Middlesex,  and  Sussex.  Essex  and  Nor- 
folk contained  nearly  half  of  the  twenty-eight  land  owners.  The 
name  in  nearly  all  cases  is  spelled  Starling.  There  are  a  few  of 
the  family  resident  in  London  but  they  are  mainly  representatives 
of  the  family  in  Scotland. 

Gray's  Inn  Admission  Register 

Mar  2,  16f^.     George  Starling  (late  of  Staple  Inn,  son  and  heir 

of  George  S.  of  Chastfield,  Suffolk,  Esqr.,  deceased. 
June  13,  1634.     George  Sterlinge,  son  and  heir  of  George  S.  of 

Charsfield,  Suffolk,  gent. 
Apr.    20,  1638.     Samuel  Sterling,  son  and  heir  of  Samuel  S.  of 

St.  Mary's,  Whitechapel,  gent. 
Feb.  12,  16 fi     George  Starling,  son  and  heir  of  George  S.  of 

Charsfield,  Suffolk,  gent. 
Nov.  20.   1827.     Paul  Joy   Sterling,  eldest  son   of  Rev.   Joseph 

S.  late  of  "  Marino,"  near  Dublin,  deceased. 
May   25,  1868.     William  Robert  Sterling,  aged  25,  only  son  of 

Paul  Ivy  S.,  late  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Ceylon. 


THE   STERLINGS  OF  ENGLAND  209 


July  22,   1873.     Benj.  Starling,  Solicitor,  aged  60,  son  of  Wil- 
liam S.,  of  Camberwell,  Surrey,  gent. 

Musgrave's  Obituary 

This  authority  gives  the  dates  of  decease  of  some  prominent 
members  of  the  family.  Those  identified  have  not  been  included 
in  the  following  list: 

James  Starling  of  Greenwich,  d.  Aug.  31,  1769. 

Thomas   Starling,  alderman  of  Norwich,  d.  Jan.   11,  1788, 

aged  80. 
Sir  James  Sterling,  Bt.,  Alderman,  London,  Benefactor  of 

Emanuel  College.     (No  date  given.) 
Robert  Sterling,  surgeon,  of  Colchester,  Dec.  12,  1787. 
Mrs.  Sterling,  wife  of  Orange  Sterling,  d.  in  Dublin,  in  Dec. 

1793. 

Sterling,  alderman  of  Ipswich,  d.  Sept.,  1738. 

Barbara  Stirling,  dau.  of  Lt.  Col.  Stirling,  d.  Feb.  10,  1795, 

aged  101. 
Rev.  J.  Stirling,  politician  and  poet,  d.  1736. 
James  Stirling,  agent  Scots  Mining  Co.,  d.  Dec.  5,  1770. 
Rev.  James  Stirling,  of  Glasgow,  d.  in  Jan.  1737. 
John  Stirling,  D.D.,  of  Great  Gaddesden,  Hertfordshire,  d. 

Aug.  18,  1777. 
P.  Stirling  of  Clerkenwell  Close,  d.  June  17,  1784,  aged  80. 
William  Stirling  of  Dundee,  d.  Nov.  6,  1790,  aged  88. 


Cije  (geographical  WL&t  of  tije  Jlame 


BESIDES  the  parent  city  and  county  of  Stirling  in  Scotland 
a  number  of  towns,  cities,  counties  and  mountains  through- 
out the  English-speaking  world,  bear  the  name  of  Sterling 
or  Stirling.     A  list  of  these  is  here  given: 


Sterling  Mountain 

Lamoille  Co. 

Vermont 

Sterling 

Worcester  Co. 

Mass. 

Sterling  Junction 

Worcester  Co. 

Mass. 

West  Sterling 

Worcester  Co. 

Mass. 

Sterling 

Windham  Co. 

Conn. 

North  Sterling 

Windham  Co. 

Conn. 

Sterling 

Cayuga  Co. 

New  York 

Sterling  Station 

Cayuga  Co. 

New  York 

Sterling  Valley 

Cayuga  Co. 

New  York 

North  Sterling 

Cayuga  Co. 

New  York 

Sterling  Furnace 

Orange  Co. 

New  York 

Sterling  Forest 

Orange  Co. 

New  York 

Sterlingville 

Jefferson  Co. 

New  York 

Sterlingbush 

Lewis  Co. 

New  York 

Sterlington 

Rockland  Co. 

New  York 

Sterling  Creek 

Orange  Co. 

New  York 

Stirling 

Morris  Co. 

New  Jersey 

Sterling 

Wayne  Co. 

Penn. 

South  Sterling 

Wayne  Co. 

Penn. 

Sterling  Run 

Cameron  Co. 

Penn. 

Sterling 

Clearfield  Co. 

Penn. 

Sterling 

Loudoun  Co. 

Virginia 

Sterling 

Robeson  Co. 

No.  Carolina 

Mount  Sterling 

Haywood  Co. 

No.  Carolina 

Stirling 

Greenville  Co. 

So.  Carolina 

Sterling  Station 

Glynn  Co. 

Georgia 

Stirling 

Montgomery  Co. 

Georgia 

Sterling 

Walton  Co. 

Florida 

Starlington 

Butler  Co. 

Alabama 

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211 


Mount  Sterling 
Mount  Sterling 
Mount  Sterling, 

county  seat 
Sterling 
Mount  Sterling 
Sterling 
Mount  Sterling 
Sterling 
Mount  Sterling, 

county  seat 
Sterling 
Stirlingville 
Sterling 
Mount  Sterling 
Sterling  Center 
Sterling 
Mount  Sterling 
Sterling 
Mount  Sterling 
Sterling 
Sterling  County 
Sterling 
Sterling  City 
Sterling  Creek 
Sterling 
Sterling 
Sterling 
Sterling  County 
Sterling 
Sterling 
Sterling 

Sterling,  county  seat 
Sterling 
Stirling 
Stirling 
Stirling 
Stirling  Falls 
Stirling 
Stirling  County 
Stirling  Mountains 
Stirling 


Choctaw  Co. 
De  Kalb  Co. 
Montgomery  Co. 

Wayne  Co. 
Madison  Co. 
Marion  Co. 
Switzerland  Co. 
Whiteside  Co. 
Brown  Co. 

Arenac  Co. 
Chippewa  Co. 
Clark  Co. 
Crawford  Co. 
Blue  Earth  Co. 
Jackson  Co. 
Van  Buren  Co. 
Howell  Co. 
Gasconade  Co. 
Chicot  Co. 

Sterling  Co. 
Sterling  Co. 
Sterling  Co. 
Wood  Co. 
Rice  Co. 
Johnson  Co. 

Burleigh  Co. 
Flathead  Co. 
Sann  Pete  Co. 
Logan  Co. 
Kagit  Co. 

Province  of  Alberta 
Province  of  Nova  Scotia 
Province  of  Ontario 
Province  of  Ontario 
So.  Australia 
West  Australia 
West  Australia 
Province  of  Otago 


Alabama 

Tenn. 

Kentucky 

Ohio 

Ohio 

Indiana 

Indiana 

Illinois 

Illinois 

Michigan 

Michigan 

Wisconsin 

Wisconsin 

Minn. 

Iowa 

Iowa 

Missouri 

Missouri 

Arkansas 

Texas 

Texas 

Texas 

Texas 

Oklahoma 

Kansas 

Nebraska 

So.  Dakota 

No.  Dakota 

Montana 

Utah 

Colorado 

Washington 

Canada 

Canada 

Canada 

Canada 

Australia 

Australia 

Australia 

New  Zealand 


Chronological  31  noer 

of  emigrations  to 

toertca:  1635=1783 


WILLIAM  STERLING,  born  about  1617;  emigrated 
in  1635;  settled  in  Hungars  Parish,  Northampton 
Count}',  Virginia.     (See  page  228.) 

DAVID  STERLING,  JOHN  STERLING,  supposedly 
brothers,  sailed  from  Gravesend,  the  port  of  London,  England, 
Nov.  8,  1651,  "  In  the  Jno.  &  Sara  of  London,  John  Greene  mr 
Yronworke  &  house  hold  stuffe  &  other  provisions  for  Planters 
and  Scotch  prisoners  free  by  ordinance  of  Parliament  dat  20th  of 
October  1651."     (Suffolk  (Mass.)  Deeds,  Lib.  1,  p.  6.) 

King  Charles  I  was  beheaded  in  1649,  and  the  Commonwealth, 
under  the  Protector,  Oliver  Cromwell,  existed  until  the  Restoration 
in  1660.   John  and  David  Sterling,  or  Stirling,  were,  without  doubt, 
immediate  members  of  the  Scotch  family  of  Stirling  who  espoused 
the  cause  of  Charles  I.     They  landed  at  Charlestown,  Mass.,  May 
12,  1652.     (Records  of  Charlestown.)     It  is  fair  to  suppose  that 
they,  in  common  with  other  Scotch  exiles,  returned  to  their  native 
country   before   or  upon   the   Restoration.      No    further   mention 
has  been  found  of  John  or  David  Sterling  in  Massachusetts  records, 
although  much  time  has  been  given  to  the  search.     According  to 
the  "  Register  of  the  Stirlings  of  Keir,"  a  manuscript  pedigree 
connecting  the  American  and  Scottish  families,  somewhat  gener- 
ally circulated  among  one  branch  of  the  former  house,  David,  the 
younger,  born,  according  to  the  Register,  in  1622,  was  the  father 
of  William  Sterling  of  Rowley  and  Haverhill,  Mass.,  and  Lyme, 
Conn.,  founder  of  the  larger  family  of  the  name  in  America,  thus 
connecting  him  directly  with  the  house  of  Stirling  of  Keir.     This 
matter  is  elsewhere  dealt  with  and  the  impossibility  of  the  connec- 
tion sufficiently  demonstrated. 

It  is  enough  to  state  here  that  David  could  not  well  have  been 
born  earlier  than  the  date  given,  1622,  and  William,  of  Haverhill, 


INDEX  OF  EMIGRATIONS  TO  AMERICA         213 


was  born  as  early  as  1637,  according  to  his  tombstone  record,  in 
1632,  in  fact,  pretty  thoroughly  disposing  of  the  claim  that 
David  and  he  were  father  and  son.  One  or  both  of  these  early 
emigrants,  David  and  John  Sterling,  may  have  married  in  Massa- 
chusetts. This  supposition  is  founded  on  the  fact  that  a  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  Sawtell  of  Watertown,  Mass.,  married  a  Sterling, 
and  there  appears  to  have  been  no  other  of  the  name  of  the  genera- 
tion in  the  colony  who  might  have  been  her  husband  than  one 
of  these  supposed  brothers.  She  may,  however,  have  married  in 
England.  Richard  Sawtell  or  Sautell  of  Watertown,  1636,  had  a 
number  of  children.  Of  these,  Mary  was  born  Nov.  19,  1640. 
Richard  died  Aug.  21,  1694;  his  will,  dated  May  16,  1692,  names 
wife  Elizabeth,  who  died  Oct.  18,  1694,  and  children,  Obadiah, 
Enoch,  Bethia,  John,  Hannah,  Ruth,  beside  grandchildren,  the 
issue  of  sons  of  Jonathan  and  Zachariah  and  of  "  Daughter  Mary 
Sterling."     (Savage's  Gene.  Dictionary.) 

JAMES  STERLING  or  Starlinge.  He  is  not  known  to  have 
been  an  actual  settler.  He  is  mentioned  as  giving  to  Lower 
Norfolk  County,  Virginia  libraries,  one  Bible  and  five  other  books, 
Feb.  20,  1653,  and  books  again  on  June  22,  1654.  (Lower  Nor- 
folk and  Va.  Antiquary.) 

A  James  Sterling,  possibly  identical  with  the  above,  was  a 
witness  to  an  assignment  of  Indian  purchases  to  William  Penn, 
in  Delaware,  July  10,  1680.      (Penn.  Mag.) 

WILLIAM  STERLING,  born  in  1632  or  1637,  probably  in 
the  vicinity  of  London,  England,  came  to  America  before  1660, 
when  he  was  living  in  Rowley,  now  Bradford,  Mass.,  across  the 
river  from  Haverhill.  To  him  and  to  his  descendants  this  work  is 
chiefly  devoted,  as  his  descendants  are  more  numerous  than  the 
descendants  of  all  the  other  emigrants  mentioned  in  this  list  com- 
bined.    (See  page  241.) 

DANIEL  STERLING.  Undoubtedly  a  brother  of  William, 
above.  He  was  a  soldier  and  saw  service  in  King  Philip's  War 
in  1675-1676.  He  was  in  the  garrison  at  Groton,  Mass.,  where 
Nov.  30,  1675,  he  received  £3,  3s  and  6d  due  him  for  his  services. 
"  Daniel  Stearlin's  "  name  is  in  "  A  list  a  Soldjers  undr  the  Com- 


214  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 

mand  of  Capt.  Willm.  Turner  ffro,  the  7th  of  April  1676."  On 
Nov.  24,  1676,  he  received  £2,  0s  and  7d.  (Soldiers  in  King 
Philip's  War,  G.  M.  Bodge,  1896.)  Daniel  Starling  settled  at 
Newton  (now  Cambridge),  Mass.,  where  on  Sept.  5,  1688,  he  was 
assessed  for  one  person  Is  and  8d. 

Daniel  was  a  member  of  a  company  of  1200  or  1300  men 
who  sailed  Aug.  8,  1690,  under  Sir  William  Phipps  on  the  disas- 
trous expedition  against  the  French  at  Quebec,  Canada.  Daniel 
died  or  was  killed  on  this  campaign.  He  was  evidently  unmar- 
ried, as  his  will  leaves  his  few  belongings  to  his  friends  and 
neighbors,  the  sons  of  one  Henry  Seager.  This  will  is  on  file 
in  the  East  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Probate  Record  Office  and  is  nun- 
cupative.    It  follows : 

"  The  Deposition  of  Joseph  Beach  aged  30  yeares  and  Daniel 
Mackoe  aged  20  years,  who  testify,  that  they  being  Soldiers  in 
the  late  Expedition  for  Canada  and  being  in  company  with  Daniel 
Starling,  deceased,  who  was  a  soldier  in  ye  Said  Expedition,  it 
being  in  Charlestown,  the  day  before  they  went  on  Board,  they 
did  heare  Said  Daniel  Starling  say  that  he  had  given  all  that 
he  had  (if  he  did  not  return)  unto  the  younger  son  of  Henry 
Seager,  only  his  Armour  he  had  given  unto  his  second  son, 
Ebenezer.  Samuel  Phipps,  Clerk." 

May  15,  1691. 

Walter  K.  Watkins,  in  his  "  Expedition  to  Canada,"  errone- 
ously gives  the  name  Daniel  Startin,  and  in  "  Wyman's  Genealo- 
gies and  Estates  of  Charlestown  "  the  name  is  incorrectly  given 
as  David  Starling. 

THOMAS  STIRLING,  of  Calvert  Co.,  Maryland.  Possibly 
identical  with  Thomas  Sterling,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah 
Sterling  of  Harvard  Stock,  County  of  Essex,  England,  bapt. 
Nov.  17,  1633,  more  likely,  however,  a  native  of  Scotland.  He 
was  a  wealthy  planter,  owning  about  2900  acres  of  land  on  the 
western  shore  of  the  Chesapeake  Bay.  The  first  patent  of  land 
to  Thomas  was  under  date  of  Aug.  26,  1664,  to  550  acres,  lying 
in  Calvert  Co.,  called  "  Sterling's  Nest " ;  his  second  patent 
was  to  300  acres,  in  Calvert  Co.,  named  "  Sterling's  Pearch," 
dated  June  15,  1681 ;  his  third  to  40  acres  in  the  same  county, 
called  "  Sterling's  Chance,"  dated  Sept.  10,  1684;   and  the  fourth 


INDEX  OF  EMIGRATIONS  TO  AMERICA         215 


grant,  one  of  1500  acres,  lying  in  Baltimore  Co.,  under  date 
of  May  10,  1685,  named  "Nova  Scotia."  (Maryland  State 
Records,  Annapolis.) 

Thomas  Sterling  bought  of  Richard  Bennit  500  acres  of  land, 
at  an  unknown  date,  being  the  central  portion  of  a  tract  of  1250 
acres  in  Calvert  Co.,  called  "  Lower  Bennit,"  which  was  granted 
to  Richard  Bennett  of  Naucemun  River,  in  the  Colony  of  Vir- 
ginia, by  Cecil,  Lord  Baltimore.  (Archives  of  Md.,  Vol.  20.) 
He  was  paid  "  Seauen  hundred  Sixty  Eight  pds.  of  Tob " 
(tobacco)  in  Sept.,  1681,  by  order  of  the  General  Assembly. 
(Ibid.,  Vol.  7.)  Thomas  Starling  was  appointed  by  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  in  Nov.,  1683,  one  of  three  men  to  determine 
and  lay  out  points  on  the  Chesapeake  Bay  where  vessels  trading 
with  the  colony  could  land  and  where  all  foreign  merchandizing 
must  be  done.     (Ibid.,  Vol.  7.) 

Thomas  Sterling  was  one  of  the  Justices  for  Calvert  County, 
appointed  May  30,  1685.      (Ibid.,  Vol.   17.) 

Thomas  Stirling  was  an  executor  of  the  will  of  James  Hume 
of  Calvert  Co.,  which  was  proved  Apr.  23,  1677.  He  was  over- 
seer of  the  will  of  Robert  Heighe  of  Calvert  Co.,  probated  Dec. 
1,  1681.     (Md.  Calendar  of  Wills,  Vol.  I.) 

Thomas  seems  to  have  married  first,  a  widow  Brasseur,  living 
probably  in  the  neighborhood  of  "  Lower  Bennit."  This  supposi- 
tion is  based  upon  the  fact  that  Martha  Brasseur,  sister  and  heir 
of  Benjamin  Brasseur  of  Calvert  Co.,  whose  estate  (nuncupa- 
tive) was  settled  Mar.  3,  1675,  being  an  infant  under  17  years, 
administration  of  the  estate  was  granted  to  her  stepfather,  Thomas 
Sterling,  during  her  minority.     (Ibid.) 

The  Brasseurs  lived  near  "  The  Cliffs,"  where  was  also  located 
"  Lower  Bennit." 

Thomas  probably  married  a  second  time,  Christian  DaWmple. 
He  died  between  Jan.  24,  1684,  the  date  of  his  will,  and  June  27, 
1685,  when  it  was  probated. 

To  his  wife,  Christian,  executrix,  he  gave  a  life  interest  in 
the  home  plantation  and  part  of  "  Upper  Bennett,"  to  his  "  son 
Thomas  and  his  heirs,"  said  land  at  the  death  of  his  mother  and 
500  acres,  "  Major's  Choice,"  550  acres,  "  Stirling's  Chance,"  and 


216  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

40  acres  (unnamed,  probably  "  Sterling's  Chance  ")  at  16  years 
of  age.  To  his  daughter,  Eliza,  1000  acres  in  Baltimore  Co.,  a 
part  of  "  Nova  Scotia." 

To  his  brother Derumple  and  his  heirs,  500  acres,  residue 

of  Nova  Scotia,  at  16  years  of  age. 

To  the  heirs  of  James  Buchanan  or  of  James  Bowell  of  Scot- 
land, Thomas  bequeathed  his  estate  in  the  event  of  the  death  of 
his  children  without  issue.  The  overseers  of  the  will  were  Henry 
Kent,  William  Dalrymple,  John  Scott,  and  James  Heigh.  (Md. 
Calendar  of  Wills.) 

Thomas  Sterling,  Jr.,  born  after  1668,  probably  by  his  fath- 
er's first  marriage.  He,  with  Jean  Dalrumple,  was  heir  to 
John  Scott  of  Calvert  Co.,  will  dated  May  30,  1699,  proved 
Mar.  4,  1700;  personal  property  to  wife,  Christian  (pos- 
sibly widow  of  Thomas  Sterling,  Sr.,  with  no  issue  by  second 
marriage  with  Scott).  (Md.  Calendar  of  Wills,  Vol.  II.) 
Thomas,  Jr.,  was  an  heir  in  the  will  of  John  Bennitt  of  Cal- 
vert Co.,  dated  Apr.  6,  1700,  proved  June  9,  1700,  to  land 
at  the  head  of  "  Major's  Choice  "  ;  he,  with  Richard  Chew  and 
Richard  Clegg,  being  a  witness.  (Ibid.)  The  name  of  Rich- 
ard Starlings  appears  in  The  Maryland  Calendar  of  Wills 
as  overseer  of  the  will  of  William  Kent  of  Talbot  Co.,  Jan. 
22,  1680  and  Richard  Starlings,  Jr.,  grandson  of  Anthony 
Kingsland  of  Calvert  Co.,  was  a  legatee  in  his  grandfather's 
will,  made  Nov.  17,  1684.  Elsewhere  this  name  is  spelled 
Stalings  and  Stallings  and  it  is  probable  that  there  was  no 
relationship  with  the  Sterling  family.     (Ibid.) 

PETER  STERLING.  He  received  a  patent  to  100  acres  of 
land,  lying  in  Baltimore  Co.,  called  "  Triangle,"  Mar.  10,  1670,  he 
being  designated  as  of  Baltimore  Co.  No  further  record  is  found 
of  him.     (Md.  Calendar  of  Wills.) 

JOHN  STERLING  of  Somerset  Co.,  Maryland.  Possibly 
identical  with  the  John  Sterling,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah 
Sterling  of  Harvard  Stock,  Essex,  England,  bapt.  May  16,  1641, 
and  consequently,  if  such  be  the  case,  perhaps  brother  of  Thomas 
Sterling  of  Calvert  Co.,  Md.,  above.  John  Sterling  settled  at 
Annemessex,  on  the  "  Eastern  Shore  "  of  the  Chesapeake  Bay  as 
early  as  1667.     (See  page  964.) 


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HENRY  STERLING.  "  Probably  the  first  settlement  made 
by  a  white  person  in  the  territory  now  embraced  by  the  County  of 
Orangeburg  (So.  Carolina),  was  made  on  what  is  now  known  as 
Lyon's  Creek,  in  1704,  by  Henry  Sterling,  who  is  supposed  to  have 
been  an  Indian  trader.  Prior  to  1735  but  few  white  inhabitants 
had  settled  in  this  section  and  these  were  mostly  English,  Scotch 
and  Irish."     (Hist,  of  Orangeburg  Co.,  Salley,  1898,  p.  18.) 

"  The  first  white  inhabitant  who  settled  in  this  section  of  coun- 
try was  named  Henry  Sterling ;  his  occupation,  it  is  supposed, 
was  that  of  a  trader.  He  located  himself  on  Lyon's  Creek  in  the 
year  1704  and  obtained  a  grant  to  a  tract  of  land  at  present  in 
the  possession  of  Colonel  Russell  P.  Mc  Cord."  (Hist,  of  German 
Settlements  and  the  Lutheran  Church  in  No.  and  So.  Carolina, 
Bernheim,  p.  99.) 

"  A  trader,  Henry  Sterling  had  located  himself  and  obtained 
a  grant  on  Lyon's  Creek  in  1704."  Settled  after  1735  by  Ger- 
mans and  Swiss.  (Hist,  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  So.  Caro- 
lina, Vol.  I,  p.  216.)  See  also  "  History  of  South  Carolina  under 
the  Royal  Government,"  M'Crady,  1899,  p.   128. 

JAMES  STERLING.  A  member  of  the  Keir  house  of  Stir- 
ling, Scotland,  in  what  way  is  not  clearly  determined.  He  was  a 
ship  master,  arriving  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Sept.  20,  1716.  (See  page 
75.) 

THE  REV.  ANDREW  STERLING.  A  native  of  Ireland.1 
He  was  a  member  of  a  settlement  of  Scotch-Irish  in  Upper  Octorara, 

1  Emigrations  of  the  Scotch-Irish.  After  the  beginning  of  the  18th  century  a 
great  majority  of  those  of  Sterling  name  who  came  to  the  shores  of  America  and  made 
settlements  in  the  various  colonies  were  from  the  North  of  Ireland,  members  of  that 
sturdy,  progressive,  independent  race  the  Scotch-Irish. 

The  first  emigrations  of  this  race  to  America  began  about  1710.  Between  the 
years  1729  and  1750  there  was  an  annual  arrival  of  12,000,  mostly  from  the  Province 
of  Ulster,  a  large  percentage  of  whom  settled  in  Pennsylvania,  west  of  Conestoga  Creek, 
in  Lancaster  county.  Boston,  Charlestown  and  Is  ew  Castle,  Delaware,  were  the  three 
ports  of  entry  open  to  the  Scotch-Irish,  the  bulk  of  them  arriving  at  the  latter  point, 
from  which  they  pushed  on  into  Pennsylvania,  which  state  received  a  large  proportion 
of  this  class. 

Among  the  places  settled  was  Portland,  Maine,  where  a  colony  established  itself 
prior  to  1730.  In  1735,  twenty-seven  families  settled  at  Warren,  Maine  and  in  1753 
sixty  adults  and  many  children  from  Scotland  settled  at  Warren. 

One  of  the  earliest  settlements  of  the  Scotch-Irish  in  America  was  at  Octorara,  in 


218  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Chester  Co.,  Penn.,  in  1720.  (The  Scotch-Irish,  Chas.  A.  Hanna, 
p.  394,  Vol.  1, 1902.)  He  was  a  resident  of  Sadsbury,  Chester  Co., 
Penn.,  from  1753  to  the  time  of  his  death  in  1765.  His  name  is 
on  the  tax-list  for  that  township  for  the  years  1753,  1754,  1756, 
1757,  1758,  1760,  1762,  1763,  1764,  his  tax  varying  from  2 
shillings,  6  pence  to  17  shillings.  He  was  not  a  landowner.  He 
was  a  witness  to  the  wills  of  William  Mitchell  of  Sadsbury,  Oct. 
2,  1758,  Isabella  Mitchell  of  Sadsbury,  Oct.  30,  1758,  Janet 
Willson,  widow  of  Joseph,  Feb.  25,  1759,  and  William  Boyd  of 
Sadsbury,  Jan.  13,  1762.  He  was  appointed  executor  of  the  will 
of  Thomas  Willson  of  West  Fallowfield,  Jan.  28,  1764,  but  him- 
self died  before  the  testator.  Pie,  then  of  West  Marlborough, 
died  intestate  and  letters  of  administration  were  granted  to 
Thomas  Kerr,  Sept.  7,  1765.  (Ptecords  of  Chester  Co.;  Penn. 
Archives,  Harrisburg  Capitol.) 

Two  biographical  accounts  of  Andrew  are  given  us,  one  found 
in  "  Webster's  History  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  America," 
Rev.  Richard  Webster,  Phila.,  1837,  and  the  second  in  the  "  His- 
tory of  the  Upper  Octorara  Presbyterian  Church,"  J.  Smith 
Futhey,  1870.    From  the  latter  we  quote: 

The  Doe  Run  Presbyterian  Church  was  formed  as  the  result 
of  a  schism. 

"  They  had  supplies  from  the  New  Side  Presbytery  of  New 
Castle  until  about  the  year  1747,  when  the  Rev.  Andrew  Sterling 
became  their  pastor,  in  connection  with  the  Second  Congregation 

Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania,  about  1710  and  at  Brandywine  Manor,  Chester  county, 
same  state,  about  the  same  date.  These  settlements  continued  to  flourish  for  40  years 
when  they  declined  by  the  removal  of  their  inhabitants  to  other  sections  of  the  State  and 
to  the  South.  A  few  of  these  Scotch-Irish  came  through  New  York  from  Londonderry, 
New  Hampshire, and  comprised  the  "Irish  Settlement"  in  Allen  township,  Northampton 
county,  Pennsylvania.  This  settlement  grew  slowly  and  after  1750  most  of  the  descend- 
ants passed  on  towards  the  Susquehanna  and  down  the  Cumberland  Rivers.  In  1720 
a  colony  was  formed  at  Neshaminy,  in  Bucks  county. 

From  1760  to  1770  settlements  sprung  up  in  various  places  throughout  Western 
Pennsylvania.  Soon  after  1767  emigrants  settled  on  the  Youghiogheny,  the  Mononga- 
hela  and  its  tributaries  and  in  1770  and  1771  Washington  county  was  colonized.  Soon 
after  the  wave  of  population  extended  to  the  Ohio  River.  From  this  time  forward 
Western  Pennsylvania  was  characteristically  Scotch-Irish.  This  flood  of  emigration 
bent  southward,  forming  settlements  in  the  western  part  of  Maryland.  A  great  number 
of  Scotch-Irish  settled  in  the  Colony  of  North  Carolina  about  1736  and  thereafter. 

About  1783,  at  the  close  of  the  American  Revolution,  this  race  began  to  settle  in 
Nova  Scotia,  Canada.    (Highlanders  in  America,  J.  P.  MacLean,  Cleveland,  1900.) 


INDEX  OF  EMIGRATIONS  TO  AMERICA         219 

of  Octorara.  Mr.  Sterling  was  the  pastor  of  these  churches  until 
the  year  1765,  a  period  of  about  eighteen  years.  As  a  preacher 
he  is  said  to  have  possessed  much  power,  but  was  of  an  impetu- 
ous disposition  and  very  much  disposed  to  have  his  own  way  and 
in  the  later  years  of  his  ministry  he  was  frequently  involved  in 
difficulties  with  the  Session  and  the  people  of  his  congregation.  .  .  . 
At  length  he  was  arraigned  before  the  Presbytery  on  account  of 
some  occurrences  not  necessary  to  be  detailed  here  and  on  the  24th 
of  April,  1765,  was  deposed  from  the  office  of  the  ministry.  He 
resided  within  the  bounds  of  the  congregation  of  Doe  Run  and 
died  in  West  Marlborough  township  in  August,  1765,  about  four 
months  after  his  deposition.  He  was  married  but  left  no  descend- 
ants. I  can  give  no  account  of  his  relations,  except  that  a 
brother  James  Sterling  was  concerned  in  the  settlement  of  his 
estate.     He  was  a  native  of  Ireland." 

JAMES  STERLING.  Probably  brother  of  the  Rev.  Andrew, 
above.  His  name  first  appears  in  a  survey  for  250  acres,  April 
11,  1738,  in  Bucks  County,  Penn.,  and  again  July  22,  1743,  for  60 
acres  in  the  same  county.  He  was  taxed  in  Ridley  rate,  Chester 
Co.,  up  to  1780.  (Penn.  Archives,  3d  Series,  Vol.  XXI,  p.  116, 
and  pp.  162-3,  Vol.  XXIV.)  There  are  a  number  of  other  sur- 
veys credited  to  a  James  Starling,  in  Cumberland,  Chester  and 
York  counties,  between  1768  and  1780,  but  they  likely  refer  to 
Maj.  James  Sterling  of  Burlington,  N.  J.,  q.  v.  (Ibid.,  Vol.  XXI, 
3d  Series,  Vols.  XI,  XII.) 

James  Sterling,  a  young  man,  possibly  son  of  the  above,  had 
a  horse  tax  of  20  shillings  in  Strabaun  township,  York 
county,  1779,  and  paid  a  poll  tax  of  10  shillings  the  suc- 
ceeding year.  (Ibid.,  3d  Series,  Vol.  XXI,  pp.  116-249.) 
The  same  James,  it  is  inferred  was  the  James  Sterling  who, 
in  1783,  had  to  his  credit  6  acres  of  land,  a  horse  and  two 
cattle  in  Springhill  township,  Westmoreland  Co.,  Penn. 
(Ibid.,  Vol.  XXil,  p.  427)  and  who,  in  1785,  was  taxed  3 
shillings,  11  pence,  in  the  newly  erected  county  of  Fayette, 
Penn.,  in  Springhill  township.  Fayette  county  was  estab- 
lished by  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly,  Sept.  26,  1783, 
being  taken  from  Westmoreland  Co.,  and  comprising  that 
portion  of  Fayette  as  it  now  stands,  west  of  the  Youghiou- 
gheny  river.  James  Sterling  appears  to  have  been  in  what 
is  now  Monogalia  Co.,  West  Va.,  then  a  part  of  Westmore- 


220  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


land  Co.,  Perm.,  at  an  earlier  date  as  he,  together  with  John 
Dent,  James  Wells,  George  Weaver,  Josiah  Haskins,  Thomas 
Cunningham,  Benjamin  Wilson,  David  Rankin  and  John 
Ramsey  made  improvements  on  settlement  rights  on  Scott's 
Run  (now  Dent's  Run)  and  on  Scott's  Mill  Run  in  1775-6. 
(Hist.  Monogalia  Co.,  W.  Va.,  Sam'l.  Wiley.)  The  records 
at  Morgantown,  Fairmont,  Clarksburg,  Weston,  and  Har- 
risville,  W.  Va.,  and  Fayette  Co.,  Penn.,  have  been  searched 
for  further  reference  to  James  without  avail. 

James  Hunter,  a  merchant  of  Philadelphia,  before  and  after 
the  Revolutionary  War,  writing  on  business  in  1784  to  James 
Sterling,  then  of  Londonderry,  Chester  Co.,  Penn.,  says, — 
"Your  friend,  James  Sterling,  of  Burlington  (N.  J.)  desires  love 
to  you  and  your  family."  (Letter  in  possession  of  his  great- 
grandson  James  Hunter  Ewing.) 

ALEXANDER  STERLING.  Name  found  on  the  tax-list 
for  West  Nautmel,  Chester  Co.,  Penn.,  for  15  shillings  in  the  year 
1757.     No  further  mention  is  found. 

JANE  STERLING,  born  Sept.  29,  1708 ;  died  Mar.  19,  1765. 
Tombstone  record  in  burying-ground  at  Brandywine  Manor,  Penn. 
(Copy  by  Gilbert  Cope,  historian  of  Chester  Co.,  genealogist.) 
This  inscription  reads :  "  In  memory  of  Jane  Sterling  who  was 
born  September  29th,  1708  and  died  March  19th  1765  aged  56 
years  and  6  months."  No  other  Sterlings  have  stones  in  this 
ground. 

JANE  STERLING,  of  Coleraine,  County  Antrim,  North  of 
Ireland.  At  Ulster  Province  Meeting  (Quaker),  5th  month,  2nd 
day,  1698,  Francis  Wilkinson  was  appointed  to  inquire  into  the 
"  clearness  "  of  John  Hunter  of  Ballymoney,  County  Antrim,  who 
desires  to  marry  Jane  Sterling  of  Coleraine.  (Immigration  of 
the  Irish  Quakers  into  Penn.,  1682-1750,  A.  C.  Myers,  1901.) 
John  Hunter  and  Jane  Sterling  were  married  5th  month,  12th 
day,  1698,  at  the  house  of  Sarah  Melvin,  in  Coleraine.      (Ibid.) 

They  came  to  America  and  settled  in  Chester  Co.,  Penn., 
probably  near  Sadsbury.     (Hist,  of  Chester  Co.,  pp.  763-4.) 


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JOHN  STERLING.  John  Sterling  and  John  Hunter.  From 
our  men's  meeting,  held  in  Ballinacree,  County  Antrim,  North  of 
Ireland,  the  6th  of  the  3d  month,  1738,  letters  to  friends  in  "  Pro : 
Pennsylvania  or  elsewhere." 

John  Hunter  may  have  been  identical  with  the  John  Hunter, 
above,  who  married  Jane  Sterling  in  1698,  in  Coleraine.  They 
are  said  to  have  settled  in  Chester  Co.,  Penn.  (Immigrations  of 
the  Irish  Quakers  into  Penn.,  p.  299.) 

WILLIAM  STIRLING,  HUGH  STIRLING.  Brothers,  sons 
of  Sir  Mungo  Stirling,  of  Glorat,  Scotland,  2nd  Bart.  They  were 
among  the  earliest  settlers  of  the  Colony  of  Georgia,  1733.  (See 
page  108.) 

THE  REV.  JAMES  STERLING.  He  sailed  from  England, 
for  Maryland,  Sept.  16,  1737.  He  was  one  of  a  number  of  minis- 
ters of  the  Church  of  England  who  received  a  bounty  of  £20  to  pay 
their  passage.  (List  of  Emigrant  Ministers  to  America,  1690- 
1811 ;  London  1904.)  He  was  a  minister  at  Potowmack,  Mary- 
land, in  1760,  receiving  a  salary  of  £60  per  year.  (Maryland 
Archives,  Vol.  9.)  He  was  a  Collector  of  Customs  at  Chester, 
Maryland,  before  1767.     (Ibid.,  Vol.  14.) 

JOSEPH  STARLING,  of  Windham  and  Bristol,  Maine.  He 
was  presumably  a  native  of  the  North  of  Ireland,  born  about 
1720,  who  was  in  Maine  earlier  than  1746.     (See  page  1033.) 

WILLIAM  STARLING,  son  of  Roderick  Starling  or  Ster- 
ling and  a  grand-nephew  of  Sir  Samuel  Sterling,  Lord  Mayor  of 
London,  England,  in  1670.  Settled  in  King  William  county, 
Virginia,  about  1750.     (See  page  1054.) 

HUGH  STERLING,  probably  of  Scotch  parentage  or  of  im- 
mediate Scotch  descent,  from  the  North  of  Ireland.  Was  in  the 
Province  of  New  Hampshire,  New  England,  as  early  as  1753. 
(See  page  1102.) 

THOMAS  STERLING,  of  Bethlehem,  then  in  the  county  of 
Hunterdon,  in  New  Jersey,  died  intestate  in  1749,  evidently  with- 
out surviving  issue.  He  married  a  daughter  of  John  Boyce  as 
is  attested  by  the  following  document: 


222  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


"  Theophilus  Severns  In  trust  these 

Sir  these  are  to  In  form  you  that  my  Son  In  Law  thomas  Starling 
and  his  wife  are  both  Deseast  and  it  is  my  Desir  to  gather  with  the 
Rest  of  our  Relations  that  my  son  William  buis  Should  Admin- 
ister on  the  Estate  there  being  no  will    from  your  humble  Sarvant 

JOHANNYS    BlTIS 

august  ye  21  -  1749  " 
(State  Records,  Capitol,  Trenton,  N.  J.,  Will  Book  6,  p.  280.) 

Johannes  (Johan)  Boos  (Boyce),  then  aged  22,  came  to 
Penn.,  from  Rotterdam,  in  the  ship  "  Glasgow,"  master,  Walter 
Sterling,  qualified,  Sept.  9,  1738.  (Penn.  Archives,  2d  Series, 
Vol.  17,  p.  151.) 

This  Walter  Sterling  may  have  been  Walter  Stirling,  later 
Sir  Walter  Stirling,  Admiral,  R.N.,  of  Faskine,  Scotland  (q.  v.), 
William  Boyce,  the  above,  was  appointed  administrator  of  Thomas 
Sterling's  estate  by  Jonathan  Belcher,  Governor  of  the  Province 
of  New  Jersey,  Aug.  22,  1749. 

William  and  John  Boyce  of  Amwell,  county  of  Hunterdon, 
yeoman,  became  bound  in  the  sum  of  £500  to  administer  the  es- 
tate, which  act  was  brought  into  court  at  Trenton,  Apr.  9,  1750, 
together  with  an  inventory  of  the  estate,  amounting  to  something 
over  £100.     (Trenton  Records.) 

Andrew  Sterling  or  Starling,  then  of  Amwell,  married  Dec. 
18,  1773,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Francis  Boyce  of  Amwell.  An- 
drew was  a  native  of  England  and  settled  in  Fayette  Co.,  Penn. 
(q.  V.) 

MAJ.  JAMES  STERLING,  born  in  Coleraine,  North  of  Ire- 
land, Jan.  6,  1742,  came  to  America  about  1754  with  his  uncle, 
James  Hunter,  a  merchant  of  Philadelphia.  He  was  accompanied 
or  followed  by  his  parents,  as  they  died  in  America.  He  had  two 
sisters  who  married  and  lived  in  America.  He  was  of  Burlington, 
N.  J.     {See  page  1104.) 

DR.  HENRY  STERLING,  born  near  Londonderry,  North  of 
Ireland,  in  1726,  came  to  America  in  1756  and  settled  in  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.     (See  page  1049.) 

WILLIAM  STERLING,  born  in  the  North  of  Ireland  in  1744  ; 
was  accompanied  to  America  by  a  brother,  name  unknown.     He 


INDEX  OF  EMIGRATIONS  TO  AMERICA         223 

settled  in  Nova  Scotia,  first  at  Pictou,  later  at  Newport.      (See 
page  1150.) 

JOHN  STERLING.  Parentage  and  ancestry  unknown;  in 
Woodbury,  N.  J.,  prior  to  1761,  in  which  year  a  son  was  born 
to  him  there.     (See  page  1053.) 

JOSEPH  STERLING,  a  native  of  County  Derry,  North  of 
Ireland,  born  in  174*1.  Came  to  America  about  1762,  settling 
first  in  Chester  Co.,  Penn.,  eventually  in  Westmoreland  Co.,  Penn., 
where  he  resided  until  death.      (See  page  1056.) 

JAMES  STIRLING  of  Detroit  was,  undoubtedly,  of  Scotch 
birth.  He  was  the  agent  of  a  trading  company  at  Ft.  Detroit 
as  early  as  1762.  This  company  was  owned  by  Walter  Ruther- 
ford and  other  gentlemen  of  New  York.  In  letters  to  his  em- 
ployers under  dates  of  Oct.  25,  1762,  Aug.  7,  1763,  and  Sept. 
8,  1763,  hv,  relates  experiences  of  a  wonderfully  dark  day  in  the 
autumn  of  1762  and  of  a  battle  with  the  Indians  in  the  waters 
near  his  trading  post  during  the  siege  by  Pontiac.  (Family 
Records  and  Events,  Livingston  Rutherford,  N.  Y.,  1894.) 

He  was  assistant  engineer  under  the  British  Commandant, 
Hamilton,  at  Detroit  during  the  early  days  of  the  Revolution  and 
made  surveys  there  in  1776  and  1777.  (Third  Report  of  the 
Bureau  of  Archives  for  the  Province  of  Ontario ;  Toronto,  1906, 
pp.  118,  129.)  The  "History  of  the  Conspiracy  of  Pontiac" 
by  the  historian,  Francis  Parkman,  mentions  "  Sterling,  the  Eng- 
lish fur-trader  "  (Vol.  I,  p.  224),  but  he  does  not  appear  to  have 
taken  a  conspicuous  part  in  the  siege  of  Ft.  Detroit.  James 
Stirling  was  made  the  hero  of  a  novel,  —  "  The  Heroine  of  the 
Strait,  a  romance  of  Detroit  in  the  Time  of  Pontiac,"  written  by 
Mary  Catherine  Crowley,  published  by  Little,  Brown  &  Co.,  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  1902.     The  preface  to  this  work  reads: 

Nearly  three  quarters  of  a  century  ago,  a  time-faded  diary, 
written  in  the  French  language  and  the  neat  chirography  of  the 
early  missionaries,  was  found  in  the  garret  of  the  old  St.  Aubin 
house  of  Detroit,  where  it  had  lain  unvalued  for  fifty  years.  The 
manuscript  proved  to  be  the  story  of  the  Siege  of  Detroit  by  the 
Indians  under  the  Ottawa  chief,  Pontiac,  told  from  day  to  day, 
with  a  close  regard  to  detail. 


224  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


Antiquarians  suppose  it  to  be  from  the  pen  of  either  the  Jesuit, 
Father  Potier  of  the  Huron  Mission  or  the  Recollet,  Monsieur 
Bocquet,  cure  of  the  Church  of  Ste.  Anne. 

The  careful  record  became  the  basis  of  Francis  Parkman's 
brilliant  "  History  of  the  Conspiracy  of  Pontiac." 

Now,  fifty  years  after  the  publication  of  that  great  work,  the 
writer  of  the  present  unpretending  novel  has  sought  in  the  old 
diary  a  background  for  this  narrative  of  love,  adventure  and  war, 
into  which  are  woven  several  historical  incidents  that  have  come  to 
light   since   Parkman's   day.      The   author   wishes    it   understood 
that,  although  she  has  read  the  latter  Historian  with  attention 
and  has  occasionally  quoted  him,  other  quotations  which  might 
be  considered  as  from  Parkman,  are  cited  by  her  from  the  original 
manuscript.     The  translation  followed  is  the  one  preserved  in  the 
collection    of    the    Michigan    Pioneer    Collection.      Among    other 
authorities  consulted  may  be  mentioned  Schoolcraft's  version  of 
the  Pontiac  Manuscript;    the  short  diary  of  the  siege  thought  to 
have  been  written  by  the  secretary  of  the  British  Commandant ; 
General  Bradstreet's  Report ;   the  correspondence  of  General  Am- 
herst, Sir  William  Johnson,  Major  Gladwin,   Captain  Campbell 
and  others ;    Farmer's  "  History  of  Detroit,"  Ross  and  Catlin's 
"  Landmarks  of  Detroit  " ;    Mrs.   Carrie  Watson  Hamlin's  book 
of  legends  and  the  register  of  Ste.  Anne's  Church.     To  the  re- 
searches of  Mr.  Clarence  M.  Burton  and  Mr.  Richard  R.  Elliot, 
the  work  is  especially  indebted;   also  to  the  latter's  publication  of 
the  Account  Books  of  the  Huron  Mission  and  to  the  traditions 
of  the  old  French-Canadian  families.     Angelique  Cuillevier   (the 
heroine)  was  a  veritable  character,  as  was  also  James  Sterling, 
who  stands  forth  from  the  pages  of  the  Missionary's  diary  a  strong 
and  heroic  personality.     Other  personages  who  once  lived    figure 
in  the  pages  of  the  romance,  but  in  all  cases  the  reality  has  served 
as  a  foundation  for  the  creative  work  of  the  author's  imagination. 

According  to  this  romance,  James  married  the  French-Cana- 
dian girl  Angelique  Cuillevier  and  had  by  her  several  children. 
Those  named  being:    Jacques,  Angelique  and  Pierre. 

A  "  widow  Sterling"  was  granted,  July  12,  1793,  Lot  No.  1, 
South  Side,  at  the  entrance  of  the  Thames  river,  above  Detroit, 
by  the  Land  Board  of  Essex  and  Kent  counties.  (Archives,  Prov- 
ince of  Ontario,  1906,  p.  236.)  She  may  have  been  the  widow  of 
James  of  Detroit. 


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WILLIAM  STERLING,  may  have  been  the  father  of  Maj. 
James  Sterling  of  Burlington,  N.J.  His  name  first  appears  in 
an  application  for  land  on  a  branch  of  Brush  Creek,  rising  be- 
tween Rays  hill  and  Sedling  hill  in  what  is  now  Adams  Co.,  Penn., 
adjoining  the  land  of  Archibald  Sterling,  dated  Aug.  27,  1766. 
He  was  a  witness  to  a  deed  of  land  from  Archibald  Sterling  to 
James  Hunter,  uncle  of  Maj.  James  Sterling  of  Burlington,  dated 
Apr.  6,  1767,  said  land  lieing  in  East  Coin  Township,  Chester  Co., 
Penn.  (Penn.  Archives,  Patent  Book,  A  A  No.  8,  pp.  198-99,  No. 
1009.)  William  Sterling  secured  406  acres  of  land  in  what  was 
then  Cumberland  Co.,  Apr.  27,  1768.  (Penn.  Archives,  Harris- 
burgh,  Vol.  XXIV,  p.  761.)  William's  name  is  found  on  pp.  573— 
750,  Vol.  XV,  p.  260,  Vol.  XXII,  p.  622,  Vol.  XXV,  p.  13, 
Vol.  XXVI,  and  on  p.  511,  Vol.  XXVI,  Penn.  Archives,  Land 
Records. 

William  Sterling  sold  a  tract  of  land  called  "  Mannington  " 
in  Bedford  Co.,  Aug.  9,  1774,  to  John  Munser,  who  in  turn  sold 
it  to  Richard  Wistar  of  Philadelphia.  (Patent  Book  A  A.)  James 
Hunter  entered  a  caveat  against  Robert  Cluggage,  Samuel  Ken- 
nedy and  Henry  Mills  in  behalf  of  William  Sterling  and  Thomas 
Askey,  alleging  that  the  latter  had  a  prior  right  to  land  on  Shade 
Creek,  now  in  Bedford  Co.,  dated  Sept.  13,  1784.  (Ibid.)  James 
Hunter  Sterling,  eldest  son  of  Maj.  James  Sterling  of  Burlington 
purchased  land,  called  "  Sterling's  Addition "  in  Shirley  town- 
ship, Huntington  Co.,  Penn.,  near  land  belonging  to  William 
Sterling  and  Thomas  Askey,  Mar.  19,  1787.     (Ibid.) 

William  Sterling's  name  is  on  tax-list  for  Cumberland  town- 
ship, now  in  Adams  Co.,  1768 ;  had  a  list  of  merchandise  there  in 
1767.  (Tax-list  of  York  Co.,  not  in  Penn.  Archives.)  He  was 
apparently  living  in  West  Pemabro  township,  Cumberland  Co. 
in  1781  as  his  name  is  on  the  tax-list  for  that  year.  (Penn.  Ar- 
chives, 3d  Series,  Vol.  XX,  p.  511.) 

ARCHIBALD  STERLING,  presumably  brother  of  William 
Sterling,  above,  or  a  near  relative.  He  was  living  in  East  Coin, 
Chester  Co.,  Penn.,  in  1765,  when  he  is  credited  with  100  acres 
of  land,  two  horses,  three  cattle,  sheep  and  a  servant.     He  had 


226  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


but  50  acres,  two  horses  and  four  cattle  in  the  succeeding  year 
and  in  1767  he  is  termed  a  laborer  and  is  credited  with  50  acres 
and  one  horse.      (Penn.  Archives,  3d  Series,  Vol.  II.) 

Archibald  Sterling  made  an  application  for  300  acres  of  land 
on  a  branch  of  Brush  Creek,  rising  between  Rays  hill  and  Sedling 
hill  in  Cumberland  Co.  (now  in  Adams  Co.)  called  "  Sterling's 
Stoney  Butler  "  or  "  Baiter,"  adjoining  land  of  William  Sterling, 
above,  Aug.  27,  1766.  He  secured  here,  for  £20,  6  shillings, 
405  acres.      (Patent  Book,  A  A  No.  8,  pp.  198-99,  No.  1009.) 

Maj.  James  Sterling  of  Burlington,  N.  J.,  his  uncle,  James 
Hunter  of  Philadelphia,  and  his  kinsman,  William  Kennedy,  all 
secured  land  in  Cumberland  Co.,  Penn.,  about  this  time.     (Ibid.) 

Archibald  sold  to  James  Hunter  the  above  land  for  £150  Apr. 
6,  1767.  (Ibid.)  Sept.  5,  1766,  William  Logan  sold  to  a  Mar- 
garet Sterling  land  in  Cumberland  Co.  (Penn.  Archives,  Vol. 
II,  p.  ISO.) 

No  further  reference  to  Archibald  Sterling  has  been  found 
among  the  records  of  Penn. 

ANDREW   STERLING,   ROGER   STERLING,   ROBERT 

STERLING.  These  three  brothers,  accompanied,  so  says  tradi- 
tion, by  a  fourth,  named  John,  who  was  lost  at  sea,  came  to  Amer- 
ica as  early  as  1767.  They  were  the  sons  of  Robert  Sterling  or 
Starling,  grandson  of  William,  of  Bedfordshire,  England,  Wil- 
liam being  a  brother  of  Sir  Samuel  Sterling,  Lord  Mayor  of  Lon- 
don in  1670.  Robert  was  closely  related  to  Roderick  Starling, 
whose  son  William,  settled  in  Virginia  about  1750  (q.  v.)  Of 
these  three  brothers,  Andrew  settled  in  Fayette  Co.,  Penn.,  dying 
in  1S24,  aged  119  years,  Robert  settled  in  what  is  now  West  Vir- 
ginia and  Robert,  who  may  have  lived  in  Berks  Co.,  Penn.  died 
unmarried  in  Fayette  Co.,  Penn.,  in  1812.     (See  page  1188.) 

JOHN  STERLING,  MARK  STERLING,  SAMUEL  STER- 
LING. Three  brothers,  of  Scotch  parentage,  who  came  to  Amer- 
ica shortly  before  the  Revolution.  Mark  and  Samuel,  according 
to  tradition,  were  soldiers  in  the  Continental  Army  and  were  both 
killed  in  battle.  John  is  found  first  in  Chester  Co.,  Penn.,  removing 
from  thence  to  Northampton  and  eventually  to  Crawford  Co., 
Penn.     (See  page  1197.) 


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HUGH  STERLING.  Whether  an  emigrant  or  not  has  not 
been  established.  The  only  mention  thus  far  found  of  him  locates 
him  as  an  inhabitant  of  that  part  of  Westmoreland  Co.,  Penn., 
which  was  in  1781  set  off  as  Washington  Co.  (Penn.  Archives.) 
and  that  he  was  a  deputy-sheriff  under  George  McCormick,  being 
sworn  in  at  the  first  court  of  Yohogania  Co.,  Virginia's  "  lost 
county,"  held  at  Fort  Dunmore  (Pitt),  Dec.  23,  1776.  (Hist,  of 
Fayette  Co.,  Franklin  Ellis.)  The  records  of  Fayette  Co.,  Penn., 
and  of  Monongalia,  Marion,  Flarrison,  Lewis  and  Ritchie  Cos., 
West  Va.,  have  been  searched  without  revealing  further  mention 
of  his  name. 

MARGARET  (STIRLING)  FORBES,  only  child  and  heiress 
of  George  Stirling,  Esq.,  of  Herbertshire,  Scotland,  born  in  1754, 
who  married  in  Edinburgh,  Apr.  17,  1774,  Dr.  David  Forbes  and 
emigrated  to  Prince  William  county,  Virginia.     {See  page  1201.) 

JAMES  STIRLING,  a  native  of  "  the  Parish  of  Stirling" 
Scotland,  settled  in  the  city  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  about  July,  1775 ; 
was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution.     {See  page  1220.) 

ALEXANDER  STIRLING,  a  native  of  Scotland,  who  emi- 
grated to  America  about  1780  and  settled  in  Point  Coupee  parish, 
Louisiana,  eventually  locating  in  West  Feliciana  Parish,  same 
state.     {See  page  1224.) 


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Northampton  County  teirjjfnia 

WILLIAM  STERLING  was  born,  probably  in  the  vicin- 
ity of  London,  England,  about  1617.     He  sailed  from 
Gravesend,  the  Port  of  London,  July  27,  1635,  for  Vir- 
ginia and  probably  reached  his  destination  late  in  the  Autumn. 
The  shipping  list  containing  his  name  is  thus  prefaced: 
"  Theis  vnder-written  names  are  to  be  transported  to  Virginia, 
imbarqued   in    the   Primrose,    Capten   Douglass,    Mr.,    Certificate 
vnder  ye  Ministers  hand  of  Gravesend,  being  examined  by  him 
touching  their  conformitie  to  the  Church  Discipline  of  England. 
The  men  have  taken  the  oaths  of  Allegeance  &  Supremacie." 
(Original  lists  of  Persons  of  Quality,  Emigrants,  etc.,  John 
C.  Iiotten,  London,  1874.) 

William  gave  his  age  at  the  time  of  sailing  as  18.  July  28, 
1687,  in  a  deposition,  he  gave  his  age  as  "  Sixty  one  years  or  there- 
abouts," which  would  have  made  the  year  of  his  birth,  1626 ;  in 
a  deposition,  dated  Mar.  29,  1689,  his  age  is  given  as  "  sixty  four 
years  or  thereabouts,"  which  if  true  would  have  made  the  year  of 
his  birth,  1625  and  in  another  deposition  made  July  29,  1690, 
he  gave  his  age  as  "  66  yeares  or  thereabouts,"  which  would  have 
made  the  year  of  his  birth  1624.  It  is  probable  that  he  did  not 
know  his  exact  age.  Like  the  majority  of  his  time,  he  could  not 
write.  Without  guardianship,  he  would  not  have  been  permitted 
to  sail  when  younger  than  eighteen  and  it  is  possible  that  he  pur- 
posely misstated  his  age  when  he  sailed,  but  it  is  not  likely  that 
he  could  have  been  younger  than  16  at  that  time. 

William's  transportation  was  paid  by  a  man  named  William 


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Roper,  as  on  Aug.  1,  1637,  Roper  secured  100  acres  of  land  from 
the  Colony  for  so  doing.  This  is  the  earliest  record  of  William 
in  America  and  the  oldest  of  any  of  the  name  of  Sterling  in 
this  country.  This  is  found  in  the  first  volume  of  Northampton 
county,  Virginia  records,  which  began  in  1632  and  are  among  the 
earliest  and  best  preserved  of  any  in  the  country.  This  record 
follows : 

"  At  a  monthly  Courte  held  at  Accomack  the  first  day  of 
August  the  anno  Dmi.  1637,  Present,  Cap*.  John  Howe,  Comander 
&c,  Mr.  Nathaniel  Littleton,  Mr.  Am.  Amdrews,  Mr.  Wm.  Bur- 
dett,  Capt.  Wm.  Roper,  Capt.  Wm.  Stone." 

"  Whereas  Leifteunte  Willm  Roper  doth  make  y*  appear  unto 
this  Courte  that  there  is  one  hundred  Acres  of  land  due  unto  him, 
Itt  is  there  upon  ordered  that  the  Sd  land  bee  granted  and  Con- 
firmed unto  ye  sd  Left  Roper  beinge  due  for  the  transportation  of 
his  wife  and  one  servante,  viz1,  Willm  Sterlinge."     (P.  77.) 

Another  man,  Jonathan  Gills  was  given  50  acres  of  land  for 
transporting  William  Sterling,  Aug.  3,  1640.  At  the  same  time 
Gills  received  land  for  having  paid  for  the  transportation  of  his 

wife,  Frances,  Philip  Watkins,  W7illiam   Smart,  Timothy  , 

Thomas  Wignall  and  Roger  Barroe.  (Vol.  2,  p.  15.)  Thomas 
Wright  received  250  acres  of  land  from  the  Colonial  Government 
for  the  transportation  of  William  Starling  and  others,  dated  Dec. 
16,  1647.     (Vol.  47,  N.  E.  Hist.  Gene.  Reg.) 

It  would  appear  that  it  was  a  pretty  expensive  job  transport- 
ing colonists,  unable  to  pay  their  passage  to  America  and  one 
might  be  led  to  think  that  William  Sterling  arrived  in  sections. 
It  may  be  stated,  however,  that  "  head-rights,"  as  claims  for  the 
transportation  of  intending  colonists  were  called,  were  transfer- 
able and  had  a  value  corresponding  to  a  bond  and  were  bought  and 
sold  as  such  until  the  full  amount  of  land  allotted  to  each  had 
been  granted. 

William  Sterling  was  a  cooper  and  planter.  In  the  former  oc- 
cupation he  made  the  casks  or  hogsheads  in  which  tobacco  was 
stored  and  shipped  and  as  a  planter,  he  raised  tobacco,  that  being 
the  only  crop  of  that  day,  save  such  as  were  raised  for  home  con- 
sumption.    Tobacco  was  the  money  of  the  Colony,  it  being  given 


230  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

and  received  for  most  debts  and  charges.  Its  customary  value  was 
supposed  to  represent  one  penny  per  pound. 

In  a  list  representing  "  A  true  account  of  Such  Psons  as  have 
been  baptized  married  &  buried  in  Hunger's  parish,  from  ye 
25th  of  March  Ano  1660,  unto  ye  25th  of  March  1661,"  is  given 
the  marriage  of  William  Sterling  to  Margaret  Edwards,  Sept. 
20,  1660.  (Vol.  7,  p.  92.)  William  might  have  been  a  widower 
at  this  time  as  he  was  at  least  35  in  1660  and  more  likely  40  years 
of  age.  William  married  again  before  July,  1687  to  Elizabeth 
Clarke,  the  daughter  of  George  Clarke.  According  to  a  deposi- 
tion made  July  28,  1687,  when  she  gave  her  age  as  "  27  or  there- 
abouts "  and  another,  given  May  29,  16S9,  wherein  her  acre  is 
given  as  "  29  years  or  thereabouts,"  she  was  born  in  1660,  being, 
therefore  some  40  years  his  junior. 

"  Upon  the  potition  of  Wm.  Sterlinge  Ag*.  (against)  John 
Wescott  as  marring  Elizabeth  the  daur  of  George  Clarke  deed*. 
Itt  is  the  Judgm*  of  the  Court  and  accordingly  ordered  that  the 
Said  Wescott  send  an  Accompt  to  the  next  Court  of  the  said 
Clarks  estate  and  then  finde  sufficient  surety  for  the  paym*  of 
what  shall  appear  legally  due  to  the  said  Clarkes  children  of  the 
said  Fathers  estate  is  due  till  then  the  former  security  for  the  said 
Clarkes  admicion  to  stand  obliged  And  the  said  Wescott  to  gibe 
bond  with  other  surety  at  the  next  Court  accordingly."  June  28, 
1690.     (Page  56,  Vol.  13.) 

Northampton  county,  wherein  William  settled  and  where  he 
lived  for  over  60  years  was  one  of  the  eight  original  shires  into 
which  Virginia  was  divided  in  1634.  It  was  originally  called 
Accawmacke,  but  in  1642-3  its  name  was  changed  to  Northampton 
and  in  1672  its  limits  were  reduced  by  the  formation  of  a  new 
county,  the  present  county  of  Accomac. 

Hungar's  parish  originally  included  the  entire  Eastern  Shore 
peninsula  of  Virginia  excepting  the  territory  of  Accomac  and  was 
not  divided  until  after  William's  death.  The  records  of  this  par- 
ish are  in  the  possession  of  the  rector  of  Christ's  church  at  East- 
ville,  Va. 

William  acquired  an  estate  of  several  hundred  acres  of  land, 
a  portion   of  it  being  in  Northampton   county   and   some  three 


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hundred  acres  lying  in  Accomac  county,  on  the  east  side  of  the 
Pocomoke  river,  near  the  Maryland  border  and  but  a  little  ways 
from  that  inlet  of  Chesapeake  bay,  called  Pocomoke  Sound. 

He  had  considerable  litigation  of  one  sort  or  another,  not  all 
of  it  of  a  favorable  character.  The  Court  Records  of  Northamp- 
ton county  contain  many  references  to  him: 

Nov.  28,  1666.  "  The  difference  depending  betweene  Will 
Starlinge  p"  &  John  Dikes  de"  is  refered  to  the  next  court." 
(P.  30,  Vol.  II.)  What  the  difference  was  does  not  appear  in 
the  next  court's  proceedings.  "  8th  of  Januarie  "  1669.  "  Itt  is 
ordered  that  Major  Will  Andrewey,  High  sheriff  shall  make 
paymt.  unto  Will  Starling  for  4  Months  seruice  of  a  Mayd  ser- 
uant  in  Cape  of  Nihil  dicit  att  the  next  Court  of  John  Dikes." 

Ma}r  3,  1669.  "  Judgement  is  this  day  acknowledged  by  Cap* 
Jo.  Custis  on  behalf  of  Tho.  Botts  for  the  sume  of  four  hundred 
and  fifteen  pounds  of  Tobacco  with  casks  forthwith  to  bee  paid  to 
Wm.  Storlinge  as  attorney  of  Mr.  John  Hopkins  with  court 
charges." 

"  Wrhereas  Wrm.  Starlings  was  cherdston  to  this  Court  by  Hen- 
rick  Lambertson  mott  and  hee  not  fyling  his  poicion  according  to 
Law  Non  Suito  is  granted  ag*.  the  said  Henrick  Lambertson  Mott 
upon  the  poticon  of  the  said  Wm.  Sterlinge  to  that  purpose." 

Apr.  21,  16T0.  "Itt  is  ordered  by  the  Court  that  Arthur 
Upshott,  Richd  patrick  &  Wm.  Sterlinge,  three  of  the  Grand  jury 
for  the  year  past  bee  sumond  by  the  Sheriff  to  the  next  Court  to 
answer  for  their  contempt  of  Non  appearance  att  this  Court  to 
give  in  their  p°tion."     (P.  85,  Vol.  9.) 

"  Wliereas  Wm.  Sterlings  was  sumoned  to  ye  Court  to  answer 
his  contempt  of  Not  appearinge  to  give  in  his  pesentemt  being  one 
of  the  Grand  Jury  for  the  sa  year  past,  who  alledging  &  to  some 
of  this  court's  Knoledge  hee  being  upon  the  Bay  att  the  tyme  of 
the  Court  Itt  is  therefore  ordered  by  the  Court  that  the  Said  Wil- 
liam Sterling  bee  discharged  from  the  said  pesentemt."  (P.  87, 
Ibid.) 

William  was  drawn  as  a  grand  juror  Feb.  28,  1670,  for  the 
year  ensuing.     Feb.  28,   1670,  William  obtained  a  judgment  of 
Two  Thousand  six  hundred  sixty  and  foure  pounds  of  Tob.  & 


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Casks"   against  John  Roode   as   agent   of  the  estate   of  Henry 
Wallcott.     (P.  100,  Roid.) 

Mar.  28,  1673,  he  secured  a  judgment  against  Thomas  Botts, 
as  agent  of  John  Hopkins,  for  415  pounds  of  tobacco  and  casks. 

(P.  176,  Ibid.) 

Jan.  28,  1673-4.  "  The  difference  depending  between  Wm. 
Sterlings  pi*.  &  Dan1  ffoxcroft  def1.  att  the  request  of  a"y.  Wm. 
Whittington  as  security  and  on  ye  behalfe  of  the  said  ffoxcroft 
is  referred  to  the  next  Court,  the  said  Whittington  still  standing 
obliged  for  the  appearance  of  the  said  ffoxcroft  then."  (P. 
242,  Ibid.) 

Apr.  28,  1674.    "  Jno.  Tankhard  att  fr  Wm  Sterlings. 
Charles  Holden  att  f  Wm  Whittington. 

The  difference  depundinge  between  William  Sterlinge  pu  &  Wm 
Whittington  dft  is  by  consent  of  the  said  parties  refered  to  ye 
next    Court."      (P.    253.)      At    the    next    court    judgment    was 
"  Granted  ag*  Wm.  Whittington  to  Wm.  Sterlinge  for  the  sume  of 
Twenty  Pounds  Sterlinge  currant  money  of  England  itt  appearing 
and  by  Bond  forthwith  to  bee  pa,  with  costs  of  suit."     (P.  259.) 
July  2,  1674.     "  Mr.  Tankard  att  fr  Wm.  Sterlinge." 
The  judgment  against  Whittington  being  unpaid,  it  was  or- 
dered by  the  court  that  the  sheriff  levy  an  attachment  against 
Whittington's  property  for  the   sum  of  800  pounds   of  tobacco 
and  casks.     (P.  268.) 
Apr.  29,  1672. 

"  Upon  a  Non  Est  Jucutas  at4ach.  is  this  day  granted  to  Wm. 
Sterlinge  ag*  ye  estate  of  John  Juncke  as  attorney  of  Wm.  Crabb 
for  ye  sum  of  ffouerteene  Thousand  and  one  hundred  Ninety  & 
two  pounds  of  Tobacco  and  casks,  ye  Sd  Sterlinge  putting  in  Secur- 
ity accordinge  to  Law  in  Such  cases  made  and  probided."  (P.  126, 
Vol.  II.) 

Jan.  29,  1689. 

"  This  day  Wm.  Sterlinge  brought  Agnes  Somers  to  the  Court 
to  Know  their  further  pleasure  concerning  her.  Itt  is  therefore 
ordered  by  the  Court  shee  still  continue  with  Said  Sterlinge  and 
hee  bee  allowed  as  formerly  for  the  time  hee  shall  keepe  her  until 
the  Court  shall  otherwise  dispose  of  her."     (P.  14,  Vol.  13.)     No 


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further  mention  is  found  of  Agnes  Somers.  May  28,  1690,  Wil- 
liam Sterlinge  was  bound  over  to  the  Court  upon  the  complaint 
of  Mr.  John  Barons  and  released  on  the  next  day.     (P.  34.    Ibid.) 

Dec.  8,  1690,  William  entered  a  complaint  against  the  estate 
of  Charles  Holden. 

William  seems  to  have  been  in  the  right  in  about  all  his  suits 
until  we  find,  on  Jan.  28,  1691,  a  little  moral  obliquity,  which 
was  generously  pardoned  by  the  court.  "  Upon  the  Comp*.  of 
Cott.  Jn°.  Custis  Ag*.  Wm.  Sterlinge  Cooper  for  Undo-baringe 
an  Empty  Tobacco  tub  disposed  by  him  to  Robert  Browne,  wch 
manifestly  disapearinge  by  sufficient  ebidence,  which  tub  was  rowi- 
bed  by  the  said  Cott.  Custis  full  of  Tobacco  from  the  Said  Browne 
and  forasmuch  as  it  being  the  said  Sterlings  first  default  of  the 
Law  probided  against  such  Injurious  abuses.  The  said  Cott. 
Custis,  out  of  his  clemency  being  willinge  to  pass  the  same  by,  he 
is  therefore  acquitted  from  ye  fine  imposed  by  Act  in  such  cases, 
hee  payinge  Court  Charges."      (P.   148,  Ibid.) 

That  William  was  a  slaveholder,  as  was  of  course  common 
at  that  date,  appears  by  the  following  entry  under  date  of  Mar. 
28,  1692: 

"  This  day  Wm.  Sterlinge  brought  his  colra  boy  to  the  Court 
Named  John  Wyrd  to  habe  their  Judgement  of  his  age,  whom  they 
judged  to  be  fourteene  years  of  age."     (P.  160,  Ibid.) 

Upon  other  dates  William  secured  judgments  for  10,000 
pounds  of  tobacco  and  casks  against  Capt.  Nathaniel  Walker,  as 
"  Bayle  for  Peter  Maples,"  for  473  pounds  of  Tobacco,  with 
casks,  against  John  Robins  as  trustee  of  the  estate  of  John  Cus- 
tis, and  for  520  pounds  of  tobacco  and  casks  against  John  Barons. 
From  the  above  court  records  we  may  assume  that  William  was 
a  pretty  good  business  man  and  a  good  collector  and  from  the 
condition  of  his  estate  at  the  time  of  his  death,  it  may  be  judged 
that  he  was  frugal  and  amassed  a  very  comfortable  fortune  for  his 
day  and  generation.  He  seems  to  have  been  temperate  in  his 
habits,  at  least  he  secured  but  three  quarts  of  wine  out  of  "  Two 
pipes  &  a  half  &  containing  upards  about  Two  hundred  &  Ninety 
Gallons,"  in  1687. 

In  1688,  William  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  had  a  quarrel  with 


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"  Edward  Carter,  Negro  slabe  to  Thos  Pigot."  It  was  claimed 
by  the  negro  that  he  was  first  attacked  by  Elizabeth,  but  it  was 
satisfactorily  proven  to  the  Court  that  the  black  "  had  insolently 
abused  her,  strikeinge  her  seberall  blowes  and  tore  her  hood  to 
peises  of  her  head"  and  the  Court's  sentence  was  that  the  de- 
fendant get  "  Thirty  lashes  on  his  bare  back,  well  laid  on  ac- 
cordinge  to  act."     (P.  300,  Vol.  12.) 

The  27th  day  of  November,  1693,  William  gave  the  follow- 
ing deed  to  his  wife: 

"  To  all  Christian  People  to  whom  these  presents  shall  come, 
Know  yee  that  I  William  Sterlinge  of  ye  County  of  Northamp- 
ton in  Virginia  for  the  lobe  &  affection  I  habe  and  beare  to  my  well 
belobed  wife  Elizabeth  Sterlinge  make  ober  unto  her  The  Two 
Hundred  and  Sixty  Acres  of  land  which  I  now  Libe  upon  after  my 
decease  to  her  &  her  dispossinge  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
bought  of  John  Smith  and  the  other  hundred  bought  of  Mr.  Wil- 
liam Willings  Sr  and  also  one  good  feather  bed  and  bolster,  Two 
feather  pillows,  one  Rugg  and  Two  Blanketts  and  one  paire  of 
Shoots,  one  sett  of  Curtains  &  Vallence :  As  witness  my  hand  and 
seals  this  27th  day  of  Nobember,  1693."     (Pp.  20-21,  Vol.  12.) 

This  deed  of  gift  was  supplemented  by  another: 

"  To  all  to  whom  these  prestents  shall  come  Know  yee  that  I 
William  Sterlinge  of  the  County  of  Northampton  in  Virga., 
planter,  for  the  affection  That  I  beare  to  my  well  belobed  wife 
Elizabeth  Sterlinge,  Doe  hereby  freely  gibe,  graunt  and  deliber 
unto  my  said  wife  Elizabeth  Sterling  and  to  her  dispossing  after 
my  decease  one  light  Grey  mare,  hipp  shotten,  one  Heifer  two 
yeare  old  next  Springe  and  one  ewe,  Two  yeare  olde  next  Springe. 

The  said  Heifer  and  Ewe  marked  of  my  owne  proper  marke 
beinge  the  Right  eare  Vnderhalbed  and  the  left  eare  Cropt  and 
Vnderbitted,  with  all  the  further  increase  male  or  female  of  the 
said  mare  Heifer  and  ewe  from  the  day  of  the  date  hereof  for  eber 
as  aforesaid  and  in  Confirmation  of  this  my  act  and  deed  and 
desire  that  the  same  may  be  entered  on  Record  I  habe  hereunto 
sett  my  hand  and  seale  this  fourth  day  of  December,  In  the  fifth 
yeare  of  William  and  Mary  (1694),  Kinge  and  Queene  of  Eng- 
lande,  etc."     (Ibid.) 


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William  died,  apparently  in  the  summer  of  1698.     His  will, 
which  is  here  given,  has  no  date. 

"  In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen,  I,  William  Sterling  of  the  county 
of  Northampton  in  Virginia  beinge  of  Sound  and  proper  sense  & 
memory  (Praised  bee  to  God)  Doe  make  this  my  last  Will  and 
Testam*;  hereby  Rebokinge  and  Disanulling  all  other  &  fromer 
wills  what  soeber.  Impris :  I  comit  and  Comend  my  soule  to  Al- 
mighty God  that  gabe  it  me,  (hopeing  through  the  meritts  of 
Jesus  my  Redeemer)  that  after  this  sinful  life  is  ended  to  enjoy 
Eternal  life  &  happiness  with  him  in  Lleben,  my  body  to  the  Earth 
from  whence  it  was  taken  beliebing  the  same  may  habe  A  decent 
and  Christian  Buriall. 
Item : 

I  Gibb  Will  and  bequeath  unto  my  son  Richard  Sterlinge  my 
plantation  att  Pocomoke  in  Accomack  County,  Containinge  three 
hundred  Acres  Land  to  him  and  his  haires  foreber,  Always  pro- 
bided  my  Lobinge  wife,  Eliz.  Sterling  bee  not  debarred  of  the 
benefit  of  the  Range  of  the  said  Land  for  her  stock  during  her 
widowhood  and  Noe  longer,  the  true  intent  and  meaninge  is  If 
in  case  the  Liber  on  the  Said  Land  shall  Refuse  the  lookinge  after 
her  said  stock  Butt  my  desire  is  shee  shall  habe  the  liberty  to 
Leabe  them  on  the  Said  Land  duringe  the  said  time  for  the  pper- 
formance  of  the  same. 
Item: 

I  gibe  unto  my  said  son  Richard  Sixteen  head  of  Cattle  (viz) 
Eight  cowes  to  bee  delibered  him  att  my  plantation  att  Pocomoke 
by  my  Executrix  hereafter  mentioned  and  Eight  steers,  he  to  habe 
his  first  choice  of  all  these  (Two  excepted)  As  also  I  gibe  my  said 
son  A  Young  Gray  Horse,  named  Dragon,  Two  mares,  the  one 
Browne,  the  other  bought  of  Wescott,  Two  feather  beds,  Bolsters, 
Two  pillows,  Two  Ruggs,  one  of  them  A  grcene  plaine  Rugg,  the 
other  A  Red  yarne  Ditto,  one  paire  Blankctts,  Two  suits  of  Cur- 
tains &  Vallences,  one  Darnex,  the  other  green,  also  Eight  Dishes 
great  and  small,  six  plates,  A  Sett  of  Tools,  A  dozen  Napkins,  all 
my  Gunns,  one  Draw  Table,  one  Round  Table,  Two  Iron  potts, 
next  to  the  biggest,  with  pott  hooks  &  my  chest  and  one  more 
chest  and  one  Brass  ffurancc,  only  my  wife  to  habe  the  use  of 


236  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

that  fibe  years  or  till  shee  can  better  probide  herselfe.  as  also  all 
my  wearinge  Apparell  (Except  one  hatt)  also  Six  flagg  chairs 
and  fibe  Barrells  of  Corne. 

Item:  my  Desire  is  my  Boate  be  &  Remaine  Between  my  wife  and 
son.  Lastly,  —  All  the  Remaineinge  part  of  my  Estate  not  herein 
Giben  (or  by  former  Deeds  more  especially)  and  Acknowledged  in 
open  Court  for  this  County  of  Northton  bearing  date  the  28th  of 
Nobembr  1693  and  one  other  by  me  made  now  in  possession  of 
Capt.  John  Custis,  both  which  is  my  Reall  will,  they  bee  now  Nihi- 
lated  and  of  Noe  Effect: 

I  gibe  my  lobinge  wife,  All,  both  Reall  and  Psonall,  mobables 
and  Immobables,  plates,  Jewells,  Rings,  money,  Goods,  mearcan- 
dise,  &c.  Either  in  Virginia  or  Elsewhere  and  her  Disposing  Heirs, 
&c.  Hereby  Appointing  my  Said  wife,  my  whole  and  sole  Executrix 
of  this  my  last  Will  and  Testamt,  In  testamony  whereof  I  habe 
hereunto  sett  my  hand  and  Affixed  my  seale. 

William  VV  Sterling 
his  marke 

ye  seal  (      ) 

To.r 

Wm.  Kendall. 
John  Wescott. 

signium, 
Robt.  R.  Browne." 

(Endorsed.) 
"  Northton.  Co.)  October  the  28th  An0.  Dom.,  1698.  Then  the 
last  will  and  Testmt.  of  William  Sterling,  Deced.  was  Exhibited 
to  the  court  by  Elizabeth,  his  widow  and  Executrix  who  desired 
that  a  probate  might  bee  granted  her  thereon,  And  was  Accord- 
ingly probed  in  open  Court  of  the  said  County  by  the  Corporeal 
oath  of  John  Wescott  and  approbed  and  allowed  of  as  Authentick 
probate  and  ordered  to  bee  Recorded.  And  that  shee  cause  the 
other  Ebidence  Robert  Browne  ass  soone  as  he  Return  into  the 
County  to  gibe  his  Testamony  there  to  for  further  Confirmcion  of 
the  said  probate. 

Tst  Dan  Nuch  (North) 
Record1"   Dan    Nuch." 

(P.  513,  Vol.  13.) 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HUNGAR'S  PARISH     237 

July  4,  1698. 

"  On  the  Peticion  of  Richard  Sterlinge,  son  of  Wm.  Sterlinge 
deed  (his  widow  not  Appearinge  to  produce  A  wife  of  her  said 
deced  husband  or  mobe  for  Administration  on  his  Astate)  Mr  Wm. 
Waters,  Mr  Ralph  Pigot,  Mr  Benjamin  Stratton  &  Mr  John  Croft 
or  any  two  of  them  are  Requested  and  Appointed  by  the  Court 
forthwith  to  inbentory  the  Estate  of  the  said  decedt  And  the 
Sheriffe  sumons  the  widow  and  the  Relict  of  the  Said  Wm.  Ster- 
linge to  the  Next  Court  to  make  oath  to  the  said  Inbentory  and 
produce  the  Will  of  her  said  deed  husband  (if  any)  at  the  next 
Court  And  proceed  to  the  probate  thereof  or  mobe  for  admicion 
on  the  said  decedts  Estate  or  signifye  her  Relinquishment8  thereof 
that  such  further  proceedings  may  bee  had  therein  as  shall  bee 
most  consonant  and  Agreeable  to  Law."  (P.  485,  Vol.  13.) 
Oct.  28,  1698. 

"  This  Day  accordinge  to  sumons  &  order  of  last  Court  att 
Instance  of  Richard  Sterlinge,  the  last  will  &  Testament  of  Wil- 
liam Sterlinge,  deed*  was  exhibited  to  the  Court  by  Elizabeth  his 
widow  and  Executrix,  who  desired  a  probate  of  said  will  might  be 
granted  her  thereon  And  was  Accordingly  probed  in  open  Court 
by  the  Corporal  oath  of  John  Wescott  and  Approbed  &  Allowed 
of  as  an  Authentick  probate  and  ordered  to  be  Recorded  and  that 
Shee  causes  the  other  Ebidence,  Robert  Browne  as  soone  as  hee 
Returns  into  the  County  to  gibe  his  testamony  thereto  for  further 
confirmation  of  the  Said  Probate."     (Pp.  508-9,  Vol.  13.) 

The  year  following  William's  death,  his  son  and  his  widow  made 
the  following  contract: 

"  This  Indenture  made  the  Twenty  second  day  of  May,  In  the 
Elebenth  Yeare  of  the  Reigne  of  our  Soberaigne  Lord  William  the 
Third  of  England,  Scotland,  Frannce  and  Ireland,  Kinge,  Defender 
of  the  Faith  &c,  And  in  the  Yeare  of  our  Lord  God,  One  Thou- 
sand, Six  hundred,  Ninety  and  Nine,  Betweene  Richard  Sterlinge, 
son  of  William  Sterling,  late  of  the  County  of  Northampton  in 
Virginia,  Cooper,  decec*  of  the  one  part  And  Elizabeth  Sterlinge, 
widow  and  Executrix  of  the  Said  William  Sterlinge,  deced1,  of  the 
other  part. 

Whereas  the  said  William  Sterlinge,  ffather  of  the  said  Richard 


238  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


and  husband  of  the  said  Elizabeth  Sterlinge,  the  parties  to  these 
presents  Did  by  his  last  Will  &  Testament,  duely  probed  in  the 
Court  of  the  said  County  of  Northampton  the  twenty  eighth  day 
of  October  last  past;  Gibe  and  bequeath  to  the  said  Elizabeth, 
his  then  wife,  ail  the  Tract  or  Debident  of  Land  hee  hbed  on 
Either  in  fee  Simple  or  by  Lease  for  terme  of  Years  to  her  and 
her  disposinge,  Containinge  Two  Hundred  and  Sixty  Acres  one 
hundred  and  Sixty  Acres  thereof  Leased  of  John  Smith  and  the 
other  hundred  Acres  Residue  thereof  purchased  of  M1'  William 
Mellinge,  Sen1.,  deced,  as  the  same  is  Scituate,  lying  and  beinge  in 
the  County  of  Northampton,  aforesaid,  Withali  houses,  Editices, 
Buildings,  orchards,  fences  and  other  Appurtenances  whatsoeDer 
thereunto  belonginge  or  in  anywise  appertaininge.  As  also  Unto 
his  said  son  Ricliard  Sterlinge  he  Gabe  and  bequeathed  his  planta- 
tion on  Pocomoke  Riber  in  the  County  of  Accomock  in  Virginia, 
Containinge  three  hundred  Acres  of  Land  withail  houses,  Edifices, 
Buildings,  Orchards,  fences  and  other  Appurtenances  whatsoeber 
thereunto  belonginge  or  in  any  wise  Appertaininge. 

As  in  and  by  tne  last  Will  &  Testament  of  tne  Said  William 
Sterlinge  Kemaineinge  on  the  Records  of  the  said  County  (Relacon 
beinge  thereunto  had )  as  may  more  at  large  and  plamely  Appeare ; 
And  .forasmuch  as  by  the  mutual!  consent  of  the  Said  liichard 
Sterling,  the  son  and  Elizabeth  Sterlinge,  the  widow  of  the  Said 
decedc  William  Sterlinge  and  parties  to  these  p'sents 

They  Unanimously  Agreed  and  Accordingly  proceeded  to  & 
performed  the  Debision  of  the  said  Decedents  instate  Equally  Be- 
tweene  them,  the  said  Richard  and  Elizabeth  and  to  pay  tne  said 
Estates  debts  equally  betweene  them;  And  also  on  the  considera- 
tion aforesaid  m  like  manner  Agreed  on  Reasonable  Notice  to 
each  other  by  themselves  or  their  Assignes  to  Relinquish  and 
Release  their  Seberal  and  Respectibe  Rights  &  titles  of  the  abobe- 
said  Tracts  or  Debidents  of  Band  soe  particularly  giben  them  by 
the  last  Will  and  Testament  of  the  said  William  Sterlinge,  deed1. 

By  Sufficient  Deed  Bidented  Under  their  hands  and  seals  to  be 
duely  Acknowledged  and  perfected  in  open  court  as  by  them  or 
either  of  them  or  either  of  their  heirs  or  Assigns  or  Councell  learned 
in  the  Law  shall  bee  Reasonably  Adbised,  debised  or  Acquired. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HUNGAR'S  PARISH     239 


Now  therefore  this  Indenture  witnesseth  that  the  said  Richard 
Sterlinge  and  Elizabeth  Sterlinge  Doe  for  them,  their  heires,  Exexer 
&  Admes,  Jointly  &  Seberally  cobenant,  promise  &  graunt  to  &  with 
each  other,  their  hares  and  Assignes  in  manner  &  forme  followinge 
(that  is  to  say)  That  Thee  said  Richard  Sterlinge  Habe  Remissed, 
Released  and  quitclaimed  like  as  by  these  prsents  hee  doth  Remiss, 
Release  and  Quitclaime  to  the  said  Elizabeth  Sterlinge  as  widow 
and  Execx  of  the  sd  deccdt,  Wm.  Sterlinge,  her  heares  &  assignes 
for  eber  All  his  right,  title  and  Interest  that  hee  now  hath,  had 
or  hereafter  might  habe  to  the  said  plantacon  Containeinge  Two 
hundred  &  Sixty  Acres  of  Land  on  which  his  said  Father  libed  in 
the  abovesaid  County  of  Northampton,  as  heire  to  his  said  Father, 
And  Doe  for  him,  his  Heires,  Execes  &  Ames,  Warrant  the  premises, 
to  her  the  said  Elizabeth  Sterlinge,  her  heires  &  Assignes  from  all 
persons  claiminge  by,  from  or  under  him  his  Right,  title  or  In- 
terest and  they  and  ebery  of  them  to  bee  truely  debarred  &  for 
eber  Excluded  from  any  further  Claime  to  the  aforesaid  premises 
by  Vertue  of  these  presents.  And  in  like  manner  the  said  Eliza- 
beth Sterlinge  widow  and  Execx  of  the  aforesaid  William  Sterlinge, 
deced.  Habe  discharged,  Acquitted  and  for  eber  Exonerated  like 
as  by  these  presents  shee  doth  hereby  discharge,  Acqt  and  forever 
Exonerate  him,  the  said  Richard  Sterlinge,  his  heires  &  Assignes 
and  ebery  of  them  foreber  from  all  Right  title  &  Interest,  Claime 
and  demand  of  Dower,  jointure  or  thirds,  which  any  ways  shee 
may  might  or  could  prtend  to  habe  to  the  abobe  mencioned  Three 
hundred  acres  of  Land  at  Pocomoke,  in  Accomack  County,  Viga, 
abobe  Specified  and  Appurtenances  or  any  part  or  parcel  thereof 
whatsoeber  or  howsoeber  But  from  the  same  to  bee  utterly  Ex- 
cluded and  foreber  debarred  by  these  prsents,  And  moreober,  the 
said  partiss  to  these  prsents ;  To  say  Richard  Sterlinge  the  son 
&  Elizabeth  Sterlinge,  the  widow  &  Execx4  of  the  said  William 
Sterlinge  deced.  Doe  for  themselves,  their  heires,  Execrs,  Adme8, 
further  cobenant,  promise,  graunt  and  Agree  Neither  of  them  to 
take  any  advantage  of  any  Writinge  or  writinges  that  the  said 
William  Sterlinge,  deced1,  at  any  time  made  in  pribate,  ltelatinge 
to  any  of  his  estate;  But  fully  and  absolutely  to  stand  &  to  ubide 
the  Debision  of  the  said  decedta  Estate  as  it  was  made  Between 


240  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


them  by  Majr  John  Custis  of  the  County  of  Northampton  abobe- 
said  the  Twenty  Eight  day  of  January  last  past  and  to  pay  the 
said  Estates  debts  Equally  between  them  as   aforesaid. 

And  lastly  for  the  true  &  Reale  Pformance  of  all  and  Singular 
the  prmises  herein  contained  each  of  the  Said  parties  to  these 
prsents  To  say  Richard  Sterlinge  the  Son  and  Elizabeth  Sterlinge, 
the  widow,  binde  themselves,  their  heirs,  Execes  &  Admes  to  each 
other  in  the  pronall  sume  of  one  hundred  pounds  Sterlinge  money 
of  England  to  bee  well  and  truely  paid  to  Content  on  Demand.  In 
witness  whereof  and  habe  hereunto  Interchangeably  sett  their  hands 
and  seales  the  day  and  yeare  first  abobe  mantioned. 

The  said  Elizabeth 
Sterlinge  +  her  marke. 

(Ye  Seale.)" 
(Pp.  226-7-8-9,  Vol.  12.) 

There  is  small  likelihood  that  the  last  resting-place  of  William 
Sterling  will  ever  be  established.  Like  most  Southern  communities, 
the  custom  of  erecting  stones  over  the  dead  did  not  obtain  in 
Northampton  county  at  this  date  or  until  a  century  thereafter 
and  the  burial-place  of  his  body  has,  without  doubt,  been  obliter- 
ated for  many  years.  He  appears  to  have  been  survived  by  but 
one  child,  the  issue  of  his  marriage  with  Margaret  Edwards : 

Richard  Sterling,  b.  according  to  a  deposition  given  Mar.  29, 
1689,  when  he  gave  his  age  as  "  20  yrs  or  thereabouts,"  in 
1669.  He  was  of  Accomac  Co.,  Va.  The  records  of  that 
county  have  been  examined,  without,  it  is  said,  finding  any 
reference  to  Richard  Sterling.  It  is  inferred,  therefore,  that 
there  were  no  descendants  of  William  Sterling  of  Northamp- 
ton Co.  of  the  third  generation. 

At  the  present  day  Sterlings  live  in  the  immediate  vicinity 
of  Richard's  farm  on  the  Pocomoke  river  but  they  are  prob- 
ably descendants  of  John  Sterling  of  Somerset  Co.,  Md., 
1667  (q-v.). 


William  Sterling 

of  flatadnli,  JHass,, 
antr  of  Jljnne,  Conn., 

anti  J)i£  SDe£cent>aut£ 


ILLIAM  STERLING  was  born,  presumably  not 
far  from  London,  England,  in  1637.  From  the  in- 
scription on  his  tombstone  in  Sterling  City,  Lyme, 
Conn.,  it  would  appear  that  he  was  born  in  1632,  as  it  states  that 
he  died  in  1719,  "  in  the  87th  year  of  his  age."  However,  as  Wil- 
liam gave  his  age  as  thirty  in  1667  and  again  as  thirty-five  in 
1672  (New  Eng.  Hist.  Gene.  Register,  Vol.  VIII,  p.  53)  we 
may  safely  assume  that  the  gravestone  inscription  is  in  error. 

The  first  mention  that  has  been  found  of  William  in  New 
England  is  in  the  Essex  County  Records  at  Salem,  Mass.,  where 
the  names  of  five  children  are  given  as  born  at  "  Rowley  Village 
at  Mirimack."  The  village  referred  to  was  what  is  now  Bradford, 
on  the  opposite  side  of  the  Merrimac  river  from  Haverhill,  where 
William  lived  many  years.  Bradford  was  settled  in  16^9;  the 
name  was  soon  changed  to  Merrimack  and  in  Jan.,  1672,  to  Brad- 
ford. (Memorial  Hist,  of  Bradford,  J.  D.  Kingsbury,  '83.) 
Another  Rowley  Village  on  the  Merrimac  was  what  is  now  called 
Boxford,  which  was  settled  in  1645.  Its  name  was  changed  in 
1686.      (Hist,  of  Boxford,  Sidney  Perley,  '80.) 

"  Good :  Starling  "  was  taxed  three  shillings  and  ten  pence, 
in  Rowley,  between  the  years  1660  and  166-i.     (N.  E.  Hist.  Gene. 


242  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Register,  Vol.  XV,  p.  254.)     This  undoubtedly  refers  to  William, 
who  was  living1  there  during  this  time. 

"  Good  "  is  a  contraction  of  the  obsolete  term  "  goodman,"  a 
term  inferior  to  that  of  "  Mister." 

William  is  called  "  Mariner  "  in  the  early  records.  He  was 
also  a  ship  carpenter  and  a  miller.  He  bought  land  of  Stephen 
Kent  of  Haverhill  in  1662  and  settled  north  of  the  land  belong- 
ing to  the  "  orphan  Wilson  children,"  near  the  Rowley  line.  In 
this  year  of  1662,  there  was  deeded  to  "  John  Remington  of  Rox- 
bury,  Carpenter,  from  William  Sterling  of  Rowley,  80  Acres  of 
Rowley  land,  south  of  Mirimack  River  and  on  its  bank." 

William  then  settled  on  a  ridge  east  of  Haverhill,  on  the  Mer- 
rimac  River  and  near  a  small  stream  called  Little  River,  which 
passes  under  what  is  now  Washington  Square.  Here  he  prob- 
ably had  a  house  and  a  mill.  There  was  also  a  spring  on  his 
ground  which  supplied  his  family  and  his  neighbors  with  water. 

A  ferry  across  the  Merrimac  River,  established  in  1647,  was 
operated  from  this  land  of  William's.  The  same  old  ferry,  one 
of  the  oldest  in  the  country,  still  plies  its  small  boats  and  does  a 
brisk  business  in  spite  of  the  cars  which  cross  the  bridge. 

In  the  early  spring  of  1669,  William  sold  his  Rowley  prop- 
erty to  Stephen  Kent,  with  a  provision  that  the  "  Road  to  ye 
Ferry  be  open  for  euer."  (Vol.  2,  p.  169,  Salem  Records.)  This 
has  so  far  been  observed. 

At  the  same  time,  Kent  sold  to  William  Sterling  for  £104,  a 
house,  barn,  and  orchard  near  the  homes  of  Kent  and  Remington. 
At  this  sale,  Hilliard  and  Henry  West  were  witnesses ;  both  Salem 
seamen  and  traders.  Possibly  William  built  ships  at  Haverhill 
for  the  coast  trade,  as  he  afterward  did  at  Lyme,  as  Haverhill 
is  at  the  head  of  tide-water  and  sloop  navigation. 

Sometime  before  the  year  1683  the  town  conveyed  to  William 
Sterling  a  lot  of  about  twelve  acres.  On.  this  ground  he  erected 
a  house,  which  stood  for  many  years  as  an  inn.  The  city  hall  of 
Haverhill  now  stands  on  its  site.  This  house  where  William  lived 
for  some  years  was  a  two-story  structure  with  a  door  in  the  center 
of  the  front  facade  and  a  hallway  running  through,  a  typical 
colonial  residence  of  the  period. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     243 


The  history  of  this  building  is  thus  given  in  the  Essex  An- 
tiquarian, Vol.  Ill,  pp.  167-8: 

The  town  conveyed  to  William  Sterling,  a  ship  carpenter, 
this  lot  of  about  twelve  acres  before  1683.  He  sold  to  Francis 
Wainwright  eleven  acres  of  it  (that  part  above  the  house),  April 
24,  1683,  and  it  soon  after  came  into  the  hands  of  Capt.  John 
Wainwright.  Mr.  Sterling  conveyed  the  rest  of  the  lot  and  the 
house  to  Capt.  Wainwright  and  removed  to  Lyme,  Conn. 

Cornet  James  Pecker  of  Haverhill  was  an  innholder  and  had 
kept  a  public  house  in  town  for  several  years.  He  bought  this 
estate  of  Capt.  Wainwright,  May  16,  1717.  Mr.  Pecker  appar- 
ently erected  a  brick  dwelling  house  just  south  of  the  old  house 
soon  after  his  purchase  and  removed  to  it.  Some  years  later 
he  turned  over  to  his  son  John  the  business  of  a  public  house  and 
resumed  his  original  occupation  of  farming.  He  conveyed  this 
estate,  with  the  houses  and  barns,  to  John,  Feb.  14,  1729-30. 

John  Pecker  conveyed  the  old  house  and  a  small  lot  to  Grant 
Webster  of  Haverhill,  a  trader,  March  26,  1748,  and  just  four 
years  later  Mr.  Webster  sold  them  to  Benjamin  Harrod  of  Bos- 
ton, brazier. 

Mr.  Harrod  died  about  1781  and  his  son  Joseph  came  into 
possession  of  the  property  and  for  many  years  conducted  there 
in  the  inn  known  as  the  "  Mason's  Arms,"  its  sign  board  consist- 
ing of  a  painting  representing  the  Freemasons'  arms.  Here  Wash- 
ington stayed  on  his  visit  east  in  1789.  Mr.  Harrod  died  and  his 
heirs  conveyed  the  premises  to  Phineas  Foster,  a  merchant  of 
Boston,  Jan.  13,  1830.  Mr.  Foster  died  soon  after  and  Dec.  31, 
1836,  his  heirs  sold  them  to  James  H.  Duncan. 

Mr.  Duncan  conveyed  the  house  and  middle  of  the  lot  to  the 
town  May  8,  1847.  The  house  was  then  demolished  and  the  town- 
house  built  upon  the  site  the  same  year. 

John  Pecker  lived  in  the  brick  house  and  died  possessed  of  it 
in  1757.  A  part  was  assigned  to  the  widow  as  dower  and  the 
rest  was  occupied  by  Matthew  Soley  as  a  tavern  in  1763.  This 
house  was  situated  on  Main  Street,  about  a  hundred  feet  south- 
east of  the  city  hall.  Subsequently  passing  through  many  vie 
situdes  of  conveyances,  inheritances,  mortgages  and  sheriffs' 
levies,  the  title  finally  came  into  the  hands  of  John  White  just 
before  the  great  fire  of  Sunday,  April  16,  1775,  in  which  the 
house  was  destroyed. 

William  Starling  was  married  first,  probably  about  1659,  to 
Elizabeth  ,  of  whom  we  have  no  knowledge  save  that  she  d. 


^44  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

in  Haverhill,  Feb.  6,  1675.  She  was  the  mother  of  twelve  chil- 
dren. William  m.  2d,  in  Haverhill,  Dec.  19,  1676,  Mrs.  Mary 
(Blaisdell)  Stowers,  b.  in  Haverhill,  Mar.  5,  1641-42,  dau.  of  Ralph 
and  Elizabeth  Blaisdell  and  widow  of  Joseph  Stowers.  Ralph 
Blaisdell  (Blasdale  or  Blesdale)  was  a  tailor  in  Salisbury;  re- 
ceived land  there  in  1640—41-44  and  45 ;  bought  rights  of  John 
Harrison  in  1642-43 ;    was  living  in  1648  but  died  before  1650. 

He  was  in  York,  Me.,  1637-40.     He  m.  Elizabeth ,  who  was 

administrator  of  his  estate.  She  d.  Aug.,  1667,  in  Salisbury; 
estate  inventoried  Oct.  8,  1667.  The  son-in-law,  Joseph  Stowers, 
was  her  administrator.  (Old  Families  of  Salisbury  &  Amesbury, 
Hoyt,  p.  63.) 

Joseph  Stowers  was  b.  in  Charlestown  in  1633 ;  was  a  "  felt 
maker  "  at  Charlestown  and  Salisbury  from  1658  to  1669.  He  d. 
in  Charlestown,  Nov.  16  or  Dec.  29,  1672.  Joseph  and  Mary 
Stowers  were  the  parents  of:  Mary,  b.  ab't  1661,  bapt.  July  1, 
1677 ;  Samuel,  b.  Mar.  14,  1665,  m.  Hannah  Sprague  and  d. 
Dec.  26,  1721,  at  Maiden;  Joseph,  b.  Dec.  19,  1667;  Richard, 
b.  Oct.  30,  1669;  John,  b.  June  17,  1672,  m.  Aug.  13,  1696, 
Mary  Blanchard,  in  Boston.      (Ibid.,  p.  329.) 

Mrs.  Mary  (Stowers)  Sterling  d.  in  Haverhill,  May  29,  1681. 
William  m.  3d,  in  Haverhill,  Apr.  24,  1683,  Mrs.  Ann  (Nichols) 
Neale  of  Salem,  widow  of  John  Neale,  whom  she  m.  in  1672.  He 
was  bapt.  Jan.  24,  1657-58,  and  d.  Nov.  11,  1679.  By  this 
marriage  Ann  was  the  mother  of:  John,  b.  Apr.  15,  1673, 
d.  before  1700,  m.  Martha  Skerry;  Thomas,  b.  Feb.  14,  1675; 
Joseph,  b.  Dec.  4,  1677;  Rebecca,  b.  Feb.  23,  1679.  (Driver 
Gene.,  p.  444.) 

John  Neale  was  the  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Lawes)  Neale. 
The  "inventory  of  his  estate  was  taken  Nov.  24,  1679;  it  am- 
mounted  to  £221,  00s  10d  returned  by  Ann,  the  relict  and  admin- 
istratrix ;  mentions  son  John  to  have  £40 ;  Thomas  to  have  £20 ; 
Joseph  £20  and  dafter  Rebecka,  £20." 

"  A  Petition  of  Ann  Neale  mentions  that  there  is  land  to  be 
given  to  her  husband  at  the  decease  of  his  mother  (who  is  now 
living)  by  his  father's  will  and  also  land  given  to  him  by  his 
grandfather  in  Ins  will  four  years  after  the  decease  of  my  hus- 


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band's  mother,  the  value  of  both  peaces  of  Land  is  14-5  £."     (Essex 
Inst.  Hist.  Collection,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  63.) 

William  Starlin  and  Ann  Neale  made  the  following  marriage 
contract : 

"Whereas,  there  is  an  intended  marriage  between  William 
Sterling  of  Haverhill,  and  Ann  Neale,  widow,  of  Salem,  and  in 
order  to  the  consummation  thereof;  in  order  to  the  settling  of 
things  between  them,  relating  to  their  outward  estate :  " 

"1st.  They  have  mutually  agreed  as  followeth:  that  what 
estate  in  house  and  land  the  said  Ann  is  possessed  of  for  her  use 
and  her  children,  as  administratrix  to  estate  of  her  former  hus- 
band, John  Neale,  shall  be  and  remain  to  her  and  her  children  and 
assignees  and  that  said  William  Sterling  shall  have  noe  right, 
title  or  interest  therein;  only  the  rent  and  improvement  of  ye 
said  houses  and  land  to  be  to  the  use  of  said  William  and  Ann, 
after  their  marriage  and  soe  long  as  they  shall  live  togeather  as 
man  and  wife." 

"  2nd.  That  for  what  household  goods  and  moveables  the  said 
Ann  shall  bring  with  her  on  marriage,  shall  be  to  their  use  and 
mutuall  comfort  togeather,  while  they  both  survive  togeather; 
and  if  the  said  William  decease  before  ye  said  Ann,  and  leave  her 
a  widdow,  that  then  the  said  Moveables  return  to  ye  said  Ann: 
but  if  please  God  to  give  them  a  child  or  children,  that  shall  then 
be  surviving,  at  her  decease,  shall  be  and  remain  to  those  children 
to  be  and  belong  to  her  and  her  children  by  her  first  husband, 
what  shall  be  remaining  of  ye  said  estate." 

"  3d.  It  is  mutually  agreed  by  and  between  them,  that  if  it 
shall  please  God  that  he,  ye  said  William,  depart  this  life  and 
leave  ye  said  Ann  a  widdow,  that  she  shall  have  and  hold  and 
injoy  to  her  use,  the  third  part  of  all  ye  estate  of  ye  said  William, 
in  house  and  lands  according  as  the  law  directs,  soe  long  as  ye 
said  Ann  shall  live  a  widdow  ;  but  in  case  of  her  marriage  with 
another  man  then  that  third  is  to  return  to  ye  heires  of  ye  said 
William. 

4th.  It  is  alsoe  agreed  mutually,  that  in  case  ye  said  Ann 
should  depart  this  life  before  ye  said  William,  and  shall  leave  a 
child  or  children,  by  ye  said  William,  that  what  moveables  as  above 
brought  by  her  shall  be  and  remain  to  her  children;  but  in  case 
she  shall  have  no  child  by  ye  said  William,  that  shall  then  be 
surviving,  then  what  of  those  goods  or  estates,  that  shall  lie  then 
remaining  to  be  to  the  use  &  delivered  up  into  ye  possession  of 
her  children  by  her  former  husband :  " 


246  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


"  memorandum,  —  it  is  to  be  understood,  that  when  any  of 
ye  said  Ann,  her  children  by  her  former  husband,  shall  come  to 
age  and  demand  their  interest  in  ye  land  and  housing  aforesaid, 
that  they  are  to  have  it  delivered  to  them;  and  so  the  propor- 
tion of  rent  or  improvement  thereof  no  longer  to  be  expected  by 
ye  said  William." 

"  5th.  And,  lastly,  it  is  mutually  agreed  upon  by  and  be- 
tween ye  parties  above  said,  that  whatever  debts  or  legacies  are 
due  from  the  estate  to  any  person  or  persons,  whatsoever,  or 
whatever  is  owing  to  the  estate  from  any  person,  the  said  William 
Sterling  is  not  to  be  at  all  concerned  with,  or  liable  to  make  any 
payments  in  that  kind  out  of  his  own  estate. 

And  it  is  further  agreed,  upon  ye  consumation  of  marriage 
as  aforesaid,  that  ye  said  Ann  may  bring  with  her,  her  two 
youngest  children,  whom  ye  said  William  is  free  to  take  with 
her,  his  said  wife,  and  maintain  upon  his  own  cost  and  charge, 
upon  and  in  consideration  of,  in  and  by  these  articles  before 
expressed." 

"  In  witness  whereof  ye  parties  aforesaid,  William  Sterling 
and  Ann  Neale  have  sett  to  their  hands,  this  two  and  twentieth 
day  of  March,  Anno  Domini  1682-3 

William  Sterling 
Ann  Neale 

In  the  presence  of 

Hilliard  Veren.     John  Norman.     Jeremiah  Neale." 

(Salem  Town  Records.) 

William  Sterling  married  his  fourth  wife  in  Lyme.  With  her 
he  made  the  following  agreement: 

"  Where  as  there  is  A  contract  of  marriage  intended  between 
Mr.  William  Sterling  of  Lyme  in  ye  Colony  of  Connecticut  and 
ye  weidow  Mary  Sayer  of  ye  same  town,  it  is  mutually  agreed 
between  them,  first  is  that  all  of  ye  estate,  both  Reall  and  per- 
sonall:  which  ye  sd  weidow  Mary  Sayer  is  now  owner  of  shall  be 
and  remain  in  her  sole  possion  and  be  desposed  at  her  pleasure, 
as  she  shall  see  meet  after  ye  consumation  of  marriage  with  ye 
sd  Sterling,  notwithstanding  any  custom  or  law  to  ye  contery,  and 
that  all  dispossals  by  her  made  shall  stand  vallid  and  good." 

"  2nd.  Ye  sd  Sterling  doth  hereby  ingage  to  his  sd  wife  that 
duering  her  life  she  shall  injoy  all  his  estate,  both  lands  and 
chattels  and  if  it  pless  god  to  grant  him  a  child  or  children  by 
her  the  sd  child  or  children  shall  injoy  ye  sd  estate  for  them  and 


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their  heirs  for  ever;    In  testimony  whereof  they  have  her  unto 
set  their  hands  January  ye  fifth —  170|- 

William  Sterling     [Seal] 
Signed  sealed  and  Mary  Sayer  [Seal] 

delivered  in  ye  presence  of  us 
Moses  Noyes,  Senior 
Moses  Noyes,  Junior 
John  Noyes."  (Lyme  Town  Records.) 

Mrs.  Mary  Sayer  or  Sawyer  was  b.  Nov.  17,  1674,  dau.  of 
Hugh  Hubbard  of  New  London  (about  1670),  said  to  be  from 
Derbyshire,  England,  who  m.  in  1673,  Jane,  dau.  of  Cary  Latham. 
Mary  m.  1st,  Ichabod  Sayer  of  New  London,  in  1697.  (Savage's 
Gene.  Diet.)  She  gave  the  following  release  of  her  husband's 
estate : 

"  Where  as  by  the  covenant  within  written  Mrs.  Mary  is  dur- 
ing her  life  to  enjoy  all  ye  estate  both  land  and  chattels  of  her  hus- 
band Mr.  William  Sterling,  it  is  agreed  and  consented  to  by  ye 
sd  Mary  Sterling  that  if  ye  sum  of  fourteen  pounds  in  money  be 
paid  to  her  after  her  husbands  deceas  by  his  excutors  togeather 
%  with  the  house  hold  goods  after  specified  besides  what  was  her 
own  before,  Viz  The  set  of  curtains,  three  pair  of  sheets,  a  meal 
log,  a  meet  Tub,  an  iron  pot,  a  quart  puter  pot,  and  a  cupple  of 
poeringers  and  the  lumber  about  ye  houss  as  all  so  a  cow  with 
her  increose  which  given  to  her  when  it  was  a  calfe,  that  she 
will  except  it  as  full  satisfaction  and  quit  her  clame  to  the  rest 
of  her  husbands  estate  both  lands  and  chattels  in  testimony  wherof 
she  hos  set  to  her  hand  and  seal  January  ye  7  17  \$. 

Mary  Sayer     [Seal] 

Signed  and  sealed 
Witness 
Moses  Noyes. 
Moses  Noyes,  Jur." 

(Lyme  Town  Records.) 

This  release  was  given  a  couple  of  months  after  William  and 
Mary  Sterling  made  a  deed  of  their  property  to  William's  son 
Daniel,  probably  in  order  to  facilitate  the  settlement  of  the  estate. 

Two  years  after  William's  death,  Mary  gave  the  following 
receipt : 


248  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


"  Where  as  there  was  a  writing  made  to  Me,  Mary  Ster- 
ling of  Lyme,  that  after  ye  Decease  of  my  honored  husband,  Mr. 
William  Sterling,  I  shoufd  be  paid  the  sume  of  fifteen  pounds  in 
money  and  some  other  consideration,  I  ye  sd  Mary  Sterling,  do 
here  by  acknowledge  that  I  have  received  full  satisfaction  for  all 
that  was  due  me,  or  that  I  might  demand  on  my  own  account, 
what  so  ever,  from  ye  estate  of  my  sd  Husband  deceased,  or  from 
Mr.  Daniel  Sterling,  and  I  do  hereby  ocquit  and  discharge  Mr. 
Daniel  Sterling  and  his  heirs  from  all  dues  and  demands  what- 
soever, and  the  estate  of  my  sd  husband,  as  witness  my  hand  and 
seal  in  Lyme,  Feb.  ye  8th  17  |? 

Mary  Sterling  "      [Seal] 

(Lyme  Town  Records.) 

Mrs.  Mary  Starling  witnessed  a  deed  of  sale,  Apr.  24,  1706, 
and  on  Sept.  7,  1714,  deeded  to  her  "  beloued  son  moses  Sawyer," 
the  portion  of  his  father's  estate  due  him.     (Ibid.) 

Haverhill,  where  William  Sterling  lived  for  twenty-eight  years, 
from  1669  to  1697,  was  first  settled  by  twelve  men  from  Ipswich 
and  Newbury  in  1640. 

Peace  and  prosperity  reigned  in  the  settlement  until  1675,  at 
which  time  it  had  grown  to  rank  twenty-fifth  among  the  forty- 
nine  towns  in  the  Colony.     King  Philip's  War,  the  most  general 
and  destructive  ever  sustained  by  the  infant  colonies,  broke  out 
in  1675.     A  meeting  was  held  in  Haver  lull,  Feb.  19,  of  this  year, 
to  take  steps  for  protection  against  the  Indians  and  to  complete 
the  fortifications  around  the  meeting-house,  begun  several  years 
before.     The  meeting-house  was  built  in  1648,  and  was  the  only 
place  of  worship  of  the  settlers  until  1699,  when  a  new  one  was 
constructed.     This  church  stood  to  one  side  of  the  central  portion 
of  what  is  now  Pentucket  cemetery.     Back  of  it  was  laid  out  in 
1660  a  burial  ground  which  is  now  a  part  of  the  Linwood  and 
Pentucket  cemeteries.     Here  undoubtedly  were  laid  to  rest  Wil- 
liam's first  and  second  wives  and  those  of  his  children  who  died 
in  Haverhill. 

The  General  Court  of  the  Colony  furnished  the  troopers  and 
militiamen  with  arms  and  ammunition  and  a  number  of  houses 
were  barricaded  and  garrisoned.  The  first  settlers  of  Haverhill 
to    fall   victims    to    the    Indians    were    Ephraim   Kingsbury    and 


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Thomas  Kimball,  who  were  killed  by  "  converted  Indians  "  early 
in  May.  Kimball's  wife  and  children  were  captured  and  hurried 
away  by  the  savages.  Haverhill  suffered  no  further  during  this 
war,  which  came  to  an  end  in  1678,  although  often  threatened 
with  attack.  An  armed  watch  was  kept  night  and  day  during 
the  whole  three  years. 

We,  of  the  present  age,  can  have  but  a  faint  conception  of 
the  sufferings  of  the  settlers  during  these  years  and  the  many 
following,  constantly  exposed  to  the  attacks  of  savage  hordes, 
surrounded  on  every  side  by  an  immense  and  unexplored  forest, 
thinly  scattered  over  a  large  area  and  isolated  by  three  thousand 
miles  of  water  from  their  native  soil.  Communication  between  the 
settlements  was  difficult  as  the  highways  were  at  best  merely  paths 
or  tracks,  ungraded  and  without  bridges.  Appliances  for  carry- 
ing on  the  various  trades  and.  occupations  were  of  a  primitive 
character  and  were  chiefly  brought  from  England  at  great  ex- 
pense. The  houses  were  at  first  of  logs.  These  were  later  sup- 
planted by  timbered  structures,  with  clapboarded  sides,  between 
the  inner  and  outer  sheeting  of  which  bricks,  brought  from  Europe, 
were  placed.  There  were  but  two  brick  houses  in  the  village  be- 
fore 1700.  One  huge  fireplace  in  the  middle  of  the  house,  with 
its  roaring  flames,  kept  out  the  cold  of  a  rigorous  climate,  whose 
snows  sometimes  fell  in  early  September.  One  of  these  fireplaces 
would  hold  from  six  to  seven  cords  of  wood  and  sixty  to  seventy 
cords  of  hickory  or  other  hardwood  were  needed  for  the  winter's 
supply. 

Cattle  and  sheep  were  introduced  at  an  early  date,  but  wolves 
and  other  wild  animals  were  numerous  and  made  many  raids  on 
the  small  herds  and  flocks. 

A  shoemaker  established  himself  in  the  village  in  1679,  and  a 
tanner  somewhat  earlier.  A  school  master  was  employed  at  ir- 
regular intervals  until  1686,  when  a  schoolhouse  was  built  near 
the  meeting-house. 

Two  orchards  were  set  out  in  1650  among  the  stumps  of  the 
clearings.  Isaac  Cousins  asked  admission  to  the  town  in  1  650 
to  set  up  a  blacksmith  shop  but  it  was  not  until  several  years 
later  that  a  smith  settled  there. 


250  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


A  watch  tower,  stocks,  and  whipping  post  were  erected  in 
1649.  In  1677  Daniel  Ela  was  licensed  to  keep  a  tavern  and  to 
sell  wines  and  liquors.  Intoxicating  beverages  were  obtainable 
long  prior  to  this  date,  however,  for  Stephen  Kent,  of  whom 
William  Sterling  bought  his  land,  was  fined  £10  "  for  suffering 
five  Indeans  to  be  druncke  in  his  house  and  one  of  them  wounded  " 
in  1652. 

After  a  period  of  ten  years'  peace  with  the  Indians,  they  again 
began  their  attacks  upon  the  settlements.  On  June  13  and  Oct. 
17,  1688,  Haverhill  citizens  were  waylaid  and  killed.  In  1690 
the  French  and  Indians  made  an  alliance  and  began  the  destruc- 
tive campaign  of  murder  and  rapine  which  continued  until  May, 
1698,  during  which  five  hundred  and  sixty-one  persons  were  killed 
in  the  colonies  of  Massachusetts,  New  Hampshire,  and  at  Schenec- 
tady, New  York,  eighty-one  were  wounded  and  one  hundred  and 
sixty-one  captured. 

Six  garrisons  were  established  and  four  houses  of  refuge 
designated,  many  private  houses  were  barricaded  and  almost  every 
man  was  a  soldier.  The  inhabitants  never  ventured  out  except 
in  strongly  armed  parties  or  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the  gar- 
risons in  which  soldiers  were  stationed  night  and  day.  So  threat- 
ening became  the  situation  in  March,  1690,  that  the  advisability 
of  abandoning  the  town  was  considered. 

Occasional  forays  were  made  by  the  Indians  and  a  settler 
killed  or  captured  during  1690,  1691,  and  1692.  Several  neigh- 
boring towns  were  attacked  in  1694,  but  Haverhill  was  unmo- 
lested. The  Indians  reappeared  in  1695,  when  two  men  were 
killed  and  two  boys  captured  in  the  northern  part  of  the  town, 
near  where  William  Starlin  lived  and  a  few  days  later  five  persons 
were  captured. 

On  Mar.  15,  1697,  Haverhill  suffered  its  most  severe  loss 
from  the  savages.  Thus  far  the  village  had  escaped  any  general 
attack.  Its  sufferings  had  been  from  small  parties  of  the  enemy 
who   were   continually   prowling   around   the   frontier. 

On  this  memorable  day  a  party  of  about  twenty  redskins 
came  suddenly  upon  the  western  part  of  the  town  and  as  swiftly 
disappeared  after  plundering  and  burning  nine  houses  and  kill- 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     251 

ing  twenty-seven  persons  and  capturing  thirteen.  The  first  house 
attacked  was  the  home  of  Thomas  Duston  of  whose  heroic  ex- 
ploits and  those  of  his  wife,  who  was  captured  and  carried  away, 
much  has  been  written.  (Hist,  of  Haverhill,  George  W.  Chase, 
1861.)  No  further  attack  was  made  that  year,  but  in  1698 
two  men  were  killed  and  a  son  of  each  was  captured. 

Haverhill  experienced  considerable  difficulty  in  securing  a 
sawmill  and  gristmill  satisfactory  to  the  needs  of  its  people. 
In  December,  1651,  permission  was  granted  to  build  a  sawmill 
on  "  Thomas  Hales  river  "  (Little  River)  and  a  corn-mill  was 
established  as  early  as  1665.  Mar.  7,  1671,  the  town  voted  that 
"  John  Haseltine  or  any  other  man  hae  free  liberty  to  build  a 
mill  .  .  .  either  upon  west  riuer  (Little  River)  called  saw-mill 
river  or  upon  east  meadow  river."  These  mills  were  so  insuffi- 
cient that  in  1675  the  town  voted  to  prosecute  the  owners  of  the 
sawmill  for  non-fulfillment  of  their  contract  and  in  1678  permis- 
sion was  given  Richard  Bartlett  of  Amesbury  to  erect  a  saw- 
mill "  on  the  North  meadow  river."  In  1683  Stephen  Dalton 
built  a  corn-mill  and  a  party  of  four  men  secured  permission 
to  set  a  sawmill  on  Merries  creek. 

In  1692,  Joseph  Peasely  erected  a  sawmill  on  a  stream  by 
or  near  "  Brandy  Brow."  The  location  selected  was  the  one  still 
occupied.  A  gristmill  was  built  in  1694  by  Samuel  Currier  and 
Joseph  Greeley  on  East  Meadow  River  and  was  operated  for 
many  years. 

We  may  quote  verbatim  from  the  town  records  regarding 
William  Sterling's  interest  in  milling  and  other  matters: 

"  1684.  According  to  the  manner  of  voting  for  Selectmen, 
this  day  agreed  upon  and  ordered ;  Ensign  Thomas  Eatton,  Ser- 
geant John  Johnson,  Daniel  Lead,  Jr.,  Josiah  Gage  and  William 
Starlin  are  chosen  Selectmen  for  the  year  ensuing." 

"  Daniel  Ela  and  William  Starlin  making  a  proffer  to  the 
Town,  as  by  their  Bills  then  given  in  to  the  Moderator,  to  sell 
their  Livings,  house  and  land,  for  a  situation  for  a  Minister  or 
the  Ministry ;  Lieut.  Brown,  Corporal  Peter  Ayer  and  Thomas 
Whittier  are  chosen  and  appointed  to  treat  with  the  said  Ela  and 
Starlin,  in  the  time  of  intermission  before  the  afternoon,  to  un- 
derstand their  terms  and  proposals,  and  in  the  afternoon  to 
make  report  of  them  both  to  the  Town,  so  that  the  Town  ac- 


252  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


cording  to  their  pleasure  may  act  and  determine  which  to  treat 
further  with,  in  the  purchase  of  what  they  proffer,  to  be  sold 
for  the  use  of  the  Ministry."  The  next  day  the  Courtee,  agreed 
to  give  Starlin  one  hundred  pounds  for  the  house  and  land,  pro- 
vided he  would  give  them  a  sufficient  legal  conveyance  for  the 
same. 

His  pay  was  as  follows:  Ten  acres  of  land  at  the  Fishing 
River,  near  to  Robert  Emerson's,  which  was  to  be  laid  out  con- 
venient for  the  setting  up  of  a  Corn  Mill  there,  at  three  pounds 
per  acre,  and  the  remaining  seventy  pounds  to  be  paid  in  mer- 
chantable corn,  in  two  several  payments,  for  which  a  rate  was 
then  ordered  to  be  laid. 

"  In  answer  to  the  motion  of  Mr.  Starlin  for  ten  acres  of 
land,  at  ye  Fishing  River,  that  he  may  set  up  a  Corn  Mill,  and  a 
Fulling  Mill,  one  or  both  of  them,  at  said  Fishing  River,  near 
Robert  Emerson's,  the  Town  doth  grant  him  the  liberty  to  im- 
prove the  stream  proposed  for  the  use,  of  said  Mill  or  Mills,  not 
hindering  the  Town  from  making  any  further  grant  of  the  same 
nature  to  any  other  man  or  men,  upon  the  same  stream,  if  they 
shall  see  cause  to  do  so :  Provided  always,  that  in  setting  down 
his  dam  or  dams,  he  do  not  hinder  the  passage  of  the  fish  up  the 
River  to  the  pond,  but  make  good  provision  for  their  Liberty, 
at  the  season  of  the  year  when  they  come  to  pass  up." 

"  The  Town  doth  also,  for  the  encouragement  of  Mr.  Starlin 
to  build  his  Mill  to  grind  corn,  grant  unto  him  the  use  of  ten 
acres  of  land  at  the  Wishing  River,  to  be  laid  out  on  both  sides 
of  said  River,  as  convenient  as  may  be  for  the  setting  up  of 
his  mill,  which  he  is  to  enjoy  to  himself  and  to  his  heirs  and  as- 
signs during  such  time  as  they  may  keep  the  said  Corn  Mill 
fit  for  service,  extraordinary,  sudden  disasters  excepted,"  he 
and  they  acting  also  in  some  other  particulars,  as  in  the  two  pa- 
pers dated  Dec.   19,  1684. 

Fishing  River  is  the  outlet  of  Lake  Kenoza  and  flows  north 
from  it  to  the  Merrimac.  William's  mill  site  and  lands  were  the 
subject  of  still  further  records: 

"  Thomas  Whittier,  Peter  Ayer  and  Robert  Swan,  Sr.,  are 
appointed  and  empowered  to  be  Lot  Layers,  to  lay  out  to  Wm 
Starlin  the  two  ten  acre  lots  at  the  Fishing  River,  this  day 
granted  him,  one  of  them  being  in  part  payment  of  the  Town's 
purchase  of  him,  and  the  other  for  encouragement  to  build  a 
Corn  Mill ;  —  which  two  Lots  are  to  be  forthwith  laid  out  and 
by  distinct  bounds,  one  being  absolute  and  the  other  conditional." 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     253 


The  town  records  further  state  that: 

"  The  Town  having  made  a  bargain  with  Wm  Starlin  and 
bought  his  house  for  the  Minister  of  Haverhill  and  on  the  said 
bargain  promised  payment  of  twenty  pounds  in  corn  by  the  first 
of  May  next :  For  the  performance  of  that  part  of  their  covenant, 
the  Selectmen  chosen  for  the  year  ensuing  [of  which  William  was 
one]  are  ordered  and  empowered  to  make  a  rate  upon  the  inhabi- 
tants forthwith  to  raise  the  said  Twenty  pounds  in  corn  and 
to  take  care  that  it  be  paid  to  Said  Wrm  Starlin,  and  that  in  due 
time,  so  that  the  Bill  given  for  the  same  may  be  taken  up  and 
cancelled  and  that  the  second  payment  of  fifty  pounds  be  by  them 
in  due  time  rated  for  and  paid  him  by  the  Town." 

The  Rev.  John  Ward  was  Haverhill's  minister  for  nearly 
fifty  years,  until  his  death,  Dec.  27,  1693.  In  the  latter  part 
of  1684  the  Rev.  Benjamin  Rolfe  came  as  an  assistant  to  Mr. 
Ward.  It  was  for  Mr.  Rolfe's  use  that  the  town  bought  the  house 
and  lot  of  William  £terling. 

"  By  order  and  pursuant  to  an  act  of  the  Town  made  Feb. 
24,  1684,  granting  two  ten  acre  Lots  to  Wm  Starlin,  as  in  the 
grants  will  appear;  —  we,  whose  names  are  underwritten,  have 
laid  out  to  Wm  Starlin  at  the  Fishing  River,  near  the  Saw  Mill 
ten  acres  of  land  .  .  .  which  ten  acres  is  in  part  of  pay  for 
the  land  the  Town  bought  of  William  Starlin,  for  which  upon  the 
purchase   is   discounted   thirty   pounds. 

This  was  laid  out  and  delivered  to  me  to  be  recorded  to  the 
Town's   order,   March   13th,    1684-5. 

By  Thomas  Whittier. 
Robert  Swan,  Sen. 
Peter  Ayer." 

This  land  was  in  the  northern  part  of  the  village. 

William  built  his  mill  on  the  Fishing  River  about  half  a  mile 
from  its  mouth.  It  was  in  operation  for  many  years  after  his 
removal   from   Haverhill. 

"  Haverhill,  Dec.  5,  1692. 

At  a  Meeting  called  by  the  Selectmen  to  receive  the  account 
of  the  Comtee  appointed  to  treat  with  Mr.  Rolf  about  a  settle- 
ment for  him  as  Minister  in  this  Town,  to  join  with  and  succeed 
Mr.  Ward,  Wm  Starlin  is  chosen  Moderator." 


254  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


In  1692  a  new  charter  was  granted  the  Colony  and  Sir  Wil- 
liam Phipps  was  made  governor.  At  the  first  election  of  town 
officers  under  this  new  regime,  William  Starlin  was  elected  one 
of  the  six  tything  men.  He  was  re-elected  to  the  same  office  in 
1694,  '95,  and  '96.  The  duty  of  the  tything  men  was  to  preserve 
good  order  in  the  church  during  divine  service  and  to  make  com- 
plaint of  any  disorderly   conduct. 

William  was  also  constable  of  Haverhill.  The  Salem  Records 
contain  the  following: 

"  Boston,  March  16,  1694-5. 

"  Received  of  Mr.  William  Starlin,  Constable  of  Haverhill, 
eight  wolve's  heads  at  six  shillings,  eight  pence  or  fifty  three 
shillings  and  four  pence,  in  full  of  the  thirty  thousand  pounds 
assessment  of  said  Town:  I  say  received  for  Mr.  James  Taylor, 
Treas. 
Vero  est  copis  originalis 

Entered  Sept.  11th,  1695,  per.  Walter  Saltonstall,  Recorder." 

This  was  certainly  a  generous  discount  to  grant  the  settlers, 
whose  means  of  acquiring  money  were  exceedingly  few. 

William  gave  the  following  release  in  1694  to  Jeremiah  Neale, 
as  appears  by  the  Salem  Records: 

"  Know  all  men  by  these  presents  that  I,  William  Starlin,  of 
Haverhill,  in  Essex,  in  New  England,  have  remissed,  released  and 
for  me,  mine  heirs  and  Executors,  perpetually  quit-claimed  unto 
Mr.  Jeremiah  Neale  of  Salem  all  personal  suites,  quarrels,  debts, 
rents,  trespasses  and  demands  which  I,  ye  Said  William  Starlin, 
mine  heirs  and  Executors  have  had  or  might  or  ought  to  have 
against  ye  same  Jeremiah  Neale,  by  any  manner  of  cause  or 
colour  from  ye  beginning  of  ye  world  till  ye  day  of  ye  date  of  these 
presents.  In  witness  where  of,  I,  ye  Said  William  Starlin,  doe 
here  to  set  my  hand  and  seal,  Aprill  ye  eleventh,  1694,  in  ye  sixth 
yeare  of  His  Majesties  Rein." 

Five  months  after  the  Indian  massacre  in  Haverhill  Wil- 
liam gave  a  deed  of  land  dated  "  July  31,  1697  and  in  ye  ninth 
yeare  of  his  Majesties  reign"  to  Thomas  Duston  who  played 
so  conspicuous  a  part  in  the  Indian  troubles.  The  consideration 
was  £100  for  "  my  Ten  acres  of  Land  whc  I  purchased  of  ye 
said  Town  Lying  at  a  place  called  ye  fishing  River  neer  ye  house 
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WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     255 

Townes  booke  of  record,  with  all  ye  houses,  housing,  mills,  Damns, 
streams  of  water,  fences,  orchards,  Trees,  wood,  timber  and  all 
other  rights,"  etc.,  also  "my  other  Ten  acres  of  Land  adjoining 
to  ye  former  which  I  had  by  grant  from  Said  Towne  on  condition 
that  I  and  my  heirs  did  build  a  Corne  Mill  which  might  be  for  ye 
use  of  Sd  Towne."  (Haverhill  Records.)  Sterling  deeded  it 
to  Duston  on  the  same  terms  and  he  continued  to  carry  on  the 
mill  which  William  erected. 

William  owned  other  land  adjoining  that  which  he  secured 
from  the  town.  Nov.  12,  1697,  he  sold  forty  acres  on  the  Fishing 
River  to  William  and  Thomas  Johnson  for  £40.  He  also  pos- 
sessed four  "  common  rights,  or  Commonages  in  ye  undivided 
Lands  in  ye  Township  of  Haverhill,"  which  he  gave  to  his  daugh- 
ters, Mrs.   Hannah  Heath  and  Mrs.   Sarah  Farnum. 

Sometime  late  in  the  autumn  of  1697  or  the  spring  of  the 
following  year  William  Sterling  removed  from  Haverhill  to 
Lyme,  Conn.,  which  was  settled  in  1664  and  was  then  a  prosper- 
ous settlement.  There  is  little  doubt  but  that  William,  with  his 
wife,  Ann  Neale,  and  two  sons,  Daniel  and  Jacob,  made  this 
journey  by  water  in  a  small  sloop  or  coasting  vessel  which  took 
on  board  their  household  goods  at  the  landing  at  Haverhill  and 
disembarked  them  at  Lyme  within  the  shelter  of  the  mouth  of  the 
Connecticut  River.  In  Lyme,  William  and  his  wife,  Feb.  13,  1699, 
deeded  to  Thomas  Neale,  her  son,  land  in  Salem,  Mass.,  which 
had  belonged  to  her  first  husband. 

William  appears  to  have  lived  at  Lyme  about  three  years 
before  he  acquired  any  land.     His  first  purchase  was  as  follows: 

"  A  deed  of  Saile  from  Jonathan  Downing  to  William  Starlin. 

Know  all  men  by  thes  presents  that  I  Jonathan  Downing  of 
Lyme  in  the  County  of  New  London  and  in  his  majesty s  collony 
of  Conecticut  in  New  England  have  for  diuers  good  and  lawefull 
and  Considerations  me  there  unto  moveing  but  more  espessially 
in  and  for  the  sume  of  ten-pounds  in  Cash  and  thirteen  pounds 
in  goods  as  money  in  hand  Received  of  and  from  William  Star- 
ling of  the  same  town ;  County  and  Collony  afore  sd  with  which 
sd  sume  to  the  sd  Jonathan  Downing  doe  by  thes  presents  ac- 
knowledg  my  selfe  fully  satisfied,  contented  and  paid  —  haue 
bargained    and    sold    enfcofed    and    confirmed    and    doe    by    thes 


256  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

presents  sell  allienat  enfeoffe  and  confirm  unto  him  the  said  Wil- 
liam Starling  his  hairs,  executors,  administrators  and  assigns 
for  euer  a  Cartain  parcel  of  Land  Setuated  in  the  towneship  of 
Lyme  lying  and  being  one  the  West  sid  of  Leftenant  River  over 
against  Henry  Peterson  Dwelling  house  containing  twelve 
acrs  be  it  more  or  less  and  is  bounded  westerly  by  the  Rocks  from 
a  white  oake  tree  standing  by  the  meadow  marked  and  soe  Rune- 
ing  a  Cross  one  point  of  Rock  to  a  burch  tree  marked,  Northerly 
by  the  Commons  and  marked  trees  easterly  by  the  Said  Leftenant's 
Riuer  and  Southerly  by  the  brow  of  the  Hill  within  a  Rode  of  the 
meadow  of  petersons  and  the  meadow  formerly  belonging  to 
Robert  Perego  Deceased  to  have  and  to  hold,  to  occopy  and  im- 
prove to  enjoye  and  poses  with  all  the  appertinances  and  priui- 
ledges  thar  unto  belonging  or  in  any  wise  appertaining  that  is 
to  saye  housing  fences  stones  timber  trees  standing  or  lying 
as  his  the  said  Starlings  proper  estat  his  hairs  executors  admin- 
istrators and  assignes  for  euer  without  lett  hinderance  or  mo- 
lestation from  the  said  Jonathan  Downeing  his  hairs  executors 
administrators  or  any  parson  or  person  by  or  under  him  or  by 
his  means  and  I  the  said  downing  doe  hereby  declare  that  I  haue 
full  power  and  Lawfull  authority  of  my  selfe  to  allienat  and  dis- 
pose of  the  same  and  for  the  more  full  and  ampull  confirmation 
of  the  aboue  written  premises.  I  the  sd  Jonathan  Dowling  doe 
by  thes  presents  doe  promis  and  engage  to  Cleare  the  aboue  bar- 
gained premisis  from  ail  barters  bargains  gifts  grants  sails 
mortgages  or  Dowerys  or  any  other  in  Cumberance  what  so  euer 
to  the  Daye  and  date  heare  of  and  for  the  true  performance  of 
this  my  deed  I  doe  hear  unto  Sett  my  hand  and  affix  my  Seale 
this  18  Nouember  in  the  year  of  our  lord  1701.  Signed  sealed 
and  deleuered  in  presents  of 

his 
Joseph  Peck  Jonathan        T  Downing    [seal] 

Jasper  Griffing  mark 

her 
marah  S  Downing   [seal] 

mark 
Jonathan  Downing  and  marah  Downing  personally  appearing  ac- 
knowledged the  above  written  deed  to  be  their  act  and  deed  Nouem- 
ber 1701  before  me 

William  ely  Justis  peac. 
This  above  written  Land  was  delivered  to  Mr.  William  Star- 
ling by  turfe  and  livige  29  Nouember  1701  before  Joseph  Peck, 
and  Jerald  Baxtly." 

(P.  250,  Vol.  II,  Lyme  Town  Records.) 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     257 

The  Lieutenant  River,  on  the  banks  of  which  lay  the  land 
above  described,  is  a  small  stream  emptying  into  the  Connec- 
ticut at  its  mouth.  William's  lands  lay  near  the  Sound  and  evi- 
dently to  the  south  of  the  salt  marshes  which  indent  the  shore 
below  where  the  present  Lyme  station  of  the  Shore  Line  railway 
is. 

One  year  later  William  had  laid  out  to  him  by  the  town 
eight  acres  adjoining  his  land  as  will  appear  from  the  following 
record : 

"  The  7th  November,  1702,  Laid  out  to  Mr.  Starling  to  the 
westward  of  his  lott,  one  piece  of  land  containing  one  acre 
and  a  halfe  and  20  rods  in  length,  and  is  bounded  southerly  by 
the  highway,  being  three  rods  wide  at  the  upper  end:  .  .  .  Also 
six  acres  and  a  halfe  with  the  sunken  meadow  lying  northerly 
of  his  home  lott  which  he  bought  of  Johnathan  Downing,  it  being 
fourth  division  land  given  to  Mr.  Starling  by  sume  of  the  Pro- 
prietors, as  may  more  fully  appear  by  the  Town  Records ;  there 
is  a  great  highway  allowed  of  a  rode  wide  thorow  his  land  to  Leften- 
ant  River."     (Lyme  Town  Records,  Vol.  II.) 

On  Jan.  29,  1739-40,  a  committee  was  appointed  "  to  hear  ye 
Curumstances  of  a  way  Leading  to  ye  Lott  formerly  Mr  Wm 
Starlins  Desd.  which  Land  Lyeth  on  ye  westward  side  of  Leu". 
Riuer  and  make  there  Report  ther  of  to  this  Town  att  their  next 
meeting."     (P.  40,  Town-meeting  Book,  No.  2.) 

Thus  it  appears  that  thirty-eight  years  after  the  provision 
was  made,  steps  were  taken  for  the  construction  of  the  highway 
mentioned. 

That  William  was  a  shipbuilder  in  Lyme,  the  following  in- 
teresting document  amply  testifies. 

A  protest  of  William  Starling  against  Mr.  Samuel  Wents- 
worth  of  Boston. 

To  all  expiane  (christian)  peopell  to  whom  these  presants  shall 
come  Greeting  know  ye  Mr.  William  Starling  Shipright  of  the 
Towne  of  Lyme  and  County  of  New  London  and  in  her  Majesty's 
Collony  of  Connecticut  in  New  England  Shipright  as  a  forsaid 
doe  by  these  presents  protest  and  have  by  these  presents  pro- 
tested against  my  owner  Mr.  Samuel  Wcntsworth  a  Merchant 
of  Boston  for  his  neglecting  or  his  not  sending  or  not  procuring 
the  iron  works  for  the  earring  one  of  the  works  of  a  vcsell  or  ship 


258  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

which  the  said  Starling  am  now  a  building  for  sd  Wentworth 
and  also  was  obliged  to  launch  her  in  February  next  ensuing 
this  Date  and  the  said  Starling  have  already  sent  for  bolts  and 
spikes  and  can  get  none  which  is  to  my  damadg  the  Sume  of 
three  hundred  pounds  cash,  my  timber  being  in  the  yard  and  the 
vesell  upon  the  Stocks  and  my  men  all  hear  upon  charg  and  can- 
not doe  anything  for  the  want  of  Iron  works  and  I  cannot  sett 
up  on  an  other  vesell  one  of  the  Stocks  by  reason  of  this  thorfor 
I  have  by  these  presents  and  for  this  defect  drawn  up  this  pro- 
test against  my  said  owner  Mr  Samuel  Wentsworth  Merchant 
in  Boston,  a  fore  sd  in  Lyme  December  the  9  day  1706 

William  Starlin 
Signed  in  presents   of 
Nathan  Andrus 
Samuel  Watterus 

Lyme  this  16  day  of  December  1706  This  day  Mr. 
William  Starlin  Shipright  personally  appearing 
Declared  publickly  this  a  bove  written  protest  to  be 
his  act  and  deed  before  me 

William  Ely  Justice  of  Peec. 

In  1709  William's  son  Daniel  acquired  an  interest  in  the 
water-power  generated  by  a  small  stream  located  in  the  northern 
part  of  the  then  town  of  Lyme. 

Daniel  soon  moved  to  his  new  location  and  founded  the  local- 
ity or  hamlet,  later  known  as  Sterling  City ;  about  six  miles 
north  of  the  point  where  William  and  his  family  had  lived  since 
leaving  Haverhill.  In  a  few  years  William,  having  grown  old 
and  feeble,  went  to  live  with  Daniel  and  gave  him  the  following 
deed  of  all  his  property: 

August  7th,  1718. 

William  and  Mary  Sterling, To  all  christian  people  to 

whome  these  presents  shall  come,  greeting,  and  know  that  I, 
William  Sterling  of  Lyme,  f'rwith  mentioned,  for  and  in  consider- 
ation of  my  naturall  affection,  love  and  good  will,  which  I  have 
and  do  bear  towards  my  loving  and  dutyfull  son  Daniel  Sterling, 
of  Lyme,  aforesaid,  and  for  the  past  care  and  comfort  that  I 
have  had,  and  have  good  grounds  to  hope  I  shall  have  and  receive, 
from  my  said  loveing  son,  for  my  support  and  comfort  in  my 
old  age :  being  now  and  some  time  past  disabled  from  my  labour : 
in  consideration  of  which  and  for  other  weighty  reasons,  I,  the 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     259 


said  William  Sterling,  have  given,  granted,  assigned,  set  over 
and  confirmed  unto  my  said  loveing  and  dutyfull  son,  Dan'l 
Sterling,  aforesaid,  his  heirs,  executors,  administrators  and  as- 
signees, as  well  the  present  deed  of  sale  with  all  the  lands  herein 
contained  and  mentioned  in  y'r  within  Deed,  with  all  y'r  privileges, 
rights  and  appurtenances  thereunto  belonging,  or  in  anywise 
appertaining,  as  also  all  other  my  estate  in  lands  in  y'r  township 
of  Lyme  aforesaid  all  tho'  not  expressed  in  y'r  within  mentioned 
Deed  of  Sale:  but  as  it  stands  recorded  to  me  in  ye  Records  of 
Lyme  aforesaid,  with  all  my  right,  title,  interest,  claims  and  de- 
mand, there  in  or  unto  this  same  either  by  force,  vertue  or  means 
of  this  present  assignment  or  Deed :  And  by  these  presents,  I,  the 
said  William  Sterling,  have  remissed,  released  and  forever  quit- 
claimed for  me  and  my  heirs,  executors  and  administrators,  and 
do  by  these  presents  fully,  clearly  and  absolutely  remise,  release 
and  forever  quit  claime  unto  my  said  loveing  son,  Dan'l  Sterling, 
in  a  full  and  peaceable  pos'sion  and  seiz's  for  ever  hereafter,  of 
and  unto,  all  such  rights,  Estate,  title,  interest  and  demand  what- 
soever, as  I,  the  said  William  Sterling  had  or  ought  to  have  of, 
or  in  or  to  all  ye  above  granted  lands  in  ye  Township  of  Lyme, 
aforesaid,  with  all  the  buildings  and  other  accomidations  in  or 
upon  the  said  lands,  or  by  anyways  or  means  whatsoever,  belong- 
ing or  appertaining  to  the  same,  to  have  and  to  hold,  unto  the 
said  Daniel  Sterling,  his  heirs  and  assignes,  to  their  only  use  and 
behoof e  forever:  so  that  neither  I,  the  said  William  Sterling, 
nor  any  other  persons,  as  my  heirs  or  assignees,  for  me  or  them, 
shall  by  any  ways  or  means  hereafter,  have  claims,  challenge 
or  demand  any  estate,  right,  title,  claims  or  interest.  And  I, 
Mary  Sterling,  ye  wife  of  ye  said  William  Sterling,  for  valuable 
considerations,  do  by  these  presents  freely  and  willingly  give, 
yield  up  and  surrender  all  my  right  of  Dowry  and  power  of 
thirds  of  and  in  and  unto,  the  above  demised  premises  unto  him, 
y'r  said  Daniel  Sterling,  his  heirs  and  assignes  for  ever:  In  wit- 
ness where  of  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands  and  seals,  y'r  10th 
day  of  November  in  ye  third  year  of  his  Maj's  reign,  anno  dom- 
ini  1716 

William:  Sterline 
Mary  Sterline 

This  is  the  last  record  we  have  of  our  ancestor  William  Ster- 
ling, save  that  which  we  find  on  the  stone  standing  above  his 
grave. 

After  a  long  and  varied  life  of  more  than  fourscore  years, 


200  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

William  died  at  the  home  of  his  son,  Capt.  Daniel,  in  Sterling  City, 
Lyme,  Jan.  22,  1719. 

He  was  buried  a  mile  south  of  Sterling  City  on  the  road  which 
now  runs  from  Hamburg  south  to  Old  Lyme,  in  what  is  known  as 
the  Bill  Hill  burying  ground.  The  inscription  on  the  stone  which 
marks  the  spot  where  his  remains  lie  reads : 

Here  lies  the  Body  of 

Mr.  William  Starlin 
who  departed  this  life 
Jan.  22nd  1719,  in  the 

87th  year  of  his  age. 

In  the  summer  of  1905  a  stone  wall  was  erected  around  the 
Sterling  family  burial-ground  at  Sterling  City,  a  sum  having 
been  raised  by  the  Compiler  of  this  work  for  the  purpose,  by  sub- 
scription among  a  few  of  the  descendants  of  the  Lyme  family  of 
Sterling. 

It  was  thought  advisable  to  remove  the  remains  of  William 
Sterling  from  the  Bill  Hill  ground,  so  that,  after  one  hundred  and 
eighty-six  years  they  might  lie  among  those  of  his  family  and 
descendants.     This  was  done  in  the  autumn  of  the  same  year. 

The  bones  were  in  a  fairly  good  state  of  preservation  and  from 
their  size  it  was  determined  that  William  Sterling  was  a  man  of 
unusual  height  and  strength.  With  the  bones  were  found  a  quan- 
tity of  hand  wrought  nails  used  in  the  construction  of  his  coffin. 
Within  the  Sterling  burying  ground  lie  the  remains  of  about 
twenty-four  members  of  the  family.  In  1905  the  headstones  of 
the  first  wife  of  Capt.  Samuel  Sterling  and  of  Stephen  Sterling 
were  set  up  in  the  ground.  The  exact  location  of  their  graves  is 
lost,  the  stones  having  been  removed  and  placed  against  a  wall 
that  the  land  occupied  by  the  graves  might  be  tilled.  These  two 
were  buried  back  of  the  Capt.  Samuel  Sterling  house,  near  a  little 
brook.  They  died  of  smallpox  in  1777.  After  the  cemetery  came 
into  disuse  by  the  family,  some  of  the  town's  poor  were  illegally 
buried  there,  but  their  graves,  unmarked  by  stones,  were  not  en- 
closed within  the  wall. 

Sterling  City  is  a  local  name  for  a  cluster  of  houses,  num- 
bering about  fifteen,  within  a  radius  of  an  eighth  of  a  mile,  which 


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were  formerly  owned  and  occupied  by  members  of  the  family. 
All  these  houses  were  built  before  the  Revolutionary  War  and 
most  of  them  are  in  a  ruinous  condition ;  that  of  Capt.  Daniel 
Sterling,  built  about  1730,  being  the  best  preserved.  It  is  many 
years  since  any  of  these  dwellings  have  sheltered  members  of  the 
family,  with  one  exception:  the  home  of  John  Sterling,  grandson 
of  William,  built  about  1740,  which  has  been  tenanted  down  to 
the  present  day  by  his  descendants  and  is  now  the  home  of  John's 
great-great-grandson,  Stephen  P.  Sterling,  with  whom  the  name 
will  die  out  in  Sterling  City,  he  having  an  only  daughter.  The  com- 
munity is  about  a  half  mile  east  of  the  hamlet  of  Hamburg,  Lyme. 

The  water-power  here  which  has  operated  mills  for  over  two 
centuries  now  contributes  to  the  necessities  of  a  witch-hazel  dis- 
tillery. The  surrounding  country  is  very  beautiful  in  summer 
and  is  frequented  by  many  artists,  a  number  of  whom  have  sum- 
mer homes  in  the  vicinity.  Within  a  few  years  Lyme  has  grown 
to  have  the  largest  summer  art  colony  in  the  United  States,  there 
being  a  number  of  schools  patronized  by  the  most  eminent  Ameri- 
can landscape  painters. 

The  children  of  William  Sterling  by  first  marriage  were: 

2  t William  Sterling,  b.  about  1660-61 ;    m.  Mary  . 

3  Elizabeth  Sterling,  b.  at  "  Rowley  Village  at  Mirimack  " 

(now  Bradford),  Aug.  6,  1662;    m De  Land. 

4  tRichard    Sterling,    b.    at    Rowley,    Aug.    5,    1663;    m. 

Grace  . 

5  Mary  Sterling,  b.  at  Rowley,  Sept.  14,  1664. 

6  John  Sterling,  b.  at  Rowley,  May  7,  1666 ;   John  Sterlin 

was  a  witness  to  the  will  of  Charles  Brown  of  Rowley, 
Dec.  20,  1687.  (Essex  Inst.  Hist.  Coll.,  Vol.  4.) 
No  further   record  of  him  has  been  found. 

7  tHannah  Sterling,  b.  at  Rowley,  Feb.  14,  1667;   m.  Josiah 

Heath. 

8  t  Sarah  Sterling,  b.  at  Haverhill,  May  4,  1669;    m.  Ralph 

Farnum. 

9  Abigail  Sterling,  b.   at  Haverhill,  May  27,  1670;    said 

to  have  m.  Daniel  Silliman,  2d;    doubtful. 
10     Nathaniel  Sterling,  b.  at  Haverhill,  June  25,  1671 ;    m. 
in  Boston,  Feb.  10,  1695-96,  Mary  Starr.    No  record 
has  been  found  of  his  children,  nor  any  further  men- 
tion of  him. 


262  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

11  Daniel  Sterling,  b.  at  Haverhill,  Oct.  2,  1672;  d.  there 

May  2T,  1673. 

12  tDaniel  Sterling,  b.  at  Haverhill,  Sept.  19,  1673;  m.  1st, 

Mrs.  Mary  (Marvin)  Ely;    2d,  Mrs.  Mary  (Lamb) 
Beckwith. 

13  James  Sterling,  b.  at  Haverhill,  Feb.  24,  1674;  d.  there 

Mar.  6,  1674-75. 

By  second  marriage: 

14  Jonah  or  Josiah  Sterling,  b.  in  Haverhill,  Oct.  21,  1677; 

d.    there   of   smallpox   during   an    epidemic    of   that 
disease,  Dec.  21,  1690. 

15  tJacob  Sterling,  b.  at  Haverhill,  Aug.  29,  1678 ;  m.  Mrs. 

Hannah  (Odell)  Seeley. 

16  Ruth  Sterling,  b.  at  Haverhill,  Dec.  17,  1679. 

17-18     Twins,  b.  in  Haverhill,  May  21,  1681 ;   d.  May  29,  1681. 
On  the  same  day  the  mother  died. 

By  third  marriage : 

19     Ann  Sterling,  b.  in  Haverhill,  Mar.  14,  1684. 

2     WILLIAM  STERLING   (William),  b.  about  1660-61;    m. 

probably  in  Boston,  Mass.,  about  1684,  Mary . 

William  took  the  oath  of  allegiance,  at  the  same  time  as  his 
father,  in  Haverhill,  Nov.  28,  1677  (New  Eng.  Hist.  Gene.  Reg., 
Vol.  VI,  p.  203.)  Wiliam  "  Starlinge,"  in  his  twenty-first  year, 
went  to  Boston  in  company  with  two  friends  of  lus  boyhood  from 
Haverhill,  "  Jn?  Burbank  and  Sam.  Peirson,"  and  was  made  a 
freeman  there,  May  11,  1681.     (Vol.  29,  Boston  Town  Records.) 

New  inhabitants  of  Boston  were  required  to  give  a  bond  that 
they  or  their  families  would  not  become  town  charges :  "  June  26, 
1682,  William  Greenough,  Shipwright,  became  surety  to  the  town 
for  Wm  Starling,  Wm  Shortrigs  and  Thos.  Luscombe,  ship  car- 
penters and  their  families."  (Boston  Town  Records,  Vol.  1886.) 
On  March  29,  1686,  and  July  26,  1686,  William  went  on  the  bond 
of  his  brother  Richard  and  "  became  surety  for  Wm  Ellis  and 
family  "  (Ibid.),  from  which  we  may  safely  assume  that  he  enjoyed 
a  reasonable  degree  of  prosperity  there  or  his  bond  would  not 
have  been  accepted.  His  name  is  on  the  tax  list  for  1687  as 
William  Starting.     (Ibid.,  Vol.  1881.) 

There  appears  to  have  been  another  William  Sterling  in  Boston 


"WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     263 

at  about  this  time,  probably  a  sailor,  who  is  on  the  tax-list  for 
1688  as  an  unmarried  man  (Ibid.)  and  who  was  apparently  an 
improvident  character,  for  on  "  Mar.  23d,  1690-91,  Poore  in  the 
10  rates,  —  not  able  to  pay.  —  in  the  quarter  of  William  Hough, 
constable  of  Boston,"  William  Sterling,  "  taken  in  France,"  assess- 
ment ten  shillings.     (Ibid.) 


View  of  the  Older  Portion  of  the  Sterling  City  Cemetery 


The  numerals  identify  the  graves  of  : 

1  Captain     William     Sterling,    killed, 

1805. 

2  William  Sterling,  d.  in  1719  ;  founder 

of  the  New  England  family. 

3  Sarah     (Mack)    Sterling,    widow   of 

Joseph,  d.  in  1762. 

4  Joseph  Sterling,  d.  in  1748. 

5  Captain     Daniel     Sterling,     d.     in       10   Elizabeth,  1st  wife  of  Captain  Samuel 

1747.  Sterling,  d.  in  1777. 

To  the  left  of  the  Captain  William  stone  is  the  stone  to  his  son  Captain  Thomas 
Sill  Sterling,  lost  at  sea,  and  to  the  right  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Sterling's  grave  (No.  10), 
is  the  stone  of  Stephen  Sterling,  d.  in  1777. 


6  Mrs.    Mary    (Marvin)    Ely    Sterling, 

wife  of  Captain  Daniel,  d.  1744. 

7  John  Sterling,  d.  in  1700. 

8  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Stephen  Sterling, 

d.  1807. 

9  Hannah,  2d  wife  of  Captain  Samuel 
Sterling,  d.  in  1794. 


William  was  a  mariner  as  well  as  a  ship  carpenter.  He  died 
at  sea  some  time  during  the  year  1695  and  was  probably  buried  on 
the  ocean. 


2G4  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


The  inventory  of  his  estate  follows: 

"Aug.  6th  1695.    Inventory  of  the  Goods  of  William  Starling,  late 

of  Boston,  dec'd.  at  Sea.  £,.  s.  d 
1  coat,  p'r  Breeches  &  jacket  5. 

1  coat  &  jacket  2.  16. 

1  bed   &  furniture  8. 

1  trundle  bed,  2  bolsters,  2  pillows  &  curtains  4.  10. 

1  counterpane   &  carpet.  2.     4. 

6  Turkey  work  chairs  2. 

7  wooden  chairs,  2  stools.  1. 

I  Table  cloth,  3  doz.  napkins,  7  diaper  2. 
3  p'r.  Holland  sheets,  3  p'r  cotton   &  linnen  sheets  5. 

II  pewter  dishes,  9  pewter  plates,  6  porringies,  9  basons,  1  candle- 

stick, 1  pewter  salt  cellar,  1  saucer.  3.     1. 

1  pewter  Tankard.  3. 

1  pr.  brass  andirons,  Skimmer  &  scales  1.  10. 

1  brass  kettle   &  skillet  1. 

1  small  iron  pot,  1  iron  kettle,  1  spit,  1  fire  pan,  1  p'r.  tongs,  1  fry- 
ing pan,  1  p'r.  Trammels,  6  iron  seives,  1  p'r  iron  dogs,  1  p'r. 

pot  hooks,  1  flesh  forke,  1  smooth  Iron  1.  10. 

1  great  Iron  pot.  10. 

1  Lamp,  3  candlesticks  5. 
A  parcel  of  books.  1. 

2  trunks  12. 
2  bedsteads  12. 
1  wooden  cupboard  10. 
A  parcel  of  Earthen  ware.  6. 
1  cane  &  forestaff  8. 
A  parcell  of  lumber.  12. 
In  money.  46 


£92.  14s. 


Apprised  by  us. 

Edward  Moartimur 
Richard  Whittecadge. 

The  above  Estate  Dr. 

To  house  rent  to  pay  £    4 

2  Children's  Clothing  &  Schooling  £    4 

By  the  Hon.  Wm.  Stoughtne.  Judge  of  Probate 
Mary  Sterling,  administratrix,  presented  the  within  written,  and  made 
oath  that  it  contains  a  just  and  true  Inventory  of  the  Estate  of  her  late  hus- 
band, Wm.  Starling,  dec'd.,  so  far  as  hath  come  to  her  knowledge  and  that 
if  more  hereafter  appears.    She  will  cause  it  to  be  added. 

Boston,  Oct.  3d.  1695" 

(Probate  Record  of  Suffolk  Co.  No.  2248.) 


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WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     265 


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William's  widow  may  have  married  again,  as  her  name  does 
appear  on  the  probate  records. 

Children : 

20  "  Grace    [Sterling,   dau.]    of  William  &  Mary   Starling, 

born  Oct.  28,  1686  "  in  Boston. 

21  t"  William   [Sterling,  son]   of  William  &  Mary  Starling, 

b.  June  20,  1689  "  in  Boston ;  m.  Grace  Ireland. 

4  RICHARD  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Rowley 
(now  Bradford),  Mass.,  Aug.  5,  1663;  m.  prior  to  1686, 
Grace . 

Mar.  29,  1686,  "  William  Starling,  Shipwright  became  surety 
to  the  town  for  Richard  Starling  (his  brother)  and  his  family." 
(Boston  Town  Records,  1886.)  Richard  may  have  been  a  ship- 
wright as  his  father  was  before  him.  His  name  is  on  the  tax-list 
for  the  following  year,  1687.  (Ibid.,  1881.)  The  succeeding 
year,  1688,  his  name  is  not  given  on  the  tax-list,  which  would  indi- 
cate that  he  had  removed  from  the  town. 

He  was  in  Bristol,  R.  I.,  as  early  as  1695,  when  a  child  was  born 
to  him  there. 

He  evidently  did  not  die  in  Bristol  as  his  name  is  not  on  the 
Probate  Records.  He  may  have  removed  to  Norwalk,  Conn., 
where  his  son  lived  for  a  time  after  his  marriage. 

Austin's  Vital  Records  of  Rhode  Island  give  the  marriage  of 
"  Elizabeth  Sterling  of  Narragansett  and  Job  Reade  of  Newport," 
July  16,  1732,  and  also  mention  that  "  Mary,  wife  of  the  Rev. 
Nicholas  Starling  and  Joseph  Starling  became  members  of  the 
Congregational  Church  at  Little  Compton,  May  8,  1736,  and  Oct. 
28,  1742,  respectively.  The  name  Sterling  is  not  mentioned  in  the 
probate,  vital  or  land  records  of  any  of  these  towns  and  it  has  been 
impossible,  therefore,  to  find  more  regarding  the  above. 

Richard's  children  as  far  as  known  were: 

22  "  Samuel  Starlin,  son  of  Richard  &  Grace,  died  Jan.  11, 

1694/5,"  Bristol,  R.  I. 

23  t"  William  Starlin,  son  of  Richard  &  Grace,  born  Sept.  5, 

1695";  m.  Abigail  Patchen. 

24  t  Abigail  Sterling,  m.  Jacob  Patchen. 


266  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


7  HANNAH  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Rowley, 
Mass.,  Feb.  14,  1667 ;  m.  at  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Apr.  5,  1694,  Josiah 
Heath,  son  of  Josiah  and  Mary  (Davis)  Heath,  b.  Mar.  4, 1673-74. 
They  resided  at  Haverhill.  Mr.  Heath  d.  Apr.  21,  1721.  Six 
children  born  between  the  years  1695  and  1706.  One  dau.,  m. 
before  1717,  to  John  Davis  of  Haverhill.  (Essex  Inst.  Hist,  and 
Gene.  Register ;  Old  Families  of  Salisbury  and  Amesbury,  David 
Hoyt.)  Sterling  Heath,  probably  a  grandson  or  great-grandson 
of  Hannah,  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  was  an  early  settler  of  East 
Cabot,  Washington  Co.,  Vt. 

8  SARAH  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Haverhill, 
Mass.,  May  4,  1669 ;  m.  Oct.  9,  1658,  Ralph  Farnum  (or  Farn- 
ham),  b.  June  1,  1662,  son  of  Ralph  and  Elizabeth  (Holt)  Farnum 
of  Andover. 

Ralph  Farnum,  Jr.,  took  the  Oath  of  Allegiance  in  Andover, 
Feb.  11,  1678;  he  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  Andover  and  a 
householder  there  in  1681.  A  summons  for  witnesses  issued  July 
30,  1692,  for  the  trial  of  Martha  Carrier  as  a  witch  who  was 
hanged  Aug.  19,  1692 : 

"  Wm.  &  Mary  by  ye  Grace  of  God  of  England,  Scotland 
ffrance  &  Ireland  King  and  Queen  Defendrs  of  ye  faith  &css.  To 
ye  Constable  or  Constables  of  Andover  Greeting. 

Wee  Comand  you  to  Warn  and  give  Notice  unto  Allen  Tooth- 
aker,  Ralph  ffarnum  junr.  John  ffarnum  son  of  Ralph  ffarnum 
senr.  Benjamin  Abbott  and  his  wife,  Andrew  Foster,  Phebe  Chan- 
dler daughter  of  William  Chandler,  Samuel  Holt,  Scnr.  Samuel 
Preston  junr,  that  they  and  every  one  of  them  be  and  personally 
oppear  at  ye  Court  of  Ayer  and  Terminer  to  be  held  by  adjurnment 
on  Tuesday  next  at  Ten  of  ye  Clock  in  ye  Morning  there  to  testify*5 
ye  truth  to  ye  best  of  their  knowledge  on  certain  indictments  to  be 
exhibited  against  Martha  Carrier  of  Andover;  hereof  fail  not  at 
your  utmost  perill  and  make  return  of  your  doings  herein. 

Stephen  Sewell  Clerk" 

Children : 

25  Sarah  Farnum,  b.  May  5,  1686. 

26  Henry  Farnum,  b.  Sept.  15,  1687. 

27  tRalph  Farnum,  b.  May  25,  1689;   m.  Elizabeth  Austin. 

28  t  Daniel  Farnum,  b.  Jan.  21,  1691 ;   m.  Hannah  Bragdon. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     267 


29  Abigail  Farnum,  b.  May  3,  1692;  m.  Jan.  6,  1714,  James 

Abbott,  b.  in  Andover,  Feb.  12,  1695.  They  removed 
to  Concord,  N.  H.,  in  1737.     She  d.  Dec.  27,  1787. 

30  William  Farnum,  b.  Aug.  5,  1693. 

31  Nathaniel  Farnum,  b.  July  25,  1695. 

32  Barachias  Farnum,  b.   Mar.    16,   1697;    m.   in  Reading, 

Mass.,  Jan.  1,  1723,  Hephizibah  Harnden,  b.  in 
Reading  in  1705,  dau.  of  John  and  Susanna  Harnden. 
They  had  one  child,  Rachel  Farnum,  b.  in  Andover, 
1726. 

33  Benjamin  Farnum,  b.  Mar.  14,  1699. 

34  Joseph  (or  Josiah)  Farnum,  b.  Feb.  4,  1701 ;  m.  at  Dover, 

N.  H.,  Aug.  31,  1720,  Elizabeth  Husse.  (Hoyt's 
Old  Families  of  Salisbury  and  Amesbury ;  the  Essex 
Inst.  Hist.  Register ;  the  Essex  Antiquarian  ;  Savage's 
Gene.  Diet.,  N.  E.  H.  G.  Reg.  and  the  Farnham 
Gene.) 

12  CAPTAIN  DANIEL  STARLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  Sept.  19,  1673;  1st:  "  Capt.  Daniel  Starling 
was  Married  to  Mary  Ely  the  Relict  of  M?  Richard  Ely  of  Lyme 

Deceased  the  6th  Day  of  June  A.  D.  1699.     She  was  b.  in 

1666,  the  dau.  of  Lieut.  Reinold  and  Sarah  Marvin.1     She  is  buried 

1  Roger  Mervyn  of  St.  Stephen's  Parish,  Ipswich,  County  Suffolk,  England,  b. 
as  early  as  1430,  d.  "the  Sunday  after  the  Feast  of  the  Nativity  of  the  Blessed  Virgin 
Mary.  1475,"  i.  e.,  Sept.  10,  1475.    He  was  survived  by  his  wife  Matilda. 

His  will,  made  and  proved  Sept.  10,  1475 ;  recorded  at  Ipswich.  The  only  known 
child  of  Roger  and  Matilda  Marvin  was: 

John,  b.  about  1453  or  earlier.  His  eldest  son  was  John  (?),  b.  about  1480; 
had  several  children  of  whom 

Rynalde  is  supposedly  the  second  son,  b.  about  1514,  of  "Ramsey,  yeoman," 

who  owned  considerable  property  in  the  parish.    Rynalde  or  Reinold  m.  Johan 

who  survived  him  and  was  made  sole  executrix  of  his  will,  dated  Dec.  22,  1554.  He 
was  survived  by  six  children  of  wThom 

Edward  was  probably  the  second.  He  was  b.  about  1550  or  earlier.  He  inherited 
from  his  father  a  house  and  lands  in  Wrabness  and  possessed  at  his  death  a  house  and 
land  in  Wis  adjoining  the  former  and  other  parcels  of  land  and  houses  in  various  par- 
ishes.   He  removed  to  Great  Bentley,  County  of  Essex,  previous  to  June,  1 593.    He  in . 

Margaret ,  who  survived  him.    He  d.  at   Great  Bentley,  between  Nov.  13,  1615, 

the  date  of  his  will,  and  Jan.  17,  161G,  the  date  said  will  was  proved,  and  is  buried  in 
St.  Mary's  churchyard,  in  that  parish.  He  was  survived  by  eight  children,  of  whom 
Reinold,  bapt.  at'  Great  Bentley,  June  7,  1593,  was  the  sixth.  He  resided  in  his 
native  parish  until  shortly  before  he  sailed  for  New  England,  as  we  find  him  charged 
with  the  "Ship  Money  Tax"  in  1G37,  and  he  appears  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  in  1688.  I  te 
m.  about  1617,  Mary  or  Marie ,  who  accompanied  him  to  New  England,  where  she 


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by  the  side  of  Capt.  Daniel  in  the  Sterling  City  cemetery.  The  in- 
scription on  the  stone  over  her  grave  is :  "  Here  lyeth  the  Remains 
of  Mrs.  Mary  Starlin,  wife  of  Capt.  Daniel  Starlin,  who  departed 
this  life  October  the  16th  1744  in  the  78th  year  of  her  age."  2d: 
"  Captain  Daniel  Starling  was  Married  to  ye  Widdow  Mary  Beck- 

d.  probably  in  the  spring  or  summer  of  1661,  for  in  September  of  that  year,  Nicholas  Jen- 
nings of  Saybrook  was  charged  with  causing  her  death  through  witchcraft.  Matthew, 
younger  brother  of  Reinold,  came  to  New  England  in  1635.    He  m.  1st,  about  1623, 

Elizabeth ,  b.  1604.    He  was  one  of  the  twelve  "very  earliest  emigrants"  whose 

names  are  known  among  the  settlers  in  Hartford,  Conn. ;  removed  in  1650  to  Norwalk, 
Conn.,  being  one  of  the  original  settlers  of  that  town.  Elizabeth  Marvin  d.  in  Hartford 
about  1640  to  46,  and  Matthew  m.  2d,  about  1647,  Mrs.  Alice,  widow  of  John  Bouton 
of  Hartford.     He  d.  in  Norwalk  between  Dec.  20,  1678,  and  July  12,  1680. 

Reynold  Man-in  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  1638,  removed  to  Farmington  and  soon  after- 
ward to  Saybrook,  Conn.,  freeman,  1658;  d.  in  1662  between  May  13,  the  date  of  his 
will,  and  Oct.  28,  the  date  of  the  inventory  of  his  estate.  His  son  Reynold,  Jr.,  chris- 
tened at  Great  Bentley,  Eng.,  Dec.  20,  1631,  freeman,  1658,  deacon  in  1670-72-13- 
74-76  ;m.  about  1663,  Sarah,  dau.  of  George  Clark,  husbandman,  of  Milford,  Conn., 
1639,  who  d.  in  August,  1690,  leaving  a  good  estate ;  in  will  of  Apr.  25, 1690,  named  a 
dau.  Sarah,  then  widow  of  the  famous  Capt.  Joseph  Sill,  first  wife  of  Reynold  Marvin, 
as  also  five  children  of  her  by  Marvin.  These  five  children  of  Lieut.  Reynold  and  Sarah 
(Clark)  Marvin  were:  John,  b.  1665,  Mary,  b.  1666,  Sarah,  Reynold,  Jr.,  b.  1669,  and 
Samuel,  b.  1671.  Reynold,  Sr.,  d.  at  Lyme  in  1676  and  his  wife  m.  Capt.  Joseph  Sill, 
Feb.  12,  1677,  as  his  second  wife  and  survived  him,  living  as  late  as  May  28,  1702. 
By  this  second  marriage  she  became  the  mother  of  Joseph  Sill,  b.  Jan.  6,  1678,  who 
m.  Phebe  Lord,  dau.  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth  (Hyde)  Lord  and  had  Thomas  Sill,  the 
father  of  Jemima  Sill,  b.  in  1745,  who  m.  Capt.  William  Sterling  (No.  110).  This 
Thomas  Sill  b.  Aug.  25,  1717,  m.  Jemima  Dudley;  another  child,  Micah  Sill,  m. 
Azubah  Harvey  and  had  Azubah  Sill,  b.  Nov.  15,  1780,  m.  Sept.  17,  1797,  her  step- 
brother, Asahel  Marvin,  b.  Sept.  16,  1769,  second  son  of  Capt.  Timothy  and  Sarah 
(Perkins)  Marvin,  grandson  of  Elisha  and  Catharine  (Mather)  Marvin  of  Lyme.  The 
eldest  child  of  Asahel  and  Azubah  (Sill)  Marvin  was  Sarah,  b.  May  4,  1799,  who 
m.  Stephen  Sterling  (No.  419). 

Mary  Marvin,  b.  1666,  dau.  of  Lieut.  Reynold  and  Sarah  (Clark)  Marvin,  m.  1st 
Richard  Ely  of  Saybrook  and  had  two  sons,  Samuel  and  Richard.  Richard  Ely,  second 
son  of  Richard  and  Mary  (Marvin)  Ely,  m.  1st,  Elizabeth  Peck  and  had  by  her  four 
children,  m.  2d,  Phebe  Hubbard  and  had  by  her  nine  children,  one  of  whom  Robert, 
m.  Jerusha  Lay  and  had  Jerusha  Ely,  b.  Feb.  17,  1773,  who  m.  William  Sterling,  son 
of  Capt.  William  and  Jemima  (Sill)  Sterling  (No.  254). 

Richard  Ely,  probably  b.  in  England,  was  the  son  of  Richard  Ely,  b.  in  Plymouth, 
Eng.,  who  came  to  New  England  about  1660 ;  he  was  a  merchant  of  Boston,  1664, 
removed  to  Saybrook.  His  first  wife  d.  before  he  came  to  this  country;  he  m.  2d,  in 
1664,  Elizabeth,  widow  of  John  Cullick,  sister  of  Col.  George  Fenwick,  who  d.  Nov. 
12,  1683.  Richard,  Sr.,  d.  Nov.  24,  1684.  He  had  an  elder  son,  William  Ely,  who  was 
in  the  West  Indies  when  the  father  and  brother  Richard,  Jr.,  came  to  this  country. 
This  William  afterward  settled  in  Lyme  and  m.  1st,  May  24,  1681,  Elizabeth 
Smith.  His  second  son  by  2d  m.  was  Daniel,  who  had  Mary  Ely,  b.  May  8,  1716, 
who  m.  Benjamin  Lee  and  had  for  their  eleventh  child,  Lemuel  Lee,  b.  May  3,  1760, 
who  m.  Sarah  Sterling  (No.  213). 

(Walworth's  Hyde  Genealogy;  Lee  Family  Papers;  Hubbard  Genealogy;  English 
Ancestry  of  Reinold  and  Matthew  Marvin;  Ely  Genealogy.) 


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with  the  16th  Day  of  May  A.  D.  1745."     She  was  probably 

Mary  Lamb,  who  m.,  Oct.  15,  1717,  James  Beckwith,  by  whom  she 
had  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  20,  1722,  James,  b.  Apr.  1,  1725,  and  Rebecca, 
b.  June  30,  1728.  (New  Eng.  Hist,  and  Gene.  Register,  Vol. 
XXIII,  p.  426.) 

When  William  left  Haverhill  in  the  autumn  of  1697,  Daniel  and 
his  youngest  brother,  Jacob,  accompanied  him  to  his  new  home  in 
Lyme,  Conn.  Daniel  was  now  twenty-four  years  old  and  began  to 
assume  some  of  the  heavier  burdens  of  the  family,  as  his  father 
had  passed  his  sixtieth  birthday.  The  year  following,  he  married 
a  widow  seven  years  his  senior.     His  entry  into  the  public  affairs 


The  Mill  Pond  at  Sterling  City 

This  is  immediately  south  of  Captain  Daniel  Sterling's  home,  the  road  on  which 
the  house  is  located  running  over  the  milldam,  which  is  kept  in  good  repair. 

of  the  community  began  very  soon,  an  activity  which  continued 
during  his  life.  He  was  chosen  lister  (assessor)  at  a  town-meeting 
held  Apr.  27,  1703,  townsman,  Dec.  14,  1704,  and  surveyor  of 
highways,  Dec.  26,  1706.  He  was  a  witness  to  an  apprisal  of  land, 
Nov.  19,  1705.  Daniel  Starlin  was  elected  lister  Dec.  25,  1710, 
and  again  on  Dec.  21,  1724,  and  Dec.  18,  1725,  for  terms  of  one 
year.  He  was  chosen  townsman  (selectman)  for  Lyme,  Dec.  22, 
1715,  Dec.  1,  1718,  Dec.  28,  1719,  Dec.  18,  1721,  Dec.  21,  1725, 
and  Dec.  24,  1728.  He  was  again  elected  surveyor  of  highways 
Mar.  8,  1713-14  "for  2yr  ensuing"  and  Jan.  10,  1726.  He 
was  as  well  made  "  inspector  of  ye  towne  lists,"  Dec.  14,  1713,  was 


270  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

one  of  a  committee  appointed  to  secure  a  new  minister,  Jan.  4, 
1719,  and  was  chosen  tythingman,  Dec.  30,  1730.  As  Daniel 
Starline,  he  was  elected  brander  of  cattle  Dec.  25,  1711,  "  for  the 
3rear  ensuing." 

At  a  meeting  of  the  governor  and  council  in  New  London,  July 
3,  1710,  it  was  "  Ordered,  That  there  be  payed  out  of  the  Treas- 
uary  of  this  Colony  to  Mr.  Daniel  Starling  of  Lyme,  five  pounds, 
ten  shillings  as  money  for  a  boat  of  his  that  was  lost  in  the 
countries  service  in  the  year  1708  "  (Colonial  Records  of  Conn.) 
In  1709,  with  three  others,  Daniel  acquired  the  water  right  at  what 
afterward  became  Sterling  City,  in  the  north  part  of  the  then 
town  of  Lyme.  This  water  power,  which  has  been  utilized  by  men 
for  over  two  hundred  years,  is  wholly  natural.  Two  small  lakes 
known  as  Hog  Pond  and  Norwich  Pond,  some  three  miles  or  so  in 
length,  to  the  south  of  Sterling  City,  have  for  their  outlet  the  little 
brook,  a  half  mile  long,  always  known  as  the  "  Mill  Stream  "  or 
"  Falls  Brook  "  which  runs  through  a  level  stretch  of  country  until 
it  reaches  a  steep  incline  just  at  the  head  of  an  arm  of  Eight  Mile 
River  Cove,  where  there  has  been  a  mill  of  some  sort  for  over  two 
centuries.  Here,  the  nucleus  of  Sterling  City,  the  family  controlled 
the  mills  for  a  hundred  years. 

On  Jan.  24,  1708-09,  this  grant  was  made:  "  Daniel  Starling, 
Sarjs  Colt,  Henry  benet  Senrr-  and  William  Wareman  hath  liberty 
to  build  upon  the  fall  whar  Mr-  Elys  Sawe  mill  wase,  to  build  a 
fulling  mill  and  Corne  mill  for  the  Inhabitance  of  Lyme  and  others 
and  to  make  Dam  or  Dams  always  prouided :  that  the  saw  mill  be 
finished  within  one  year  from  the  Date  here  of  and  that  the  owners 
prejudis  noe  mans  property  by  sd  mill  or  by  Dam  or  Dams  voated, 
or  other  ways  this  aboue  said  is  nulle  and  voide  and  it  is  further 
voted  that  thar  shall  not  be  any  [other]  sawe  mill  built  in  sd  town. 
The  aboue  sd  liberty  and  priviledges  is  now  granted  to  the  sd 
owners  there  hairs  and  assigns  soe  longe  as  the  sd  owners  doe 
Keep  sd  mills  in  Rpairs,  other  ways  it  Returns  to  the  towne  and 
that  the  sd  owners  of  sd  mills  shall  not  have  liberty  to  sell  sd  privi- 
ledge  unto  any  parson  or  parsons  exepte  it  be  unto  the  Inhabtants 
of  Lyme." 

Daniel  seems  to  have  acquired  an  exclusive  right  to  the  water- 


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power,  for  on  Mar.  26,  1730,  "  Capt.  Daniel  Starlin  was  granted 
free  Liberty  to  make  a  dam  or  Damms  at  ye  mouth  of  Noridge 
(Norwich)  pond  and  ye  mouth  of  ye  Hoggpond  (in  sd  Lyme)  for 
the  stopping  ye  water  there  the  better  to  supply  his  corn  mill  with 
water." 

Shortly  after  acquiring  the  water  privilege,  Daniel  bought  his 
first  land.  On  Mar.  17,  1708-09,  Benjamin  Noys  deeded  to  him 
for  "  twenty  pounds  in  money  in  hand  Receaued  "  the  land  "  being 
near  unto  the  place  knowne  by  the  name  of  the  falls  Riuer  or  brook 
near  unto  the  place  whar  unto  M*  Elys  saw  mill  was.  Containing 
sixteen  acres  of  land  and  meadow  be  it  more  or  less  and  is  bounded 
westerly  and  southerly  by  said  Noyls  upland  and  meadow,  easterly 
with  the  Commons  Northerly  with  the  highway  to  the  sd  Saw  mill 
that  was  a  fore."  (Lyme  Town  Records,  Vol.  3.)  Here  Daniel 
erected  his  mills  and  his  dwelling.  It  may  be  assumed  that  about 
this  time,  in  the  spring  of  1709,  Daniel  moved  from  near  the  Sound, 
on  the  bank  of  the  Lieutenant  River,  to  the  north  part  of  the  town, 
near  the  present  village  of  Hamburg  where  grew  up  and  flourished 
"  Sterling  City." 

He  bought  many  parcels  of  land  in  the  neighborhood  of  the 
mill.  Daniel's  step-daughters,  Mary  and  Sarah  Ely,  deeded  to  him 
on  May  3,  1715,  two  lots  of  seventeen  and  twenty-five  acres  respec- 
tively, for  £5  each,  land  which  they  had  inherited  from  their  grand- 
father, Richard  Ely.  On  July  18,  1717,  he  bought  of  Samuel  Peck 
"  for  and  in  Consideration  of  ye  sum  of  twenty  pounds  a  meadow 
containing  about  four  acres  with  a  house  thereon  lying  over 
against  Stephen  Dewolfs  land  late  of  Lyme,  Deceased,  and  is  bound 
as  foloweth  viz:  southerly  &  westerly  &  by  a  piont  of  land  Caled 
by  ye  name  of  flying  point,  easterly  by  Liftenants  Riuer  and  north- 
erly by  A  creek  called  bgurd  landing  Creek,"  near  the  mouth 
of  the  Connecticut. 

The  General  Assembly  of  the  colony  on  May  8,  1718,  did 
"  establish  and  confirm  Mr.  Daniel  Starlin  of  Lyme  to  be  Ensign 
of  the  first  train  band  in  the  town  of  Lyme  aforesaid."  (Colonial 
Records  of  Conn.,  Vol.  VI,  p.  44.) 

There  was  "  laid  out  to  Mr.  Daniell  Sterling  a  Certain  tract  of 
land  being  in  estimation  four  acres,  lying  upon  the  hill  norwest 


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THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


of  old  Mr.  Sterlings  Lot  "  and  adjoining  the  land  already  owned 
by  Daniel.  This  lot  was  laid  Sept.  17,  1718,  and  confirmed  by  the 
town  Dec.  1. 

Aug.  7  of  this  year  William  deeded  all  his  property  to  Daniel. 
Daniel  also  received  "  upon  the  account  of  Mr.  Russels  settlement 
at  tantamoheags  (Tantummeheag)  hill,"  adjoining  land  owned  by 
Richard  Lord,  twenty  acres  at  15s-  per  acre,  Dec.  1,  1718.  The 
hill  mentioned  lies  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Connecticut  river,  about 
four  miles  south  of  Hamburg,  midway  between  that  town  and  the 
Sound.  On  the  same  date  "  upon  the  account  of  M*"  Russel's  settle- 
ment," Daniel  was  granted  for  £8,  "  Ten  acres  of  Land  aboue  the 


View  West  from  near  the  Captain  Daniel  Sterling  House 
On  the  extreme  left  is  the  old  mill.     Just  above  the  tree  in  the  foreground  is  the  head 
of  Hamburg  Cove  as  it  was  in  early  days,  a  tide-water  tributary  of  the  Connecti- 
cut river,  long  since  impassable. 

saw  mill  northeast  of  his  dwelling  house  "  and  abutting  on  the 
"  Cartway." 

The  following  spring  Daniel  bought  of  Henry  Benit  (Bennett) 
"  for  a  ualuable  Consideration,  yt  is  to  say,  ye  sum  of  four  pounds 
in  money  in  hand  all  ready  Reed  .  .  .  Two  pieces  of  land  lying 
...  on  ye  east  side  of  ye  falls  Riuer,  the  first  parcell  or  peice  of 
lands  contains  three  acres  &  three  querters  and  twenty  Rods  and  is 
bounded  westerly  and  southwardly  by  ye  high  way  and  eastwardly 
and  northwardly  by  the  Commons."  The  second  piece  contained 
"  one  acre  and  twenty  Rods  adjoining  to  the  sd  Daniell  Sterling's 
land,"  Mar.  3,  1719.     May  14,  of  the  same  year,  Daniel  acquired 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     273 

from  the  same  Bennett,  for  £21,  another  parcel  of  land  containing 
twenty-three  acres  "  at  A  place  Called  wolfpit  plain."  These  three 
lots  of  land  all  adjoined  land  owned  by  William  Comstock  and  were 
therefor  probably  adjacent.  Bennett  acquired  them  from  John 
Tanner. 

On  Oct.  12,  1719,  Daniel's  stepson,  Richard  Ely,  deeded  him 
"  for  diuers  Good  Causes  and  Considerations  me  there  unto  moue- 


View  West  from  near  the  Captain  Daniel  Sterling  House 

On  the  left  are  the  house  and  barn  of  William  Sill  and  over  the  center  of  the  clump 
of  trees  is  the  Captain  William  Sterling  house. 

ing  but  more  especily  for  and  in  consideration  of  sumthing  one 
paid  me  of  my  portion  and  one  yoak  of  oxen,"  a  plot  of  land  con- 
taining seventeen  acres  and  described  as  being  near  the  Lord's 
houselots  "  a  little  westward  of  the  Brook  which  is  the  southwest 
corner  bounds."  It  appears  from  this  deed  that  Daniel  (with 
his  wife)  was  the  administrator  of  the  estate  of  his  wife's  first 
husband. 

He  bought  of  Richard  Lord  on  April  15,  1720,  for  £30  a 
parcel  of  land  of  about  ten  acres  "  bounded  easterly  by  the  high- 
way, south  by  the  Riuer  known  and  called  by  ye  name  of  ye  falls 
Riuer."  The  same  day  Daniel  deeded  to  Richard  Lord  for  £15, 
the  twenty  acres  on  "  Tantomoheag's  Hill,"  which  he  had  secured 
in  1718. 


274  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

He  bought  of  Richard  Ely,  Daniel  Ely,  and  Richard  Ely,  Jr., 
of  Lyme,  who  had  been  appointed  by  the  North  (Church)  So- 
ciety to  sell  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land  belonging  to  the 
Society,  for  £4,  "  to  acres  situate  in  Sd  Lyme  at  a  place  adjoining 
on  a  pond  called  Hogpond,  Sd  land  adjoining  partly  on  Sd  Pond 
any  ye  Brook  yt  Runs  out  of  Sd  pond." 

Daniel  and  his  neighbor,  Thomas  Lord,  had  some  disagree- 
ment about  the  line  of  division  between  their  properties,  a  diffi- 
culty which  they  settled  by  each  surrendering  to  the  other  a  cer- 
tain portion  near  the  dividing  line.  On  Oct.  10,  1723,  the  Gen- 
eral Assembly  advanced  Daniel  to  be  lieutenant.  "  This  Assembly 
do  establish  and  confirm  Mr.  Danel  Sterling  of  Lyme  to  be  Lieu- 
tenant of  the  North  company  or  train  band  of  the  town  of  Lyme 
aforesaid  and  that  he  be  commissioned  accordingly."  (Colonial 
Records  of  Conn.,  Vol.  VI,  p.   412.) 

There  was  laid  out  to  Daniel  Sterlin  on  Dec.  10,  1723,  one 
acre  and  eighty-eight  rods  adjoining  his  property.  On  the  same 
day  the  lot  layers  laid  out  the  land  purchased  "  from  ye  heirs  of 
Mr.  Richard  Ely,  Junr.  on  ye  hill,"  and  at  the  same  time  "  4  acres 
of  land  under  ye  hill."  The  5th  of  January,  1726,  John  and 
Ruth  PXoltum  exchanged  sixteen  acres  of  land  with  Daniel  for 
twenty-six  and  the  same  day  Daniel  sold  to  Holtum  for  £2,  two 
acres.  The  General  Assembly  established  and  confirmed  "  Mr. 
Daniel  Starlin  of  Lyme  to  be  Captain  of  the  north  company  or 
train  band  in  the  town  of  Lyme  aforesaid  and  order  that  he  be 
commissioned  accordingly,"  Oct.  10,  1728.  (Colonial  Records, 
Conn.,  Vol.  VII,  p.  195.) 

Daniel  Ely  sold  to  Daniel  Sterling,  Feb.  24,  1728,  land  for 
£6  at  "  a  place  commonly  called  Bigses  Meadow  over  ye  falls 
containing  three  acres  and  forty-eight  rods  of  meadow  and  up- 
land .  .  .  adjoining  Said  Daniel's  land  on  one  side."  Nov.  23, 
of  the  same  year,  the  same  Ely  deeded  to  Captain  Starlin  a  third 
portion  of  a  tract  of  twenty  acres  near  where  the  old  sawmill 
stood. 

Captain  Sterling's  other  somewhat  numerous  real  estate  trans- 
actions may  be  briefly  stated:  June  19,  1728,  there  was  laid  out 
to  Daniel  Starlin  one  acre  and  twenty  rods  of  land  near  where 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     275 

his  sawmill  stood,  and  another  parcel  of  land  of  sixty  rods  near 
the  same  mill,  also  an  acre,  all  taken  from  a  tract  so  as  to  sur- 
round the  sawmill  on  all  sides.  Apr.  3,  1729,  an  acre  of  land 
was  laid  out  to  Daniel  "  standing  by  his  own  land,"  and  on 
Dec.  16,  1729,  an  acre  was  sold  him  for  £2  by  the  committee  of 


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The  Captain  Daniel  House  from  the  Site  of  the  Old  Mill 


the  North  Society  church.  Nov.  10,  1731,  George  Beckwith  deeded 
to  Capt.  Starlin,  in  consideration  of  £70,  the  five  acres  of  land 
called  Bio-o-s  meadow  on  the  east  side  of  Falls  creek,  "  bounded 
Northwardly  and  Southeasterly  by  Said  Starlin's  land  and  west- 
erly by  said  creek."  It  is  on  this  tract  that  the  Sterling  City 
cemetery  is  located.  The  same  day  as  this  transaction,  "  William 
Warman  deeded  to  Capt.  Starlin  for  valuable  sume  of  money 
valued  at  three  pounds,  to  a  certain  Stream  of  water  which  runs 
near  ye  Dwelling  house  of  ye  Sd  Starlins  in  Sd  Lyme  commonly 
called  and  known  by  the  name  of  ye  falls  Brook  with  all  ye  privi- 
leges and  appurtenances  there  unto  belonging  or  in  ways  apper- 
taining." July  27,  1733,  Daniel  sold  to  William  Ely,  for  £100, 
"  a  certain  tract  of  land  near  Sd  Ely8  dwelling  house  known  by  the 
name  of  the  Sixteen  acres  lott." 

Three  parcels  of  land  were  laid  out  to  Captain  Daniel  by 
order  of  the  proprietors'  clerk  on  Apr.  1,  1735,  four  acres,  two 
acres,  and  one-half  acre,  all  adjoining  Daniel's  land.     On  the  12th 


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of  the  same  month  Daniel  was  granted  thirtv-four  acres  of  land  bv 
the  town,  "  begining  at  ye  northeast  corner  .  .  .  thence  one  hun- 
dred &  sixteen  rods  by  sd  Sterling's  Land  southerly  .  .  .  Thence 
easterly  50  rods  To  ye  Damm.  I*  goeth  a  Cross  ye  Lower  end  of 
ye  hogg  pond"  (for  the  construction  of  which  Daniel  secured 
permission  in  1730),  "  Allso  one  peice  on  ye  thirtyeth  day  of  Sd 
apperll  laid  out  to  sd  Sterling  Twenty  acres  of  Land  adjoining 
To  his  own  Land,"  "  allso  Laid  out  to  sd  Sterling  on  ye  30  day  of 
sd  Apprell  a  guset  of  Land  containing  40  Rods  &  is  bounded 
by  ye  highway  that  goes  from  sd  Sterlings  house  to  ye  meeting 
house,  near  ye  Littel  bridge  and  by  his  own  land.  ye  aboue  sd 
Land  was  apprized  at  one  shilling  pr.  acre  with  allowance  for 
rocks." 

Capt.  Starlin  and  Daniel  Ely  were  a  committee  for  the  North 
Society  for  the  disposition  of  land  given  by  the  town  to  the 
Society,  the  proceeds  from  the  sale  to  be  used  for  funds  toward 
the  settlement  of  a  minister  for  the  Society.  One  acre  was  sold 
to  Richard  Ely,  Jr.  (Capt.  Starlin's  stepson),  for  two  pounds  on 
Mar.  4,  1735-36. 

June  29,  1737,  "  Land  was  Laid  out  in  Said  Starlin's  Right 
by  order  from  ye  Proprieators  Clerk  and  it  was  Laid  out  in  Lew 
of  one  acre  and  half  of  Land  that  was  Laid  out  to  Said  Starlin 
at  Chestnut  hill,  which  Through  a  Mistake  was  Laid  out  on  Land 
belonging  to  Leutenant  Renold  Marvin." 

Oct.  26,  1739,  one  and  one  fourth  acres  were  laid  out  to 
Capt.  Starlin  a  little  east  of  his  dwelling  house,  for  one  shilling 
and  three  pence.  Mar.  12,  1740,  Capt.  Starlin  sold  to  Capt. 
Stephen  Lee  for  £350  "  good  and  Lawful  Money,"  sixty  acres  of 
upland  and  salt  meadow  by  Lieutenant  River.  This  probably 
included  the  land  bought  by  Daniel's  father  in  1701.  The  next 
day  Daniel  sold  to  Richard  Lord  eight  and  one  half  acres  for 
£80  on  "  Tantomehages  hill." 

William  Ely  sold  to  Capt.  Starlin  Mar.  30,  1740,  for  £3, 
thirty  acres  of  land  in  the  "  last  half  of  ye  3d  part  of  ye  4th  divi- 
sion." It  was  in  this  section  that  Daniel's  home  and  the  most 
of  his  property  was  located.  The  day  before  he  sold  to  Richard 
Hays  eight  acres  for  £24  and  the  day  following  he  sold  to  George 


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Smith  seventeen  acres,  near  the  highway  leading  to  Capt.  John 
Coults,  for  £525. 

Oct.  22,  1740,  Ephraim  Brockway  deeded  to  Capt.  Starlin  a 
two  shilling  right,  near  the  Captain's  home,  "  to  be  taken  up  in 
ye  Right  formerly  belonging  to  ye  Daughter  of  Elizabeth  Corn- 
stock,  decsd,"  and  Dec.  16  of  the  same  year  Capt.  Starlin  bought 
of  William  Ely  for  £12,  four  acres  lying  near  Hart  Swamp.  John 
Butler  sold  to  Daniel  eight  acres  west  of  Hart  Swamp,  for  £25, 
on  Apr.  27,  1741,  and  on  May  12,  1743,  Butler  sold  him  land  by 
Hart  Swamp  for  "  Twelve  Pounds  old  Tenor  money."  Again  on 
Sept.  13,  of  the  latter  year,  Butler  sold  Capt.  Starling  land  by 
Falls  River,  for  £12. 

The  last  appearance  of  Daniel's  name  on  the  Lyme  land  records 
is  under  date  of  Dec.  4,  1744,  when  he  purchased  of  Capt.  Richard 
Ely  an  acre  of  land  for  £10  at  Chestnut  Hill. 

Capt.  Daniel  Sterling  had  now  passed  his  seventy-first  birth- 
day. He  had  been  a  prominent  citizen  of  his  town  for  forty  years, 
had  served  many  terms  in  the  town  offices  and  been  called  in  the 
settlement  of  neighborhood  differences  and  difficulties  many  times. 

He  had  been  an  officer  in  the  militia  of  the  Northern  portion 
of  the  town  since  1718  and  a  deacon  in  the  Third  Church  of  Christ 
for  many  years  beside  being  a  member  of  various  committees.  He 
was  a  man  of  considerable  wealth  and  his  position  and  aristo- 
cratic tendencies  are  indicated  by  the  number  and  value  of  the 
articles  of  clothing  mentioned  in  the  inventory  of  his  estate  and  by 
the  fact  that  he  had  a  negro  slave  who  undoubtedly  served  his 
master  in  the  capacity  of  a  body  servant.  At  this  time  there 
were  several  thousand  slaves  in  New  England,  the  majority  being 
negroes  brought  from  Africa  and  the  West  Indies,  though  a  few 
were  of  Indian  blood.  Slavery  continued  from  the  earliest  Puri- 
tan days  down  to  1800,  but  it  never  became  general  and  there 
always  appears  to  have  been  some  prejudice  against  it. 

Captain  Daniel  was  surely  a  man  of  high  character  and  integ- 
rity, who  lived  his  life  well  in  the  fear  of  God.  He  died  in  Sterling 
City  "  ye  30th  Day  of  June  A.  D.  1747."  He  is  buried  in  the 
Sterling  City  cemetery  on  his  own  ground,  near  the  "  Mil]  Stream 
or  Falls  Brook  "  with  which  his  name  was  so  intimately  connected 


278  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


for  thirty-eight  years  of  his  life.  The  inscription  on  the  stone 
above  his  grave  reads :  "  Here  lyeth  the  Remains  of  Capt.  Daniel 
Starlin  Deacon  of  the  third  Church  of  Christ  in  Lyme  who  De- 
parted this  Life  June  the  30th  1747  in  the  76th  year  of  his  Age. 
Memento  Mori." 

Captain  Sterling  left  a  considerable  estate.  His  real  prop- 
erty reached,  in  the  values  of  those  times,  between  £8000  and 
£10,000   and  his   personal   belongings   were   inventoried   at    over 

£800. 

What  little  currency  New  England  had  at  this  time,  however, 
was  greatly  depreciated,  so  it  is  difficult  to  state  the  equivalent 
of  these  figures  in  money  values  of  to-day.  They  would  amount 
to  little  more  than  half  our  present  standard  of  values. 

Captain  Daniel  Sterling's  Will 

In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen,  the  27th  Day,  of  May  one  Thousand, 
Seven  hundred  and  forty  Seven :  I  Daniel  Starlin  of  Lyme  in  the 
County  of  New  London  and  Colony  of  Connecticut  being  Sick  and 
weak  in  Body,  Yet  of  sound  mind  and  Memory  Thanks  be  to  God, 
I,  Therefore  calling  to  mind  the  Mortality  of  My  Body  and  that 
it  is  appointed  for  all  Men  once  to  Die  do  therefore  first  of  all 
Recommend  my  Soul  into  the  hands  of  God  that  gave  it  and  my 
Body  to  the  Dust  to  be  buried  att  the  Discression  of  my  Execu- 
tors hereafter  Named  And  as  Touching  the  worldly  Estate  with 
which  it  hath  pleased  God  to  bless  me  with  in  this  Life ;  I  Divise 
and  Dispose  of  the  Same  in  the  following  Manner : 

Imprimr:  I  Give  and  Bequeath  to  my  well  beloved  wife  Mary 
Starling  The  one  hundred  pounds  in  Capt.  Elisha  Sheldon's  hands 
which  he  owes  me  and  has  given  me  a  Note  for  Dated  January  7th 
1745/6  and  all  the  Putor  and  bed  and  beding  which  she  brought 
with  her  when  I  married  her  and  also  a  Suit  of  Decent  Mourning 
Cloaths,  to  be  bought  for  her  and  paid  for  out  of  my  Estate  by 
nvy  Executors.  I  also  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Said  wife  the  use 
and  Improvement  of  that  End  of  the  Dwelling  House  I  now  live 
in  (for  her  to  live  in  personally  without  Liberty  of  Leasing  the 
same  to  any  person  or  persons  what  so  ever)  During  the  time  She 
Remains  my  Widdow;  and  also  the  Priveledge  that  my  Son 
Joseph  Starlin  Shall  provide  necessary  fire  wood  for  my  said  wife 
and  also  that  my  said  Son  shall  provide  my  Said  wife  a  Milch  Cow 
winters  and  Summers,  for  her  to  use,  all  to  be  Continued  So  long 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     279 

as  She  Sees  cause  to  live  in  my  Said  Dwelling  house  as  aforesaid, 
all  which  Priveledges  She  has  liberty  to  Improve  during  the  time 
She  Remains  my  Widow  and  no  Longer. 

I  also  give  to  my  Said  wife  so  much  of  the  New  Linnen  Cloath 
that  is  now  a  making  as  she  judge  Nessasary  for  her  use.  I  also 
give  to  my  Said  wife  the  forty  pounds  in  bills  of  Credit,  old  Tennor 
which  I  have  already  Delivered  to  her,  which  with  the  above  Said 
hundred  pounds  I  give  to  her  absolutely  for  her  own  and  further 
my  will  is  that  upon  my  Said  wives  Receiving  ye  Articles  above 
Mentioned  which  are  given  her  absolutely  which  is  all  Excepting 
only  ye  Priveledges  of  living  in  the  house,  of  fire-wood  and  the 
Cow,  that  then,  my  Said  wife  Shall  give  my  Executors  in  full  Dis- 
charge of  all  Demands  upon  my  Estate  on  account  of  Dower  or 
other  ways,  Excepting  only  the  priviledges  last  mentioned  of  Liv- 
ing in  the  House,  fire  wood  and  Cow  as  aforesd,  which  Bequests  is 
in  Leu  of  Dower  and  is  the  whole  of  what  I  purpose  my  sd  wife  sha1- 
have  out  of  my  estate. 
Item: 

I  Give  and  Bequeath  to  my  loving  Son  Daniel  Starlin,  Jun*  of 
said  Lyme,  twenty  pounds  old  Tenner  bills  which  I  do  hereby  order 
my  son  Joseph  Starlin  of  Sd  Lyme  to  pay  to  him  within  the  space 
of  one  year  after  my  Decease,  that,  with  what  I  have  already  given 
him  by  Deed  of  Gift,  (viz)  one  Lot  of  Land  on  the  Neck,  one  Lot 
by  Capt.  Colts,  one  Lot  on  Tantemeage  hill  with  Ten  pounds  in 
Cash  he  has  already  Received,  is  the  full  of  his  portion. 

Item: 

I  Give  and  Devise  to  my  Loving  son  John  Starling  of  Said  Lyme, 
all  my  Land  on  the  East  Side  of  the  Line  hereafter  mentioned,  with 
what  Interest  I  have  in  his  new  Dwelling  house  on  Sd  Land.  The 
Line  is  as  follows  :  beginning  att  ye  North  End  att  a  walnut  Staddle, 
stones  by  it,  being  a  bound  of  my  Sd  Son  Joseph's  Land  which 
he  bought  of  Renold  Marvin,  And  so  Running  North  Easterly  to 
take  in  Nickerson's  Swamp  which  I  bought  of  Capt.  Richard  Ely, 
thence  Southerly  to  a  Staddle,  marked,  Standing  be  the  Side  of 
a  Rock,  Soutwcstwardly  to  my  son  John's  house,  Still  South- 
wardly to  a  white  oak  Staddle  Standing  by  a  Rock  a  Little  to  the 
South  of  the  fence.  Thence  Southwardly  by  a  rock  a  little,  to  a 
black  oak  Staddle  Standing  by  the  highway,  being  a  bounds  of 
Land  belonging  to  the  estate  of  Capt.  Selden,  Decest.  Thence 
South  westerly  to  a  Rock  on  a  Ledge,  Thence  Still  Southwesterly 
to  a  black  oak  Staddle,  Marked  Stones  by  it,  standing  on  the  point 
of  the  Ledge,  thence  Still  Southwardly  to  His  new  Standing  stone 
wall,  Thence  to  ye  End  of  the  Pike  fence  by  the  Brook.  I  also  Give 
and  Devise  to  my  sd  Son  John,  the  one  half  of  my  Corn  Mill  and 


280  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


half  the  Priviledge  I  have  in  the  Saw  mill  and  the  apples  that  grow 
in  the  orchard  I  have  in  the  Rock  Pasture,  for  the  space  of  Seven 
Years  from  this  time  and  also  the  one  half  mj  Smith  Shop  and 
Tools  and  also  my  will  is  that  in  case  my  said  Son  John  Shall  Meet 
with  any  trouble  about  the  Title  of  any  of  the  Land  herein  Divisd 
to  him,  that  then  my  son  Joseph  Starlin  Shall  pay  half  the 
Cost  and  Charges  Nessasary  to  Defend  the  title  to  the  said  John 
Starlin. 
Item: 

I  Give  and  Divise  to  my  Loving  Son  Joseph  Starlin  of  Sd  Lyme, 
all  my  Lands  and  buildings  on  the  west  Side  of  the  aforesaid  Line 
above  Described,  with  the  other  half  of  my  Corn  Mill,  the  Other 
half  of  my  Interest  in  the  Saw  Mill  and  half  my  Smith  Shop  and 
tools  And  further  my  will  is  that  my  Son  Joseph  Starlin  shall  pay 
my  said  Son  John  Sterlin,  the  Sum  of  forty  pounds  in  bills  of 
Cred"  old  Tenner  or  the  value  there  of  in  Labour  to  help  the  said 
John  Build  a  Barn  and  also  that  my  Said  Son  Joseph  shall  take  the 
Cow  that  he  is  herein  ordered  to  keep  for  my  Said  Wife  During 
her  widowhood,  out  of  my  Estate  and  also  my  will  is  that  my  sd 
Son  Joseph  Shall  faithfully  fulfill  what  he  is  herein  before  ordered 
to  do  for  my  said  wife  Respecting  her  Priviledges  aforesd. 

Item: 

I  also  Give  and  Bequeath  my  wearing  apparrel  to  my  Said  three 
sons  (viz)  Dan11-  John  and  Joseph,  to  be  Equally  Divided  Among 
them. 
Item: 

I  Give  and  Bequeath  to  my  Loving  Daughter  Abigail  Killick, 
the  wife  of  Samuel  Kellick  of  Coldchester,  the  Sum  of  Eleven 
pounds,  old  Tenner  bills,  to  be  paid  out  of  my  Estate,  which  makes 
her  equal  to  her  sister  Elisabeth. 

Item: 

I  Give  and  Bequeath  the  Remainder  of  my  Movable  Estate,  after 
my  Death  and  funeral  charges  are  paid,  to  my  two  Daughters 
(viz)  Elisabeth  Pumory,  the  wife  of  Noah  Pumory  of  Colchester 
and  the  aforesaid  Abigail  Kellick  to  be  Divided  Equally  Between 
them.  Excepting  only  the  Cow  I  have  given  the  use  of  to  my 
Said  wife  During  her  widowhood,  that  I  give  to  my  sd  Daughter 
Abigail  fearing  that  I  have  not  other  ways  made  her  Equal  to  her 
Said  Sister,  to  Receive  Sd  Cow  att  ye  End  of  my  Sd  wive's  widow- 
hood. And  finally  I  do  hereby  appoint  two  of  my  Said  Sons  (viz) 
the  Said  John  Starlin  and  the  Said  Joseph  Starlin  to  be  the  Exe- 
cutors of  this  my  last  will  and  Testament.  And  lastly  I  Do  hereby 
Revoke  and  Disannul  all  former  wills,  Testaments  or  Testaments 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     281 

and  Ratine  and  confirm  this  &  this  only  to  be  my  last  will  and 

Testament. 

Signed,  Sealed,  Published 

Pronounced  and  Declared 

to  be  his  last  will  and 

Testament  In  Presence  of 

us  the  Subscribers  on  the 

Day  abovesd  Daniel  Starlin  (Seal) 

Nathan  Tiffany 

John  Butler 

Matthew  Griswold 

Daniel's  will  was  probated  July  29,  1747.  It  appears  that 
Joseph  alone  acted  as  executor  of  his  father's  estate.  As 
specified,  Daniel's  widow,  on  Aug.  4,  1747,  gave  her  receipt  in 
writing  for  the  "  Aritcels  of  Personall  Estate  Bequeathed  unto  " 
her,  and  relinquished  all  claim  against  the  estate.  Noah  Pomroy, 
Elizabeth  Pomroy,  Samuel  Kellogg,  and  Abigail  Kellogg  received 
their  share  of  Daniel's  estate,  amounting  to  £723  6s.  10d.,  exclu- 
sive "  of  what  we  had  before  "  Nov.  2,  1749.  As  Daniel  sus- 
pected, some  difficulty  respecting  the  bounds  of  his  son  John's 
land  arose,  as  we  find  a  receipt  for  £124  from  Dr.  Jonathan  Gillct 
and  Isaac  Gillet,  given  to  Sarah  Starling,  the  widow  and  executor 
of  Joseph  Starling,  under  date  of  Dec.  12,  1750,  thus  comply- 
ing with  the  provision  Daniel  made,  that  Joseph  should  bear  half 
the  expense  of  settlement  of  the  boundary  line. 

The  Inventory  of  Daniel  Sterling's  Personal  Estate 

"  Lyme,  in  New  London  County, 
July  ye  31st  day,  A.  D.  1747."' 

"  Where  as  we  the  Subscribers  being  appointed  and  Sworn 
according  to  the  Directions  of  the  Law,  to  apprise  the  Estate  of 
Capt.  Daniel  Starlin,  Late  of  Sd  Lyme,  Deceas"?  have  this  Day  pro- 
ceeded and  have  Apprised  all  those  Several  things  as  they  were 
shown  to  us  (by  ye  Executor  of  ye  Last  will  and  Testament  of  ye 
sd  Starlin,  deceasd)  as  followcth,  in  old  Tennor  Bills,  (viz) 

£.  a.  .1 

to  Seven  Yards  of  homspun  Durry  @  22/  pr.  yard.                     07.  14.  00; 

to  Six  Yards  of  Wosted  Cloath  at  16/  pr  yd.                                 04.  16.  00. 

to  one  Striped  linin  westcoat  40/                                                       02.  00.  00. 

to  Striped  linin  Cloath  alias  breeches  partly  made  at                    00.  18.  00. 


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£      s.  d. 

o  one  beaver  hat  S£,  to  one  ditto  20/  09.  00.  00. 
o  one  bleu  Plain  Cloath  Coat  at  14£  to  one  blue  plain  Cloath 

vest  8£  14/  22.  14.  00. 

o  one  Plain  Cloath  Great  Coat  at  13£  5s  13.  05.  00. 

o  one  Plain  Cloath  Coat  with  bleu  mixt  at  05.  00.  00. 

o  one  vest  black  and  bleu  mixt  at  40/  02.  00.  00. 

o  one  Plain  Cloath  Great  Coat  black  and  bleu  mixt  at  02.  00.  00. 

o  one  Carsey  Coat  (45/)  to  one  Striped  Plain  Cloat  Veste  (20/)       03.  05.  00. 

o  one  Carsey  Vest  at  25/  01.  05.  00. 

o  two  Chec*!  night  wastcoats  at  12/  each  01.  04.  00. 

o  one  pare  of  plain  Cloath  Breeches  at  50/  02.  10.  00. 

o  one  pare  Ditto  Leather  at  60/  to  one  pair  Ditto  10/.  03.  10.  00. 

o  one  pare  of  Striped  Tow  Cloath  Breeches  at  10/  00.  10.  00. 

o  one  pare  of  Ditto  at  20/  pr  pare  01.  00.  00. 

o  one  pare  of  Ditto  Cotton  at  14/  00.  14.  00. 

o  one  pare  ditto  Drugged  at  5/  00.  05.  00. 

o  one  pare  of  Stockins  wosted  01.  12.  00. 

o  one  pare  Ditto  wollen  at  13/  Two  pare  Ditto  6/  00.  19.  00. 

o  one  pare  Wosted  Ditto  at  5/  to  pare  Stocking  Leggs  at  4/       00.  09.  00. 

o  one  pare  of  Shoes  at  20/  to  one  Pare  Ditto  at  15/  01.  15.  00. 

o  one  pare  Ditto  at  8/  to  one  pare  Ditto  at  7/  00.  15.  00. 

o  one  old  pare  of  Leather  Boots  at  5/  00.  05.  00. 

o  four  lining  Shirts  at  16/  pr  Shirt  03.  04.  00. 

o  one  old  Silk  hankerchief  at  5/  to  one  Ditto  2/  00.  07.  00. 

o  Two  Ditto  linnin  4/  to  an  old  felt  Hatt  1/  00.  05.  00. 

o  one  Wosted  Cap  at  8/  00.  08.  00. 

o  14  yards  of  New  Linnin  Cloath  at  11/  pr  yd.  07.  14.  00. 

o  4  Pillow  Cases  at  8/  pr  case  01.  12.  00. 

o  3  Ditto  at  4/  pr  Case  to  one  Ditto  5/  00.  17.  00. 
o  Six  Towels  at  5/  pr  Tou1.1  To  two  Table  Cloaths  at  10/  p 

cloath  02.  10.  00. 

o  Two  Ditto  at  8/  pr  Cloath  to  one  Ditto  at  40/  02.  16.  00. 

o  one  Ditto  at  32/6  to  one  Ditto  13/6  02.  16.  00. 

o  one  Ditto  at  6/  to  one  Small  Ditto  at  2/  00.  08.  00. 

o  4  Naphins  at  5/  pr  Nap1.1  01.  00.  00. 

o  Two  pare  of  Sheets  at  80/  pr  pare  S£  to  one  Ditto  35/  09.  15.  00. 
o  one  pare  Ditto  40/  to  one  pare  Ditto  at  30/  to  one  pare 

Ditto  20/  04.  10.  00. 

o  one  Sute  of  Curtains  at  12£.  16s  12.  16.  00. 

o  one  Bead  bolster  Pillow  and  underbead  at  20.  00.  00. 

o  one  Ditto  w,h  bolster  &  underbead  at  15.  00.  00. 

o  one  Coverlett  alias  blanket  Single  yarn  at  50/  02.  10.  00. 

o  Two  Ditto  at  60/ pr  Cov.d6£  06.  00.  00. 
o  one  Ditto  50/  to  one  Ditto  40/  to  one  Ditto  25/  to  one  Ditto 

15/  16.  13.  00. 

o  one  Beadstead  Cord  and  Iron  Rods  at  55/  02.  15.  00. 

o  one  with  Cord  01.  05.  00. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     283 


£  s.  d. 

to  one  with  Cord  00.  14.  00. 

to  one  Nuckle  Beadstead  wth  Cord  01.  10.  00. 

to  one  Ditto  wth  Cord  at  30/  01.  10.  00. 

to  one  Chest-Irion  bound  at  35/  to  one  Ditto  25/  03.  00.  00. 

to  one  Ditto  10/  to  one  old  Ditto  at  6/  00.  16.  00. 

to  one  Small  Chest  alias  box  at  9/  to  one  Ditto  at  5/  00.  14.  00. 

to  one  Warming  Pan  100/  to  one  frying  pan  20/  06.  00.  00. 
to  one  Iron  pot  at  20/  to  one  Ditto  at  20/  to  one  old  Large 

Ditto  20/  03.  00.  00. 
to  one  brass  Skillit  and  fraim  at  20/  to  one  great  Brass  Kittle 

S£  09.  00.  00. 

to  4  Knives  &  4  forks  at  23/  to  one  Iron  Sadie  at  7/  01.  10.  00. 

to  three  Large  Puter  Platters  and  three  plates  at  10.  16.  00. 

to  one  puter  Quart  pot  at  20/  01.  00.  00. 

to  14i  of  old  puter  in  basons  and  plates,  &c.  07.  05.  00. 

to  Tinn  ware  13/  to  one  pare  of  Great  Stillards  at  4£  10/  05.  03.  00. 

to  one  Small  pare  Ditto  at  15/  to  one  Tramel  24/  01.  19.  00. 

to  one  Ditto  25/  to  one  pare  of  fire  Tongs  at  10/  01.  15.  00. 

to  one  fire  peal  at  7/  to  four  old  Lickels  at  8/  00.  15.  00. 

to  one  Candle  Stick  6/  to  one  Ditto  5/  to  one  Ditto  3/  00.  14.  00. 

to  one  Iron  Standing  Candle  Stick  at  40/  02.  00.  00. 

to  one  old  hand  Saw  at  8/  to  one  old  Drawing  Knife  5/  00.  13.  00. 

to  Two  pound  8\  of  old  Puter  9/  to  one  nail  gimblet  1/6  00.  10.  06. 

to  2  hundred  of  Shoe  nails  at  2/6  per  hun?  00.  05.  00. 

to  old  nails  to  ye  value  of  2/  to  one  pare  of  shears  5/  00.  07.  00. 

to  one  adds  at  15/  to  one  broad  ax  at  15  01.  10.  00. 

to  3  augors  3  Calkin  Chisels  one  Small  Gouge  at  20/ all  01.  00.  00. 

to  two  Iron  wedges  at  16/  to  Earthen  ware  20/  01.  16.  00. 

to  Sundry  glass  bottles  at  12/6  to  one  Large  Ditto  15/  01.  07.  06. 

to  one  Carpenters  Square  at  20/  01.  00.  00. 

to  one  Saddle  to  one  Ditto  3£  10/  03.  10.  00. 

to  thirty  Two  pound  of  old  Iron  at  12d  pr  pound  01.  12.  00. 
to  one  old  post  ax  5/  to  one  Hay  knife  at  10/  to  Set  of  Horse 

tacklings  60/  03.  15.  00. 

to  Two  Shovels  at  20/ to  one  old  ax  at  8/ to  one  Stubb  hoe  5/  01.  13.  00. 

to  45  pound  weight  of  old  chain  at  2/8  pr  pound  06.  00.  00. 

to  Two  pitching  forks  at  5/  pr  fork  00.  10.  00. 

to  one  Set  of  Cart  wheel  hoops  56/  to  woak  Irons  10/  03.  06.  00. 
to  one  Set  of  Iron  Harrow  teeth  at  100/  to  one  Clevey  and  Pin 

8/  05.  08.  00. 
to  one  Pannel  20/  to  one  barril  10/  to  12  Ditto  and  one 

Cagg  60/  04.  10.  00. 
to  one  Cedar  wash  Tubb  26/  to  Ditto  Keelar  28/  to  cedar 

Wash  Tubb  12/  03.  06.  00. 

to  one  Small  Cedar  Keeler  2/  to  one  Cedar  butter  Tub  6/  00.  08.  00. 
to  one  Oak  butter  Tubb  5/  to  one  Clum  10/  to  4  old  Trays 

and  one  boal  8/  01.  03.  00. 


284 


THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


to  three  pails  and  one  Piggin  20/  to  Sundry  old  cedar  Runlets 

&  Cary  10/ 
to  one  Small  Salt  Morter  2/  to  one  Large  Ditto  6/ 
to  one  half  bushel  12/  to  Eight  wooden  Trenchers  and  plates 

at  4/ 
to  Two  Dishes  5/  to  one  Iron  spit  20/ 
to  one  bridle  18/  to  one  Ditto  6/  to  a  Tape  loom  2/6 
to  Sundry  old  Books  46/6  to  one  Joyners  Rule  20/ 
to  one  Howel  6/  to  one  pare  of  Cards  5/  to  Two  bassons  4/ 
to  one  Large  Cowbell  and  Strap  30/  to  Two  old  Ditto  16/ 
to  Sundry  old  baskets  5/  to  one  old  Linnin  wheel  at  10/ 
to  one  Cart  wheel  box  6/  to  one  old  Table  10/  to  one  Ditto 

20/ 
to  9  Chairs  83/  to  30  pound  weight  of  sheeps  wool  at  8/  pr 

pound 
to  Six  pound  of  Tallow  and  Candles  2/6  pr  pound 
to  one  bushel  of  Salt  30/  to  one  pare  of  Silver  Eye  boes  10/ 
to  bills  of  Credf  old  Tennour  Seventy  four  pounds  seven 

Shillings  &  8d 
to  one  piece  of  silver  at  48/  to  3  chains  of  Silver  Shue  buttens 

30/ 
to  one  Hundred  and  forty  pound  as  old  Tennor  bills  was 

bequeathed  to  ye  widdow  and  Relict  of  ye  sd  deceasd 

which  is  now  in  her  hands 
to  one  pare  of  Fetters  12/ 
to  one  Negro  man  Servant  with  his  Cloath  bead  &  furniture 

£250 
to  one  Horse  at  one  hundred  pounds 
to  Two  Cows  at  17£  pr  Cow  34-£  to  two  Ditto  at  16£  p 

head  32£/ 
to  Two  Non  and  vantage  Stears  at  28£  to  Two  Ditto  29£ 
to  one  Threu  and  vantage  hiefer  at  15£  to  one  Calf  at  70/ 
to  one  Tubb  3/  to  one  pare  of  horse  shoes  2/ 
to  one  Candle  box  3/  to  106  pounds  of  pork  at  2/  pr  pound 

213/ 
to  one  Stake  30/  „o  one  vice  90/  to  one  brick  Iron  35/ 
to  one  Note  of  Hand  on  Sam1.1  M?Crarry  at  84s  8d 


£  s.  d. 

01.  10.  00. 

00.  08.  00. 

00.  16.  00. 

01.  05.  00. 
01.  06.  06. 
03.  06.  06. 

00.  15.  00. 

01.  16.  00. 

00.  15.  00. 

01.  16.  00. 

16.  03.  00. 

00.  15.  00. 

02.  00.  00. 

74.  07.  08. 

03.  18.  00. 


140.  00.  00. 

00.  12.  00. 

250.  00.  00. 

100.  00.  00. 

66.  00.  00. 

56.  00.  00. 

18.  10.  00. 

00.  05.  00. 

10.  16.  00. 

07.  15.  00. 

04.  04.  08. 

£  798.  04s  04d 


A        .     ,  5  Tim?  Mott :  (Mather.) 

^  Apprised  pr  us   }  John  Lay  ^ 

Sworn  to  bv  JosePn  Starlin 
Executor  Augst  4     1747. 

On  Aug.  21,  1747  these  additional  items  were  assessed  by  the  same  apprisers. 

£     s.     d. 
to  one  old  Great  Chair  10/  to  29  Sheep  at  43£  10/  44.  00.   00. 

to  one  old  Cowbell  5/  to  one  hetchel  30/  01.   15.   00. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     285 


to  Seven  pounds  weight  of  neats  Leather  at  6/  pr  pound, 
to  1  Small  Book  2/  to  one  old  Raisor  3/ 
to  one  Small  old  hammer  at  1/6 


to  one  Bell  and  Strap  at  18/ 


£  s.  d. 

02.  02.  00. 

00.  05.  00. 

00.  01.  06. 

48.  03.  06. 

00.  18.  00. 


£49.  01.   06. 

Nov.  2,  1747,  still  another  addition  to  the  inventory  was  made  which  was: 

£       s  d 

to  128^  pound  of  Neet  Leather  @  9/6  05.   12.  06. 

to  £  one  veal  Skin  @  12/  00.   12.  00. 

to  one  Sheep  weather  @  40/  02.   00.  00. 


£  08.  04?  06? 


This  made  the  total  of  Capt.  Daniel's  personal  estate  £855, 
10s.  04d. 


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Capt.  Daniel  Sterling's  children  by  his  first  marriage  with 
Mrs.  Mary  (Marvin)  Ely  were,  in  the  language  of  the  Town 
Records,  as  follows : 

35  t"  their  Daughter  Elizabeth   Starling  was  born  the  18th 

Day  of  april  A.  D.  1700  ";  m.  Noah  Pomeroy. 

36  t"  Daniel*   Starline  their   son   was  born   the   28th   Day   of 

October  A.  D.  1702  "  ;  m.  Esther  Coult. 


286  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


37  t"John  Starling  their  son  was  born  the  28th  Day  of 
October  A.  D.  1704";  m.  1st,  Abigail  Pratt,  2d, 
Jane  Ransom. 

88  t"  Joseph  Starling  was  born  the  30th  Day  of  June  A.D. 
1707  "  ;    m.  Sarah  Mack. 

39  t"  Abigail  Starling  their  daughter  was  born  the  9th  Sep- 
tember A.  D.  1709  "  ;  m.  Samuel  Kellogg.  (Lyme 
Town  Records ;  Probate  Records  for  Lyme  at  New 
London.) 

15  JACOB  STARLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Haverhill, 
Mass.,  Aug.  29,  1678 ;  m.  in  Fairfield,  Conn.,  in  1705-06,  Hannah 
(Odell)  Seeley,1  b.  in  Fairfield,  Oct.  20,  1679,  dau.  of  John  and 
Johannah  (Walker)  Odell,  of  Greenlea,  near  Fairfield,  and  wid. 
of  Nathaniel  Seeley,  Jr. 

Jacob  removed  from  Haverhill  to  Lyme,  Conn.,  with  his  father 
and  brother  Daniel  in  1697-98.    He  again  removed,  after  reaching 

1  Ancestry  of  Hannah  (Odell)  Seeley 

William  Odell  was  in  Concord,  Mass.,  in  1639,  probably  brought  his  wife  and 
children  from  England,  perhaps  from  the  parish  of  Odell.  In  1670  he  was  called 
"Senior."  William  removed  to  Southampton,  L.  I.,  in  1642,  and  soon  after  to  Fair- 
field, Conn.    He  d.  in  1676;  will  dated  June  6,  1676. 

John  Odell,  probably  youngest  child  of  William,  m.  Johannah  Walker,  dau.  of 
Joseph  Walker,  bapt.  in  Boston,  July  19, 1646,  the  sixth  child  of  Robert  Walker,  weaver ; 
freeman  May  14,  1634,  one  of  the  founders  of  "The  Old  South  Church"  in  Boston 
in  1669.  Robert  testified  Apr.  10,  1679,  calling  himself  a  linen  webster,  that  he  was 
about  72  years  old  and  had  lived  with  his  wife  Sarah  at  Manchester,  in  Lancashire, 
Eng.,  about  56  years  before.  He  d.  May  29,  1687,  and  his  wife  Sarah  d.  Dec.  21, 
1695.  Their  son,  Joseph  Walker,  removed  to  Stratford,  Conn.  He  m.  Nov.  14,  1667, 
Abigail,  dau.  of  Rev.  Peter  Prudden,  bapt.  in  1647.  Joseph's  estate  was  administered 
Nov.  19,  1687.  The  Rev.  Peter  Prudden  of  Milford,  Conn.,  landed  at  Boston,  removed 
to  New  Haven,  where  he  began  preaching,  Apr.  18,  1640;  he  d.  in  July,  1656,  aged 
56,  leaving  a  good  estate,  besides  his  lands  in  Yorkshire,  Eng.,  where  he  m.  Joanna 
Boyse,  by  whom  he  had  six  daughters  and  three  sons.  His  wid.  m.  2d,  Sept.  19,  1671, 
Capt.  Thomas  Willet,  3d,  the  Rev.  John  Bishop.    Her  will  was  dated  Nov.  8,  1681. 

John  Odell  lived  at  Greenlea,  near  Fairfield,  Conn.,  where  in  1678  he  recorded  a 
large  amount  of  land  of  which  he  had  had  quiet  possession  for  eight  years.  After  his 
death  his  wid.,  Johannah,  m.  2d,  as  his  3d  wife,  Richard  Hubbell  in  1688  and  d.  in 
1717. 

John  Odell's  children  were: 

Samuel  Odell,  b.  Mar.  10,  1677. 

Hannah  Odell,  b.  Oct.  20,  1679. 

Deborah  Odell,  b.  Aug.  28,  1682. 

Hannah  Odell  received  the  covenant  in  Fairfield,  Feb.  8,  1697,  when  in  her  eight- 
eenth year.  About  this  time  she  m.  Nathaniel  Seeley,  b.  May  24,  1678,  son  of  Sergt. 
Nathaniel  Seeley.  In  1705-06  she  m.  Jacob  Sterling.  (Savage's  Gene.  Dictionary; 
Hist,  of  Fairfield,  Elizabeth  H.  Schenck;  Hubbell  Gene.) 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     287 

his  majority,  to  Fairfield,  where  he  probably  worked  at  his  trade 
of  ship  carpenter. 

He,  then  of  Fairfield,  bought  there,  of  "  Ebenezer  Seeley  of 
Stratfield,  in  the  Colony  of  Connoeticutt  in  New  England  For  and 
in  Consideration  of  the  Sum  of  Sixteen  Pound  of  good  and  Lawful 
money  of  ye  Colony  .  .  .  one  certain  parcel  or  tract  of  land  situate, 
lying  and  being  in  the  bounds  of  Fairfield  abovesd  upon  a  small 
neck  near  the  creek  known  by  the  name  of  Ash  House  creek,  the 
land  being  in  quantity  by  estimation  4  acres  be  it  more  or  less  and 
Bounded  on  the  South  West  by  land  of  Philip  Lewis,  on  all  other 
parts  with  or  to  the  edge  of  the  creek." 

This  deed  was  made  the  "  29  day  of  March  in  the  year  of  our 
lord  one  thousand,  seven  hundred  nine."  The  deed  was  witnessed 
by  Matthew  Sherwood  and  Mary  Sherwood. 

Two  years  after  removing  to  Stratford,  Jacob  sold  this  land 
"  for  the  consideration  of  thirty  pounds,  ten  shillings,  current 
bills  of  Credit  that  pass  in  Sd  Colony  already  received  of  John  Gold 
of  Fairfield  in  the  Said  colony."  Gold  or  Gould  thus  became  the 
owner  of  this  "  certain  tract  or  parcel  of  land  lying  in  the  town 
of  Fairfield  afore  said  which  land  I  purchased  of  Ebenezer  Seely, 
late  of  Stratfield,  deceased,  which  was  set  out  to  him  in  the 
distribution  of  the  estate  of  his  father  Nathaniel  Seely,  late  of 
Fairfield,  deceased,  being  part  of  Said  Seely's  neck  (so  called) 
and  is  in  quantity  four  acres  land." 

Jacob  had  evidently  improved  his  property  in  Fairfield  during 
his  ownership,  as  he  received  nearly  twice  what  he  gave  for  it. 
Ebenezer  Seeley  was  a  brother  of  Nathaniel,  the  first  husband  of 
Jacob's  wife,  Hannah.  Seeley's  Neck  is  a  small  peninsula  east  of 
the  village  of  Fairfield  and  upon  the  shore  of  Long  Island  Sound. 

Fairfield  and  Stratford  were  settled  in  1638  by  seventeen 
families  who  came  from  Wethersfield,  Conn.,  under  the  supervision 
of  the  Connecticut  colony.  The  land  was  originally  occupied  by 
the  Pequonnock  Indians,  so  that  the  name  came  to  be  applied 
by  the  English  settlers  to  the  territory  now  occupied  by  Bridge- 
port. The  township  of  Stratford  originally  comprised  what 
are  now  Stratford,  Bridgeport  and  Trumbull,  Huntington  and 
Monroe. 


288  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Jacob  bought  of  "  John  Wilcokson,  Jun*  &  Deborah  wilcokson 
of  Stratford  in  the  County  of  fairfield  .  .  .  for  and  in  considera- 
tion of  thirty  pounds  .  .  .  sixteen  acres  of  land  lying  in  the 
County  of  Fairfield  afore  Sd  on  the  place  called  &  known  by  the 
name  of  ol  Hill,  little  more  or  less,  it  being  the  equal  half  of  thirty 
two  acres  originaly  laid  out  to  John  Brinsmend,  Bounded  on  the 
North  with  the  land  of  Daniel  Brinsmend  &  on  the  east  &  west  with 
Common  land  and  on  the  south  with  the  land  of  Jore  Judson." 
This  sixteen  acres  was  deeded  to  Jacob,  styled  "  Ship  wright," 
on  the  "  thirteenth  day  Sept.  in  ye  year  of  our  Lord  God,  1715  " 
The  Fairfield  Proprietors'  Book  tells  us  that :  "  The  town  grants 
liberty  to  Moses  Dimon,  Jacob  Sterling,  Luke  Ghuir  &  Nath?  Lyon 
to  erect  a  Saw  Mill  on  Aspetuck  River  in  ye  mile  comon  &  to 
raise  ye  Dam  so  high  as  they  shall  think  needfull  for  ye  Improve- 
ment of  sd  mill  on  sd  River,"  Mar.  4,  1716-17. 

"  Henry  Summers  of  Stratford  .  .  .  for  &  in  consideration  of 
40  pounds  in  hand  well  &  truly  paid  by  Jacob  Starling  .  .  .  Ship 
wright  "  sold  Jacob  "12  acres  of  land  lying  in  the  bounds  of 
Stratford,  on  the  west  side  of  Ireland's  brook,  originally  laid  out 
to  my  father  Henry  Summers,  Bounded  on  the  North  with  land 
laid  out  to  Joice  Judson,  south  by  land  laid  out  to  Samuel  Gregory, 
West  on  Highway  &  East  on  Common  land  .  .  .  the  28  day  of  July 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord  God,  1718." 

Ireland's  Brook  is  a  small  stream  running  in  a  southeasterly 
direction  and  emptying  into  the  Pequonnock  River,  at  that  portion 
of  it  called  Fresh  Pond.  It  was  on  this  ground  that  Jacob  had  his 
ship  yard. 

A  year  and  a  half  later  "  Caleb  Fairchild  &  James  Fairchild 
both  of  Stratfield,"  sold  to  Jacob  Starling  for  "  20  pounds  to  us 
already  secured  to  us  ...  a  certain  piece  of  land  lying  in  Strat- 
field, within  the  bounds  of  Stratford  &  in  quantity  about  one  half 
acre,  bounded  by  Joseph  Booth's  land  northward,  Southward  by 
the  county  road,  eastwardly  &  westerly  by  common  or  highway, 
with  a  dwelling  house  there  on  .  .  .  6th  day  of  February,  Anodomino, 
1719-20."  This  house  Jacob  occupied  as  his  home.  It  was  located 
on  the  north  side  of  the  road,  known  as  the  King's  Highway,  run- 
ning through  Stratford  to  Fairfield.     The  house  was  a  short  dis- 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     280 

tance  west  of  the  ship  yard  and  but  a  few  steps  from  what  is  now 
Main  Street. 

A  list  of  householders  in  Stratfield  parish  states  that  Jacob  was 
a  resident  in  1717.  In  the  foregoing  deeds,  however,  Jacob  is 
designated  as  being  of  Fairfield.  He  certainly  was  living  in  Strat- 
field in  1721,  when  he  sold  his  Fairfield  property.  It  seems  prob- 
able he  removed  to  Stratfield  shortly  after  buying  the  above  men- 
tioned house  of  the  Fairchilds  in  1720. 

Jacob's  children  were  all  born  in  Fairfield ;  the  eldest  was  now 
in  his  twelfth  year,  the  youngest  an  infant. 

He  was  appointed  guardian  of  John,  the  son  of  Samuel  Odell, 
Dec.  5,  1727.  This  Samuel  may  have  been  Hannah's  brother. 
Jacob  attended  the  Congregational  church  in  Fairfield  and  may 
have  continued  to  go  there  for  some  time  after  removing  to  Strat- 
ford, as  he  joined  the  Stratfield  Congregational  church,  July  28. 
1731. 

Aug.  8,  1730,  Jacob  bought  of  Thomas  Chambers  of  Bedford, 
Westchester  Co.,  N.  Y.,  for  £155,  one  hundred  and  ten  acres  of 
land  in  Newtown,  county  of  Fairfield. 

This  land  was  "  in  several  parcels,  one  parcel  at  Beebee's  Hills, 
50  acres,  bounded  east  by  highway,"  adjoining  common  land  and 
property  owned  by  William  Tousey.  "  Another  parcel  at  place 
afore  said  5  acres.  Another  piece  34  acres  lying  southwest  of  a 
place  called  Gregory's  Orchard,  Southwest  by  Stratford  line  be- 
ginning where  ye  brook  runs  Northwest  out  of  Clark's  meadow 
.  .  .  also  16  acres,  part  of  Griffin's  division."  Jacob  Wakeman  and 
wife  sold  to  Jacob  Starling,  Feb.  19,  1734,  for  £215,  twenty-one 
and  one  fourth  acres  of  land  in  Stratford  "  bounded  Northwest  by 
ye  County  road  Northeast  by  ye  heirs  of  Samuel  Summer's  land 
&  Hezekiah  Treadwell's  land,  South  East  by  Golden  Hill,  South 
West  by  land  belonging  to  ye  heirs  of  Capt.  Samuel  Sherwood." 
This  parcel  of  land  appears  to  have  been  directly  opposite  Jacob's 
home  lot  and  dwelling  house. 

Jacob  bought  of  John  Porter,  Mar.  3,  1741,  for  £500,  several 
tracts  of  land  in  Stratford,  "  one  parcel  of  land  lying  on  the  upper 
end  of  ox  hill,  lying  on  both  sides  of  highway  y*  runs  through 
ox  hill,"  containing  forty-one  acres,  "  also  a  dwelling  house  &  barn 


290  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


standing  on  said  tract  of  land  on  ye  West  side  of  the  highway." 
This  deed  also  covered  nine  acres  of  land  adjoining  the  first 
mentioned. 

Jan.  4,  1737,  Jacob  deeded  to  his  eldest  son  John  sixteen 
acres  of  land  at  Ox  Hill  "  with  a  new  dwelling  house  on  the  same  " 
and  abutting  on  the  Uncoway  River.  On  Dec.  22,  1738,  Jacob, 
in  consideration  of  "  the  love  I  have  for  my  Son  Stephen  Starling," 
conveyed  to  Stephen  "  the  following  parcels  of  Real  Estate  in  Sd 
Stratford,  within  ye  Parish  of  Stratford,  yt  is  to  say,  one  half 
of  my  dwelling  house  &  one  half  of  my  homsted,  the  Whool 
Bounded  on  al  sides  by  high-ways  or  commons,  he  to  have  the 
Western  end  of  the  house,  also  ye  one  half  of  another  piece  of  land 
Wch  I  Bought  of  Jabez  &  Ruth  Wakeman,  in  quantity  about 
Twenty  one  acres  &  a  quarter  in  the  whool.  Bounded  Northerly 
by  ye  County  Road,  easterly,  partly  by  ye  land  of  ye  Widow 
Summers  &  partly  by  land  of  Hezekiah  Treadwell,  Southerly  by 
Golding  Hill  &  on  all  other  sides  by  land  partly  to  ye  heirs  of 
deacon  Samuel  Shearwood  &  partly  to  ye  heirs  of  Capt.  Sam1 
Shearwood." 

Samuel  Hawley,  Jr.,  of  Stratford  sold  to  Jacob  Sterling, 
Nov.  19,  1741,  for  £648,  "  a  tract  of  land  in  Stratford  township, 
lying  at  white  plain,  containing  in  quantity  54  acres  of  land 
"bounded  east  by  the  highway,  and  adjoining  land  owned  by 
Esther  Hawley,  Elnathan  Hall,  Ebenezer  French  and  Nathaniel 
Porter." 

Jacob  deeded  to  his  "  loving  son  Joseph  Starling,"  Nov.  30, 
1741,  "  several  tracts  of  land  &  tenements  "  in  Stratford,  "  y*  is 
to  say,  one  tract  of  land  lying  on  the  upper  end  of  Ox  Hill,  the 
2nd  tract  of  land  I  purchased  of  John  Porter  &  it  contains  in 
quantity  40  &  one  acres,  .  .  .  togeather  with  a  dwelling  house  & 
barn  Standing  thereon.  .  .  .  Also  one  other  tract  of  land  contain- 
ing 9  acres  "  adjoining  the  second  tract  and  "  also  one  certain  tract 
of  land  lying  easterly  of  the  first  above  described  tract  of  land  & 
is  ye  whool  of  ye  tract  that  was  by  Stratford  proprietors'  com- 
mittee, laid  out  unto  Mr  Nathaniel  Porter,"  deceased. 

On  Feb.  1,  1747,  Jacob  executed  three  deeds  of  property  to  his 
sons,   Joseph  and   Stephen.      For   £250   in   "  old   tenor   money," 


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Joseph  received  eighteen  acres  of  land  "  in  Stratford,  at  White 
Plains,  so  called  &  and  it  is  bounded  South  Westerly  by  land  sold 
this  day  to  him,  said  Joseph  Starling  and  his  wife  Easther  Starling, 
North  Easterly  by  my  own  land,  south  on  highway  and  North 
Westerly  by  James  Hubbell's  land."  To  Stephen,  by  one  deed, 
Jacob  gave  "  ye  equal  %  of  two  tracts  of  land  in  ye  township  of 
Stratford,  the  one  lying  joining  on  Ireland's  Brook,  near  y 
County  road,  hath  an  orchard  on  it  &  is  in  quantity  about  5  acres 
of  land  &  is  bounded  Sout  by  ye  said  brook,  north  &  west  on 
Charles  Burritt's,  east  on  highway.  The  other  piece  lyes  on  y 
east  side  of  ye  highway,  over  against  Dan1-  Summers  dwelling  house, 
about  12  acres,"  being  on  the  highway  and  adjoining  property 
owned  by  Thaddeus  Gregory,  Gamaliel  French  and  "  ye  Hawley's 

land." 

By  the  second  deed,  Stephen  bought  of  his  father,  for  £250, 
"  a  Tract  of  Land  at  white  plains,  so  called,  ye  equal  l/2  in  quan- 
tity &  quality  of  the  whool  36  acres  of  land,  bounded  North 
Westerly  by  James  Hubbel's  land  or  a  run  of  water,  North  East- 
erly by  Nathaniel  Hawley's  land,  South  Easterly  by  a  Highway, 
South  Westerly  by  land  I  have  sold  this  day  to  my  Son  Joseph 
Sterling."  Jacob  evidently  disposed  of  his  ship  yard  property 
prior  to  1757,  when  he  made  his  will  as  he  makes  no  mention  of 
it  in  that  instrument. 

Jacob  Starling  died  Jan.  9,  1765.  His  wife  Hannah  died  June 
14,  1756.  They  are  buried  in  the  Old  Stratfield  Burying  Ground, 
in  the  present  city  of  Bridgeport.  The  inscription  on  Jacob's 
stone  reads :  "  Here  lyes  Buried  the  Body  of  M*  Jacob  Starling, 
Who  departed  this  life  Janury  ye  9,  1765,  in  ye  88th  Year  of  His 
Age."  Hannah's  tombstone  inscription  reads :  "  Here  lyes  ye 
Body  of  Mrs.  Hannah  Starling,  wife  of  Mr.  Jacob  Starling,  who 
departed  this  life,  June  ye  14th  1756  in  ye  77th  year  of  her  age." 

Jacob  Sterling's  Will 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen;  I,  Jacob  Sterling  of  Stratford 
in  the  County  of  Fairfield  and  Colony  of  Conn,  in  New  England, 
being  in  health  of  body  &  mind,  do  make  &  ordain  this  my  last  will 
&  testament:  First  &  Chiefly  I  commend  my  Soul  to  God,  ye  Father 


292  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

of  my  being,  firmly  trusting  in  his  mercy  in  and  thro0  Jesus 
Christ,  my  Redeemer ;  my  body  I  bequeath  to  ye  dust  to  be  decently 
intered  at  ye  discretion  of  my  Christian  friends.  My  worldly 
estate,  after  my  just  debts  &  funeral  charges  are  payed,  I  give  & 
bequeath  them  in  the  following  manner : 

Item:  To  my  eldest  Son  John  Sterling,  I  give  &  bequeath  to 
him  &  his  heirs  &  assigns  forever,  to  say  one  tract  of  land  in  the 
township  of  Newtown,  lying  on  a  hill  Called  Bebes  Hill,  in  quan- 
tity about  Sixty  acres  of  land,  about  a  mile  westerly  of  his  dwell- 
ing house,  also  one  tract  lying  northwardly  of  Chamber's  Hill  on 
both  sides  of  Potatuck  Brook,  in  quantity  twelve  acres  of  land, 
bounded  Southerly  &  westerly  by  Mathew  NicholPs  land. 

Item :  To  my  son  Joseph  Starling,  to  him  &  his  heirs  &  assigns 
forever.  I  give  and  bequeath  a  tract  of  land  in  the  township  of 
Newtown  lying  on  a  hill  called  Chamber's  Hill,  in  quantity  thirty- 
four  acres  of  land  be  ye  same  more  or  less  &  it  is  bounded  Southly 
on  ye  dividing  line  running  between  Stratford  &  Newtown.  Also 
half  of  my  Sedge  on  Long  Beach  in  Stratford. 

Item:  To  my  son  Stephen  Sterling,  to  him  his  heirs  &  assigns 
forever  I  give  &  bequeath  ye  one  half  of  my  dwelling  house,  ye 
Northern  end.  Also  my  barn  and  ye  half  of  my  house  lot  not 
before  given  to  him ;  also  my  lot  of  land  lying  South  eastwardly 
of  Lieutnt.  Treadwell's  House,  near  eleven  acres  in  quantity.  Also 
my  lot  Joyning  on  Ireland  Brook,  by  the  County  road,  about  two 
acres  &  a  half.  Also  my  lot  near  Dan1.  Summer's  house,  in 
quantity  about  six  acres.  Also  my  lot  below  James  Fairchild  house, 
Joyning  on  ye  Side  ye  highway  &  Joyning  on  the  South  side  of 
Burton's  land,  in  quantity  about  nine  acres  of  land ;  also  one  half 
of  my  Sedge  at  Long  Beach.  Also  my  lot  of  land  at  White  Plain, 
so  called,  in  quantity  about  eighteen  acres  of  land,  be  ye  same 
more  or  less  &  all  the  above  Lands  are  bounded  as  may  appear  on 
Stratford  Records. 

And  I  do  hereby  constitute  my  three  sons,  John  Sterling  & 
Joseph  Sterling  &  Stephen  Sterling  to  be  my  executors  of  this  my 
last  will  and  Testament,  hereby  declaring  this  &  this  only  to  be 
my  last  will  and  testament,  which  to  Confirm  I  have  hereunto  set 
my  hand  &  Seal  this  25  day  of  May,  A.  D.  1757. 

Jacob  Sterling,    [seal] 
Signed,  Sealed,  pronounced  & 
declared  to  be  ye  last  will  of  ye 
Testator  in  presence  of  us. 
Theops.  Nichols. 
Joseph  Booth,  Jr. 
Abiah  Summers. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     293 

Fairfield,  at  Sd  court,  Feb.  5th  1765. 
John,  Joseph  &  Stephen  Sterling,  execs.  of  ye  last  will  &  Tes- 
tament of  Jacob  Starling,  late  of  Stratford  dec'd.,  personally 
appeared  &  exhibited  sd  will  for  probation,  sd  will  being  proved 
&  by  sd  court  approved  &  order  it  to  be  recorded  and  at  Same  time 
Said  executors  accepted  ye  trust  committed  to  them  by  ye  Testator. 

Attest,  And.  Rowland,  Clerk. 


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There  appears  no  inventory  of  Jacob's  estate.  The  children 
of  Jacob  and  Hannah  Sterling,  as  recorded  in  the  Fairfield  Con- 
gregational Church  Register,  were: 

40  tJohn  Sterling,  bapt.  Oct.  10,  1708;   m.  Sarah . 

41  t  Joseph    Sterling,    bapt.    Oct.    8,    1710;    m.    1st,    Esther 

Hawley ;    2d,  Abigail  Plumb. 

42  tStephen    Sterling,    bapt.    Oct.    19,    1712;     m.    Eunice 

Summers. 

43  Mary  Sterling,  bapt.  Oct.  24,  1714:    d.  unm.       She  is 

buried  in  the  Old  Stratficld  burying  ground.  The 
inscription  on  the  stone  above  her  grave  rends : 
"  Here  lyes  the  body  of  Mary  Sterling,  Daughte  of 
Mr.  Jacob  &  Mrs.  Hannah  Sterling,  who  died  March 
2d  Anno  Dom.  1737,  in  ye  23d  year  of  her  age." 


294  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


44  Samuel    Sterling,    bapt.    May    26,    1717;     probably    d. 

young,  as  no  further  mention  of  him  is  found. 
(Fairfield  Town,  Probate  and  Church  Records ;  Strat- 
ford Town  and  Probate  Records;  Newtown  Town 
Records.) 

21  WILLIAM  STERLING  (William,  William),  b.  in  Boston, 
Mass.,  June  20,  1689;  m.  there  Sept.  18,  1718,  by  the  Rev. 
John  Webb,  Presbyterian  minister,  Grace  Ireland,  born  in  Boston, 
May  3,  1688,  dau.  of  John  and  Grace  Ireland.  Her  estate 
was  administered  in  1722,  she  bequeathing  her  property  to  her 
infant  son.  He  may  have  been  that  William  whose  estate  was 
proved  in  Boston  in  1769. 

Child: 

45  t  William  Sterling,  "  son  of  William  Starling  and  Grace 

his  wife,  b.  Apr.  18,  1719,"  in  Boston ;   m.  Patience 
Brown. 

23  WILLIAM  STERLING  (Richard,  William),  b.  in  Bristol, 
R.  I.,  Sept.  5,  1695 ;  m.  1714  Abigail  Patchen,1  bapt.  Mar.  24, 
1695,  dau.  of  Jacob  and  Mary  (Hubbard)  Patchen  of  Fairfield. 

1  Ancestry  of  Abigail  and  Jacob  Patchen 

Joseph  Patchen  (Patchin  or  Patching)  b.  about  1610;  m.  Apr.  18,  1642,  Elizabeth, 
wid.  of  Stephen  Iggleden. 

Stephen  Iggleden,  or  Igleden,  d.  on  the  passage  to  America  in  the  ship 
Castle,  in  1638,  as  by  will  of  Peter  Branch,  a  passenger  in  the  ship  giving  Elizabeth, 
£5,  appears.  Elizabeth  was  a  proprietor  at  Roxbury,  Mass.,  in  1639.  The  family 
probably  came  from  County  Kent.  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Patchen  had  Joseph,  Jr., 
b.  Apr.  14,  1643,  John,  b.  Dec.  20,  1644.  Another  child  d.  in  May,  1649.  Joseph  and 
John  were  baptized  after  their  mother  joined  Roxbury  church,  Mar.  24,  1650. 

Joseph,  Sr.,  and  his  son  Joseph,  Jr.,  removed  to  Fairfield,  Conn.,  as  early  as  1658, 
although  he  still  held  land  in  Roxbury. 

Joseph,  Jr.,  was  the  father  of  Jacob  Patchen,  Sr.,  m.  Mary  Hubbard,  dau.  of 
William  Hubbard  of  Greenwich,  Conn. 

William  Hubbard  b.  in  1642,  in  Conn.,  probably  Milford,  m.  Abigail  Dudley 
and  removed  to  Greenwich,  Conn.,  before  1664.  It  is  thought  he  removed  to  Stamford 
where  he  d.  in  1648.  He  was  a  son  of  George  Hubbard,  b.  in  England,  probably  came 
to  Watertown,  Mass.,  about  1633;  m.  Mary  Bishop,  who  d.  in  Guilford,  Conn.,  Sept. 
14,  1675,  dau.  of  John  and  Anne  Bishop,  who  first  stopped  in  Wethersfield  and  removed 
to  Guilford  in  1639,  where  he  was  a  proprietor  and  where  he  d.  Feb.,  1661. 

George  Hubbard  was  many  years  a  deputy  magistrate,  a  member  of  Assembly 
at  the  union  of  Hartford  and  New  Haven  Colonies.  His  will  was  dated  May  23,  1682, 
with  a  codicil,  Dec.  30,  1682,  and  an  inventory  taken  May  30,  1683.  It  is  claimed  that 
the  name  and  family  of  Hubbard  originated  from  the  Norse  King  Hubba. 

Jacob  Patchen,  Sr.,  d.  in  Wilton,  Conn.,  Feb.  15,  1750;  Mary  (Hubbard)  Patchen, 
d.  there  Mar.  25,  1758.    The  children  of  Jacob  and  Mary  Patchen  were: 

Joseph,  bapt.  Mar.  24,  1694-5;  Mary  Grumman,  b.  Mar.  24,  1694-5;  Abigail, 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     295 

William  appears  to  have  lived  at  Norwalk,  Conn.,  for  a  short 
time  after  his  marriage.  He  first  appears  at  Fairfield,  Conn.,  when 
he  bought  land  on  Paul's  Neck,  May  11,  1716,  of  Daniel  Burr. 

William  had  a  great-grandson,  Nathaniel  Sterling,  of  Wilton, 
whose  interest  in  the  family's  history  led  him  to  make  some  investi- 
gation, the  results  of  which  were  thus  entered  in  the  family  Bible 
of  his,  Nathaniel's,  father:  "Jacob  Sterling  was  living  on  Paul's 
Neck  (a  little  east  of  the  village  and  court  house  of  Old  Fairfield, 
just  where  Ash  house  creek  empties  into  the  Sound  and  where 
there  is  now  standing  an  old  tide  mill ;  another  which  stood  very 
near  has  just  been  torn  down  and  taken  away)  in  1709."  "  William 
Sterling,  supposed  to  be  Jacob's  son,  lived  on  Paul's  Neck  and 
probably  there  died  and  was  buried  there.  He  had  4  sons,  named 
William,  Isaac,  Daniel,  &  Samuel  who  all  emigrated  about  1760, 
to  the  north  part  of  Norwalk,  now  Wilton,  where  they  all  lived 
until  their  deaths." 

"  William  second,  left  a  son  William  [Nathaniel's  father]  and 
died  in  1801,  aged  84,  and  was  buried  in  the  old  grave  yard,  south 
of  the  M.  E.  Church  in  Wilton.  These  facts  were  ascertained 
by  N.  Sterling,  by  visiting  the  ground  and  the  Town  Records, 
on  this  seventh  day  of  July,  1847."  "  An  old  Lady,  the  widow 
of  James  Penfield,  who  lived  on  Paul's  Neck  before  and  after  1786, 
who  is  now  eighty  one  years  old  and  lives  on  Holland  Hill,  near 
Fairfield,  confirms  the  account  above  stated." 

Nathaniel  made  two  mistakes ;  Jacob  lived  on  Seeley's  Neck, 
separated  from  Paul's  Neck  by  an  arm  of  Long  Island  Sound, 
and  he  was  not  William's  father,  but  his  uncle. 

William  Sterling  was  a  miller.  He  owned  a  tide  mill  on  Paul's 
Neck,  very  likely  one  of  those  which  his  great-grandson  mentions 
above.  In  those  early  days,  fences  about  fields  were  not  as  general 
as  they  are  now,  so  that  cattle  often  strayed.  The  "  Proprietors' 
Book  "  for  Fairfield,  Jan.  3,  1748-49,  tells  us :  "  Taken  up  in  a 
suffering   condition   by  Wlllm   Starling,   a   red,   white   face   steer, 

bapt.  Mar.  24,  1604-5,  m.  William  Sterling:  Sarah,  bapt.  May  22.  1098;  Jacob,  1>. 
Nov.  2,  1701,  m.  Abigail  Sterling;  Martha  b.  Sept.  12,  1703,  and  Samuel,  b.  June  SO, 
1706. 

(Savage's  Gene.  Dictionary;  Hubbard  Gene.;  Town  Records  of  Roxbury,  lair- 
field,  and  Wilton.) 


298  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

white  under  ye  belly,  a  swallow  form  on  ye  off  ear,  a  halfpennie 
under  ye  near  ear." 

William's  second  purchase,  three  years  after  his  first,  was  made 
of  Joseph  Smith,  June  IT,  1719.  This  land  was  near  the  other, 
on  Paul's  Neck.  Dec.  11  of  the  same  year  he  bought  more  land 
on  the  Neck,  of  John  Cable.  John  Jackson  sold  him  land  there 
for  20  shillings,  Feb.  27,  1721,  and  he  bought  more,  on  the  Neck, 
of  John  Edwards,  Jr.,  Oct.  7,  1723.  Nathaniel  Seeley  sold 
William,  for  £26,  on  Apr.  15,  1725,  a  sedge  marsh  lying  between 
Paul's  Neck  and  Seeley's  neck,  William  "  is  to  go  no  farther  than 
a  certain  old  and  almost  demolished  Damn,  made  accrss  the  creek 
by  my  sd  Grandfather,  between  sd  Paul's  Neck  &  a  little  Island 
west  of  it."  William  bought  of  John  Groman  eighteen  rods  of 
land  on  the  Neck  for  five  shillings,  July  21,  1725.  John  Whitlock 
sold  him  a  "  *4d  part  right  "  there,  June  16,  1732. 

Andrew  Burr  sold  him  twenty-six  acres  of  land  on  Paul's  Neck, 
and  "  The  commissioners  on  parsonage  land,  persuant  to  an  agree- 
ment of  ye  Prime  Society  and  the  rest  of  ye  Parrishes  in  sd 
Fairfield,"  sold  William  the  parsonage  land  on  Paul's  Neck,  by 
the  highway,  Apr.  12,  1734.  He  bought  of  John  Osborn  a  small 
parcel  on  the  Neck,  for  £2  5s.  Dec.  15,  1734-35,  and  of  John 
Squire,  for  £90,  three  acres  adjoining  his  own  land,  July  26,  1737. 

Dec.  11,  1729,  William  bought  of  his  brother-in-law,  Jacob 
Patchen,  fifteen  acres  of  land  in  Wilton  Parish,  Norwalk,  Conn., 
at  a  place  called  "  Prinpewang,"  north  of  "  Harris  Ridge,"  on 
the  highway,  and  adjoining  common  land.  William  gave  his  son 
William,  Jr.,  three  acres  of  land  in  Wilton  Parish,  having  a  house 
and  barn  on  it,  May  10,  1749,  and  to  his  son  Samuel  he  gave 
three  acres  near  the  first  parcel,  with  a  barn,  Apr.  18,  1757,  and 
his  son  Daniel  the  same  amount  on  the  latter  date. 

Shortly  before  his  death,  William  disposed  of  his  holdings  to 
his  sons.  To  his  eldest  son  William,  he  gave  "  %  parts  of  all  my 
sedge  Marsh  in  Fairfield,  a  little  distant  from  my  now  dwelling 
house,  as  is  the  same  that  I  formerly  purchased  of  Nathaniel  Seeley 
in  1725,"  and  ten  acres  of  the  land  he  bought  of  Jacob  Patchen  in 
Wilton  Parish,  Mar.  8  and  11,  1771.  To  his  second  son,  Samuel, 
he  gave  two  parcels  of  land  in  Wilton  Parish,  one  of  twenty-three 


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acres,  the  other  of  seven  and  one  half  acres.  To  Isaac,  the  young- 
est son,  he  gave  the  remaining  portion  of  the  sedge  marsh  in 
Fairfield,  and  to  Daniel,  the  third  son,  he  gave  four  parcels  of 
land  in  Wilton  Parish,  one  of  fifteen  acres  on  the  highway,  another 
tract  near  by,  also  "  an  old  field,  within  the  seventy  rod,  so  called," 
also  seven  acres,  adjoining  Samuel's  land.  These  deeds  were  all 
executed  in  the  early  spring  of  1771.  From  them  we  learn  that 
William  of  Fairfield  could  not  write,  as  he  affixed  his  mark,  an 
irregular  affair  of  varying  forms,  to  the  documents.  He  seems 
to  have  retained  all  his  holdings  on  Paul's  Neck,  where  he  had 
lived  since  1716. 

William  died  in  Fairfield  very  soon  after  these  deeds  were 
made.  William,  his  son,  was  appointed  the  administrator  of  his 
estate,  June  18,  1771.  Abigail  survived  her  husband  as  she  was 
living  in  1773. 

"Inventory  of  the  Estate  of  William  Starling,  late  of  Fairfield, 

deceased. 

To  one  old  Brown,  white  facd  Cow  60/,  one  brown  Cow  70/ 

To  1  Brindle  White  facd.  Cow  70/,  1  yearling  steer  30/ 

To  1  Calf  18/,  Crow  bar  8/ 

To  1  Bed,  narrow  Stripe,  wt.  47lb. 

To  1  Bed  &  Bolster,  wt,  47lb. 

To  1  Bed,  Pillows   &  Bolster,  wt.  55 l 

To  43  lb.  old  Iron  14s /4d  1  Iron  Kittle,  wt.  10lb.  2/1,  old  Ditto  1/ 

To  Iron  Pot,  4s/2d,  Tea  Kittle,  5/,  2  Tramels  5/ 

To  1  Bedstead  &  Boltorn  18/2,  old  Ditto  &  Cord  3/,  1  Hetehel  4/ 

To  1  Candlestick  /6d.  Cloeth  Reel  2s/,  old  warming  pan  2/6 

To  12lb  Pewter  12/,  old  Dutch  wheel  4/ 

To  5  Sheets  20/,  3  Trowels,  1/6,  old  Table  Cloth  /6 

To  1  Pillow  Case  /6,  5  coverlids  20/,  3  old  Ditto  4/6 

To  2  Case  Bottles  2/,  2  qt.  Bottles  1/,  2  Sugar  boxes  /8 

To  2  Boaker  Glasses  1/4,  pr.  Small  stilyards  4/ 

To  9  old  Chairs  4/6,  Looking  Glass  S/,  Cuboard,  6/ 

To  1  old  Chest  2/,  Table  3/,  old  Ditto  1/6 

To  1  old  Hogshead  l/,  old  Barrell  /6 

To  Grindstone  5/,  Hand  Saw  2/6,  Box  Iron  &  2  Heaters  1/6 

To  Calico  Bed  Cover  8/,  2  old  guns  20/ 

To  5  Sheep  25/ 

To  Cash  recd. 

Fairfield,  Aug.  6,  1771. 

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298  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

At  same  date  appeard  William  Starling,  Administrator  on  ye  Estate  of 
William  Starling,  Inventory  approved  and  ordered  recorded.  A  true  copy 
of  ye  same.    Test.  Hezek.  Silliman,  Clerk." 

The   children  of  William   of  Fairfield,   recorded  at  Fairfield, 
were: 

46  t William  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  10,  1716 ;   m.  Reubena  Green. 

47  Abigail  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  20,  1718.     She  is  probably  the 

Abigail  who  m.  Daniel  Silliman,  2d. 

48  t  Samuel  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  20,  1721 ;  m.  Eleanor  Westcoat. 

49  Nathaniel  Sterling,  b.   Sept.   20,  1725;  "he  died  in  ye 

21  year  of  his  age." 

50  ^Daniel  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  20,  1732;   m.  Thamasin  Green. 

51  tlsaac  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  1,  1734;   m.  Jane . 

52  Grace  Sterling,  b.  July  20,  1736.     She  is  buried  in  the 

old  burying  ground  of  Fairfield.  The  inscription 
on  the  stone  is :  "  Here  lyes  ye  body  of  Grace 
Starlin,  Daugtr  of  Mr.  William  &  Mrs.  Abigail 
Starlin,  who  Died  Jan1-*.  17th,  1743,  in  ye  th8  Year 
of  her  age."  Her  brother  Nathaniel  who  d.  three 
years  later,  and  the  father  and  mother,  are  probably 
buried  near  her,  but  the  graves  are  unmarked. 
(Fairfield  Town,  Land  and  Probate  Records ;  Norwalk 
and  Wilton  Land  Records.) 

24  ABIGAIL  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  m.  Jacob 
Patchen,  b.  or  bapt.  Nov.  2,  1701,  at  Fairfield,  Conn.,  son  of  Jacob 
and  Mary  (Hubbard)  Patchen  of  Fairfield.  They  removed  to 
Wilton,  Conn.,  where  they  joined  Wilton  church,  Feb.  13,  1732,  and 
where  his  will  was  dated,  Mar.  29,  1764,  "  All  to  beloved  wife 
Abigail."  He  d.  at  Wilton,  Apr.  4,  1764.  The  estate  of  Abigail 
(Sterling)  Patchen  of  Norwalk,  Conn.,  was  distributed  Nov.  3, 
1795.  Its  total  amount  was  £211  15s.  10d.,  distributed  as  follows: 
to  the  eldest  son  Jabez,  £21  3s.  7d.  and  a  like  amount  to  her  chil- 
dren, Daniel,  Isaac,  Andrew,  Jesse,  Jared,  Ashel,  Abigail,  and 
Anna  or  Hannah,  and  to  Sarah  £18  8s.  7d. 
Children : 

53  Jabez  Patchen,  bapt.  Apr.  9,  1727. 

54  Daniel  Patchen,  b.  Nov.  20,  1728. 

55  Azor  Patchen,  b.   July   6,   1733;    bapt.   Apr.    1,   1742; 

probably  d.  young. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     299 

56  Hannah  Patchen,  bapt.  Nov.  14,  1739. 

57  A  daughter,  bapt.  June  10,  1744. 

58  Sarah  Patchen,  bapt.  July  26,  1747. 

59  Isaac  Patchen. 

60  Andrew  Patchen. 

61  Jesse  Patchen. 

62  Jared  Patchen. 

63  Ashel  Patchen. 

64  Abigail  Patchen. 

27  RALPH  FARNUM  (Sarah,  William),  b.  in  Andover,  Mass., 
May  25,  1689 ;  m.  Elizabeth  Austin,  dau.  of  Capt.  Matthew 
Austin.  Removed  to  York,  Me.,  where  he  was  granted  30  acres 
of  land  in  1712-13. 

Children : 

65  Joseph  Farnum,  b.  June  20,  1713 ;  m.  Mehitable  Webber. 

66  Ralph  Farnum,  b.  May  21,  1715. 

67  Mary  Farnum,  b.  May  14,  1717. 

68  Matthew  Farnum,  b.  Aug.  4,  1719;  m.  Dorothv  Webber. 

69  Elizabeth  Farnum,  b.  Feb.  27,  1721 ;  d.  Oct.  18,  1723. 

70  David  Farnum,  d.  Oct.  16,  1728. 

71  Jonathan    Farnum,    b.    Apr.    11,    1726;     m.    Deborah 

Dunning. 

72  Nathaniel  Farnum,  b.  May  1,  1728;   m.  Mary  Austin. 

73  Paul  Farnum,  b.  Apr.  20,  1730 ;    m.  Elizabeth  Dove. 

74  Betty  Farnum,  b.  Aug.  14,  1732 ;   m.  Berg  Jacques. 

75  John  Farnum,  b.  May  26,  1735. 

28  DANIEL  FARNUM  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Andover, 
Jan.  21,  1691 ;  m.  1st,  Hannah  Bragdon,  b.  May  31,  1697,  dau. 
of  Arthur  Bragdon,  who  d.  Nov.  2,  1729.  Daniel  moved  from 
Andover  to  York,  Me.,  about  1712;  m.  2d,  Aug.  21,  1733, 
Patience  Card. 

Children : 

76  Daniel  Farnum,  b.  Nov.  15,  1719. 

77  Zebediah  Farnum,  b.  Feb.  19,  1722 ;    m.  Lucv  Ware. 

78  Olive  Farnum,  b.  July  5,  1725  ;  m.  Nov.  11,  1747,  Edward 

Grow. 

79  Joshua  Farnum,  b.  in  Nov.,  1728 ;   m.  Mary  Grow.     This 

descent  may  be  followed  in  the  Farnham  Genealogy. 

35  ELIZABETH  STERLING  (Daniel,  William),  b.  near  the 
Lieutenant  River  in  Lyme,  Conn.,  Apr.  18,  1700;  m.  at  Colchester, 


300  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Conn.,  Dec.  16,  1724,  Noah  Pumroy  (Pomeroy),  b.  in  Windsor, 
Conn.,  May  19,  1700,  youngest  son  of  Joseph  and  Hannah 
(Lyman)  Pumroy  of  Colchester.  Noah  was  granted  twenty  acres 
of  land  in  Colchester,  Mar.  20,  1721,  for  which  he  paid  £3.  He 
was  drawn  as  a  grand  juror  Dec.  8,  1729.  They  removed  about 
1730  to  Somers,  Conn.  He  d.  there  Feb.  16,  1779.  She  d.  in 
the  same  year. 
Children : 

80  tNoah  Pomeroy,  b.  Oct.  8,  1725;    m.  Lurana  Northam. 

81  Daniel  Pomeroy,  b.  Oct.  13,  1727. 

82  Elizabeth  Pomeroy,  m.  Smith. 

83  John  Pomeroy,  b.  Aug.  12,  1733,  at  Somers;    m.  Esther 

Kibbe,  who  d.  Sept.  27,  1808. 

84  Elijah  Pomeroy,  b.  Mar.  9,  1735,  at  Somers;    served  in 

and  died  from  hardships  endured  on  an  expedition 
to  Havana. 

85  Dea.  Joshua  Pomerov,  b.  Feb.  27,  1727,  at  Somers ;    m. 

Nov.  15,  1759,  Mary  Davis ;   d.  Sept.  30,  1823. 

86  Samuel    Pomeroy,    who    served    and  d.    in    the    Havana 

expedition. 
(The    Records    of    Colchester,    Chas.    M.    Taintor,    '64; 
N.  Eng.  Hist.  Gene.  Register.) 

36  DANIEL  STARLIN  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  near  the 
Lieutenant  River,  Lyme,  Oct.  28,  1702;  m.  May  14,  1730,  Esther 
Coult,  dau.  of  Capt.  John  and  Mary  (Lord)  Coult  of  Lyme. 

Daniel  Starlin  was  selectman  and  tything  man  and  held  other 
local  offices  in  Lyme,  where  he  lived,  probably  in  the  neighborhood 
of  Sterling  City.  His  father  gave  him  £20  in  his  will.  He  had 
previously  "  given  him  by  Deed  of  Gift  (viz)  one  Lot  of  Land  on 
the  Neck,  one  Lot  by  Capt.  Colts,  one  Lot  on  Tantemeage  hill 
with  Ten  pounds  in  Cash  he  has  already  Received." 

Their  children  recorded  on  the  Lyme  records  are: 

87  William  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  29,  1731 :    d.  Nov.  30,  1736 ; 

buried  near  his  great-grandfather,  William,  in  the 
Bill  Hill  schoolhouse  ground. 

88  Esther  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  19,  1736;   d.  Apr.  14,  1751. 

89  'Anne  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  19,  1736  (twin  with  Esther)  ;    m. 

Ezra  Ely.     (See  No.  105.) 


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37  JOHN  STARLIN  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  near  the  Lieu- 
tenant River,  Lyme,  Oct.  28,  1704;  m.  1st,  in  November,  1727, 
Abigail  Pratt,  b.  Nov.  30,  1702,  dau.  of  Joseph  and  Sarah 
(Coyler)  Pratt  of  Colchester,  Conn.,  who  d.  on  May  10,  1731; 
m.  2d,  Dec.  30,  1731,  Jane  Ransom. 

John  Starlin  was  a  farmer  at  Sterling  City.  His  home  was  a 
little  east  of  the  settlement  toward  the  top  of  a  hill.  Here  he 
built  a  commodious  house  somewhere  about  the  year  1740.  This 
home  was  occupied  in  1907  by  his  great-great-grandson,  Stephen 
P.  Sterling,  and  has  always  been  in  the  possession  of  the  family. 

"  Jan.  4,  1736/7  ye  Report  of  Sd  Com".  Consarning  John 
Starlin's  bill  for  Expences  on  Thomas  Blague  Decsd.  was  Read, 
accepted  and  ordered  to  be  Recorded  which  is  as  follows    (viz) 

. ,  wee  ye  Subscribers,   Comtt.   for  ye  Town   of  Lyme,  in  ye 

Case  between  said  Town  and  John  Starlin  of  sd  Lyme  Conserning 

Thomas  Blague  Decsd wee  haueing  Consedered  sd  Case  with 

all  its  Circumstances  are  of  oppinon  that  ye  town  Repay  to  sd 
Starlin  all  ye  funeral  Charges  which  is  one  pound  eleven  Shillings 
and  also  Three  pound  Seventeen  Shillings  and  Sixpence  for  sd 
Starlin's  Truble  in  sd  Bagus  Sickness,  which  in  ye  whole  is  five 
pound  fourteen  Shillings  &  Sixpence  &  Said  Starlin  shall  be  paid 
out  of  ye  wearing  Cloaths  of  sd  Blague  if  they  are  Sufficient  and 
at  ye  price  that  they  shall  be  vallowed  at  by  men  under  oath  guiven 
Under  our  hands  in  Lyme  December  6th  A.  D.  1736. 

Edward  Dart. 

Richd  Ely.  Comtt. 

Joseph  Lee." 

John  Starlin  was  chosen  tything  man  Dec.  26,  1740. 

His  father  willed  him  a  farm  "  with  what  interest  [he]  had 
in  his  new  Dwelling  house  on  Sd  Land  "  and  also  gave  him  a 
half  interest  in  the  corn  mill  and  blacksmith's  shop  and  one  half 
Daniel's  interest  in  the  saw  mill,  together  with  £40  "  to  help  the 
said  John  Build  a  Barn." 

John  bought  of  Jonathan  Gillett  of  Colchester,  three  "  small 
pieces  of  land  Laid  out  in  Sd  Lyme  "  containing  in  all  about  five 
acres  "  Lying  Easterly  of  the  Mill  brook  "  and  probably  adjoining 
John's  farm,  Jan.  27,  1749-50."  John  was  one  of  the  original 
proprietors  of  the  Susquehanna  purchase  in  Luzerne  Co.,  Pcnn. 


302  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


On  Apr.  14,  1772,  he  sold  a  half  share  or  "  right  "  to  Benjamin 
Harvey  of  Lyme  for  £12,  which  entitled  the  latter  to  an  allotment 
of  three  hundred  acres.     (Harvey  Gene.,  p.  619.) 

John  Starling  was  a  member  of  the  Conn.  Militia  in  1778,  and 
saw  some  service  in  the  neighborhood  of  New  London.  (Conn. 
Hist.  So.  Collection,  Vol.  VIII.) 

John  d.  Oct.  8,  1790,  and  was  buried  in  the  Sterling  City 
burying  ground.  The  inscription  on  his  stone  is  "  In  Memory  of 
Mr  John  Starlin  who  departed  this  life  Oct.  8  A.D.  1790  in  the 
88th  year  of  his  age." 

Mrs.  Jane  Starling  d.  in  Hadlyme,  Conn.,  in  1802,  aged  89. 
John  Starlin's  children  by  first  marriage  were: 

90  tElizabeth  Sterling,  b.  July  15,  1729;  m.  Nathan  Smith. 

91  Abigail  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  25,  1730-31 ;   d.  in  April,  1734. 

Children  by  his  second  marriage: 

92  t  John  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  10,  1732. 

93  tNathan  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  12,  1736;   m.  Elizabeth  Morgan. 

94  "Stephen  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  3,  1738;   m.  Elizabeth  Tucker. 

95  ^Daniel  Sterling,  b.  June,  1740;  m.  Demas  Morse. 

96  Abigail  Sterling,  b.  May  12,  1742. 

97  t  Jacob  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  3,  1744;   m.  Edey  Tucker. 

98  tjane  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  23,  1746;   m.  James  Markham. 

99  t  Simon  Sterling,  b.  July  25,  1749  ;  m. , 

100  Esther  Sterling,  b.  July  4,  1751. 

101  Lucia  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  13,  1753. 

102  Miriam  Sterling,  b.  May  8,  1755. 

103  tMary  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  18,  1757;   m.  1st,  Levi  Crosby; 

2d,  Joseph  Gates. 

(Lyme  Town  Records.) 

38  JOSEPH  STARLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  near  the 
Lieutenant  River,  in  what  is  now  Old  Lyme,  June  30,  1707  ;  "  mar- 
ried unto  Sarah  Mack,  the  2d  of  July,  1730,"  b.  in  Lyme,  Oct.  10, 
1704,  dau.  of  John  and  Love  (Bennett)  Mack  of  Lyme.1 

1  Ancestry  of  Sarah  (Mack)  Sterling 

John  Mack,  b.  March  6,  1653,  emigrated  in  1669,  or  1680.  His  ancestry  has  been 
traced  for  several  generations  in  Scotland.  His  will,  dated  Jan.  5,  1721,  proved  Mar. 
28,  1721 ;  he  m.  in  Salisbury,  Mass.,  Apr.  5,  1681,  Sarah  Bagley,  b.  in  Salisbury,  Mar. 
2,  1663,  dau.  of  Orlando  Bagley,  who  m.  Mar.  6,  1653-54,  at  S.  Salem,  Mass.,  Sarah 
Colby,  dau.  of  Anthony  Colby  (Colebie)  of  Salisbury  and  Amesbury,  planter.    Anthony 


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Joseph  Starlin  bought  of  Reynold  Marvin  on  May  4,  1738, 
sixty-eight  acres  of  land  near  that  of  his  father  in  North  Lyme 
for  £204.  May  28,  1746,  he  bought  of  Capt.  Elisha  Sheldon  and 
Samuel  Ely,  forty  acres  of  land  at  Nickerson's  Hill  for  "  Two 
Hundred  pounds  in  bills  of  Publick  Cred^  of  the  old  Tennour." 
He  bought  of  Samuel  McCrary  for  £60,  ten  acres  of  land  lying  on 
a  hill  south  of  Nickerson  Hill,  Oct.  2,  1747. 

Joseph  Starlin  was  chosen  lister  at  a  town  meeting  held  Dec. 
27,  1747.  He  undoubtedly  lived  in  the  house  in  Sterling  City, 
near  the  falls  in  the  Mill  Stream,  occupied  by  his  father  Daniel. 
He  seems  to  have  been  the  favorite  son  although  the  youngest, 
as  he  received  the  bulk  of  Daniel's  estate.  Joseph  did  not,  how- 
ever, live  long  to  enjoy  the  possession  of  his  many  broad  acres, 
as  he  died  a  little  more  than  a  year  after  his  father's  decease,  "  Sep- 
tember ye  19th  1748  in  the  42nd  year  of  his  age."  His  death  was 
probably  sudden  as  he  died  intestate. 

He  was  buried  by  the  side  of  his  father  in  the  Sterling  City 
cemetery.  The  inscription  on  the  stone  over  his  grave  is :  "  Here 
lyes  interred  the  body  of  Mr.  Joseph  Starling  who  departed  this 
life  September  ye  19th  1748,  in  y°  42d  year  of  his  age." 

Richard  Lord,  Benjamin  Coult,  and  John  Lay,  3d,  were 
appointed  by  the  Probate  Court  to  make  a  division  of  the  estate. 
This  was  not  until  April  16,  1753,  nearly  five  years  after  Joseph's 
decease  and  within  a  few  months  of  the  comming  of  age  of  his 
eldest  child,  Samuel.  The  certificate  of  this  division  was  not 
recorded  until  Oct.  12,  1762,  after  the  death  of  the  widow. 

By    the    provisions    of    this    instrument    Mrs.    Sarah    Starlin 

Colby  received  land  in  Salisbury  in  1640  and  '43,  was  one  of  the  first  commoners  in 
Amesbury  where  he  received  land  in  1654  and  '58  and  his  widow  in  his  right  in  '62  and 
'64;  m.  in  Boston  in  1630;  probably  came  with  Winthrop;  d.  Feb.  11,  1660;  widow 
Susanna,  m.  2ndly  William  Whitridge  in  1663  or  '64,  he  d.  in  1669,  she  d.  July  8,  1689. 

The  eldest  son  of  John  and  Sarah  (Bagley)  Mack  was  John  Mack,  b.  in  Salisbury, 
Mass.,  Apr.  29, 1682.  John,  Jr.,  came  to  Lyme,  Conn.,  with  his  father's  family  before 
1693.  He  m.  there  1703  or '04  Love  Bennett,  b.  Mar.  19,  1685,  fourth  child  of  Henry 
Bennett  of  Lyme,  who  m.  Jan  27,  1673,  Sarah,  b.  in  1649,  eldest  dau.  of  Henry  Cham- 
pion of  Saybrook,  who  m.  1st,  Aug.,  1647,  m.  2nd,  Mar.  21, 1698,  Deborah and  d. 

at  great  age,  Feb.  17,  1709.    Henry  Bennett  d.  1726. 

John  Mack,  Jr.,  m.  2ndly,  1733,  Widow  Davis  or  Dunsill.  His  eldest  child  was 
Sarah,  b.  Oct.  10,  1704;  m.  Joseph  Sterling.  (Hoyt's  Old  Families  of  Salisbury  and 
Amesbury,  Mass. ;  Savage 's  Genealogical  Dictionary ;  Lyme  Town  Records ;  Mack 
Gene.) 


304  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


received  for  her  portion  of  the  estate  "  for  her  3d  part  of  the 
Real  Estate  of  the  s4  Deceased,  for  her  use  and  improvement  .  .  . 
is  set  out  about  31  Acres  of  Land  being  the  main  part  of  that  Lot 
of  Land  that  Lyeth  Southward  of  that  Highway  that  Leads  from 
Mr.  John  Buller's  to  Mr.  John  Sterling's  and  East  of  the  Mill- 
pond  and  is  bounded  westwardly  by  the  Mill  Pond  and  Stream, 
Southwardly  and  Eastwardly  by  land  belonging  to  sd  John  Ster- 
ling untill  it  Comes  to  a  black  Oak  Straddle,  marked,  Standing  on 
the  Rocks,  being  a  bound  of  Land  Set  out  to  Lydia,  one  of  the 
Heirs  of  the  afores'd  Deceasd,  thence  Running  about  50  rods 
by  and  adjoining  on  the  Land  Set  out  to  ye  Sd  Lydia,  to  a  Red 
Oake  Straddle,  marked  Stones  by  it,  Standing  by  Ezra  Selden's 
Land,  thence  Runing  by  and  adjoining  on  Sd  Selden's  Land  untill 
it  comes  to  the  aforesaid  Highway  Thence  Westwardly  by  Sd 
Highway  untill  it  Comes  to  the  Sd  Mill  Stream,  as  also  that  part 
of  the  Corn  Mill  and  Stream  with  all  other  appurtenances  which  is 
to  sd  mill  belonging,  that  is  to  say,  all  that  part  of  sd  Corn  Mill 
which  doth  belong  to  or  is  a  part  of  the  Estate  of  the  sd  deceased 
(one  half  share)  and  also  for  her  part  of  the  Buildings,  is  one 
3d  part  there  of  (viz)  in  the  Dwelling  House  is  the  Middle  Room 
and  the  Chamber  that  is  over  the  Middle  Room  aforesaid  and  the 
Bed  Room  that  is  adjoining  sd  Middle  room  and  the  one  half  of 
the  Cellar  that  is  under  the  Sd  Bedroom."  Sarah  was  also  given 
a  one  third  part  of  the  barn  with  the  privilege  of  the  threshing 
floor  in  the  barn  and  one  third  of  the  store  house  "  being  the  west 
End  thereof."  She  received  in  addition  one  third  of  the  personal 
estate  of  her  husband,  £666  12s.  9V2cL 

To  the  eldest  son,  Samuel,  was  given  "  a  double  Portion  "  in 
real  estate  "  of  the  sd  Deceasd  (viz. )  about  Ninty  Two  Acres  of 
Land  lying  and  being  on  the  Northerly  Side  of  the  afore  said 
Highway  "  and  adjoining  land  of  "  William  Starling's  one  of  the 
Coheirs  of  sd  Deceassd  "  on  the  northwest.  "  Also  Set  to  him,  the 
sd  Samuel  for  his  part  and  portion  of  the  Buildings  (viz)  the  Re- 
maining part  of  the  Barn,  being  the  whole  there  of  Except  what 
is  before  Set  out  to  the  sd  widow  and  also  the  Remaining  part  of 
the  Store  House,  being  the  whole  there  of  except  what  is  before 
Set  out  to  the  Sd  Widw" 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     305 


To  the  second  son,  Joseph  was  "  Set  out  a  Single  Portion  in 
Real  Estate  .  .  .  the  Home  Lot  Containing  about  20  Acres  and 
118  rods,  bounded  .  .  .  Northwardly  on  the  aforesaid  Highway  ': 
and  easterly  on  the  Mill  Stream,  "  also  about  five  acres  of  wood- 
land, lying  on  the  Northesterly  ende  of  the  Lot  Called  Briggses 
Meadow"  adjoining  John  Sterling's  land,  "also  one  other  piece 
of  Land  Containing  by  estimation  about  Ten  acres  .  .  .  and  also 
for  the  s4  Joseph's  part 
and  Portion  in  the 
Buildings,  is  one  half 
of  the  New  Grat  Room, 
the  whole  of  the  Garrit 
or  upper  Room  that  is 
over  the  sd  Great  Room 
and  one  Eighth  part  of 
the  Cellar  that  is  under 
the  sd  little  bead  Room 
and  the  Cart  House  or 
Shed."  To  the  young- 
est son,  William,  was 
"  Set  out  a  Single  por- 
tion in  Real  Estate 
.  .  .  about  fifty-one 
acres  and  198  rods  of 
Land  and  is  lying  on 
the  East  Side  of  the 
Highway  that  Leeds 
from  the  fall  river  to 
the  Meeting  House" 
and    adjoining    on    the 

southwest,  land  given  to  his  brother  Samuel,  "  and  also  for  his  part 
and  portion  in  the  Buildings  is  Set  (viz)  in  the  Dwelling  House  the 
one  3d  part  of  the  Tower  Room  in  the  East  Ende  of  Sd  House, 
one  3d  part  of  the  Chamber  that  is  over  the  sd  Room  and  the  whole 
of  the  Garret  or  upper  Room  that  is  in  the  East  Ende  of  sd  House 
and  one  3d  part  of  the  Little  bed  Chamber  that  is  over  the  New  Bed 
Room  and  one  half  of  the  Cellar  that  is  under  the  sd  East  Room." 


Foundations  of  the 
Old  Mill 

Some  of  the  timbers  and 
the  stone  wall  were  un- 
doubtedly a  part  of  the 
original  mill  of  the 
time  of  Captain  Daniel 
Sterling. 


306  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


The  remainder  of  Joseph's  estate,  both  real  and  personal,  was 
equally  divided  between  the  five  daughters. 

Joseph  Sterling's  estate  was  inventoried  Oct.  17,  1748. 

After  enumerating  the  usual  articles  of  clothing,  household 
furnishings,  farm  utensils,  tools  and  belongings  it  mentions 
among  the  many  items :  "  1  Loom  and  furniture  20£ ;  4011  of 
Tand  Leather  20£ ;  1  Cider  mill  &  press  14£ ;  2  Hoggsitts  &  full 
of  cider  20£;  10  Lean  Hoggs  80£,  9  fatt  Hogs  200£;  1  pr  bulls 
50£,  1  fatt  Cow  24£ ;  1  Heffer  &  Calf  20£,  5  Cows  100£ ;  1  Heffer 
&  1  Stear  year  Invantage  25£;  4  Calfs  22£,  3  year  Invantage 
Colts  55£;    74  Sheep  129£  10/,  13  Ditto  28£  10/;    1  old  mair 

15£." 

The  inventory  then  proceeded  to  assess  the  real  estate  as  fol- 
lows :  "  to  the  Dwelling  House  and  Shops,  togeather  with  his  part 
of  ye  mill  and  all  the  Land  west  of  ye  falls  brook  and  South  of  the 
falls  River  wee  Sett  at  2200£ ;  to  that  Lott  of  Land  East  of  ye 
falls  brook  and  South  of  ye  Road  300£ ;  to  ye  old  Lott  over  the 
falls  600£;  to  all  the  Land  that  Lyeth  East  and  Northerly  of 
ye  Road  that  Leads  to  the  meeting  House  and  west  and  Southerly 
of  the  Road  that  Leads  to  John  Sterlings,  wee  Lett  2421£;  to 
the  barn  60£."  There  is  added,  "  to  2  yoake  of  oxen  134£ ;  to  1  pr 
Stears  30£,  to  ye  young  black  mair  47£ ;  to  7?  Hay  90£ ;  to  Cash 
35£,  14/  " 

The  total  of  the  estate's  valuation  amounted  to  £7820,  19s. 
OGYod.  Sarah  Starling  as  administrator  made  oath  to  the  inven- 
tory, Nov.  4, 1748.  Richard  Hays  went  on  her  bond,  Nov.  8, 1748. 
in  the  sum  of  £200. 

There  is  appended  to  the  inventory  the  names  and  dates  of 
birth  of  Joseph's  children,  all  minors,  the  eldest  at  this  time  being 
sixteen  and  the  youngest  but  a  year  and  a  half  old. 

Jonathan  and  Sarah  Gillett  of  Colchester  sold  for  about  £200, 
to  the  heirs  of  Joseph  Starling,  eight  acres  of  land  "  Lying  on 
Tantomoheague  Hill  and  also  Twenty  six  acres  of  Land  Lying  on 
the  Hill  North  of  Eight  mile  River  on  the  left  Side  of  Jonathan 
Pratt's  Land,  also  four  acres  of  land  under  the  hill,  also  Two 
acres  of  Land  on  the  west  side  of  Eight  mile  River  near  where  the 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     307 


old  Saw  mill  stood,  also  two  peices  more,"  one  of  twenty  acres  of 
Swamp  known  as  Pine  Swamp,  near  Hog  Pond  and  the  other  of 
three  acres  north  of  Pine  Swamp.  The  total  of  this  purchase 
amounted  to  some  sixty-three  acres  and  was  made  Jan.  27  "  on  the 
23rd  year  of  the  Reign  of  our  Souereyn  Lord  George  the  second  of 
Great  Brittain  etc."  1750.  Jonathan  and  Sarah  (Ely)  Gillet 
were  the  parents  of  Joseph  Gillett,  who  m.  Joseph  Sterling's  niece, 
Abigail  Kellogg. 

Jan.  24,  1753,  William  Dowley  deeded  to  the  heirs  and  widow 
of  Joseph  Starling  land  "  near  Eight  mile  River  Cove  and  adjoin- 
ing to  the  Highway  that  goes  from  Lyme  to  East  Haddam,  Con- 
taining by  Estimation  Twenty  acres,"  and  adjoining  land  already 
belonging  to  Joseph's  estate.     The  consideration  was  £50. 

On  the  27th  of  the  same  month  Sarah  Starlin  bought  of  John 
and  Ruth  Atwell  of  New  London,  "  for  £50,  the  land  near  the 
Eaight  mile  river  cove,  lying  East  from  Sd  River  and  adjoining 
to  the  Highway  that  goes  from  Sd  Lyme  to  East  Haddam,  Con- 
taining by  Estimation  twenty  acres."  Sarah  thus  increased  her 
husband's  landed  estate  one  hundred  and  three  acres  by  these 
purchases,  so  that  it  amounted  in  all  to  about  four  hundred  acres. 

Mary  Starling  gave  a  receipt  on  Jan.  10,  1758,  to  her  mother, 
Mrs.  Sarah  Starling,  for  "  the  Sum  of  Two  Hundred  Sixty  Six 
Pounds,  Thirteen  Shillings,  &  one  peny,  half  peny  in  old  Ten*'  .  .  . 
beins-  all  that  is  Deu  to  me  on  the  account  of  the  Personal  estate  " 
of  her  father  Joseph. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Starlin  d.  Aug.  6,  1762,  and  was  buried  by  her 
husband.  The  inscription  on  her  gravestone  is :  "  In  memory  of 
Mrs.  Sarah  Starling,  wife  of  Mr.  Joseph  Starling,  who  departed 
this  life  Aug.  6,  A.D.,  1762,  in  the  57th  year  of  her  age." 

Sarah  Starlin's  will  is  dated  July  9,  1762,  and  was  probated 
Oct.  12,  1762,  six  days  after  her  death.  It  made  the  following 
provisions : 

"Unto  my  Son  William  Starling,  all  my  Land  that  I  shall 
Dye  Seazed  of,  to  him  and  to  his  heirs  in  fee  Simple  for  Ever. 
I  also  give  and  Bequeath  to  my  said  Son  William,  all  my  Right 
and  Interest  I  have  in  the  Grist  Mill  and  Stream." 

"  To  my  son  Joseph  Starling,  my  Black  Smith  Shop  and  all 


303  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


my  Black  Smith  tools,  to  be  at  his  own  Dispose  for  ever  and  I 
do  also  Hereby  Give  and  Bequeath  to  my  Said  son  Joseph,  his 
heirs  &  assigns  for  ever,  all  the  Right,  title  and  Interest  that  I 
have  in  the  Mantion  House  in  which  I  now  live." 

"  I  hereby  Give  Unto  my  Son  Sam11-  Starling,  twenty  Shillings 
and  No  more  by  Reason  I  have  given  him  Considerable  here  to 
fore." 

Her  wearing  apparel  and  a  portion  of  her  "  movable  estate  " 
she  divided  equally  among  her  four  daughters.  To  William  she 
gave  all  the  remainder  of  her  estate.  Her  personal  property  was 
inventoried  at  £289,  10s. 

There  are  three  records  of  Joseph's  children  extant:  the  first 
in  the  first  Book  of  Births,  Marriages  and  Deaths  for  Lyme,  the 
second  appended  to  the  inventory  of  his  estate,  on  file  in  New  Lon- 
don, the  third,  which  he  wrote  himself,  in  the  Bible  which  descended 
to  his  son  William  and  contained  the  record  of  the  latter's  family. 

Joseph's  children,  to  quote  tins  personal  record,  were  as 
follows : 

104  t"My  son  Samuel  born   October  the  fourteenth   1732"; 

m.   1st,  Elizabeth  Perkins,   2d,  Mrs.   Anna    (Stow) 
Dudley;   3d,  Mrs.  Lucretia  (Harris)  Champion. 

105  t"  My  dafter  Sarah  born  July  the  22  about  one  o'clock, 

"  1734,"  m.  Ezra  Ely. 

106  '"My  dafter  Mary  born  July  the  18,  1736  about  break 

of  day ;  "  m.  Richard  Ransom. 

107  t"  My  son  Joseph  born  March  the  3  day  1739  upon  Thurs- 

day sun  about  half  an  hour  high  at  night ;  "  m.  Lydia 
Ransom. 

108  t"  April  the  5,  1741  hannah  Starlin  born";    m.  Martin 

Way.     The  Lyme  Town  Records  say: 

109  "  their  sixth  child  died  being  a  daughter." 

110  t«My  son  William  born  May  ye  28/1743;"  m.  Jemima 

Sill. 

111  t"My  dafter  Pheby  born  April  ye  26/1745  upon  friday 

about    the    middle    of    the    forenoon " ;    m.    Joseph 
Church. 

112  t<  Lydia  Starlin   [born]    the  1  day  of  April  1747;"  m. 

William  Perkins. 
(Lyme  Town   Records,  Probate  Records   for  Lyme   at   New 
London.) 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     309 

39  ABIGAIL  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme, 
Sept.  9,  1709;  m.  there,  at  Sterling  City,  Jan.  8,  1735-36, 
Samuel  Kellogg,  b.  in  Hatfield,  Conn.,  May  18,  1694,  son  of 
Samuel  and  Sarah  (Root)  Kellogg.  Samuel  removed  with  his 
father  to  Colchester,  Conn.,  about  1707,  where  he  was  deacon  in 
the  Congregational  church  and  held  several  town  offices.  He  d. 
July  31,  1783.     She  d.  Aug.  23,  1802. 

Children,  born  in  Colchester : 

113  t  Abigail  Kellogg,  b.  Oct.  29,  1736;   m.  Joseph  Gillett. 

114  Samuel  Kellogg,  b.  Dec.  20,  1738;  m.  Mary  Pratt,  who 

d.  Feb.  23,  1813.  He  d.  Nov.  24,  1825,  leaving  an 
estate  of  $60,000.     No  issue. 

115  t  Hannah  Kellogg,  b.  Sept.  30,  1740;  m.  Daniel  Wood. 

116  Ann  Kellogg,  b.  Nov.  30,  1742;    d.  July  9,  1758. 

117  tMary  Kellogg,  b.  Apr.  27,  1745;   m.  Nathan  Goodspeed. 

118  Eunice  Kellogg,  b.  F'eb.  26,  1747;   m.  in  Colchester,  Jan. 

16,  1777,  Ebenezer  Carter,  b.  May  23,  1743,  son  of 
Ezra  and  Jerusha  (White)  Carter  of  Marlboro,  Conn. 
He  d.  Dec.  23,  1829.    She  d.  Oct.  11,  1834. 

119  tDaniel  Kellogg,  b.  June  1,  1749 ;  m.  Elizabeth  Wells. 

(The  Kellogg  Genealogy;  New  Eng.  Hist.  Gene.  Reg.) 

40  JOHN   STARLING    (Jacob,    William),  bapt.   in   Fairfield, 

Conn.,  Oct.   10,  1708;    m.   Sarah  .     John   or  either  of  his 

brothers  do  not  appear  ever  to  have  followed  their  father's  trade 
of  ship  carpenter.  John  was  a  farmer  living  first  in  Stratford  and 
later  removing  to  the  northern  part  of  Fairfield  county  and  settling 
in  Newtown. 

Jacob  deeded  to  John,  Jan.  4,  1736-37  "  a  parcel  of  land  in 
Stratfield  in  the  town  of  Stratford,  at  a  place  known  by  the  name 
of  Ox  Hill,  with  a  new  dwelling  house  on  the  same,  the  said  land 
being  about  16  acres  &  Bounded  easterly  &  northwardly  by  high- 
way, Southerly  by  Benjamin  Burton's  land,  westerly  by  Uncoway 
river."  John  lived  on  this  property,  lying  in  the  present  town- 
ship of  Trumbull,  for  some  twelve  years.  Apr.  1,  1748,  he  sold  to 
Abner  Booth  of  Newtown,  for  £1200,  "  my  own  home  farm  on  Long 
Hill  in  Stratford  Ct.,  togeather  with  my  dwelling  house  Standing 
thereon  &  barn  &  Shop,  said  farm  in  quantity  about  24  acres  on 
both  sides  of  highway  &  is  bounded  North  on  highway,  South  on 


310  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Benjamin  Burton's  land,  West  on  a  brook,  East  on  a  run  of 
water.  Also  a  tract  of  land  on  Walnut  tree  Hill,  West  of  Long 
Hill,  about  twelve  acres  "  east  of  the  highway.  "  Also  Another 
parcel  of  4  acres." 

The  reference  to  the  "  Shop  "  in  this  deed  may  indicate  that 
John  was  a  carpenter  or  a  blacksmith.  The  same  day  this  last 
paper  was  written,  the  Abner  Booth  therein  named  sold  to  John 
and  his  brothers  for  £2400  a  tract  of  land  in  Newtown.  The 
deed  states  that  "  John  Starling  &  Joseph  &  Stephen  Starling 
all  of  Stratford "  in  consideration  of  "  1600  pounds  money 
[payed  by]  John  Starling,  the  other  brothers  each  of  them  paid 
400  pounds."  Booth  conveyed  to  them  "  my  farm  on  which  I 
now  dwell,  lying  in  the  town  of  Newtown  on  both  sides  of  the 
County  road,  on  ye  Bare  Hills,  togeather  with  my  dwelling  house 
&  barn  Standing  thereon,  the  said  farm  being  in  quantity  about 
300  acres  of  land  .  .  .  And  the  said  John  Starling  is  to  have  % 
of  the  whole  &  Joseph  &  Stephen  Starling  each  of  them  one  sixth 
part  of  the  whole  and  ye  whole  is  bounded,  North  on  Common 
land  &  Pototuck  Brook,  east  on  Common  land,  west  on  common 
land  &  Capt.  Touseys  land  and  highway,  South  on  Canfield's  land 
&  Nathaniel  Booth's  land."  This  property  appears  to  have  been 
near  that  bought  in  Newton  in  1730  by  Jacob  Sterling,  as  they 
both  adjoin  land  owned  by  Captain  or  William  Tousey. 

John  now  removed  from  his  old  home  in  Stratford  to  Newtown 
with  his  family.  May  25,  1757,  Joseph  and  Stephen  Sterling 
sold  their  share  in  the  farm  to  John  for  "  100  pounds  York 
money."  By  his  father's  will  John  received  a  sixty  acre  farm 
on  Beebe's  Hill  "  about  a  mile  westerly  of  his  dwelling  house  " 
and  a  field  of  twelve  acres  near  by,  through  which  ran  the  Poto- 
tuck Creek.  Mar.  6,  1769,  John  bought  of  John  Sherman  seven 
or  eight  acres  adjoining  his  own  land  and  "  on  the  south  eastered 
side  of  the  road  that  leads  up  Pototuck  brook  hill  to  Stratford," 
and  on  May  12  of  the  same  year  John  bought  of  Gershom  Sum- 
mers thirty  acres  of  land  in  Newton  "  at  Cranbury  Pond,  so 
called,"  and  near  his  other  property. 

John  Starling  now  had  a  farm  of  over  four  hundred  acres. 
He  d.  between  Dec.   16,   1774,  and  Aug.  7,   1780,  the  dates  of 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     311 

the  signing  of  his  will  and  its  probation.     His  widow  Sarah  was 
living  as  late  as  Feb.  8,  1797,  when  the  estate  was  distributed. 
In  this  settlement  the  name  is  spelled  both  Stirling  and  Starling. 
Children : 

120  Deborah    (Debiah)    Sterling,  bapt.   in  Trumbull,   Conn., 

July  26,  1747,  (b.  same  mo.)  ;  m.  in  Newtown,  Feb. 
27,  1766,  Jeremiah  Turner;  not  mentioned  in  her 
father's  will. 

121  Jacob  Sterling,  living  in  Newtown  in  1789,  probably  d. 

before  Feb.  8,  1797,  without  issue,  as  he  is  not  men- 
tioned in  the  distribution  of  his  father's  estate,  al- 
though his  name  is  given  in  the  will. 

122  Sarah  Sterling,  m.  1st,  in  Newtown,  Nov.  8,  1769,  John 

Bears ;  mentioned  in  settlement  as  the  wife  of  Zebu- 
Ion  Tousey ;  she  was  living  in  1815  when  she  received 
a  portion  of  her  brother  David's  estate. 

123  David    Sterling.      Administration   of   his   estate   granted 

Mar.  28,  1815;  distributed  May  1,  1815,  to  Mar- 
gery, his  wid.,  and  his  sister,  above.  William  Ster- 
ling who  d.  in  Newtown,  Dec.  12,  1797,  was  probably 
an  only  child. 
(Stratford  Town  Records,  Newtown  Records.  Probate 
Records  for  Newtown  at  Danbury.) 

41  JOSEPH  STARLING  (brother  of  the  above),  bapt.  in  Fair- 
field, Conn.,  Oct.  8,  1710;  m.  1st,  June  9,  1734,  Esther  Hawley,1 
b.  in  Fairfield,  June  13,  1717,  dau.  of  Dea.  Thomas  and  Johanna 
(Booth)  Hawley. 

1  Hawlet  Ancestry 

Joseph  Hawley,  yeoman  and  Town  Recorder  of  Stratford,  Conn.,  b.  in  1603, 
came  to  America  about  1630  from  Parwich,  Derbyshire,  Eng.,  probably  bringing  with 
him  a  wife  whom  he  m.  in  Eng.  He  m.  2d,  in  1646,  Katharine  Birdsey,  who  d.  June 
25,  1692.  Joseph  removed  to  Stratford  as  early  as  1650  where  he  d.  May  20,  1690. 
Joseph  Hawley  was  the  first  in  Stratford  to  make  a  record  of  lands  and  of  births, 
marriages,  and  deaths. 

Joseph's  son,  Samuel  Hawley,  was  b.  in  1647;  m.  1st,  May  20,  1673,  Man-,  dau. 
of  Thomas  and  Ann  (Welles)  Thompson,  bapt.  June  7,  1653;  d.  in  1691 ;  m.  2d,  the 
wid.,  Patience  Hubbell. 

Samuel  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  the  township  of  Newton,  Conn., 
organized  in  May,  1708,  by  men  nearly  all  from  Stratford.  He  d.  Aug.  24,  1734;  his 
will  was  proved  Sept.  24,  1734.  His  first  wife,  Mary,  was  a  granddau.  of  Gov.  Thomas 
Wells,  b.  in  Essex  Co.,  Eng.,  in  1598,  came  to  America  from  Northamptonshire  in  16S6 
as  secretary  of  the  Lord  Save  and  Seal  Co.;  was  probably  a  family  connection  of  the 
former.  Was  chief  magistrate  of  the  Colony  of  Conn.,  from  1637  to  1660;  deputy 
governor,  1654-57-58,  and   1659;  governor,  1655-56-58.     He  m.  in  Eng.,  a  Miss 


312  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Joseph  Sterling  was  a  farmer  and  lived  during  the  greater 
part  of  his  life  in  that  part  of  the  township  of  Stratford,  now 

Hunt,  who  was  mother  of  all  his  children;  m.  2d,  in  Wethersfield,  Conn.,  about  1646, 
Elizabeth  Foote,  dau.  of  John  Deming  of  England.  She  d.  July  28,  1683.  He  d. 
Jan.  14,  1659-60.  Mary,  his  dau.,  m.  Apr.  14,  1646,  Thomas  Thompson,  probably 
the  youth  of  18  who  embarked  in  the  ship  Abigail  at  London,  July  1,  1635. 

Ephraim,  son  of  Joseph  Hawley,  was  b.  Aug.  7,  1659;  m.  Dec.  4,  1683,  Sarah, 
dau.  of  Capt.  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Hollister)  Wells  of  Wethersfield,  Conn.;  b. 
Sept.  29,  1664;  d.  June  29,  1694.  Ephraim  lived  in  New  Stratford  (now  Trumbull). 
He  d.  Apr.  18,  1690. 

Samuel  Hawley,  son  of  Joseph,  had  Thomas  Hawley,  b.  July  30, 1678 ;  m.  October, 
1701,  Joanna,  dau.  of  Ephraim  Booth  and  Mary  Clark  of  Stratford,  b.  Sept.  10,  1678; 
d.  Jan.  28,  1761.  Thomas  was  a  tanner  and  clothier  at  Pequonnock  (now  Bridge- 
port), Conn.    He  d.  May  6,  1772. 

Joanna  Booth  and  Bethia  Booth,  who  m.  Thomas  Hawley's  brother  Samuel,  were 
daus.  of  Ephraim  Booth,  b.  Aug.  1,  1648,  who  m.  Mary,  perhaps  the  dau.  of  Robert 
Clark.    She  probably  m.  2d,  in  1692,  Thomas  Bennitt,  afterwards  of  Newton. 

Ephraim  was  the  son  of  Richard  Booth,  b.  in  Eng.,  in  1607;  m.  Elizabeth, 
sister  of  the  first  Joseph  Hawley,  b.  in  England ;  he  probably  m.  a  second  time. 

Thomas  Hawley's  dau.  Esther,  b.  June  13,  1717;  m.  Joseph,  son  of  Jacob 
Sterling. 

Samuel  Hawley,  Jr.,  son  of  Samuel,  grandson  of  Joseph,  b.  May  14,  1674;  m. 
May  14,  1702,  Bethia  Booth,  b.  Aug,  7,  1680;  d.  Sept.  7,  1780.  He  was  a  farmer  at 
Stratford  and  Derby,  Conn.,  d.  in  1744  or  1754.  His  son,  Capt.  Francis  Hawley,  b. 
Feb.  24,  1711 ;  m.  1st,  Ann,  dau.  of  John  and  Sarah  (Titterton)  Clark ;  m.  2d,  Rachel, 
dau.  of  John  and  Sarah  (Chatfield)  Davis  of  "  Great  Hill,"  Derby,  Conn. ;  b.  July  5, 
1716;  d.  Feb.  20,  1808.  Francis  was  a  farmer  of  Huntington,  Conn.  He  d.  Feb.  24, 
1799.  By  the  2d  wife  Francis  had  Joseph  Hawley,  b.  in  1749;  m.  Dec.  29,  1774, 
Anna,  dau.  of  Nathaniel  and  Ruth  (Beardsley)  Lewis  of  Ripton,  b.  in  1753 ;  d.  Nov.  18, 
1S33.  Joseph  was  a  farmer  at  Huntington,  Conn.,  d.  Oct.  27,  1791.  His  son  Augustus 
Hawley,  bapt.  July  16,  1782 ;  m.  1st,  Nov.  13,  1803,  Martha  Blackman  of  Huntington; 
m.  2d,  Feb.  10,  1817,  Sarah  Webb,  who  d.  Feb.  29,  1838.  He  lived  at  Amenia,  N.  Y. ; 
d.  Mar.  4,  1852.    His  son  by  first  m.  Harmon  Hawley,  b.  Sept.  11,  1807;  m.  July  4, 

1835,  Emma,  dau.  of  Salomon  and (Chamberlain)  Freeman  of  Dover,  N.  Y., 

b.  Mar.  8,  1813 ;  d.  May  5,  1869.  He  lived  at  Wilton,  Conn. ;  d.  June  18,  1857.  Their 
dau.,  Josephine  Dikeman  Hawley,  b.  Mar.  20,  1850,  m.  Elisha  Sterling,  son  of  William 
C.  Sterling  of  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.  (No.  1609). 

Thomas  Hawley,  son  of  Samuel,  grandson  of  Joseph,  had  Capt.  Ezra  Hawley  of 
Bridgeport,  Conn.,  b.  May  15,  1717;  m.  Jan.  30,  1735,  Abigail  Hall,  b.  in  1715;  d. 
Apr.  18,  1786.  Ezra  d.  Apr.  27,  1773.  His  son  Thomas  Hawley  of  Bridgeport  was 
bapt.  Dec.  7,  1738;  m.  Anna  Gregory  of  Fairfield,  b.  in  1743;  d.  Dec.  24,  1810.  He 
d.  Nov.  19,  1797.  Their  son,  Capt.  Abijah  Hawley  of  Bridgeport,  sea  captain,  was 
b.  Jan.  26,  1769 ;  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Capt.  Stephen  and  Mary  (Holburton)  Summers, 
b.  Sept.  4,  1771;  d.  Sept.  6,  1841.  He  d.  Nov.  28,  1818.  They  were  the  parents  of 
Emeline  Hawley,  b.  Dec.  5,  1804,  who  m.  George  Sterling,  son  of  Philip  Sterling 
(No.  765),  and  of  Monson  Hawley,  b.  Apr.  10,  1803,  who  m.  Susan  M.  Hubbell  (No. 
806),  dau.  of  Levi  and  granddau.  of  Eunice  (Sterling)  Hubbell,  dau.  of  Stephen  Sterling, 
son  of  Jacob. 

Thomas  Hawley,  son  of  Samuel,  grandson  of  Joseph,  had  Capt.  Ezra  Hawley, 
before  mentioned,  whose  son,  Ezra  Hawley,  Jr.,  farmer  of  Bridgeport,  was  b.  August, 
1747;  m.  1st,  Apr.  4,  1771,  Abigail,  dau.  of  Abraham  and  Mary  (Wheeler)  Brinsmade, 
b.  Nov.  13,  1748;  d.  Sept.  2,  1772;  m.  2d,  in  1774,  Ruth,  dau.  of  Samuel  and  Ruth 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     313 

Trumbull.  His  father  gave  him,  Nov.  30,  1741,  a  tract  of  land 
of  forty-one  acres  on  Ox  Hill,  with  a  dwelling  house  and  barn  on 
it  and  his  other  small  parcels  of  land,  one  of  nine  acres  adjoin- 
ing the  first  and  another  near  by.  He  bought  of  Ebenezer  Wake- 
lee,  Dec.  4,  1746,  for  £120  10s.,  ten  acres  of  land  adjoining  his 
own  on  the  north.  Two  months  later,  Feb.  1,  1747,  he  bought  of 
his  father  for  £250,  eighteen  acres  of  land  "  at  white  plains  so 
called  "  and  near  his  other  property. 

Mar.  27,  1753,  he  bought  of  James  Beebee  for  £625  a  parcel 
of  land  "  Lying  at  ye  place  called  Walnut  Tree  Hill,  about  12 
acres,  bounded  North  &  east  &  part  South  on  Gregory's  land, 
West  on  highway,  South  in  part  on  highway  &  Wheeler's  land." 
He  bought  of  Benjamin  and  Joseph  Phippence,  Jan.  15,  1761, 
for  £136,  "  a  tract  of  land  .  .  .  on  ye  lower  end  of  Walnut  tree 
Hill,  about  18  acres,  togeather  with  a  new  dwelling  house  thereon 
&  is  bounded  southerly  on  highway,  easterly  by  Burrough's  land, 
Northerly  on  Waklee's  land,  Westerly  on  Said  Sterling's  own  land." 
This  land,  together  with  two  acres  more,  the  house  and  a  barn 
"  also    one   acre   of  land   lying   on   ye   South   side   of  highway  r 

(Wilson)  Morehouse  of  Fairfield,  b.  1754-55,  d.  Jan.  4,  1829.  Ezra  d.  Apr.  9,  1796. 
His  dau.  Ruth  Hawley,  b.  July  5,  1780,  m.  Philip  Sterling  (No.  320),  son  of  Sylvanus, 
and  had  George  Sterling,  who  in.  Emeline  Hawley  (No.  765).  Ezra  Hawley  also  had 
Capt.  Wilson  Hawley,  merchant  and  sea  captain  of  Bridgeport,  who  was  b.  Apr.  15, 
1776 ;  m.  Oct.  3,  1799,  Charity,  dau.  of  Capt.  Stephen  and  Mary  (Holburton)  Summers 
of  Bridgeport,  sister  of  Mary,  who  m.  Capt.  Abijah  Hawley.  Charity,  b.  May  9,  1775 ; 
d.  Aug.  30,  1844.  Capt.  Wilson  Hawley  d.  Oct.  30,  1846.  His  son,  Capt.  Bronson 
Hawley,  b.  Sept.  27,  1800;  a  sea  captain  and  merchant  of  Bridgeport;  m.  May  7, 
1826,  Rebecca,  dau.  of  Amos  and  Abigail  E.  (Shelton)  Burr  of  Bridgeport,  b.  July  27, 
1805.  He  d.  Feb.  12,  1880.  Their  dau.,  Rebecca  Hawley,  b.  Oct.  13,  1832;  m.  Ed- 
ward Sterling,  son  of  George  and  Emeline  (Hawley)  Sterling,  grandson  of  Philip  and 
Ruth  (Hawley)  Sterling. 

Ephraim  Hawley,  son  of  Joseph  the  first  of  Bridgeport,  had  Gideon  Hawley,  b. 
Jan.  30,  1687;  m.  Feb.  4,  1711,  Anna,  dau.  of  Lieut.  James  Bennett,  b.  in  1691; 
d.  Nov.  14,  1727.  Gideon  of  Bridgeport  d.  Feb.  16,  1731.  His  son,  Sergt.  James 
Hawley  of  Bridgeport,  b.  Jan.  29,  1713;  m.  July  18,  1733,  Eunice,  dau.  of  Henry 
Jackson,  b.  in  1714;  d.  Sept.  6,  1796.  He  d.  Oct.  7,  1746.  His  son,  Maj.  Aaron 
Hawley,  farmer  of  Bridgeport,  b.  in  1739;  m.  1st,  Nov.  24,  1759,  Elizabeth,  dau.  of 
Capt.  and  Abigail  (Hall)  Hawley  of  Bridgeport,  b.  in  1737;  d.  July  8,  1776;  m.  2d, 
July  10,  1777,  Sarah,  dau.  of  John  and  Deborah  (Welch)  Comstock  of  New  Milford, 
Conn.,  b.  Nov.  12,  1747;  d.  May  3,  1786;  m.  3d,  Feb.  28,  1787,  Rachel  Picket.  He 
d.  July  21,  1803.  His  son,  Aaron  Hawley  of  Bridgeport,  b.  June  15,  1774;  m.  (iris-  II. 
dau.  of  Capt.  Stephen  and  Mary  (Holburton)  Summers  of  Bridgeport  (sister  of  Charity, 
who  m.  Wilson  Hawley,  and  of  Mary,  who  m.  Abijah  Hawley).  Grissell  was  I..  May  15, 
1773;  d.  Sept.  5,  1853.  He  d.  June  28,  1810.  Their  dau.,  Jane  Elizabeth  Haw  ley, 
b.  Sept.  27,  1805 ;  m.  Sherwood  Sterling,  son  of  David  Sterling  of  Bridgeport. 


314  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Joseph  gave  to  his  son  Ephraim,  Nov.  5,  1766,  the  day  before 
the  latter's  marriage.  Joseph  also  gave  Ephraim,  Mar.  17,  1774, 
twenty-three  acres  of  land  adjoining  the  above  on  the  west.  He 
bought  of  Eleazer  Fairchild,  Mar.  30,  1771,  for  £100,  eighteen 
acres,  "  togeathar  with  a  barn  standing  thereon  "  and  adjoin- 
ing his  own  land  on  the  west.  By  his  father's  will  he  was  given 
thirty-four  acres  of  land  on  Chambers'  Hill  in  Newtown  and  a 
field  of  "  Sedge  on  Long  Beach  in  Stratford."  From  her  mother's 
estate,  Joseph's  wife,  Esther,  received  £4  9s.  together  with 
"  the  Household  furniture  -  belonged  to  her,"  Apr.  29,  1761. 
Esther  d.  Apr.  27,  1773.  She  is  buried  in  the  Long  Hill  bury- 
ing ground.  The  inscription  on  her  headstone  is :  "  Here  lyes 
the  Body  of  Mrs.  Hestor  Starling,  wife  to  Mr.  Joseph  Starling, 
who  departed  this  life  April  the  27,  1773,  in  ye  56th  year  of  Her 
Age."  After  her  death,  Joseph  m.,  2d,  Nov.  26,  1776,  Abigail 
Plumb. 

The  Unity  Church  Records  of  Trumbull  state  that  Clara,  a 
negro  servant  of  Abigail  Sterling,  was  bapt.  Sept.  6,  1783, 
and  that  Jonah,  another  negro  servant  of  the  widow  Sterling, 
was  bapt.  in  October,  1786.  Mrs.  Abigail  Sterling's  estate  was  ad- 
ministered Apr.  1,  1805.  The  inventory  of  her  personal  estate 
amounted  to  £9  16s.,  which  was  given  to  her  negro  girl  Clara. 
Joseph  joined  the  Unity  Congregational  church,  Aug.  17,  1760. 
Esquire  Isaac  Sherman,  in  his  recollections,  states  that  Joseph 
was  a  member  of  the  Stratfield  militia  stationed  at  New  York 
City  in  1776. 

Joseph  Sterling  d.  Apr.  7,  1777.  He  is  buried  by  the  side 
of  his  wife  Esther.  The  inscription  on  the  stone  over  his  grave 
reads :  "  In  memory  of  Mr.  Joseph  Sterling  who  departed  this 
life  April  7th  1777  In  the  67th  Year  of  his  Age." 

Joseph  Sterling's  Will 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  I,  Joseph  Sterling  of  the  town 
of  Stratford,  in  ye  County  of  Fairfield  &  State  of  Connecticut, 
in  New  England,  Calling  to  mind  my  own  mortality,  see  cause 
to  make  this  my  last  will  &  Testament  in  manner  and  form  as 
follows :  Imprimis.  I  recommend  my  soul  to  God,  who  gave 
it,  hoping  for  ecceptance  with  him  in  a  better  world,  through 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     315 

Jesus  Christ,  the  graceous  mediator  of  ye  new  covenant  and  my 
body  I  commit  to  ye  dust  from  whence  it  was  taken,  To  be  buried 
at  ye  discretion  of  my  executor,  hereafter  to  be  named  &  as  for 
that  portion  of  worldly  goods  with  which  God  has  endoued  me: 

My  just  debts  and  funeral  expenses  being  paid  out  of  my 
moveable  estate,  My  will  is  that  the  residue  be  settled  according 
to  ye  direction  of  ye  law,  only  with  this  one  exception,  viz :  That 
my  well  beloved  son  Ephraim  shall  have  two  thirds  of  all  my  real 
&  personal  estate,  exclusive  of  what  I  have  already  given  him 
by  deed  of  gift,  &  my  well  beloved  daughter  Hannah  Edwards 
but  one  third  and  to  be  theirs  &  their  heirs  forever. 

My  true  &  loving  wife  to  receive  her  portion  according  to 
the  direction  of  the  law.  Lastly,  I  appoint,  constitute  and  or- 
dain my  trusty  Son  Ephraim  Starling,  executor  of  this  my  last 
will  &  Testament,  Thereby  abolishing  all  former  wills.  I  de- 
clare this  and  this  only  to  be  my  last  will  &  testament  this  5  day 
of  April,  A.  D.  1777. 

Joseph  Starling   [Seal] 
Signed,   Seald,  pronounced 
and  declared  in  presence  of 

Samuel  Bangs, 

John  Wheeler,  Leu* 

James  Beebee. 

Children  of  Joseph  and  Esther  Sterling,  recorded  partly  in 
Unity  Church  Register  of  Trumbull  and  partly  in  family  papers : 

125  tEphraim  Sterling,  b.  May  27,  1743;    m.   1st,  Hannah 

Hinman ;    2d,  Mrs.  Sarah  Seeley. 

126  Daniel  Sterling,  bapt.  May  17,  1747 ;  probably  d.  young. 

127  Mary   Sterling,  b.  Oct.   6;    bapt.  Oct.  9,  1748;    m.  in 

August,  1771,  Daniel  Salmon,  b.  in  Jan.,  1750,  son 
of  Richard  and  Mary  (Edwards)  Salmon,  and  d. 
without  issue  Dec.  6,  1772,  and  is  buried  in  Long 
Hill  burying  ground.  He  m.  2d,  Feb.  16,  1774, 
Hannah  Beach  of  Branford,  and  d.  Dec.  7,  1822. 
Had  eleven  children  by  2d  marriage. 

128  Elizabeth  Sterling,  b.  in  1750;   d.  Sept.  1,  1769;  buried 

at  Long  Hill. 

129  A  son,  bapt.  Jan.  24,  1751. 

130  Hannah  Sterling,  b.  July  17;    bapt.  July  29,  1753;    m. 

John  Edwards,  who  d.  Aug.  11,  1825.     She  d.  Sept. 
19,  1835. 
(Stratford  Town  Records,  Fairfield  Probate  Records.) 


316  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

42  STEPHEN  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  bapt.  in 
Fairfield,  Conn.,  Oct.  19,  1712;  m.  in  December,  1738,  Eunice 
Summers,  b.  in  1720. 

Stephen  Sterling  lived  all  the  years  of  his  life  in  Stratford, 
save  the  first  few  years  of  his  infancy,  before  his  father  removed 
from  Fairfield.  He  occupied  the  house  his  father  bought  in 
1720  and  which  was  Jacob's  home. 

Jacob  gave  him  a  half  interest  in  this  house,  "  the  western 
end,"  and  in  his  home  lot  and  half  of  a  tract  of  twenty-one 
acres  lying  across  the  street  from  the  house,  Dec.  22,  1738,  at 
the  time  of  Stephen's  marriage  and  by  his  will  his  father  be- 
queathed to  him  the  remainder  of  the  dwelling,  "  ye  Northern 
end,"  together  with  the  barn  near  by,  the  other  half  of  the  home 
lot  and  of  the  piece  across  the  road  and  two  acres  and  a  half 
on  Ireland  brook,  beside  four  other  parcels  of  land  aggregating 
about  forty  acres.  Stephen  also  bought  of  his  father,  Feb.  1, 
1748,  for  £250  the  half  of  a  tract  of  36  acres  at  White  Plains, 
in  what  is  now  Trumbull.  The  remainder  of  this  lot  Jacob  gave 
Stephen  by  his  will.  Jacob  also  gave  him  on  the  same  date  as 
above,  five  acres  of  land  on  Ireland  brook,  having  an  orchard 
on  it  and  twelve  acres  near  by.  Stephen  thus  had  about  one 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  ground  which  comprised  his  farm, 
which  he  tilled. 

At  the  times  of  their  marriages,  Stephen  gave  each  of  his 
sons  a  portion  of  land  and  a  new  dwelling  house,  except  in  the 
case  of  his  youngest  son,  Stephen,  to  whom  he  gave  half  of  his 
house,  which  he  had  recently  enlarged  for  himself.  By  his  will, 
dated  Mar.  29,  1785,  Stephen  gave  the  remainder  of  this  house 
and  half  of  the  barn  to  his  widow  and  the  remainder  of  his 
estate  was  distributed  among  his  sons  Abijah  and  Stephen  and 
the  children  of  his  daughters  Eunice  and  Mary  and  of  his  son 
Sylvanus,  then  deceased.  He  d.  Mar.  19,  1793.  Eunice,  his 
wife,  d.  Oct.  8,  1808.  They  are  buried  in  the  Old  Stratfield 
burying  ground.  The  inscription  on  his  tombstone  is :  "  In 
Memory  of  Mr.  Stephen  Sterling,  who  departed  this  life, 
March  19th  1739  in  the  81st  year  of  his  age."  That  upon 
Eunice's    gravestone    reads :     "  In    Memory    of    Eunice    Sterling, 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     317 

wife  of  Stephen  Sterling,  who  died  Oct.  8,  1808,  aged  88 
years." 

Their  children  were: 

131  tSylvanus  Sterling,  b.  in  1739;    m.  Esther  Sherwood. 

132  tMary  Sterling,  b.  in  1741;    m.  David  Sherman. 

133  tAbijah  Sterling,  b.  in  1745;   m.  Eunice  Sherwood. 

134  tEunice  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  1,  1751 ;   m.  Abraham  Hubbell. 

135  t  Stephen  Sterling,  b.  in  1754;  m.  Sarah  Sherman. 

45  WILLIAM  STERLING  (William,  William,  William),  b.  in 
Boston,  Mass.,  Apr.  18,  1719 ;  m.  there  by  the  Rev.  John  W^ebb, 
Nov.  20,  1740,  Patience  Brown.  He  evidently  pre-deceased  his 
wife,  who  d.  in  January,  1760,  and  whose  estate  was  administered 
by  the  daughter  Katherine. 

Children : 

136  "  William  son  of  William  Sterling  and  Patience,  his  wife," 

b.  Oct.  16,  1741.  He  was  probably  the  William 
Sterling  who  m.  in  Boston,  Nov.  24,  1763,  Catherine 
Shepard,  or  the  William  who  m.  there  Mar.  10,  1761, 
Elizabeth  Lambert.  A  William  Sterling  d.  in  Bos- 
ton in  1769,  and  another,  a  ship  carpenter,  d.  there 
in  1774.      (Boston  Town  Records.) 

137  Richard  Sterling,  "  son  of  William  "  etc.,  b.  in  Boston, 

July  19,  1744.  His  name  does  not  appear  again 
in  Boston.  He  may  have  been  that  Richard  whose 
name  is  on  a  tax-list  for  Falmouth  (now  Portland), 
Me.,  dated  Nov.  18,  1766;  assessed  one  poll,  5s.  6d. 
(Records  of  First  Cong.  Ch.,  Portland.)  This  Rich- 
ard m.,  intention  dated  Oct.  25,  1777,  Rebecca 
Graff  am.     (Intentions  of  Marriage,  Falmouth,  Me.) 

138  Katherine  Sterling,  m.  McCloud. 

46  WILLIAM  STERLING  (William,  Richard,  William),  b.  in 
Norwalk,  Conn.,  Oct.  10,  1716;  m.  in  Wilton  Parish,  June  4, 
1754,  Reubena  Green. 

William's  father  before  his  death  gave  him  a  field  of  sedge 
marsh  on  Paul's  Neck,  in  Fairfield,  and  ten  acres  of  land  in  Wilton 
Parish  and  a  house  and  barn.  He  removed  to  Norwalk,  and  set- 
tled in  the  Parish  of  Wilton  prior  to  Apr.  10,  1746,  when  he 
bought  of  John  Beldcn  for  £47  10s.  fifteen  acres  of  land  at 
"  Pimpcnage,"  in  Wilton.     From  his  brother  Samuel  he  bought 


318  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

four  and  one  half  acres  near  by,  Mar.  9,  1767,  and  another  par- 
cel, in  the  neighborhood,  of  nine  acres,  from  William  Merwin, 
Apr.  11,  1768. 

Together  with  the  widow,  Jane,  he  was  administrator  of  the 
estate  of  his  brother  Isaac,  who  d.  in  1771.  As  executors,  they 
sold  to  James  Penfield  for  £30  15s.  fifteen  acres  of  land  on 
Paul's  Neck,  Mar.  19,  1773,  and  the  same  day  Penfield  trans- 
ferred the  land  to  William.  Andrew  Rowland  had  an  interest 
in  Isaac's  homestead,  adjoining,  which  he  sold  to  William  on  Mar. 
9,  1773.  Feb.  16,  1775,  he  bought  a  small  parcel  of  land  on 
Paul's  Neck  of  Job  Bartram  and  Sept.  19,  1786,  he  bought  of 
the  widow  of  Isaac,  then  Mrs.  Andrew  Buckley,  for  £35,  an  acre 
and  a  half  of  land  on  Ash  House  Creek,  on  Paul's  Neck,  with  a 
house  and  other  buildings.  Samuel  Belden  sold  him  ten  acres 
in  Wilton  Parish,  Feb.  1,  1794  (Land  and  Probate  Records, 
Fairfield  and  Norwalk),  and  John  and  Thomas  Belden  sold  him 
land  there,  Apr.  21,  1796,  for  £25  18s.  He  was  a  storekeeper 
at  Wilton  in  1756.     (Conn.  Quart.,  May.,  Vol.  IV,  p.  219.) 

William  Sterling  d.  in  Wilton,  May  12,  1801,  in  his  eighty- 
fifth  year;  he  is  buried  in  the  Sharp  Hill  burying  ground.  His 
only  child  as  far  as  known  was: 

139  t  William  Sterling,  b.  July  9,  1755;   m.  Rhoda  Hurlbutt. 
He  may  have  been  the  father  of 

140  tElizabeth  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  23,  1766;  m.  John  Elmore. 

(No  authority  for  the  above  connection  exists 
and  the  supposition  is  only  advanced  because  of  the 
failure  to  determine  her  parentage  otherwise.  Wil- 
ton and  Canaan  are  not  far  from  each  other  and 
this  connection  is  made  wholly  because  of  the  geo- 
graphical proximity   of   the  two   places.) 

48  SAMUEL  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Fair- 
field, Conn.,  Apr.  20,  1721 ;  m.  in  Wilton  Parish,  May  1,  1746, 
Eleanor  Westcoat   (Westcott). 

Samuel  removed  from  Fairfield  to  Wilton  Parish,  Norwalk, 
when  a  young  man.  He  bought  of  Obediah  Wood  of  Fairfield 
for  £128  nine  acres  of  land  at  Pimpewang,  between  the  river 
and  the  highway,  with  a  house  on  it,  Sept.  6,  1744.     Jacob  War- 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     319 

ring  of  Stamford  sold  him  thirty-six  acres  near  by  for  £55,  New 
York  currency,  Feb.  12,  1754.  His  father  gave  him  three  acres 
adjoining,  with  a  barn  on  it,  Apr.  18,  1757,  and  he  bought  thir- 
teen acres,  together  with  several  smaller  tracts,  of  Charles  Ap- 
thorp,  with  a  house  and  barn,  Nov.  9,  1761.  This  land  lay  near 
his  first  purchases  and  adjoined  the  farm  of  his  brother  William. 

Samuel's  father  gave  him  thirty-one  acres  in  Wilton  Parish, 
Mar.  8,  1771,  just  prior  to  his  death.  He  bought  of  Nathan 
Gilbert  two  acres  near  by,  Apr.  14,  1786,  and  the  same  day, 
together  with  Jonas  Weed,  Jr.,  of  Stamford,  he  sold  to  Joseph 
Jessup,  seven  and  one  half  acres  in  Wilton  for  £33  15s.  Samuel 
Starling  was  granted  a  cattle  earmark  Aug.  17,  1746,  "  a  spade 
under  side  ye  near  ear."  "  Samuel  Sterling,  professing  Faith  in 
Christ  and  Subjection  to  him  was  baptized,"  Feb.  21,  1741-42, 
in  the  Congregational  church  at  Fairfield. 

No  record  of  Samuel's  death  has  been  found;  there  is  no 
tombstone  standing  in  Wilton  to  his  memory  and  the  probate 
records  do  not  mention  the  settlement  of  his  estate.  As  will 
be  seen  by  the  land  records  he  was  living  in  1786,  in  his  sixty- 
fifth  year.  In  his  old  age  he  may  have  migrated  to  Wyoming 
county,  Penn.,  with  his  eldest  son,  who  moved  there  in  1794. 

Children  (from  the  Congregational  Church  Register,  Wilton)  : 

141  t  Samuel  Sterling,  bapt.  June  21,  1746;  m.  Mary  Gregory. 

142  tThaddeus  Sterling,  b.  June  4;   bapt.  July  16,  1749;   m. 

1st,  Lydia  Keeler,  2d,  Mary  St.  John. 

143  Grace  Sterling,  bapt.  Dec.  22,  1751 ;   m.  in  Wilton,  Apr. 

28,  1771,  Elias  Bigsby  (Bixby).  No  further  record 
in  Wilton. 

144  tMary  Sterling,  bapt.  June  30,  1754;   m.  David  Dunning. 

145  Eleanor    Sterling,    bapt.    Feb.    2,    1758;     m.    in    Wilton 

Samuel  De  Forest,  bapt.  Mar.  13,  1757,  son  of 
David,  Aug.  10,  1777;  m.  2d  Stephen  Hull.  No 
further  record  in  Wilton. 

146  John  Sterling,  bapt.  Oct.  3,  1760;   d.  Oct.  25,  1760. 

147  Abigail     Sterling,    bapt.     Oct.     2,     1763;     m.     Stephen 

Moorhouse. 
50     DANDZL  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Fair- 
field,   Conn.,   Aug.    20,    1732;     m.    in   Wilton    Parish,    July    16, 
1765,  Thamasin  Green.     He  was  bapt.  Feb.  3,  1754,  in  the  Con- 


320  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

gregational  church  in  Fairfield.  Daniel's  father  gave  him  three 
acres  of  land  in  Wilton  Parish,  Apr.  18,  1757,  at  which  time 
Daniel  was  living  in  Wilton  where  he  had  already  acquired  some 
property.  William  also  gave  Daniel  some  twenty-five  acres  in 
Wilton,  Apr.  3,  1771.  He  bought  of  Silas  Hickox  a  small  par- 
cel adjoining,  in  1757,  for  £4  10s.  New  York  money  and  he 
sold  to  Charles  Ward  Apthorp  of  New  York  four  tracts  of  land 
in  Wilton,  aggregating  thirty-three  acres,  with  a  house  and  barn, 
May  2,  1771.  This  sale  probably  represented  all  his  holdings 
and  was  forced  in  consequence  of  a  mortgage  held  by  Apthorp 
for  £180  16s.  9d. 

The  latter  still  had  a  claim  against  Daniel,  for  on  Dec.  16, 
1790,  he  served  an  attachment  on  him:  £26  0s.  lid.  with  £3  7s. 
3d.  costs.  Feb.  14,  1799,  he  transferred  fifty-one  acres  in  Wilton, 
on  which  Apthorp  held  a  mortgage,  to  Samuel  Cannon  and  he 
sold  two  and  one  half  acres  there  to  Thomas  Fitch  on  June  10 
of  1799.  Daniel  evidently  had  a  hard  struggle  against  poverty. 
He  d.  at  the  age  of  85,  Aug.  21,  1817,  and  is  buried  in  St. 
Matthew's  cemetery,  Wilton. 

His  only  child  so  far  as  known  was : 

148     Elizabeth  Sterling,  b.  in  1767;    d.  unm.  Apr.  3,  1842, 
who  in  her  declining  years  was  a  town  charge. 

51     ISAAC  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Fairfield, 

Conn.,  Feb.   1,  1734;    m.   Jane  .     He  was  mustered  in  as 

corporal  in  Capt.  Samuel  Hubbel's  company,  Fourth  Conn.  Regt., 
Mar.  2,  1757,  and  served  until  Nov.  26,  1757,  in  the  French 
and  Indian  War.      (Conn.  Hist.  Soc.  Coll.,  Vol.  IX.) 

Isaac  was  the  only  one  of  the  sons  who  remained  in  Fairfield. 
He  bought  of  the  heirs  of  John  Thompson  a  parcel  of  land  on 
Paul's  Neck,  together  with  a  one  fourth  of  Nathan  Gould's  and 
a  one  third  part  of  John  Knowles'  holdings  adjoining,  May  29, 
1761,  and  his  father  gave  him  three  acres  of  land  near  by,  with 
a  house,  on  July  31  of  the  same  year.  Apr.  11,  1770,  Ebenezer 
Silliman  sold  him  another  portion  of  the  Nathan  Gould  property 
and  his  father,  on  Mar.  8  of  the  following  year,  gave  him  a  quar- 
ter interest  in  his  sedge  marsh.  He  also  owned  fifteen  acres  of 
land  in  Wilton  Parish,  which  his  brother  William  bought  after 


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his  decease.  Isaac  joined  the  Congregational  church  in  Fair- 
field and  was  bapt.  Mar.  1,  1761.  Isaac  Starling  d.  insolvent 
and  intestate  shortly  after  his  father's  decease.  His  wife  Jane 
and  his  brother  William  were  appointed  administrators,  Oct.  25, 
1771.  The  estate  was  distributed  Dec.  20,  1772,  the  widow  receiv- 
ing a  one  third  interest  in  the  house  and  lands  on  Paul's  Neck, 
which  she  sold  to  William  Sept.  19,  1786.  Mrs.  Jane  Sterling 
m.  2d  Andrew  Buckley.  Isaac  appears  to  have  died  without  sur- 
viving issue. 

80  NOAH  POMEROY  (Elizabeth,  Daniel,  William),  b.  at  Col- 
chester, Conn.,  Oct.  8,  1725 ;  m.  Apr.  24,  1748,  Lurana  Northam, 
b.  May  25,  1723,  dau.  of  John  and  Hannah  (Pomeroy)  Northam. 
They  lived  at  Colchester,  where  he  d.  Sept.  17,  1798.  She  d. 
Feb.  24,  1806. 
Children : 

149  Charles  Pomeroy,  b.  Apr.  22,  1749;  m.  Temperance 
Watrous  of  Chester,  Conn.,  and  d.  in  1785.  She 
m.  again.  Charles  lived  in  Saybrook,  Conn.,  where 
he  was  a  merchant.  He  had  five  ch.,  four  sons  and 
two  daus.,  of  whom  the  youngest  (posthumous)  was 
Noah,  b.  in  Saybrook,  Mar.  1,  1786,  who  m.  Mary 
Merriman  and  d.  at  Meridan,  Conn.,  Nov.  23,  186S. 
He  was  a  manufacturer,  president  of  the  Meriden 
Bank,  a  member  of  the  General  Assembly  in  1832  and 
of  the  Senate  in  1837. 
(Hist,  of  Wallingford,  Conn.,  C.  H.  S.  Davis,  1870.) 

151  Samuel  Pomeroy,  bapt.  Feb.  4,  1751. 

152  Laurena  Pomeroy,  b.  May  22,  1752;    m.  Oct.  15,  1767, 

Martin  Welles. 

153  Rev.  Noah  Pomeroy,  b.  Aug.  18,  1754;   m.  Jan.  12,  1780, 

Rhoda  Willis;    b.  in  1755,  d.  Oct.  29,  1811. 

154  Louisa  Pomeroy,  b.  Sept.  3,  1761 ;    m.  Sept.  29,  1782, 

John  Thatcher  Otes,  b.  Oct.  31,  1758,  d.  Sept..  1842. 
She  d.  in   1840. 
(New  Eng.  Hist.  Gene.  Reg.,  Vol.  LVII,  p.  273.) 

90  ELIZABETH  STERLING  {John,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in 
Sterling  City,  Lyme,  Conn.,  July  15,  1729.  "  These  may  Ccrtific 
that  Nathan  Smith  of  Lyme  was  Married  to  Elizabeth  Starling  of 


322  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


the  same  Town  on  the  7th  Day  of  April  Anno  Dom :   1748  —  by  me 
George  Beckwith,  minister  of  the  Gospel  " 
Their  children,  recorded  in  Lyme,  were: 

155  Abigail  Smith,  b.  Apr.  24,  1749. 

156  Elizabeth  Smith,  b.  Feb.  22,  1751. 

157  Esther  Smith,  b.  Apr.  10,  1753. 

92  JOHN  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Sterling 
City,  Dec.  10,  1732.  In  company  with  a  number  from  Lyme  John 
emigrated  to  New  Hampshire,  where  by  a  royal  grant,  dated 
July  13,  1763,  he  became  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  the 
land  which  is  now  of  the  town  of  Gilsum.  His  share  in  the  distribu- 
tion of  lots  was :  Lot  8,  Range  6 ;  Lot  8,  Range  5 ;  Lot  8,  Range 
4,  west  of  mountain ;  Lot  15,  Range  3 ;  Lot  6,  Range  1 ;  Lot  4, 
Range  1 ;  Lot  7,  Range  4,  east  of  mountain,  and  Lot  4,  Range  2, 
west  of  mountain. 

"  At  a  Town  meeting  for  Boyle  holden  in  Hebron  on  March 
the  9th  1762:  the  following  Persons  were  chosen  or  voted  for 
the  present  Year  into  the  public  offices  of  the  said  Town  of  Boyle, 
Josiah  Kilburn,  Moderator  of  Proprietors  Meeting.  Clement 
Sumner  of  Kane,  Town  Clerk,  John  Sterling,  Josiah  Kilburn, 
Joseph  Spencer,  Selectmen:  Josiah  Kilburn,  Thomas  Sumner, 
Abner  Mack,  Assessors:  Joseph  Mack,  Collector:  Abner  Mack 
Treasurer."      (Hist,    of    Town    of   Gilsum,    Sylvanus    Hayward, 

1881.) 

John  Sterling  returned  to  Lyme,  where  he  d.  before  Oct.  20, 
1764,  on  which  date  there  was  taken  an  "  Inventory  of  John 
Starlin,  J?  Late  of  Lyme,  Dec.s<?  "  His  personal  estate  was  valued 
at  24£  13s.  6d.  (Prob.  Records,  New  London.) 
93  NATHAN  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  at  Ster- 
ling City,  Dec.  12,  1736;  m.  in  his  sixteenth  year  Elizabeth 
Morgan.  Nathan  Starling  lived  in  East  Haddam,  Conn. ;  probably 
d.  in  1778.  Elizabeth  undoubtedly  removed  to  Vermont  after  his 
death,  where  a  number  of  her  children  located.  At  a  meeting  held 
at  Windsor,  Vt.,  Sept.  28,  1784,  for  Granville,  Addison  Co.,  Vt., 
it  was  voted  that  100  acres  of  land  be  given  to  each  of  the  first 
women  who  should  with  their  families  make  a  permanent  settle- 
ment in  the  town.     A  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Sterling  was  one  of  three 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     323 


to  receive  this  gift  and  was  given  lot  No.  33.     (P.  115,  Historical 
Gazetteer  of  Addison  Co.) 
Children : 

158  Lucretia  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  23,  1753. 

159  t  Betsy  or  Elizabeth  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  6,  1755;   m.  William 

R.  Hyde. 

160  Sabra  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  22,  1757. 

161  Stephen  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  10,  1759. 

162  t  Anna  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  13,  1761 ;    m.  Oliver  Cone. 

163  t  Nathan  Sterling,  b.  June  3,  1763;    m.  Mary  Wrade. 

164  Susanna  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  13,  1765. 

165  Jane  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  18,  1767. 

166  tNaoma  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  1,  1770;    m.  Jeduthan  Wait. 

94  STEPHEN  STERLING  {John,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Ster- 
ling City,  Aug.  3,  1738.  "  May  1st.  1766,  I  Married  Stephen 
Starlin  of  Lyme  to  his  now  wife  Elizabeth  Tucker.  Test  Samuel 
Ely  Justice  Peace  " 

Stephen  was  a  farmer  at  Sterling  City,  Lyme.  He  d.  of  small- 
pox during  an  epidemic  of  that  disease  and  was  buried  back  of 
the  Samuel  Sterling  house,  by  the  brook.  The  inscription  on  the 
stone  is,  "  In  Memory  of  Mr.  Stephen  Sterling  who  died  of  the 
small  pox  March  1st  1777  in  the  40th  year  of  his  age."  Near  his 
grave  is  that  of  Elizabeth  Sterling,  first  wife  of  Samuel,  who  d. 
of  the  same  disease  March  18.  It  is  another  curious  instance 
of  the  vicissitudes  of  the  name  that  on  her  stone  it  is  spelled 
"  Starlin,"  while  his  of  the  same  month  and  year  is  "  Sterling." 
The  gravestones  of  these  two  were  removed  to  the  Sterling  City 
cemetery  in  1905.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Starlin  d.  Feb.  28,  1839,  aged 
91,  and  is  buried  in  the  Sterling  City  burying  ground.  She  was 
the  administrator  of  her  husband's  estate  which  was  apprised 
Nov.  6,  1777,  the  personal  estate  amounting  to  £59  9s.  8d.  (Pro- 
bate Records,  New  London.) 

Children : 

167  'Stephen  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  22,  1767;    m.  Mary  Brown. 

168  Marshfield  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  13,  1769;    went  South  and 

never  returned.1 

1  Marshfield  Sterling  Parker  of  Lyme  m.  Apr.  9,  1822,  Azubah  Marvin  of  Lyme 
and  had  a  son,  Marshfield  Sterling  Parker,  Jr.,  b.  Mar.  19,  18^20,  bapt.  July  10,  1826. 


324  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


169  Isaac  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  1,  1772;   d.  Feb.  10,  1772. 

170  Esther  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  16,  1773;  d.  unm.  Feb  3,  1829. 

171  Elizabeth  Ann  Sterling,  b.  May  3,  1777 ;    d.  unm.  Aug. 

22,  1841 ;    buried  by  her  sister  in  the  Sterling  City 
cemetery. 

95  DANIEL  STARLIN  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Sterling 
City  in  June,  1740;  m.  in  Haddam,  Conn.,  Feb.  17,  1763,  Demas 
Morse.  Daniel  Starlin  removed  to  East  Haddam,  Conn.,  where 
he  lived  until  about  1773,  when  he  returned  to  Lyme.  He  d.  in 
Lyme  prior  to  Mar.  11,  1777,  when  an  inventory  of  his  estate 
was  taken  by  Richard  Heys,  James  Markham,  his  brother-in-law, 
and  William  Starlin.  His  estate  was  valued  at  £420  4s.  Id.  His 
real  estate  consisted  of  "  one  Hundred  Acres  of  Land  with  the 
buildings  thereon"  apprised  at  £300.  His  wife  "Mrs.  Dem^8 
Starling  "  was  the  administrator  of  his  estate.  (Prob.  Records, 
New  London.) 
Children : 

172  tRachel  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  29,  1764;   m.  Benjamin  Cone. 

173  t  Daniel  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  27,  1768;    m.  Jedidah  Gates. 

174  James  Sterling,  b.  May  17,  1770. 

175  Mary  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  3,  1772. 

"  The  Children  above  mentioned  were  all  of  them 
Born  in  the  town  of  East  Haddam." 

176  Sarah  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  4,  1774. 

(Lyme  Records.) 

97  JACOB  STARLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Sterling 
City,  Mar.  3,  1744.  "  Jacob  Starlin  and  Edey  Tucker  both  of 
Lyme  in  New  London  County  were  Lawfully  Married  to  each 
other  on  the  14th  Day  of  October,  A.  D.  1765 — by  me  John 
Lay  2nd  Just.  Pece."  Jacob  Starlin  enlisted  in  the  1st  Co.,  6th 
Regt.,  Conn.  Militia,  under  Col.  Parsons,  May  8,  1775,  and  served 
until  expiration  of  term  of  service  Dec.  18,  1775.  This  regiment 
remained  on  duty  at  New  London  until  June  17,  when  it  was 
ordered  by  the  Governor's   Council  to  the  Boston  camps.     The 

(Lyme  Records.)  His  dau.  Ann  M.  m.  William  J.  Marvin  (No.  1595).  Another  in- 
stance of  the  Sterling  being  adopted  as  a  given  name,  although,  so  far  as  known,  there 
was  no  family  connection  found  in  the  Lyme  records  which  state  that  Starling  Rood 
m.  Oct.  30,  1831,  Olive  Hurd. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     325 

regiment  took  post  at  Roxbury  in  Gen.  Spencer's  Brigade  and 
remained  until  its  discharge.  Jacob  enlisted  again  in  Capt. 
Jewett's  Co.,  Col.  Huntington's  Regt.,  the  17th  Continentals, 
which  participated  in  the  battle  of  Long  Island  Aug.  27,  177G. 
In  this  engagement  Jacob  was  taken  prisoner.  With  two  hun- 
dred others  he  was  brought  from  New  York  to  Milford,  Conn., 
Jan.  1,  1777,  for  exchange.  Of  this  number  twenty  died  during 
the  short  passage  from  New  York  and  twenty  more  within  a 
week  after  landing.  This  high  mortality  was  probably  due  to 
the  unsanitary  condition  of  the  horrible  prison  ships  used  by  the 
British  in  New  York  harbor.  (Adj.  Gen.  Report,  Conn.  Men  in 
War  of  Revolution.)  Jacob  fortunately  escaped  fatal  disease 
and  returned  to  Lyme,  where  he  lived  for  many  years  thereafter. 
He  received  a  pension  in  his  later  years.  He  and  his  wife  are 
buried  in  the  old  cemetery  at  Sterling  City.  The  inscription  on 
his  gravestone  is :  "  In  memory  of  Jacob  Starling  who  died  Oct. 
9,  1818  aged  74  "  Mrs.  Edey  Sterling's  stone  reads:  "  Eed  wife 
of  Jacob  Sterling  died  Feby  11,  1834  Aged  94  years  " 
Their  children  were: 

177  Hepzibah  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  19,  1767. 

178  t  Elizabeth  Marvin   Sterling,  b.   July  4,   1769;    m.   Zelo- 

phehad  Ely. 

179  Edey  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  19,  1771 ;   d.  Mar.  16,  1777. 

180  Abigail  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  30,  1773 ;    d.  Aug.  24,  1775. 

181  Abigail  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  16,  1775;   d.  Mar.  27,  1777. 

182  Deborah  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  3,  1778. 

183  Alice  (or  Ellis)  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  10,  1782;   m.  Nov.  12, 

1815,  Eliab  Ely,  b.  1779,  son  of  Elisha  and  Ann 
(Ely)  Ely;  he  d.  Aug.  29,  1859,  and  is  buried  in 
the  Old  Sterling  cemetery,  being  the  last  person 
buried  there.     No  issue. 

(Lyme  Records.     As  usual  the  name  in   all  instances   is 

'  spelled  "Starlin.") 

98  JANE  STARLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Sterling  City, 
Apr.  23,  1746.  "  James  Markham  of  East  Haddam  and  Jane 
Starling  of  Lyme  ware  Joyned  in  Marriage  November  the  17th 
AD.     1763."    They  resided  at  East  Haddam. 

Children : 

184  Stephen  Markham,  b.  Sept.  20,  1764. 


326  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

185  James  Markham,  b.  Mar.  11,  1766. 

186  Jane  Markham,  b.  Nov.  3,  1767. 

187  John  Markham,  b.  July  24,  1769. 

188  David  Markham,  b.  Apr.  1,  1771 ;   d.  June  26,  1771. 

189  David  Markham,  b.  June  5,  1772. 

190  Esther  Markham,  b.  Apr.   10,  1774. 

191  Anne  Markham,  b.  Jan.  19,  1776. 

There  appears  to  be  no  further  record  of  this  family  in 
East  Haddam.      (E.  Haddam  Records.) 

99     SIMON  STARLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  at  Sterling 

City,  July  25,  1749 ;   m.  about  1770 .     Simon  lived  in 

East  Haddam  a  number  of  years,  as  late  as  1784,  when  he  had 
a  child  born  there.  Whether  he  was  there  during  the  succeeding 
ten  years  or  so  does  not  appear.  He  removed  to  Washington  Co., 
Ohio,  in  the  southeastern  corner  of  the  state  about  1795.  Wash- 
ington Co.  was  first  settled  in  1788  by  a  party  of  forty-seven  men, 
led  by  Gen.  Rufus  Putnam,  under  the  Ohio  Company,  organized 
in  New  England.  "  Simon  Starlin,  his  wife  and  three  sons,  emi- 
grated from  Connecticut  about  the  close  of  the  Indian  War  (1795) 
and  moved  upon  donation  lots  they  had  drawn  in  Rainbow  allot- 
ment (Watertown  township)  but  after  a  short  period  the  family, 
constantly  haunted  by  the  presence  of  the  Indians,  determined  to 
wait  for  more  congenial  times  for  commencing  pioneer  life.  They 
all  removed  to  Vienna,  Va.  (7  miles  from  Parkersburg,  now  West 
Va.),  except  Marvel,  the  eldest  son,  who  went  to  Marietta. 

"  In  1798  Marvel  made  an  improvement  on  his  lot  in  the  north- 
east part  of  the  township  and  about  two  years  later  the  other 
members  of  the  family  returned  from  Virginia  and  settled  in  the 
same  neighborhood."  (Hist,  of  Wash.  Co.,  Cleveland,  1881,  p. 
624.) 

Simon  is  buried  in  a  small  ground  on  his  farm  together  with 
members  of  his  family  and  those  of  the  Ezekiel  Deming,  Parke 
and  Beebe  families.  (Ibid.)  He  d.  intestate  and  his  estate  was 
administered  in  1821.  (Wash.  Co.  Records,  Marietta.)  His  wife 
probably  predeceased  him. 

Children,  recorded  in  East  Haddam: 

192  tMarvil  Starlin,  b.  May  6,  1771;    m.   1st,  Polly  Cone; 
2d, . 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     327 


193  David  Starlin,  b.  May  12,  1773  ;  may  have  been  the  father 
of  John  Starlin  of  Washington  Co.,  who  Oct.  4,  1810, 
m.  Rachel  Mason.  The  same  or  another  John  Starlin 
m.  Nov.  11,  1815,  Polly  Sprague. 

195  Liza  Starlin,  b.  May  7,  1775. 

196  Polly  Starlin,  b.  Mar.  5,  1777. 


The  Captain  Samuel  Sterling  House  from  the  Front 

197  t  Simon  Starlin,  b.  Sept.  21,  1779;    m.  Elizabeth  Gibbs. 

198  Samuel   Starlin,   b.   July   3,    1784;    m.    Nov.    24,    1805, 

Rebecca  Woodard. 

(Wash.  Co.  Records.) 

David,  Simon,  or  Samuel,  one  or  more  of  them 
were  probably  residents  of  Watertown  or  vicinity. 
There  are  recorded  at  Marietta  the  settlement  of  the 
estates  of  Jonas  M.,  Joseph  W.,  and  William  Starlin 
and  Salathiel  Starling  who  were  undoubtedly  chil- 
dren of  one  or  other  of  these  brothers.  All  of  these 
children  d.  since  1852.  Daniel  Starling  of  Franklin 
Co.,  Ohio,  who  m.  Mar.  10,  1822,  Eliza  Grubb,  was 
probably  child  of  one  of  these  sons. 


328  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


103  MARY  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Sterling 
City,  Lyme,  Sept.  18,  1757;  m.  1st,  Levi  Crosby,  b.  in  Hadlyme, 
Conn.,  in  1755,  son  of  Increase  Crosby  (b.  1732 ;  d.  Jan.  19,  1802) 
of  Hadlyme.  Levi  d.  in  Hadlyme,  Aug.  30,  1801 ;  Mary  m.  2d,  in 
1811,  Joseph  Gates,  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  and  lived  in  East 
Haddam  until  his  death,  when,  about  1832,  she  removed  to  Ohio 
to  live  with  her  daughter  Elizabeth  at  Wayne,  Ashtabula  Co., 
where  she  continued  to  reside  until  her  death,  Aug.  12,  1854,  aged 
97;    buried  at  Jefferson,  Ohio. 

Children  by  first  marriage  only : 

204  Baruk  Crosby,  d.  in  early  childhood. 

205  Mary  (called  Polly)  Crosby. 

206  Elizabeth  Crosby,  b.  Jan.  16,  1793 ;    m.  Calvin  Andrews. 

A  son  John  lives  at  Jefferson,  aged  82  (1906). 

208  Hannah  Crosby,  m.  Marquis  Andrews. 

209  Eli   Crosby,  m.  Lucy    Stark;    lived  in  Pleasant  Valley, 

Lyme,  and  d.  in  1883  without  issue. 

210  Jane  Crosby,  m.  William   Smith;    had  six  children,  one 

of  whom,  Franklin,  lives  in  Hartford,  Conn. 

104  CAPTAIN  SAMUEL  STERLING  (Joseph,  Daniel,  Wil- 
liam), b.  in  Sterling  City,  Lyme,  Conn.,  Oct.  14,  1732.  "  This  may 
Signifie  and  Certifie  that  Samuel  Starling  of  Lyme  was  on  the  2n^ 
Day  December  A.D.  1756  married  to  Elizabeth  Perkins  of  the  same 
town  of  Lyme  by  me.  George  Beckwith,  Pastor."  Elizabeth 
Perkins  1  was  b.  in  Lyme,  Oct.  14,  1737,  dau.  of  James  and  Mar- 
garet (Andrews)   Perkins.     She  d.  of  smallpox,  Mar.   18,  1777, 

1  The  Ancestry  of  Elizabeth  (Perkins)  Sterling 

"  John  Perkins,  senior,"  was  probably  born  in  Newent,  Gloucestershire,  Eng.,  in 
1590.  Sailed  from  Bristol,  Eng.,  for  Boston,  Dec.  1,  1630,  with  wife  and  five  children, 
arriving  at  Nantasket,  Feb.  5,  1631. 

For  about  two  years  John  and  his  family  resided  in  Boston,  where  the  youngest 
child  Lydia  was  b.  June  3,  1632,  where  in  1633  he  removed  to  the  colony  then  newly 
founded  at  Ipswich  by  John  Winthrop.    Here  he  was  a  farmer.    John  Perkins,  Jr., 

eldest  child,  b.  in  England  in  1614;   m.  about  1635,  Elizabeth  .    He  opened 

the  first  inn  in  Ipswich  and  was  chosen  quartermaster  of  the  military  organization  of 
the  settlement,  a  title  he  always  retained.  John  Perkins  acquired  a  large  landed 
propertv,  and  while  a  farmer  was  also  a  fisherman  of  the  coast. 

"  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Quart.  John  Perkins,  died  Sept.  27,  1684."  "  Quart.  John 
Perkins  died  Dec.  the  14  1636." 

Isaac  Perkins,  5th  son  and  child  of  John,  Jr.,  b.  in  1650,  in  Ipswich,  m.  in  1669, 
Hannah,  dau.  of  Alexander  and  Hannah  Knight.    His  will,  made  Oct.  26,  1725,  was 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     329 

and  is  buried  back  of  the  house  occupied  by  Samuel  in  Sterling 
City,  near  a  little  brook.  The  inscription  on  the  stone  once  over 
her  grave  is :  "  In  Memory  of  Mr?  Elizabeth,  Wife  of  M5"  Samuel 
Starlin  who  died  of  Small  Pox,  March  18th  A.D.  1777  in  the 
40th  year  of  her  age."  She  is  buried  near  Stephen  Sterling,  son 
of  John,  who  died  of  the  same  disease  on  the  first  of  the  same 
month.     Their  headstones  are  now  in  the  Sterling  City  Cemetery. 


The  Captain  Samuel  Sterling  House  from  the  Rear 


"  I  hereby  Certifie  to  whome  it  May  Consearn,  that  M?  Sam11 
Starlin  of  Lyme  &  Mrs.  Annah  Dudley  of  Saybrook  were  Joyned 
in  marriage  February  2nd  1779  by  me,  William  Hart,  pastor  of 

proved  Feb.  14,  1726.  Abraham  Perkins,  2d,  son  of  Isaac,  b.  in  Chebacco  Parish, 
Ipswich,  Mass.,  Sept.  5,  1671 ;  m.  Abigail  Dodge,  Nov.  6,  1701,  dau.  of  Joseph  and 
Sarah  Dodge,  b.  in  Beverly,  Sept.  12,  1681. 

James,  2d  child  and  eldest  son,  b.  in  Ipswich,  Mass.,  in  1705  ;  m.  Margaret  Andrews 
of  Chebacco,  Dec.  14,  1732,  dau.  of  Dea.  John  Andrews  and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  b.  in 
1711.  They  removed  to  Lyme,  Conn.,  in  the  spring  of  1736.  The  inscriptions  on 
their  tombstones  in  Lyme  read:  "  Mrs.  Margaret,  wife  of  James  Perkins,  died  Nov.  20 
1781  in  the  70th  year  of  her  age."  "James  Perkins  died  Sept.  27,  1789  in  the  84th 
year  of  his  age." 

Elizabeth  Perkins,  b.  in  Lyme,  Oct.  14,  1737,  3d  child  and  2d  dau.  of  James 
Perkins;  m.  Samuel  Sterling.  (Essex  Institute  Historical  Collections,  vols.  xix.  and 
xx.) 


330  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


ye  first  Church  in  Saybrook."  She  was  b.  Jan.  15,  1747,  dau.  of 
Capt.  Jabez  and  Anna  (Lord)  Stow,  widow  of  Moses  Dudley.1 
She  d.  of  consumption,  Apr.  12,  1794,  and  was  buried  in  the 
Sterling   City   cemetery.      The   inscription   on   her  headstone   is: 

1  Ancestry  of  Anna  Stow 

John  Stow,  b.  in  Harkhursh,  Eng.;  m.  there  Elizabeth  Wetherbee.  Came  to 
America  with  his  wife  and  six  children,  according  to  Winthrop,  in  one  of  six  ships 
which  arrived  at  Boston,  May  17,  1634.  He  was  a  freeman  at  Roxbury,  Mass.,  Sept.  3, 
1634,  and  a  representative  at  two  courts  in  1639.  His  wife  d.  or  was  buried  Aug.  21, 
1638 ;  he  d.  Oct.  26,  1643,  and  by  Eliot's  record  described  as  "  an  old  Kentish  Man." 
Their  eldest  son,  Thomas  Stow,  b.  in  England  in  1617 ;  m.  Dec.  4,  1639,  at  Roxbury, 
Mass.,  Mary  Gragg  or  Griggs.  Moved  in  1648  or  earlier  to  Concord ;  freeman  there 
1653;'  moved  to  Middletown,  Conn.,  about  1654.  Mary  d.  Aug.  21,  1680;  he  d. 
probably  early  in  1684,  as  his  inventory  is  of  Feb.  23.  The  eldest  of  seven  children 
was  John  Stow,  b.  Feb.  3,  1641 ;  m.  Nov.  13,  1688,  Mary  Wetmore,  b.  in  1649.  John 
was  a  soldier  in  the  Indian  wars;  he  d.  Oct.  18,  1688.  The  fourth  of  ten  children  was 
Nathaniel,  b.  Feb.  22,  1675;  m.  1702-03,  Sarah  Sumner,  b.  Dec.  29,  1685.  He  d.  in 
1727;  she  d.  in  1759.  One  of  nine  children  was  Jabez  Stow,  b.  in  1716;  m.  Anna 
Lord,  b.  1724,  dau.  of  Lieut.  Samuel,  b.  in  1697,  and  Hannah  (Watrous)  Lord.  Jabez 
lived  at  Savbrook,  Conn. 

His  dau.  Anna,  b.  Jan.  15,  1747,  m.  1st,  Moses  Dudley,  b.  May  30,  1745,  son  of 
Moses  and  Anne  (Bushnell)  Dudley  of  Saybrook,  Conn.  Moses  Dudley,  Jr.,  was  a 
soldier  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution :  he  d.  at  Fort  Independence,  opposite  Ticon- 
deroga,  Nov.  14,  1776.  Their  children  were  William  Stow,  John,  Fanny,  Anne,  and 
Jabez.    Mrs.  Anna  (Stow)  Dudley  m.  2d,  Samuel  Sterling. 

Mary  Wetmore,  b.  in  1649,  was  the  dau.  of  Thomas  Wetmore,  b.  in  England  in 
1615,  who  came  to  New  England  in  1635  and  settled  at  WTethersfield  and  later  re- 
moved to  Hartford.  He  d.  Dec.  11,  1681 ;  m.  1st,  Dec.  11,  1645,  Sarah,  dau.  of  John 
and  Ann  (Willocke)  Hall,  who  d.  Dec.  7,  1664-65,  leaving  thirteen  children  of  whom 
Mary  was  the  third;  m.  2d,  Jan.  3,  1667,  Mary,  dau.  of  Richard  Piatt  of  Milford,  wid. 
of  a  Mr.  Atconson  or  Atchinson;  she  d.  June  1,  1669,  leaving  one  child.  Thomas 
m.  3d,  Oct.  8,  1673,  Katharine  (Leet)  Robards,  who  had  three  children  and  d.  Oct.  13, 
1693. 

William  Sumner,  son  of  Roger  Sumner,  came  to  Dorchester,  Mass.,  with  his  wife 
Mary;  he  was  made  a  freeman  in  1637;  was  for  twelve  years  a  Deputy  to  the  General 
Court,  and  a  selectman  twenty-three  years.  His  wife  d.  June  7,  1676 ;  his  will  was 
probated  Mar.  24,  1691-92.  William  Sumner,  b.  in  England  about  1605,  said  to 
have  come  from  Burcester  in  Oxfordshire.  The  name  was  originally  spelled  Somner 
or  Sommoner,  from  the  office  of  summoning  parties  into  ecclesiastical  and  other 
courts. 

William  Sumner's  son  William,  b.  in  England,  m.  Elizabeth  Clement,  b.  in  Eng- 
land, dau.  of  Augustus  Clement,  who  came  from  Southampton  in  Apr.,  1635,  with 
his  wife  Elizabeth. 

William  Sumner,  Jr.,  was  a  mariner,  d.  May  13,  1675.  Their  son  William,  b. 
Feb.  9,  1656,  settled  with  wife  Hannah  in  Middletown,  Conn.,  previous  to  Oct.  6,  1687. 
He  was  a  Deputy  to  the  General  Court,  1701-02;  d.  July  20,  1703. 

The  third  of  five  children  was  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  29,  1685,  who  m.  Nathaniel  Stow. 
(Savage's  Gene.  Dictionary;  Hist,  of  the  Dudley  Family,  Dean  Dudley; 
Wetmore  Gene.,  James  C.  Wetmore,  1861;  Sumner  Gene.,  William  H. 
Sumner,  1854.) 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     331 

"  In  Memory  of  Mrs.  Annah  Starlin  Wife  of  Mr.  Samuel  Starlin, 
Daug'  of  Cap.  Jabes  &  Annah  Stow  who  died  april  12th  AD.  1794 
in  the  48th  year  of  her  age."  "  Mr.  Samuel  Starling  was  married 
to  Mrs.  Lucretia  Champion  on  the  12  March,  A.D.  1795."  She 
was  b.  in  1765,  the  daughter  of  Richard  and  Lucy  Harris  of 
New  London. 

Samuel,  the  eldest  of  the  family,  was  but  sixteen  years  old 
when  his  father  died.  He  was,  however,  reared  amidst  plenty  and 
received  from  his  father's  estate  ninety-two  acres  of  land  lying 
to  the  north  of  Sterling  City  beside  a  share  in  the  old  homestead. 
He  built  a  large  house  on  his  farm  about  the  year  1760.  He  was 
probably  aided  financially  by  his  mother  in  this  undertaking,  as 
she  mentions  having  given  him  assistance,  in  her  will,  by  which 
instrument  she  left  him  but  one  pound  in  money. 

Samuel's  character  is  well  exemplified  by  the  following  inci- 
dent. The  tything  man  had  seized  the  cow  of  a  poor  widow  in  the 
vicinity,  who  was  unable  to  pay  her  church  dues.  She  was  partly 
dependent  upon  the  income  from  the  animal  for  her  support,  so 
that  its  loss  was  a  serious  one  to  her.  Samuel  met  the  tything 
man  as  he  was  leading  the  widow's  cow  away,  and  upon  inquiring 
as  to  the  circumstances  promptly  bought  the  cow  and  presented 
it  to  the  poor  woman.  Samuel  is  still  remembered  in  Sterling  City 
as  "  Captain,"  but  the  title  was  probably  wholly  honorary.  He 
held  some  of  the  local  toAvn  offices.  He  lived  to  the  age  of  four- 
score and  ten.  All  his  children  left  Lyme  between  the  years  1792 
and  1811  except  Irene,  who  died  about  1818,  and  Hannah,  then 
unmarried.  Samuel  was  cared  for  in  his  old  age  by  the  latter,  his 
youngest  child ;  thus  was  fulfilled  a  prophecy  made  at  the  time 
of  Hannah's  birth,  that  she  would  be  her  father's  help  and  main- 
stay in  his  declining  years.1 

1  The  following  list  of  prices  of  articles  as  established  by  the  civil  authority  and 
selectmen  of  the  town  of  Lyme,  March,  1778,  and  published  in  a  paper  of  that  date: 

Farming  by  the  day  from  the  20th  of  May  to  20th  of  Sept.  4s.  6d. 

From  20th  Sept.,  remainder  of  the  year.  Ss.  6d. 

A  man,  cart  and  plow  per  day.  13s.  6d. 

House  carpenters  per  day.  6s.  6d. 

best  maple  bow-back  chairs.  10s. 

Woman's  labor  by  the  week.  4s.  6d. 

Nursing  by  the  week.  8s. 


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Samuel  died  in  the  house  he  built  and  had  occupied  for  over 
sixty  years,  May  16,  1823,  of  palsy.  He  is  buried  in  the  Sterling 
burying  ground.  The  inscription  on  the  stone  above  his  grave 
is :  "  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  MF  Samuel  Sterling  who  died 
May  16th  1823,  aged  90  years.  Behold  a  tender  father  gone,  A 
much  loved  parent  fled,  entered  his  long  eternal  home,  And  num- 
bered with  the  dead."  His  third  wife  d.  Sept.  2,  1847,  and  is 
buried  near  him.  The  birth  of  Samuel's  children  are  recorded  in 
Lyme.  The  record  here  given,  however,  is  as  he  wrote  it  in  his 
Bible. 

"  Record  of  the  Birth  of  the  children  of  Sammuel  Sterling  & 
Elizabeth  his  wife: 

212  t«  Irene    Sterling,    Born    October    17th,    1758 

Eleazor  Mather 

213  t«  Sarah  Sterling,  Born  December  20th   1761 

Lemuel  Lee. 

Tailoring  per  day 

Spinning  a  run  of  yarn. 

For  Smith's  work,  a  good  Dutch  plow,  well  steeled  per  lb. 

Narrow  axes  well  steeled 

Broad  hoes  German  steel. 

Good  grass  scythes  Am.  Steel 

Shoeing  a  horse  all  around  with  steel  calks 

Weaving  a  yard  of  yard-wide  tow  cloth 

Making  a  pair  of  mens  shoes  in  shops  they  finding  Thread  and  wax 

Mens  felt  hats 

Boys      "      " 

Good,  well  washed  wool 

Well  dressed  flax 

Two  and  30  yard  wide  tow  cloth 

Home  made  woolen,  in  proportion  to  fineness  of  cloth 

Fish   Bass  per  pound 

Salmon  "       " 

Shad  per  piece 
Cider   Per  barrel  at  the  press. 
"     Well  worked  (drawn  off) 

Per  gallon 
Good  English  hay  in  field 

in  the  spring  at  barn 
Barrow  shoats  per  pound 
Hogs  Lard     " 
Turnips  and  potatoes 
Good  geese  feathers  per  lb. 
tobacco  "  " 

Signed  per  order 

Richard  Waite,  Chairman 
Ezra  Selden,  Clerk. 


";    m. 

Dr. 

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2s. 

4d. 

Is. 

3d. 

Is. 

9d. 

9s. 

8s. 

9s. 

8s. 

9d. 

9d. 

4s. 

fid. 

10s. 

7s. 

3s. 

Is. 

2d. 

3s. 

6d. 

2d. 

6d. 

3d. 

10s. 

15s. 

Is. 

id. 

£3  10s. 

£5 

4d. 

10}d. 

2s. 

3d. 

4s. 

; 

LOd. 

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214  t«  Caroline  Sterling,  Born  May  21*,  1764";    m.  Joseph 

Lord. 

215  t"  Sammuel  Sterling,  Born  Sept.  1*,  1766  ":  m.  Mehitable 

Whittlesey. 

216  t"  Elizabeth  Sterling,  Born  Novem.  3?  1768";    m.  Gen. 

William  Ross. 

217  t«  James  Sterling,  Born  December  25*h  1770";  m.  Mabel 

Chester. 

218  t«Ruth  Perkins  Sterling,  Born  September  27th,  1773"; 

m.  Joseph  Atwell. 

219  t"  Lucy  Sterling,  Born  December  9th,  1775  ";  m.  Christo- 

pher Lee. 

"  Children  of  the  second  woman  : 

220  tLord  Sterling  Born  April  3^h  1780  ":  m.  Polly  Palmer. 

221  "  Hannah  Sterling  Born  September  8th,  1782  "  ;   m.  Jesse 

Pratt,  Apr.  10,  1828.  He  was  b.  Dec.  11,  1781,  son 
of  Jesse  and  Temperance  (Bull)  Pratt.  He  m.  1st, 
Dec.  20,  1806,  Betsey  Piatt  who  d.  Apr.  22,  1823,  ae. 
44,  the  mother  of  seven  children.  Hannah  and  Jesse 
lived  at  Deep  River,  Conn.  She  d.  Mar.  12,  1864. 
No  issue. 

105  SARAH  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  Sterling 
City,  July  22,  1734,  m.  June  8,  1751,  Ezra  Cullick  Ely,  b.  in  Lyme, 
Jan.  22,  1728,  son  of  Dea.  Richard  Ely  and  his  first  wife  Elizabeth 
Peck,  grandson  of  Richard  Ely  and  his  wife  Mary  Marvin.  (Mary 
Marvin  Ely  m.  2d  Capt.  Daniel  Sterling  and  became  Sarah's  grand- 
mother.) Sarah  d.  June  14,  1759.  Ezra  m.  2d,  Aug.  21,  1760,  her 
cousin,  Anna  Sterling  (No.  89),  b.  in  Sterling  City,  Oct.  19,  1736, 
dau.  of  Daniel  and  Esther  (Coult)  Sterling  (No.  36).  (See  No. 
254.)  Ezra  was  appointed  ensign  of  the  third  company  or  train- 
band of  Lyme  by  the  General  Assembly  in  October,  1759  ;  commis- 
sioned captain  of  the  same  company  in  October,  1762.  He  d.  in 
1793. 

Children  of  Ezra  and  Sarah  (Sterling)  Ely: 

222  Sarah  Ely,  b.  Apr.  20,  1753  ;  m.  Elias  Peck  of  Colchester, 

Conn. 

223  Esther  Ely,  b.  Apr.  19,  1755;   m.  Abner  Boebe. 

224  tZebulon  Ely,  b.  Feb.  6,  1759;  m.  Sarah  A.  Mills. 
Children  of  Ezra  and  Anna  (Sterling)  Ely: 

225  Daniel  Sterling  Ely,  b.  Oct.  15,  1761 ;  d.  Mar.  22,  1786. 


334  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

226  tAnna  Ely,  b.  Sept.  15,  1764;  m.  Caleb  Champlin. 

227  tBenjamin  Ely,  b.  July  18,  1767;   m.  Polly  Pettibone. 

228  "Israel  Ely,  b.  June  12,  1770;   m.  Eunice  M.  Noyes. 

(Town  Records  of  Lyme.) 

106  MARY  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Sterling  City, 
July  18,  1736;  m.  there  by  the  Rev.  George  Beckwith,  Nov.  22, 
1759,  Lieut.  Richard  Ransom,  b.  at  Lyme,  May  13,  1740,  son  of 
Matthew  Ransom,  great-grandson  of  Matthew  of  Saybrook,  Conn. 
They  lived  at  Lyme,  Conn.,  until  1781,  when  he  purchased  lands 
at  South  Woodstock,  Vt.,  at  the  same  time  that  his  brother-in-law, 
Joseph  Sterling,  removed  there.  He  settled  there  with  his  mother 
the  following  year.  Richard  was  lieutenant  of  the  3d  Co.,  3d  Regt., 
Lyme  troops,  during  the  Revolution.  At  South  Woodstock  he  be- 
came the  first  merchant  and  was  a  man  of  affairs.  Mrs.  Mary 
Ransom  d.  at  South  Woodstock,  May  23,  1801.  He  m.  2d,  at 
Hardwick,  Mass.,  Mrs.  Rosamond  (Spooner)  Winslow,  and  d.  at 
South  Woodstock,  Sept.  5,  1811. 

Children,  born  in  Lyme  : 

229  Sarah  Ransom,  b.  Nov.  14,  1760 ;   m.  William  Ellis. 

230  Lynes  Ransom,  b.  May  8,  1762 ;   m.  Betsey  Dodge. 

231  Lois  Ransom,  b.  Feb.  16,  1765  ;   m.  Lysander  Richardson. 

232  Richard  Ransom,  b.  Dec.  2,  1766 ;  m.  1st,  Betsey  Mather ; 

2d,  Lois  Snow ;    3d,  Phena  Page. 

233  tMary  Ransom,  b.  Feb.  3,  1769;   m.  Elisha  Perkins  (No. 

271). 

234  John  Ransom,  b.  July  26,  1770;   m.  Lydia  Perkins  (No. 

272). 

235  Elisha  Ransom,  b.  July  27,  1772 ;   m.  Abigail  Pool. 

236  Hannah  Ransom,  b.  June  27,  1774 ;   d.  July  9,  1774. 

237  Patience    Ransom,    b.     Oct.     20,     1775;    d.     Mar.     10, 

1776. 

238  Lucy  Ransom,  b.  Sept.  13,  1778;   m.  Douglas  Farnum. 

239  Daniel  Ransom,  b.  Jan.  21,  1781 ;   m.  Martha  Waldron. 

(Lyme  Records.) 

107  JOSEPH  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  at  Sterling 
City,  Mar.  3,  1739.  "  This  may  Certifye  that  on  the  second  Day 
of  February,  A.  D.,  1762  Joseph  Starlin  of  Lyme  was  married  to 
Lydia  Ransom  of  the  same  town  by  me,  George  Beckwith,  Pastor 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     335 

of  the  3d  Church  in  ye  towne."  Lydia  was  b.  at  Lyme,  June  26, 
1742,  sister  of  Richard  Ransom,  who  m.  her  husband's  sister 
Mary. 

From  his  father's  estate,  Joseph  received  about  thirty-five 
acres  of  land  including  the  house  lot  of  his  father  and  grandfather. 
He  was  left  by  his  mother  her  portion  of  the  house  on  this  home 
lot,  built  and  occupied  by  his  grandfather  Daniel.  Here  Joseph 
lived  until  his  removal  from  Lyme.  His  mother  also  gave  him  her 
blacksmith  shop  and  tools.  He  followed  the  occupation  of  a  smith 
at  Sterling  City  and  tilled  his  little  farm  until  1781. 

Joseph  Starlin  was  a  corporal  in  the  company  of  militia  under 
Captain  Joseph  Jewett,  which  responded  to  the  alarm  sent  out 
from  the  battle-field  of  Lexington,  Apr.  19,  1775. 

This  first  conflict  of  the  Revolution  was  fought  on  Wednesday 
morning.  By  previous  arrangement,  messengers  were  immediately 
despatched  in  different  directions  to  arouse  the  "minute  men  "  to 
arms.  The  news  was  brought  to  New  Haven,  Conn.,  on  Friday 
evening  of  the  twenty-first  of  April  and  was  from  thence  discrim- 
inated among  the  Connecticut  villages.  It  probably  reached  Lyme 
some  time  during  Saturday,  the  twenty-second. 

Joseph  saw  twenty-nine  days'  service,  returning  to  Lyme  in 
the  latter  part  of  May.  Connecticut  records  give :  " Star- 
ling, Corporal,  served  from  July  14  to  Nov.  17,  1775,"  in  the 
8th  Regt.,  8th  Company.  It  seems  probable  that  Joseph  re- 
enlisted  after  returning  home.  He  was  under  the  same  captain 
during  this  service  as  when  responding  to  the  Lexington  Alarm. 

This  regiment  "  was  raised  by  order  of  the  Assembly  at  the 
July  Session,  1775.  Recruited  mainly  in  New  London,  Hartford 
and  Windham  counties.  It  was  stationed  on  the  sound  until  Sep- 
tember 14,  when  on  requisition  from  Washington,  it  was  ordered 
to  the  Boston  camps,  and  took  post  at  Roxbury  in  Gen.  Spencer's 
Brigade,  where  it  remained  until  expiration  of  term  of  service." 
(Conn.  Men  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  etc.) 

Henry  S.  Dana  in  the  "  History  of  Woodstock,"  Vt.,  says : 
"  Another  early  settler  in  the  town  was  Joseph  Sterlin.  He  came 
from  Lyme,  Conn.,  in  1781,  and  in  company  with  Jabez  Cottle  built 
a  grist  mill  and  saw  mill  in  the  south  parish  on  land  belonging  to 


336  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


Cottle.  In  the  spring  of  the  next  year  he  received  from  Cottle  a 
deed  of  one  half  a  tract  commonly  called  and  known  by  the  name 
of  the  '  Mill  Spot,'  also  a  house  spot  adjoining  the  same  '  together 
with  one  half  of  the  saw-mill  and  one  half  of  the  grist-mill  now 
standing  on  the  premises.'  " 

"  This  same  season  he  moved  his  family  up  from  Lyme,  then 
consisting  of  four  sons  and  three  daughters.  Sterlin  was  a  black- 
smith by  trade  and  possessed  great  inventive  genius.  He  was  a 
skilled  workman  beside.  He  contrived  many  useful  tools  for  the 
neighboring  mechanics  and  in  1806  invented  the  first  machine  for 
paring  apples." 

"  Such  indeed  was  his  mastery  in  these  matters  that  when  the 
neighboring  mechanics  had  a  piece  of  work  in  hand  they  did  not 
know  how  to  do,  the  word  was,  '  Call  on  Uncle  Jo,  he  will  do  it  for 

you.'  " 

Mrs.  Lydia  Sterlin  d.  Nov.  20,  1805.    Joseph  Sterlin  d.  Sept. 

17,  1814. 

Children : 

240  tSeth  Sterlin,  b.  Mar.  18,  1763;    m.  1st,  Polly  Brewster; 

2d,  Huldah  Tinkham ;   3d,  Mrs.  Lucy  Hammond. 

241  tHannah  Sterlin,  b.  Sept.  21,  1765;  m.  Samuel  Way. 

242  t  Sarah  Sterlin,  b.  Aug.  23,  1766;   m.  Abiah  Rice. 

243  t  Joseph  Sterlin,  b.  Nov.  28,  1770;  m.  Lucy  Killam. 

244  Lydia  Sterlin,  b.  Nov.  6,  1773 ;  d.  Apr.,  1852. 

245  t Elijah  Sterlin,  b.  Nov.  24,  1775;   m.  Zeruah  Tubbs. 

246  tRichard  Sterlin,  b.  Dec.  21,  1777;   m.  Priscilla  G.  Ralph. 

247  tLynes  Sterlin,  b.  Apr.  15,  1786;  m.  Clarissa  Richmond. 
(Recorded  in  Lyme,  except  the  two  youngest  children.) 

108  HANNAH  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  Sterling 
City,  Apr.  5,  1741 ;  m.  Martin  Way  of  the  Lyme  family.  He  was 
a  well-to-do  cabinet  maker  of  Norfolk,  Conn.  (?) 

Children : 

248  tphileata  Way,  b.  Apr.  26,  1765;  m.  Constantine  Mills. 

249  Martin  Way. 

250  Hannah  Way. 

251  Charity  Way. 

110  CAPTAIN  WILLIAM  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  at  Sterling  City,  May  28,  1743 ;  "  William  Starlin  was  married 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.    .337 


January  [3]  A.  D.  1763  "  to  Jemima  Sill,  b.  in  Lyme,  Mar.  30, 
1743,  dau.  of  Thomas  and  Jemima  (Dudley)  Sill.1 

William  received  from  the  division  of  his  father's  property  "  a 
Single  portion  in  Real  Estate"  of  about  fifty-one  acres  lying 
adjacent  to  that  given  his  brother  Samuel  and  on  the  highway  that 
leads  from  "  Sterling  City  "  to  the  present  hamlet  of  Hamburg. 
His  mother,  Sarah  Starlin,  left  him  all  her  real  estate,  amounting 
to  some  hundred  and  thirty-five  acres,  besides  her  interest  in  the 
water-power  and  gristmill  and  the  bulk  of  her  personal  property. 
The  Third  Church  of  Christ  was  located  a  short  distance  west  of 
his  home  on  a  road,  now  disused,  leading  to  old  Hamburg  Landing. 
William  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  citizens  of  his  town,  a 
man  of    wealth  and  position,  thoroughly  upright  and  highly  re- 

1  Ancestry  of  Jemima  (Sill)  Sterling 

John  Sill  came  from  Lyme-Regis,  Dorsetshire,  Eng.,  in  1637,  to  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  with  his  wife  Joanna  and  children;  d.  abt.  1652.  His  son  Capt.  Joseph  Sill, 
b.  in  England  in  1636;  m.  1st  Dec.  5,  1660,  Jemima  Belcher,  b.  Apr.  5,  16 42,  dau. 
of  Andrew  and  Elizabeth  (Danforth)  Belcher,  who  d.  abt.  1670.    He  m.  8d,  Feb.  12, 

1677,  Sarah  (Clark)  Marvin,  dau.  of  George  Clark,  wid.  of  Reynold  Marvin  (see 
Capt.  Daniel  Sterling,  No.  12). 

Joseph  Sill  was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  War.  At  its  close  he  removed  to  Lyme, 
Conn.,  where  he  d.  Aug.  6,  1696.  His  son  Joseph  Sill,  b.  Jan.  6,  1678;  m.  in  1705, 
Phebe  Lord,  b.  abt.  1686,  dau.  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth  (Hyde)  Lord.  Their  son 
Thomas  Sill,  b.  Aug.  25,  1717;  m.  in  1742  Jemima  Dudley  (a  descendant  of  William 
Dudley,  who  came  from  Oakley,  Surrey,  Eng.,  with  his  wife  Jane,  to  New  Haven  in 
1639,  in  the  first  ship  with  passengers  to  that  place).  Thomas  and  Jemima  Sill  had 
Micah  Sill,  who  m.  Azubah  Harvey,  whose  dau.  Azubah  m.  Asahel  Marvin  and  had 
Sarah,  who  m.  Stephen  Sterling  (No.  419)  and  they  were  the  parents  of  Jemima  Sill, 
b.  in  1743,  who  m.  Capt.  William  Sterling.  Joseph  and  Phebe  (Lord)  Sill  also  had 
Joseph,  Jr.,  b.  Apr.  25,  1715,  who  m.  1st,  Dec.  31,  1747,  Ruth,  dau.  of  Nathaniel  and 
Joanna  (Ely)  Matson  (b.  1717;  d.  Aug.  12,  1762);  m.  2d,  Apr.  23,  1765.  Azubah,  dau. 
of  William  and  Mary  (Griffin)  Lee  (b.  Apr.  24,  1729;  d.  Dec.  17,  1771).  Joseph  Sill, 
d.  Jan.  20,  1782.  Of  Joseph's  children,  William,  b.  Dec.  6,  1760;  m.  Jemima  Sterling 
(No.  256);   and  Phebe,  b.  June  4,  1770;  m.  Dudley  Sterling  (No.  258). 

Thomas  Lord,  b.  in  1583,  came  from  England  in  the  ship  "Elizabeth  and 
Anne,"  in  May,  1635,  and  settled  in  Newton,  Mass.,  removing  to  Hartford,  Conn. 
His  son,  William  Lord,  b.  in  1623,  m.  Dorothy ,  about  1642.    He  d.  May  17, 

1678.  Their  son,  Richard  Lord,  b.  in  May,  1647,  in  Saybrook,  Conn.,  m.  in  16S-2 
Elizabeth  Hyde,  b.  in  August,  1660,  in  Norwich,  Conn.,  dau.  of  Samuel  and  -lane 
(Lee)  Hyde."  They  lived  in  Lyme,  Conn.,  where  he  d.  Apr.  27,  1727;  she  d.  July  22, 
1736.    Their  dau.  Phebe  m.  Joseph  Sill. 

William  Hyde  came  from  England  about  1635  and  settled  at  Hartford,  Conn. 
Removed  to  Savbrook  and  again  to  Norwich,  Conn.,  where  he  d.  in  1681  .    Ins  son 

Samuel  Hvde,  b.  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  about  1637,  m.  in  June,  1659,  Jane  I dau. 

of  Thomas  Lee,  who  came  from  England  in  1640  with  wife  Phebe  and  children  but 
who  died  on  the  passage,  the  survivors  settling  in  Saybrook.  Their  dau.  Elizabeth 
m.  Richard  Lord. 


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THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


spected  by  all  who  knew  him.  As  an  old  man  said  "  he  was  a  better 
Sterling  than  has  ever  lived  since."  He  held  many  of  the  town 
offices,  and  was  a  captain  of  the  "  6th  Co.  Trainband,  3rd  Regt., 
Conn."  State  Militia.  (Rev.  Rolls  of  Conn.)  He  was  one  of  a 
committee  to  "  purchase  and  procure  Provision  for  ye  officers  & 
Soldiers  familys  that  are  in  the  Continental  Service,"  Dec.  17, 
1781. 

He  built  the  house  in  Sterling  City  which  he  occupied  about 
the  time  of  his  marriage  in  1763.     Here  he  lived  and  here  all  his 


Home  of  Captain  William  Sterling  from  the  Front 


children  were  born.  Capt.  William's  death  was  a  tragedy  that  is 
still  well  remembered  in  the  vicinity.  His  daughter  Jemima  m.  his 
wife's  cousin,  William  Sill,  by  whom  he  was  assassinated  on  the 
morning  of  July  22,  1805.  A  contemporaneous  account  of  Capt. 
William's  death  is  found  in  The  Connecticut  Gazette,  published 
at  New  London,  July  24,  1805.    This  relates: 

"'  Come,  Pity,  come  — 
And  Virtue,  if  it  be  not  sacrilege, 
To  call  on  Thee  in  such  a  case  as  this, 
Come  blush  for  him.' 

On  Monday  last,  was  committed  to  prison  in  this  City,  William 
Sill,  for  the  murder  of  his  Father-in-law,  Capt.  William  Sterling. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     339 

Mr.  Sill  has  for  a  number  of  years  been  troubled  with  the  hypo- 
chondria and  in  consequence  has  had  frequent  recourse  to  opium 
and  occasional^,  to  ardent  spirits. 

From  the  too  frequent  use  of  these,  he  has  been  subject  to 
delirious  turns  which  generally  lasted  three  or  four  days.  One  of 
these  fits  attacked  him  on  Saturday  last  and  his  wife,  as  she  iiad 
before  done,  fled  for  safety  with  her  children,  to  her  father's  house. 
Early  on  Monday  morning,  Capt.  Sterling  partly  for  the  pur- 
pose of  getting  some  clothes  for  the  children  and  for  finding  the 
situation  of  his  son-in-law,  went  to  the  house,  accompanied  by 
his  son  and  a  neighbor. 


The  William  Sill  House 


They  found  Mr.  Sill  apparently  rational  and  in  unusual  good 
spirits.  Capt.  Sterling  took  a  seat  directly  facing  a  bedroom  door 
and  Sill  soon  after  went  into  the  bedroom,  but  immediately  returned 
with  a  loaded  gun  in  his  hands,  which  he  instantly  discharged  at 
Capt.  Sterling.  The  contents  lodged  in  his  bosom.  Sill  then 
aimed  a  blow  with  the  breach  of  his  gun  at  the  son  of  Capt.  Ster- 
ling, but  fortunately  his  arm  received  it.     Sill  was  then  secured. 

Sill  is  said  to  be,  when  enjoying  his  reason,  an  excellent  citizen, 
tender  and  affectionate  to  his  family. 

Capt.  Sterling  was  about  sixty  years  old.     In  him  the  com- 


.340  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

munity  has  lost  one  of  its  most  useful  members  and  a  numerous 
family  are  left  to  deplore  their  untimely  loss." 

In  the  same  sheet,  in  the  issue  of  Aug.  7,  1805,  there  is  a  further 
account,  which  follows : 

"  Lyme,  July  30th. 

Early  on  Monday  morning,  Capt.  William  Sterling  was  cruelly 
shot  by  the  hand  of  his  unnatural  son-in-law,  William  Sill. 

They  were  near  neighbors  and  lived  in  about  the  center  of  this 
Society.  As  the  particular  circumstances  of  the  shocking  affair 
has  been  detailed  already  the  propriety  of  saying  much  more  is 
precluded.  The  charge  from  the  gun  was  heavy,  and  no  doubt, 
went  to  the  heart  of  Capt.  Sterling,  where,  in  all  probability  it  was 
aimed ;  as  he  expired  immediately  and  as  another  man  who  sat 
close  at  his  left  side,  facing  with  him,  the  bedroom  door,  from 
whence  the  gun  was  discharged,  received  no  injury,  though  the 
shot  was  large  and  numerous,  amounting  at  least  to  sixty-four. 

As  stated  in  the  first  account,  Sill,  on  the  fatal  morning,  when 
he  perpetrated  the  horrid  deed,  was  seemingly  quite  rational  and 
spoke  with  apparent  kindness  to  his  wife. 

The  evidence,  however,  is  not  obscure,  that  Sill  had  for  some 
considerable  time  harbored  a  very  pointed  and  increasing  dis- 
affection for  his  father-in-law,  although  if  he  had  at  any  time  before 
had  a  design  against  his  life,  it  had  not  transpired. 

Fully  to  paint  the  distress  of  the  astonishing  scene,  which 
many  were  so  suddenly  called  to  realize,  exceeds  the  bounds  of 
human  imagination.  Capt.  Sterling  had  just  passed  his  sixty- 
second  year. 

In  the  Church  and  Society  here  he  had  long  been  a  religious 
professor  and  very  useful  member.  He  was  a  steady  attendant 
on  public  worship  and  always  forward  to  contribute  to  the  ample 
support  of  the  institutions  of  religion  and  the  welfare  of  the  com- 
munity. The  poor,  especially  in  times  of  scarcity,  have  found  an 
able  friend  in  him ;  the  Town  and  the  Community  at  large  must 
sensibly  feel  his  loss.  He  has  left  a  numerous  family  in  deep 
sorrow. 

His  funeral  was  attended  the  Wednesday  following  by  a  large 
concourse  of  citizens  from  this  and  neighboring  Towns  and  several 
of  the  Clergy  who  showed  every  mark  of  respect  to  the  deceased 
by  their  very  solemn  behavior  and  affectionate  condolence  with 
the  distressed  mourners.  Divine  service  was  attended  in  the  field, 
under  a  large  shade.  A  sermon,  adapted  to  the  occasion,  was 
delivered  from  the  text :  *  And  you  have  forgotten  the  exhortation 
which  speaketh  unto  you  as  unto  children,  My  son,  despise  not 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     341 


thou  the  chastening  of  the  Lord,  nor  faint  when  thou  art  rebuked 
of  him.'     Hebreivs  xii :  5. 

Surely  such  an  alarming  event  unites  its  voice  with  the  still 
more  awaking  voice  of  our  glorious  Lord,  directed  with  energy 
to  all :  '  Be  ye  also  ready ;  for  in  such  an  hour  as  ye  think  not, 
the  Son  of  Man  cometh.'  " 

Sill  was  tried  for  murder  at  Norwich,  the  county  seat,  in  the 
autumn.  People  drove  from  the  furtherest  confines  of  the  county 
to  attend  the  trial  which  was  one  of  the  most  famous  in  the  State. 
Sill  secured  as  his  attorney,  Ex-Governor  Roger  Griswold  of  Black 
Hall,  who  made  so  eloquent  a  plea  to  the  jury,  that,  in  spite  of  the 


The  Captain  William  Sterling  House  from  the  Rear 


undoubted  guilt  of  the  defendant,  he  was  acquitted.  The  strain 
upon  the  physical  and  mental  powers  of  Governor  Griswold,  then 
a  man  in  middle  life,  was  so  great  that  his  health  was  impaired  and 
he  died  not  long  after.  Capt.  William  Sterling  was  buried  in  the 
Sterling  City  burying  ground.  The  inscription  on  the  grave- 
stone is :  "  In  Memory  of  Capt.  William  Starling  who  in  hope  of 
a  glorious  Immortality  Suddenly  departed  this  life,  July  22*?  1805 
in  the  62d  Year  of  his  age.  God's  warning  voice  let  all  attend, 
That  he  in  death  may  them  befrend." 


342  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Mrs.  Jemima  Sterling  d.  Jan.  12,  1817,  and  is  buried  by  the 
side  of  her  husband.  (According  to  the  Church  Record  of  Lyme, 
she  was  not  buried  till  Oct.  19,  1817.)  Capt.  William's  children 
are  recorded  in  Lyme  records.  They  are  given  here,  however,  in 
the  form  in  which  he  himself  entered  them  in  his  Bible.  From  this 
personal  record,  the  name  of  his  son  Ansel  was  omitted  and  is 
here  supplied  from  the  town  records. 

Children : 

252  t«  My  Daughter  Phebe  born  October  ye  15th,  1763  ";   m. 

Joseph  Marvin. 

253  t"My  son  Elisha  born  November  ye  5,  1765";    m.  1st, 

Alma  Canfield;    2d,  Mrs.  Sarah  Elliot. 

254  t"My  son  William  born  May  ye  16  teenth  A.D.  1768"; 

m.  Jerusha  Ely. 

255  "  My  son  Thomas  Sill  born  April  ye  10th  1770."    He  was 

a  sea  captain  and  was  drowned  and  his  body  never 
recovered.  A  stone  to  his  memory  stands  in  the 
Sterling  City  cemetery.  The  inscription  thereon 
reads :  "  Erected  In  Memory  of  Capt.  Thomas  Sill 
Sterling  who  was  lost  at  sea  July  28,  1797,  Aged  27 
years.  A  man  enterprising,  amiable  and  courteous." 
He  was  unm.      (See  Dudley  Sterling,  No.  258.) 

256  t"My  Daughter  jemime  born  July  the  3d  day  1772"; 

m.  1st,  William  Sill;    2d,  Benjamin  Towne. 

257  "  My  Son  Dudley  born  April  ye  11  Day,  A.D.  1774:   My 

son  Dudley  dyed  September  ye  18th  1775  in  his  17th 
month  " 

258  t"  My  son  Dudley  born  April  ye  24  [1776]  on  Wednesday 

about  9  o'clock  at  night  " ;    m.  Phebe  Sill. 

259  t«My  son  Erastus  born  March  the  8th  [1778]  on  Sunday 

at  one  o'clk  in  the  morning  " ;    m.  Elizabeth  Ely. 

260  t"  My  Daughter  Clarissa  born  February  ye  18th  [1780] 

at  about  1  o'clk  at  night  " :   m.  Calvin  B.  Fish. 

261  t  Ansel  Starlin,  b.  Feb.  3,  1782 ;   m.  Isabella  Canfield. 

262  t"Micah  Starlin  born  November  ye  5th  at  one  oclock  at 

night  1784":  m.  1st,  Elizabeth  Bronson;  2d,  Ruth 
Benedict. 

263  t"My  son  Joseph  born  November  25  on  Saturday  at  4 

Oclock  morning  1786  " ;    m.  Emelie  Cadwell. 

Ill     PHEBE  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  Sterling 
City,  Apr.  26,  1745 ;  m.  Jan.  24,  1765,  Joseph  Church,  b.  Jan.  14, 


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WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     343 


1726,  in  East  Haddam,  Conn.,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Olm- 
sted) Church.  They  resided  at  East  Haddam;  Phebe  d.  Aug.  1, 
1770. 

Children,  born  in  East  Haddam : 

264  Calvin  Church,  b.  Jan.  27,  1766. 

265  tphebe  Church,  b.  Oct.  13,  1767;    m.  Elijah  Crosby. 

266  Joseph  Church,  b.  Apr.  1,  1770;    m.  1st,  Mary  Bailey; 

2d,  Mrs.  Rachel  Brooks.  He  d.  in  1840  at  East 
Haddam.  Probably  father  of  Joseph  Church,  Jr., 
of  East  Haddam;  m.  1st,  Apr.  4,  1843,  Harriet 
Holt;  2d,  Sept.  18,  1848,  Harriet  A.  Chalker.  Had 
by  1st  m.  Harriet  Holt,  b.  May  24,  1847 ;  by  2d  m. 
Mary  Louisa,  b.  Aug.  6,  1849,  and  Mariah  Jennett, 
b.  Oct.  22,  1853.     (E.  Haddam  Records.) 

112  LYDIA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  Sterling 
City,  Apr.  1,  1747;  m.  there  Feb.  20,  1766,  William  Perkins,  b.  in 
Lyme,  Thursday,  Oct.  20,  1743,  son  of  Abraham  and  Sarah 
(Cogswell)   Perkins. 

Capt.  Perkins,  as  he  was  called,  was  a  tanner  and  shoemaker. 
In  February,  1793,  he  removed  from  Lyme  to  Hartland,  Vt.,  with 
his  two  sons  and  a  daughter,  again  removing  in  1801  to  South 
Woodstock,  Vt.,  where  his  brother-in-law,  Joseph  Sterling,  had 
settled  twenty  years  before.  Lydia  Sterling  d.  in  Lyme,  Apr.  11, 
1793.  William  m.  2d,  in  South  Woodstock,  Oct.  11,  1813,  Mrs. 
Irene  Smith,  wid.  of  Stephen  Smith  of  Hartland.  He  d.  in  South 
Woodstock,  June  24,  1826. 

Children  of  William  and  Lydia  (Sterling)  Perkins: 

271  "Elisha  Perkins,  b.  July  25,  1768;   m.  Mary  Ransom. 

272  Lydia  Perkins,  b.  June  9,  1770 ;    m.  John  Ransom. 

273  t  Francis  Perkins,  b.  July  13,  1772;    m.  Sally  Dcnnison. 

274  tWilliam  Perkins,  b.  Dec.  22,  1774;   m.  Mary  Bigelow. 

275  tGaius  Perkins,  b.  in  Sept.,  1778;   m.  Eunice  Field. 

276  tBenjamin     Perkins,     b.     July     12,     1785;     m.     Ezubah 

Hatch. 

(Essex  Institute  Hist.  Collection,  Vol.  XX.) 

113  ABIGAIL  KELLOGG  (Abigail,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Col- 
chester, Conn.,  Oct.  29,  1736 ;  m.  Dec.  8,  1757,  Joseph  Gillctt,  b. 
Dec.   30,   1725,    son   of  Jonathan   and   Sarah    (Ely)    Gillctt   of 


344  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Colchester.     They  resided  in  Colchester,  where  he  d.  Dec.  4,  1814. 
She  d.  May  14,  1822. 

Children,  born  in  Colchester : 

277  Joseph  Gillett,  b.  Aug.  29,   1758;    m.   June  10,   1783, 

Sarah  Root  of  Hebron,  Conn. ;    resided  in  Colchester. 
He  d.  Apr.  29,  1838;    had  eight  children. 

278  Abigail  Gillett,  b.  Dec.  29,  1759 ;  d.  unm.  Nov.  10,  1835, 

at  Colchester. 

279  A  son,  b.  Aug.  22;   d.  Aug.  24,  1761. 

280  Sarah  Gillett,  b.  Aug.  28,  1762. 

281  Lucy  Gillett,  b.  Apr.  12,  1764 ;  d.  unm.  Dec.  21,  1846,  at 

Colchester. 

282  Eunice  Gillett,  b.  Jan.  24,  1766 ;  m.  Gurdon  Clark. 

283  Jonathan  Gillett,  b.   Mar.    21,   1768;    m.   Betsey  . 

She  d.   Mar.   12,   1810.      He  d.   May   22,   1820,   in 
Colchester. 

284  Ezra  Gillett,  b.  Aug.  23,  1769 ;   d.  Sept.  15,  1769. 

285  Ann  Gillett,  b.  Nov.  12,  1770. 

286  Ezra  Gillett,  b.  Dec.  11,  1772;   d.  unm.  Jan.  16,  1792. 

287  Sealah  Gillett,  b  Mar.  18,  1775 ;    d.  unm.  May  6,  1814, 

in  Colchester. 

288  Ralph  Gillett,  b.  June  4,  1777. 

289  Samuel  Gillett,  b.  Aug.  25,  1779 ;  d.  unm.  Aug.  9,  1842. 

115     HANNAH  KELLOGG  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Colches- 
ter, Sept.  30,  1740;    m.  Dec.  5,  1764,  Daniel  Wood  of  Somers, 
Conn.,  and  d.  Dec,  1789. 
Children : 

290  Eliasaph  Wood,  b.  Sept.  21,  1767. 

291  Daniel  Wood,  b.  Feb.  20,  1770. 

292  Theophilus  Wood,  b.  Jan.  3,  1777. 

117     MARY  KELLOGG  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Colchester, 
Apr.  27,  1745 ;    m.  Jan.  2,  1772,  Nathan  Goodspeed,  b.  Mar.  7, 
1735,   son   of  Moses   and  Hannah    (Allen)    Goodspeed   of  Barn- 
stable, Mass.    They  resided  at  East  Haddam,  Conn. 
Children : 

293  Samuel  Goodspeed,  b.  1773 ;    d.  1774. 

294  Nathan  Goodspeed,  b.  1774 ;   d.  1776. 

295  Mary  Goodspeed,  b.  1776 ;    d.  young. 

296  Anna   Goodspeed,   b.    1779;    m.    Samuel   Gilbert;     d.    in 

1860.     Had  two  children. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     345 

297  Nathan  Goodspeed,  b.  1781 ;    m.  1802,  Judith  Higgins ; 

d.  in  1818. 

298  Sarah  Goodspeed,  b.  1783. 

299  Moses  Goodspeed,  b.  1786;  d.  1786. 

300  Joseph  Goodspeed,  b.  Apr.  23,  1787;    m.  1st,  Sept.  26, 

1811,  Laura  Tyler,  b.  about  1790,  dau.  of  Sergt. 
Nathaniel  and  Esther  (Shailer)  Tyler;  m.  2d,  Mrs. 
Roxy  (Bigelow)  Robbins.  He  d.  Dec.  23,  1847. 
Had  six  children. 

119     DANIEL  KELLOGG  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Colches- 
ter, June  1,  1749  ;  m.  Jan.  14,  1778,  Elizabeth  Wells,  b.  1753,  dau. 
of  John.     They  lived  at  Colchester.     He  d.  Mar.  28,  1829.     She 
d.  May  23,  1815. 
Children : 

301  A  son,  b.  Oct.  20,  1778 ;   d.  Dec.  25,  1778. 

302  Daniel  Kellogg,  b.  Nov.  27,  1779 ;  d.  unm.  Mav  28,  1822. 

303  Charles  Kellogg,  b.  Apr.  4,  1781 ;   d.  Feb.  6,  1786. 

304  Samuel  Kellogg,  b.  Feb.   10,  1783;    m.   Mar.  27,  1810, 

Elizabeth  Worthington,  b.  Apr.  14,  1782,  dau.  of 
Dan  and  Lois  (Foote)  Worthington.  They  lived  at 
Colchester  and  Lenox,  Mass. 

305  John  Kellogg,  b.  Nov.  30,  1784;    m.  in  1818  Elizabeth 

Wright,  b.  Aug.  14, 1788,  dau.  of  Azariah  and  Mercy 
(Treadway)  Wright  of  Colchester.  Had  four  chil- 
dren, two  of  whom  married  and  lived  at  Colchester. 

306  A  child,  b.  Jan.,  1786 ;   d.  Feb.  6,  1786. 

307  A  child,  b. ;  d.  Mar.  6,  1787. 

308  Charles  Kellogg,  b.  Nov.  6,  1791 ;  d.  unm.  Nov.  19,  1831. 

125  CAPTAIN  EPHRAIM  STERLING  (Joseph,  Jacob,  Wil- 
liam), b.  in  North  Stratford  (now  Trumbull,  Conn.),  May  27, 
1743 ;  m.  1st,  Nov.  6,  1766,  Hannah  Hinman,  b.  Feb.  18,  1744, 
probably  dau.  of  Justus  and  Hannah  Hinman  of  North  Stratford, 
who  d.  Sunday,  Dec.  3,  1786,  and  was  buried  in  the  Long  Hill 
burying  ground,  Trumbull.  The  inscription  on  her  headstone 
reads :  "  Mrs.  Hannah  Sterling,  wife  of  Capt.  Ephraim  Sterling, 
who  departed  this  life,  Dec?  3d,  1786  in  the  43d  year  of  her  age."  x 

1  Ancestry  op  Hannah  (Hinman)  Sterling 

Sergt.  Edward  Hinman  came  from  England  and  settled  first  at  Stamford,  Conn, 
removed  thence  to  Stratford.  There  is  a  tradition,  from  earliest  times,  that  he  was 
one  of  the  bodyguard  of   King  Charles  I,  as  sergeant-at-arms,  and  that  he  escaped 


346  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Ephraim  m.  2d,  Jan.  16,  1788,  Mrs.  Sarah  (Silliman)  Seeley  of 
Weston,  Conn.,  b.  Apr.  5,  1748,  who  m.  1st,  Nov.  22,  1764,  Samuel 
Seeley  (b.  in  1740,  who  was  killed  at  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  Apr.  27, 
1777).  Her  issue  by  1st  marriage  were:  Catharine,  b.  Sept.  16, 
1765,  who  m.  Enoch  Sherman ; *  Jemima,  b.  May  23,  1767,  who  m. 
a  Jackson;  Jesse,  b.  Apr.  3,  1769;  Abijah,  b.  Aug.  11,  1771,  who 
d.  Dec.  22,  1831 ;  Daniel,  b.  Oct.  14,  1773,  who  d.  May  14,  1852, 
and  Samuel,  b.  Feb.  13,  1777,  who  d.  Nov.  3,  1832. 

The  day  before  his  first  marriage,  Ephraim's  father  gave  him 
"  twenty  acres  of  Land  ...  at  a  place  called  Walnut  Tree  Hill, 
with  a  new  dwelling  house  thereon,  also  barn  "  on  the  highway 
and  adjoining  other  land  owned  by  Joseph  "  and  also  one  acre 
of  land  lying  on  ye  South  side  of  highway."  On  Mar.  17,  1774, 
Ephraim  received  another  gift  of  23  acres  from  his  father,  ad- 
joining the  above  in  North  Stratford,  now  Trumbull.  He  pur- 
chased of  Joseph  Burroughs,  Mar.  5,  1787,  for  £140,  19  acres, 
including  "  %  part  of  a  house  &  barn  standing  thereon,"  lying 
near  Ephraim's  farm.     (Stratford  Records.) 

This  land  together  with  ten  acres  which  he  bought  of  Eleazer 
Fairchild,  Mar.  30,  1771,  for  £24,  at  Walnut  Tree  Hill,  gave 

from  England  during  the  days  of  Oliver  Cromwell,  to  save  his  life  from  the  halter. 
He  m.  Hannah,  dau.  of  Francis  and  Sarah  Stiles  of  Windsor.  He  was  granted  his  first 
land  in  Stratford  Mar.  7,  1654.  He  d.  Nov.  26,  1681,  in  Stratford.  His  will  was  made 
in  Woodbury,  Nov.  17,  1681,  in  which  he  named  seven  children.  The  youngest  was 
Edward  Hinman,  Jr.,  b.  in  Stratford  in  1672 ;  was  the  only  son  who  settled  at  Stratford 
with  his  father.  He  m.  Hannah  Jennings,  who  d.  at  North  Stratford,  Aug.  25,  1777, 
aged  99.    The  fifth  child  and  third  son  was  Justus  Hinman,  b.  Dec.  28,  1707;   m. 

Hannah ,  and  lived  at  North  Stratford  (now  Trumbull).    The  church  records 

of  Trumbull  give  the  names  of  the  following  children:  Mary,  b.  Oct.  10,  1739,  d.  in 
infancy;  Elizabeth,  b.  Jan.  24,  1742;  Sarah,  b.  Dec.  17,  1749;  Rachel,  b.  Feb.  1, 
1752;  Mary,  b.  Feb.  19,  1757,  bapt.  Mar.  13,  1757,  and  they  were  probably  the  parents 
of  other  children  not  recorded,  among  whom  was  Hannah  Hinman,  b.  Feb.  18,  1744, 
who  m.  Ephraim  Sterling.  (Early  Puritan  Settlers  of  the  Colony  of  Conn.,  R.  R. 
Hinman,  1852;  Orcutt's  Hist,  of  Bridgeport  and  Stratford.) 

1  An  interesting  example  of  the  use  and  continuance  of  Sterling  as  a  Christian 
name  is  found  in  the  family  of  Enoch  and  Catharine  (Seeley)  Sherman,  though  not 
descendants.  Catherine  d.  in  Rupert,  Vt.,  Sept.  17,  1859.  Her  son  Sterling  Sherman 
b.  Aug.  12,  1794,  in  Rupert,  d.  there  Sept.  27,  1865.  His  son  Samuel  Sterling  Sher- 
man was  living  in  Chicago  in  1904,  aged  88.  A  nephew  of  Samuel  Sterling  Sherman 
is  Sterling  S.  Sherman,  a  lawyer  of  Montrose,  Colo.,  whose  son,  Sterling  S.  Sher- 
man, b.  Sept.  22,  1883,  d.  Jan.  17,  1890,  and  whose  third  son,  Henry  Sterling 
Sherman,  was  b.  July  7,  1895.  Thus  we  have  four  generations  bearing  the  name 
Sterling.  The  use  of  the  name  throughout  150  years  is  found  in  the  Graves  family 
of  East  Haddam,  Conn. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     347 

Ephraim  a  farm  of  about  seventy-five  acres,  all  lying  on  the  north 
side  of  the  highway  except  one  acre. 

Tradition  states  that  Ephraim  Sterling  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Revolution,  but  his  name  is  not  given  on  the  published  records. 
His  title  of  Captain  was  gained  in  the  Militia.  He  was  appointed 
by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  to  be  "  ensign  of  the  10th 
Co.  trainband,  of  4th  Regt."  in  May  1777,  and  was  made  lieuterh- 
ant  of  the  same  body  in  May,  1778,  but  it  does  not  appear  that 
he  ever  saw  active  service.  (Conn.  Rev.  Rolls.)  A  list  of  sub- 
scribers to  a  fund  for  the  relief  of  soldiers  at  Valley  Forge  Mar. 
11,  1778,  states  that  Ephraim  gave  12s.,  it  being  the  largest  sub- 
scription. "  Mrs.  Starling  gave  41b.  4  oz  of  cheese."  He  was  a 
member  of  the  school  committee  in  North  Stratford  in  1773.  Late 
in  life  Ephraim  and  his  wife  moved  to  the  vicinity  of  New  Milford, 
Conn.,  where  his  sons  Ephraim  and  David  had  settled.  He  d. 
shortly  after.  The  inscriptions  on  the  gravestones  erected  to  their 
memory  in  the  Gaylordsville  burying  ground  are :  "  In  memory  of 
Ephraim  Sterling,  who  died  Jan.  13th,  1811.  Aged.  68  years,"  and 
"  In  memory  of  Sarah  Sterling,  wife  of  Capt.  Ephraim  Sterling, 
who  d.  Mar.  8,  1835,  Aged  87  years." 

Ephraim's  children  (from  family  record  and  that  of  the  Unity 
church  in  Trumbull)  by  his  first  wife  were: 

309  Betty  Sterling,  b.  Wed.,  Jan.  29,  1772 ;    bapt.  Apr.  26, 

1772;    m.  Seelye. 

310  t  Joseph  Sterling,  b.  Wed.,  June  15,  1774;  bapt.  July  31, 

1774 ;   m. . 

311  Esther  Sterling,  b.  Wed.,  May  22,  1776;    bapt.  July  7, 

1776;    m.  Brownson. 

312  Hannah  Sterling,  b.  Tues.,  May  26,  1778 ;  bapt.  Aug.  2, 

1778 ;    m.  Gaylord. 

313  tEphraim  Sterling,  b.  Tues.,  May  16,  1780;  bapt.  July  2, 

1780 ;  m.  Lucy  Buck. 

314  Mary  Sterling,  b.  Wed.,  Aug.  14,  1782;    bapt.  Oct.  20, 

1782 ;    m.  Horace  Hungerford,  and  d.  Sunday,  May 
1,  1803. 
Child  by  second  wife : 

315  t  David  Sterling,  b.  July  17,  1789;   m.  Betsey  Waller. 
131     SYLVANUS   STERLING    (Stephen,   Jacob,    William),   b. 
in  Stratford,  Conn.,  in  1739 ;    m.  Esther  Sherwood,  b.  in  1737, 


348 


THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


dau.    of   Nathaniel   and   Mercy    (Sherman)    Sherwood    of   Strat- 
ford. 

At  the  time  of  his  marriage,  Sylvanus'  father  gave  him  "  the 
dwelling  house  he  now  lives  in,  togeather  with  a  quarter  of  an 
acre  of  land  the  house  stands  on  &  joining  it,  being  a  place  called 
White  Plains  in  Stratford  township,  (now  in  Trumbull)  also  a 
tract  of  land  on  ye  easterly  side  of  ye  highway  over  against  ye 
house  containing  12  acres  and  is  bounded  westerly  by  highway, 


^*- 


The  Sylvantts  Steeling  House 

southerly  on  Deacon  Booth's  land,  North  on  David  Lakes  land, 
east  on  Capt.  Nathan  Hawley's  land.  May  17.  1762."  (Strat- 
ford Records.)  This  house,  built  about  1760,  stood  on  almost 
the  highest  ground  in  the  vicinity,  at  an  elevation  of  about  three 
hundred  feet  above  tide  water.  It  was  standing  until  about  the 
year  1890,  when  it  was  torn  down. 

"  Selvenus  "  Sterling  saw  sixteen  days'  service  in  Capt.  James 
Smedley's  company  of  Conn.  Militia,  in  August,  1757,  respond- 
ing to  the  alarm  for  the  relief  of  Fort  William  Henry  in  the 
French   and   Indian   War.      (Conn.    Hist.    Soc.    Coll.,   Vol.    IX.) 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     349 

For  some  reason,  not  made  clear,  Sylvanus  forfeited  some  property 
in  November,  1779.  (Fairfield  Records.)  He  was  one  of  the 
selectmen  of  Stratford  in  this  year.  In  this  capacity  he  was  given 
the  following  receipt,  which  explains  itself: 

"  Rec?  March  15th  1779  of  Silvanus  Starling,  one  of  the  Select 
men  of  Stratford,  Fifty  Seven  Pounds  12/  Shillings  Lawful  money, 
which  is  in  full  for  my  Services  and  the  persons  under  my  Com- 
mand in  keeping  guard  at  North  Fairfield  In  April  1777. 

Rec? 
Stephen  Middlebrook  " 
(Conn.  Hist.  Soc.  Coll.,  Vol.  VIII,  p.  278.) 

Sylvanus  and  his  wife  renewed  the  Covenant  in  Unity  Church 
at  North  Stratford,  May  23,  1762. 

Sylvanus  Sterling  d.  intestate,  Jan.  6,  1781.  He  is  buried  in 
the  Long  Hill  burying  ground  in  Trumbull.  The  epigraph  on  his 
tombstone  reads :  "  In  memory  of  Mr.  Sylvanus  Sterling  who  de- 
parted this  Life  Jan.  6.  1781,  in  the  42  year  of  his  age."  His 
estate  was  distributed  May  8,  1786.  His  widow  was  given  a  part 
of  his  landed  estate  and  one  third  of  the  house  and  cellar,  with 
a  bedroom  and  chamber  over  the  "  Lenten,"  and  the  milk  room 
and  one  third  of  the  barn  and  floorway,  with  a  fourth  part  of  the 
land  the  house  stood  on.  Elijah,  the  eldest  son,  was  given  a  double 
portion  of  the  house  and  lands  and  the  remainder  of  the  estate 
was  divided  among  the  surviving  children.  (Fairfield  Probate 
Records.) 

Jan.  16,  1786,  his  widow  Esther  bought  of  William  Pixlee  and 
Pixlee  Judson,  for  £222,  a  piece  of  land  of  twenty-two  acres  in 
"  North  Stratford  near  the  Meeting  House  "  adj  oining  land  owned 
by  Solomon  Booth  and  Richard  Salmon.  (Stratford  Records.) 
On  Nov.  5,  1788,  she  sold  to  Samuel  Summers  for  £40  a  piece  of 
land  in  Stratfield  "  near  the  Horse  Tavern  so  called." 

Mrs.  Esther  Sterling  d.  and  was  buried  by  her  husband's  side. 
The  inscription  on  the  stone  over  her  grave  reads :  "  Esther  Ster- 
ling, wife  of  Sylvanus  Sterling,  died  July  16,  1811  in  her  74  year." 

Children  recorded  in  the  Unity  Church  Register  of  Trumbull : 
316     Sylvanus  Sterling,  b.  in  April;    bapt.  May  23,  1762;    d. 
young,  before  1786. 


350  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

317     Eunice  Sterling,  b.   in   Jan. ;    bapt.   Mar.   4,   1764 ;    m. 

Agur  Beach.     They  lived  in  Patterson,  N.  Y.     She  d. 

Dec.  13,  1839.     He  d.  Aug.  13,  1807,  at  51  yrs. 

6  mos.     They  had  at  least  one  child,  a  son  Garnsey, 

who  married  and  lived  at  Patterson. 
319  t Elijah  Sterling,  b.  in  Sept.  1767;   m.  Anne  Nichols. 
.820  t  Philip  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  22;  bapt.  Mar.  5,  1769;  m.  Ruth 

Hawley. 
821   tNathaniel   Sterling,  b.   Nov.   11,   1771;    bapt.   Jan.    19, 

1772 ;   m.  Phebe  Nichols. 

322  Gurden  Sterling,  bapt.  July  31,  1774;    d.  unm.  Jan.  31, 

1826. 

323  t  Jesse  Sterling,  bapt.  Feb.  22,  1778;    m.  Sarah  Gregory. 

324  Esther  Sterling,  b.  in  Feb.;    bapt.  Apr.  8,  1781;    d.  in 

infancy,  before  1786. 

132  MARY  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  1741 ;  m.  in 
Stratfield,  Conn.,  Feb.  17,  1756,  David  Sherman,  b.  Dec.  8,  1736, 
son  of  Lieut.  David  and  Sarah  (Thompson)  Sherman.  David 
Sherman  was  a  farmer  near  Bridgeport.  He  was  killed  by  light- 
ning in  the  old  Pequounock  meeting-house  in  Bridgeport,  July  28, 
1771.  The  inscription  on  his  gravestone  reads :  "  Here  lyes  Buried 
the  Body  of  Mr.  David  Sherman  who  was  killed  by  lightining  in  the 
House  of  God  at  public  worship  on  the  28th  of  July  1771,  in  ye 
35th  Year  of  his  Age  "  Mrs.  Mary  Sherman  d.  May  28,  1765. 
She  is  buried  by  the  side  of  her  husband.  The  inscription  on  the 
stone  above  her  grave  is :  "  Here  lyes  ye  Body  of  Mrs.  Mary  Sher- 
man, Wife  to  Mr.  David  Sherman  and  Dautr  to  Mr.  Stephen  & 
Mrs.  Eunice  Starling,  Who  departed  this  life  May  ye  28th  1765 
in  ye  25th  Year  of  Her  Age." 

Children : 

325  t David  Sherman,  b.  Jan.  22,  1757;   m.  Rebecca  French. 

826  Isaac  Sherman,  d.  young. 

827  tHulda  Sherman,  m.  Dr.  James  E.  Beach. 

133  CAPTAIN  ABIJAH  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Stratford,  Conn.,  in  1745 ;  m.  Sept.  7,  1769,  Eunice  Sher- 
wood, b.  in  1743,  dau.  of  Nathaniel  and  Mercy  (Sherman)  Sher- 
wood, sister  of  Esther,  who  m.  Abijah's  brother  Sylvanus. 

On  Oct.  14,  1769,  five  weeks  after  his  marriage,  Abijah's  father 
gave  him  "  an  acre  &  one  half  of  my  home  lot  .  .   .  being  ye  North 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     331 

easterly  part  there  of,  with  ye  new  dwelling  house  &  ye  one  half 
of  the  barn  "  bounded  in  part  on  Stephen's  own  land  and  to  be 
divided  from  it  by  a  line  drawn  "  to  ye  barn  door  &  through  ye 
middle  of  ye  barn,  also  ye  equal  one  half  of  ye  12  acres  &  pur- 
chased of  Capt.  Hawley,  also  ye  equal  one  half  of  14  acres  near 
Daniel  Summer's  house."  (Stratford  Records.)  This  house,  on 
North  Avenue,  in  the  present  city  of  Bridgeport,  is  still  standing, 
although  somewhat  altered. 


The  Captain  Abijah  Sterling  House 


On  the  breaking  out  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  Abijah  Ster- 
ling responded  to  the  alarm  sent  out  from  Lexington  and  saw 
seven  days'  service  in  Capt.  David  Dimon's  company,  as  sergeant, 
April,  1775.  He  did  not,  of  course,  reach  the  scene  of  hostilities 
in  Massachusetts.  He  was  appointed  ensign  of  the  2d  Co.,  5th 
Regt.,  on  May  1,  1775,  by  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Colony 
and  reappointed  by  the  same  body  "  Ensign  of  the  third  company 
or  trainband,  in  the  fourth  regiment  in  this  Colony  M  May  28, 


352  •  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

1775.  (Colonial  Records  of  Conn.,  Vol.  XV.)  In  Dec,  1776,  he 
was  appointed  captain  of  the  same  body.  (Rev.  Rolls  of  Conn.) 
He  served  on  the  "  committee  of  observation  "  appointed  Dec.  18, 
1775,  and  on  a  committee  selected  in  Dec,  1776,  to  keep  watch  in 
the  town.  He  was  a  member  of  the  4th  Regt.  of  Connecticut  Vol- 
unteers under  Lieut.  Col.  Jonathan  Dimon,  which  marched  to  the 
relief  of  Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  5,  1777.  While  -the  troops  were 
stationed  at  Peekskill,  he  acted  as  captain.  The  men  who  served 
under  him  were:  Lieut.  William  Worden,  Ensign  Seth  Seelye, 
Ensign  Daniel  Lacy,  Sergt.  Joseph  Hubbell,  Sergt.  Ezra  Seelye, 
Sergt.  John  Hubbell,  Abel  Seelye,  Benjamin  Hall,  Timothy 
Wheeler,  Nathan  Turril,  Jonathan  Lamb,  Lewis  Sturges,  William 
Worden,  Jr.,  Ziba  Waistcoat,  Samuel  Sherwood,  3d,  David  Minat, 
Elnathan  Summers,  Enoch  Lacy,  Robert  Wilson,  Asa  Hubbell, 
Thomas  Hubbell,  and  Ebenezer  Gregory. 

Abijah  was  discharged  from  service  Oct.  30,  1777. 

He  again  served  as  Captain  under  Lieut.  Col.  Dimon,  enlist- 
ing July  5,  1779,  to  assist  in  repelling  the  invasion  of  Connecticut 
by  William  Tryon,  the  British  Governor  of  New  York.  Tryon 
burned  Fairfield  Village  and  was  defeated  by  the  Colonists  in  the 
Battle  of  Ridgefield.  Capt.  Abijah  Sterling  fought  gallantly  in 
this  encounter,  in  which  General  David  Wooster  was  killed.  (Conn. 
Men  in  the  War  of  the  Rev.) 

Esquire  Isaac  Sherman,  a  descendant  of  Abijah's  sister  Mary, 
in  his  recollections  of  the  early  inhabitants  of  Bridgeport,  relates 
the  following:  "Abijah  Sterling,  Esquire,  son  of  Stephen  & 
grandson  of  Jacob,  was  a  farmer,  a  public  spirited  man,  for  many 
years  a  representative  of  the  General  Assembly  &  was  a  fine  looking 
man,  one  of  nature's  noblemen.  He  had  only  a  common  school 
education,  was  justice  of  the  peace  and  general  arbitrator  and 
peacemaker  in  the  parish. 

"  He  owned  a  carriage  called  a  chaise,  in  the  autumn  of  1776, 
it  being  without  a  top.  He  heard  that  my  father  David  Sherman 
and  Esquire  Sterling,  brother  of  Stephen  Sterling,  then  with  the 
Stratfield  militia  company,  under  command  of  Capt.  Thaddeus 
Bennitt,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  were,  with  many  of  the  com- 
pany, sick  and  dying  with  the  dysentery  and  he  went  after  them 


WILLIAM   STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     353 

with  his  carriage.  He  found  the  two  sick  men  in  a  barn  at  Harlem, 
Capt.  Bennitt  having  discharged  them,  so  that  they  might  try 
to  get  home. 

"  He,  like  the  Good  Samaritan,  put  them  both  in  his  carriage 
and  then  led  the  horse  until  they  arrived  at  home,  where  both 
recovered."     (Oreutt's  Hist,  of  Stratford  and  Bridgeport.) 

Abijah  was  a  representative  in  the  General  Assembly  of 
Connecticut  in  the  Oct.  sessions  of  1798  and  1799  and  in  the 
May  session  of  1801. 

Abijah  Sterling  was  the  owner  of  considerable  land  in  Strat- 
ford and  Fairfield.  He  bought  of  Daniel  Morris,  for  £78  "  silver 
money,"  eight  acres  of  land,  north  of  the  church  in  Stratford, 
Mar.  12,  1781.  A  year  previously,  eight  acres  had  been  granted 
him  "  near  Clabbord  Hill."  Nathan  Seeley  sold  him  for  £32 
18s.  5d.  land  north  of  the  church,  May  23,  1786,  and  David 
Sherman,  for  £7  10s.  sold  him  an  acre  and  a  half  of  salt  meadow 
at  Stratfield  Beach,  Sept.  17,  1786.  Sherman  sold  him  an  acre 
and  a  quarter  more  of  the  meadow,  for  the  same  money,  July  29, 
1795.  He  bought  of  Josiah  French  for  £126,  twelve  acres  of  land 
adjoining  his  own  in  Stratford,  Apr.  23,  1787,  and  of  Catharine 
Bennett  of  Weston  ten  acres  adjoining,  Mar.  13,  1789,  for  £72. 
Of  Asahel  Dudley  he  bought  for  £62,  on  Nov.  16,  1796,  an  acre  of 
ground,  having  a  house  and  barn  on  it,  "  standing  on  the  Newtown 
road  and  surrounded  by  land  already  owned  by  Abijah.  Apr.  11, 
1799,  for  £73  he  bought  an  adjoining  piece  of  David  Barlow  and 
on  May  2  following  he  sold  six  acres  and  a  half  to  Dr.  James  E. 
Beach  for  $143.34.     (Fairfield  Records.) 

He  inherited  considerable  property  from  his  father.  Most 
of  the  land  which  he  owned  lies  where  is  now  the  city  of 
Bridgeport. 

He  d.  Mar.  17,  1802.  The  inscription  on  his  gravestone  in 
the  old  Stratfield  burying  ground  is :  "  In  Memory  of  Abij  ah 
Sterling,  Esq.,  who  died  March  17th  1802  in  the  57th  year  of  his 
Age."  The  inventory  of  his  estate,  dated  May  28,  1802,  mentions 
a  house,  barn  and  cider  mill.  He  died  intestate  and  his  estate 
was  administered,  June  6,  1803 ;  his  eldest  son  Da-id  being  "  ab- 
sent &  over  sea." 


354  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


Abijah's  wife  Eunice  is  buried  near  him.     The  epigraph  on 
her  tombstone  reads :  "  In  Memory  of  Mrs.  Eunice  Sterling,  relict 
of  Abijah  Sterling,  Esq.,  who  died  Feb.  15,  1816  in  the  73  year 
of  her  age." 
Children : 
328  t David  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  5,  1771;   m.  Deborah  Strong. 
J329     Sherwood  Sterling,  b.  May  6,  1774 ;    d.  Sept.  22,  1802 ; 
unm. 

330  t  Daniel  Sterling,  b.  May  15,  1776;  m.  Hannah  Judson. 

331  William  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  24,  1780 ;    d.  Dec.  22,  1780. 

332  t Frederick  Abijah  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  29,  1789;    m.  Sarah 

Judson. 
134  EUNICE  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Stratfield, 
Conn.,  Aug.  1,  1751 ;  bapt.  in  1754 ;  m.  July  17,  1776,  Abraham 
Hubbell,  b.  Jan.  26,  1744,  son  of  Nathan  and  Martha  (Finch) 
Hubbell  of  Norwalk,  Conn.  Abraham  m.  1st,  Oct.  25,  1768,  Sarah 
Wakeman,  b.  in  Fairfield,  Conn.,  Feb.  6,  1748 ;  d.  Apr.  23,  1772. 
The  issue  by  the  first  marriage  was :  Eunice,  b.  July  23,  1769,  d. 
Sept.  5,  1769;  Eunice,  b.  Sept.  30,  1770,  m.  Daniel  Young  of 
Bridgeport. 

Abraham  Hubbell  lived  in  Wilton  Parish,  Norwalk,  Conn.,  and 
in  Stratford,  Conn.  He  d.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  of  smallpox,  May  5, 
1783.     Mrs.  Eunice  Hubbell  d.  Sept.  5,  1794. 

Children : 

333  Salmon  Hubbell,  b.  in  Stratford,  June  8,  1777  ;  d.  in  Jan., 

1779. 

334  Isaac  Hubbell,  b.  in  Stratford,  Oct.  18,  1778;   d.  at  sea, 

May  5,  1795,  while  on  the  passage  home  from  the 
East  Indies. 

335  Sarah  Hubbell,  b.  Sept.  9,  1780,  in  Stratford;    d.  Oct. 

30,  1799. 

336  tLevi  Hubbell,  b.  Sept.  18,  1782;  m.  Susan  Allen. 

(Hubbell  Gene.) 

135  STEPHEN  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  bapt.  in 
Stratford,  Conn.,  in  1754 ;  m.  in  Fairfield,  Conn.,  Nov.  3,  1784, 
Sarah  Sherman,  dau.  of  Elnathan  and  Eunice  (Gregory)  Sherman. 
Elnathan  was  a  brother  of  David  Sherman,  who  m.  Mary  Sterling 
(No.  132),  Stephen's  sister. 

A  few  weeks  after  Stephen's  marriage,  his  father  gave  him  on 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     355 

Jan.  26,  1785,  a  portion  of  his  dwelling  house  "  in  Stratford,  in 
ye  parish  of  Stratfield,  viz :  the  South  room  &  the  chamber  over  ye 
same,  with  ye  new  kitchen,  to  where  the  partition  now  stands,  with 
ye  cellar  under  ye  new  part,  togeather  with  chamber  and  garret 
over  ye  same,  with  two  small  rooms  adjoining  the  back  side  of  the 
house  &  ye  equal  half  of  my  new  barn,  Standing  West  from  ye 
barn  yard,  with  liberty  to  pass  from  the  highway  to  said  barn 
where  the  road  now  is  and  also  one  piece  of  land  joining  to  the 
above  said  house,  Bounded  South  Easterly  on  ye  highway,  South 
Westerly  on  the  present  road  from  ye  highway  to  sd  barn,  North 
West  to  where  the  new  fence  now  stands,  North  Easterly  on  said 
house,  also  ye  Equal  one  half  of  22  acres  of  land,  about  one  half 
mile  east  from  ye  meeting  house."     (Stratford  Records.) 

This  was  the  house  occupied  by  Stephen,  Jr.'s,  grandfather, 
Jacob.  For  £30  "  silver  money,"  Stephen  bought  of  Stephen 
Sherman  of  Stratford  six  acres  of  land  in  Stratford,  Apr.  19, 
1781.  (Fairfield  Records.)  Dec.  7,  1784,  he  bought  of  David 
Rowland  an  acre  of  "  Beach  Meadow  "  adj  oining  land  owned  by 
his  brother,  Abijah  Sterling. 

May  2,  1785,  he  bought  seventeen  acres  of  Zachariah  Fairchild 
in  the  parish  of  Stratfield,  near  his  home,  for  £70.  (Stratford 
Records.)  On  Apr.  4,  1787,  he  bought  of  Ebenezer  Sherman 
three  acres  of  ground,  near  the  other,  on  Golden  Hill  and  adjoin- 
ing his  brother  Abijah's  land.  He  and  Abijah  bought  five  acres 
of  woodland  at  Tashua  for  £41,  Dec.  25,  1792,  and  Mar.  28,  1794, 
he  bought  of  Abel  Lewis  for  £110  2s.  two  pieces  of  land  in  Strat- 
field. The  first  was  about  half  a  "  mile  east  of  the  meeting  house  M 
with  a  new  dwelling  house  on  it  and  the  other  adjoining,  with  a 
barn,  each  parcel  of  about  three  acres.  Stephen  d.  at  the  age  of 
42.  The  inscription  on  his  gravestone  in  the  old  Stratfield  burying 
ground  is:  "In  Memory  of  Mr.  Stephen  Sterling,  who  departed 
this  life  Oct.  23d  1797  in  the  43  year  of  his  age  "  His  estate  was 
inventoried  June  17,  1798,  and  was  valued  at  £1365  13s.  6d.  It 
was  distributed  in  May,  1807. 

Children : 
337     Eben   Sherman   Sterling,  b.   Jan.   24,  1786;    m.   Harriet 
;    he   enlisted   at  Bridgeport,    Sept.    30,    1814, 


356  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

and  served  three  days  in  the  War  of  1812.     (Conn. 
Men  in  War  of  1812.) 

338  Isaac  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  3,  1788 ;  m.  Nabby  Judd,  b.  Aug. 

23,  1791,  dau.  of  Reuben  and  Eunice  (Hubbell) 
Judd.    He  d.  in  1820. 

339  Sally  Sterling,  m. Booth. 

139  WILLIAM  STERLING  (William,  William,  Richard,  Wil- 
liam), b.  in  Wilton  Parish,  Conn.,  July  9,  1755;  m.  there  Apr.  8, 
1779,  Rhoda  Hurlbutt,  b.  June  23,  1754,  probably  dau.  of  Daniel 
Hurlbutt  of  "  Hurlbutt  Street,"  Wilton,  and  descendant  of  Lieut. 
Thomas  who  came  from  England  to  America  about  1630. 

William  Sterling  inherited  his  father's  lands  in  Wilton  and  on 
them  he  always  lived.  Apr.  22,  1824,  he  sold  the  salt  meadow  or 
"  Sedge  marsh  "  on  Paul's  Neck  in  Fairfield,  which  his  grandfather 
purchased  just  ninety-nine  years  before. 

William  d.  Oct.  5,  1828.  His  wife  Rhoda  d.  Mar.  20,  1824. 
They  are  buried  in  St.  Matthew's  (Episcopal)  cemetery,  Wilton. 

Children : 

340  tNathaniel  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  1,  1780;  m.  1st,  Polly  Hoyt, 

2d,  Betsy  Knapp. 

341  t Rachel  Sterling,  b.  May  25,  1781 ;   m.  Charles  Knapp. 

342  Hannah  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  8,  1783 ;  d.  Apr.  8,  1787. 

343  t  William  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  10,  1784;  m.  Aseneth . 

344  Stephen     Sterling,     b.     Apr.     24,     1785;     d.     Feb.     3, 

1801. 

345  Lewis    Sterling,    b.    Oct.    2,    1786;    d.    unm.    Oct.    12, 

1849. 

346  Hannah   Sterling,   b.   Nov.    8,    1787;  m.   Oct.   6,    1830, 

Ebenezer  Hyatt  of  Norwalk,  and  d.  there  Sept.  1, 
1862,  without  issue. 

347  tlsaac  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  29,  1789;   m.  Eliza  Knapp. 

348  tfietsey  Sterling,  b.  June  19,  1790;  m.  John  Hickok. 

349  Daniel  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  29,  1791;    m.  Oct.  24,  1832, 

Caroline,  dau.  of  Nathan  Odell  of  Norwalk.  Daniel 
was  a  cattle  dealer  and  drover.  He  d.  Jan.  9,  1834, 
without  issue.  His  widow  m.  2d  a  Mr.  Beardsley 
and  removed  to  Monroe,  Conn. 

350  t Sarah  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  29,  1793;    m.  John  Hickok  (see 

No.  348). 

351  Ellen  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  6,  1795 ;  d.  Aug.  21,  1816. 

352  David  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  19,  1796 ;  d.  May  23,  1816. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     357 


140  ELIZABETH  STERLING  {possibly  sister  of  the  above), 
b.  Feb.  23,  1766;  m.  John  Elmore,1  b.  in  Sharon,  Conn.,  Aug.  3, 
1765,  son  of  Col.  Samuel  and  Sylvia  Elmore  of  Sharon,  later  of 
Elmore,  Vt.  "  John  Elmore,  Sen.,  was  a  native  of  Sharon ;  he 
settled  as  a  lawyer  in  Canaan  about  1793.  He  had  no  great  emi- 
nence at  the  bar  but  was  a  great  favorite  with  his  associates  for  his 
genial  humor,  pertinent  anecdotes,  and  witty  sayings.  The  last 
years  of  his  life  were  zealous  in  the  cause  of  temperance."  (Hist, 
of  Litchfield  Co.)  He  d.  Dec.  16,  1849  ;  "  was  taken  with  a  shock 
of  the  palsy  on  Friday  Morning,  died  about  3  o'clock  Monday 
Morning."  Elizabeth  d.  June  22,  1837,  "  a  few  moments  after 
9  O.  C.  A.  M.,  very  sudenly." 

Children : 

353  Philimon  Elmore,  b.  Nov.  20,  1784. 

354  Julia  Elmore,  b.  Oct.   18,   1786;    m.  Watson;    de- 

scendants live  near  Torrington,  Conn. 

355  t  John  Elmore,  b.  Dec.  17,  1792  ;  m.  Phebe  Sterling.     {See 

No.  675.) 

141  SAMUEL  STERLING  {Samuel,  William,  Richard,  Wil- 
liam), bapt.  in  Wilton  Parish,  Norwalk,  Conn.,  June  21,  1746; 
m.  Mary  Gregory,  b.  in  1752. 

1  Elmore  Ancestry 

Edward  Elmer  arrived  from  England  in  the  ship  Lion,  Sept.  16,  1632,  settled 
first  at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  removed  to  Hartford,  Conn.,  where  he  was  an  original 
proprietor,  later  removed  to  Northampton,  then  to  Windsor.  He  was  killed  in  King 
Philip's  War,  in  1676.     The  second  of  seven  children  was  Samuel  Ehner,  bapt.  at 

Hartford,  Mar.  21,  1647,  who  m.  Elizabeth ,  b.  in  1654.    He  d.,  probably  at 

Hartford,  about  1691.  She  m.  2d.  Sept.  8,  1693,  at  Enfield,  Conn.,  Simon  Booth,  and 
d.  Jan.  26,  1727.  The  third  of  five  children  was  Dea.  Jonathan  Elmer,  b.  in  1685, 
who  m.  Mary ,  b.  in  1690,  who  d.  at  Sharon,  Conn.,  Jan.  22,  1783.  He  re- 
moved to  Norwalk,  Conn.,  about  1712  and  to  Sharon  in  1746,  where  he  d.  Jan.  5, 
1758.  (Savage's  Gene.  Diet,  and  Stiles  Hist,  of  Ancient  Windsor.)  Col.  Samuel 
Elmer  b.  June  19,  1720,  one  of  ten  children  of  Jonathan,  was  an  officer  in  the  Revo- 
lution. He  was  appointed  a  maj.  in  Col.  Hinman's  Regt.,  in  1775;  next  year  was 
appointed  a  Col.  in  the  U.  S.  Line.  Col.  Elmer's  name  was  by  mistake  spelt  Elmore 
in  the  commission  he  received  from  Congress  and  from  that  circumstance  he  adopted 
the  latter  method  of  spelling  it.  He  m.  Sylvia  Pardee,  b.  June  28,  1736.  (Hist,  of 
Sharon,  Chas.  T.  Sedgwick.)  Samuel  removed  to  Elmore,  Vt.,  about  1801,  where  he 
d.  Aug.  23,  1805.  She  d.  at  Sharon,  Aug.  9,  1792.  Col.  Samuel's  children  wore: 
Samuel,  b.  Aug.  7,  1752,  killed  Apr.  28,  1777;  Mary,  b.  Apr.  26,  1754:  Mahatabel, 
b.  Jan.  14,  1756;  Martin,  b.  Jan.  16,  1764;  John,  b.  Aug.  3,  1765.  who  in.  Elizabeth 
Sterling;  Jesse,  b.  June  26,  1767;  Rachel,  b.  May,  1769;  and  Nathan,  b.  Aug.  19. 
1770. 


358  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Samuel  Sterling  was  a  farmer  at  Wilton,  Conn.  He  was  a 
member  of  a  militia  company  there  in  1767.  Upon  the  breaking 
out  of  the  Revolution  he  enlisted,  May  13,  1775,  as  a  member  of 
the  Ninth  Co.,  Fifth  Regt.,  Conn.  Militia;  Capt.  Nehemiah 
Beardsley ;  Col.  Waterbury,  commanding.  This  regiment,  re- 
cruited in  Fairfield  county,  was  raised  upon  the  first  call  for  troops 
issued  by  the  Legislature,  in  May,  1775.  It  marched  to  New 
York,  in  the  latter  part  of  June  and  encamped  at  Harlem.  About 
Sept.  28,  the  regiment  marched  to  the  Northern  Department,  under 
Gen.  Saylers  and  took  part  in  the  operations  along  Lakes  George 
and  Champlain.  It  assisted  in  the  reduction  of  Fort  Johns  in 
October  and  was  afterward  stationed  in  part  at  Montreal.  Samuel 
was  discharged  from  service  Oct.  17,  1775. N  (Conn.  Men  in  the 
War  of  the  Revolution.)  Samuel  entered  the  ranks  again,  as  he 
was  with  Washington  in  the  New  Jersey  campaign  in  the  winter 
of  1776-77  and  took  part  in  the  Battle  of  Trenton,  Dec.  26,  1776. 
He  re-enlisted,  Oct.  5,  1777,  as  a  member  of  Capt.  Gilbert's  com- 
pany, raised  to  march  to  Fishkill.  For  some  reason,  of  which  we 
are  unable  to  judge,  Samuel  deserted  one  week  later,  on  Oct.  12. 
He  had  served  his  country  faithfully  and  well  in  two  campaigns, 
one  of  them  the  most  important  in  the  history  of  the  Revolution. 

Samuel  Sterling  lived  at  Wilton  until  1794.  In  this  year,  being 
then  forty-eight  years  old  and  in  the  prime  of  life,  he  removed  with 
his  family  to  the  valley  of  Wyoming,  in  Pennsylvania,  and  settled 
first  near  Wilkes-Barre,  removing  later  to  Black  Walnut,  in  Wyo- 
ming (then  Luzerne)  county,  where  he  d.  Apr.  4,  1834.  His  wife, 
Mary,  d.  Aug.  26,  1829.  They  are  buried  in  Black  Walnut 
cemetery. 

Children : 

356  t  Isaac  Sterling,  m. Jones. 

357  tDaniel  Sterling,  b.  July  8,  1776;    m.  1st,  Betsey  Jones; 

2d,  Sarah  Sutton ;   3d,  Rachel  Brooks. 

358  Dudley    Sterling,    supposed    son    of    Samuel ;     probably 

drowned  in  1794. 

359  ^Elizabeth  Sterling,  b.  in  August,  1778;  m.  David  Adams. 

360  t  Samuel  Sterling,  b.  in  1786;   m.  Tamsen  Haines. 

361  tJosiah  Sterling,  b.  about  1780;   m.  Rebecca  Townsend. 

362  tEleanor  Sterling,  b.  May  11,  1785;    m.  William  Keeler. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     359 

363  Benjamin  Sterling.     He  may  have  been  one  of  two  sons 

of  Samuel  Sterling  who  were  drowned  at  the  ferry 
over  Tunkhannock  Creek  about  1794. 

364  tJohn  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  8,  1792;    m.  1st,  Sarah  Overfield; 

2d,  Mrs.  Harriet  (Clark)  Robinson. 

365  Harriet  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  21,  1795 ;    m.  Nicholas  Over- 

field,  son  of  Paul  and  (Depew)  Overfield  (she, 

a  dau.  of  Nicholas  Depew,  was  at  the  Massacre  of 
Wyoming,  and  was  saved  from  death  by  friendly 
Indians).  The  Hon.  Nicholas  Overfield  settled  at 
what  is  now  Meshoppen  about  1794,  with  his  father. 
He  became  one  of  the  largest  landholders  and 
wealthiest  men  of  the  county.  He  was  associate 
judge  from  1851  to  1856,  and  represented  his  county 
(then  Luzerne)  in  the  State  Legislature.  He  d. 
Feb.  5,  1859,  aged  71.  Harriet  m.  2d  a  Mr.  Lyman 
and  d.  Mar.  14,  1874.    No  issue. 

142  THADDEUS  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Wilton,  Conn.,  June  4;  bapt.  July  16,  1749;  m.  1st,  Lydia 
Keeler,  b.  June  29,  1768,  who  d.  Feb.  8,  1796.  He  m.  2d,  Mary 
St.  John,  b.  Monday,  Aug.  21,  1768,  dau.  of  Isaac  and  Deborah 
(Garnsay)  St.  John,  a  descendant  in  the  fifth  generation  of  Mat- 
thias Sention  of  Norwalk,  Conn. 

Thaddeus  was  a  farmer  at  Wilton.  He  was  a  private  in  Capt. 
Caleb  St.  John's  company,  Col.  Silliman's  Regt.,  Conn.  Militia; 
was  discharged  Sept.  17,  1776,  at  N.  Y.  He  served  in  the  same 
company  again  from  Mar.,  1777,  to  Dec.  of  that  year;  from 
Feb.,  1778,  until  Jan.,  1779,  and  from  Mar.  to  Dec.  of  1779.  He 
was  a  private  in  Capt.  Abraham  Gregory's  company,  Col.  Stephen 
St.  John's  Regt.,  Conn.  Militia,  from  Mar.  to  Sept.,  1781.  Thad- 
deus was  quartermaster  of  the  Third  Regt.,  Light  Horse,  Conn. 
Militia,  Maj.  Daniel  Starr.  He  was  a  pensioner  under  the  act 
of  Congress,  approved  June  7,  1832,  granting  pensions  to  all 
soldiers  who  had  served  two  years  or  more.  Thaddeus  d.  Mar.  8, 
1837.  Mary,  his  widow,  d.  Dec.  28,  1851.  Both  buried  in 
Wilton. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

366  tJohn    Sterling,   bapt.    in    June,    1772;   m.    Elizabeth    V. 

Wingert. 

367  Martha  Sterling,  m.  Joseph  Powers  and  had  issue. 


360  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


368  tLydia  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  3,  1775 ;   m.  1st,  Henry  Pearsall, 

2d,  Barnabas  Soullard. 

369  Thaddeus  Sterling,  bapt.  June  1,  1777;    d.  in  infancy. 

370  t  Thaddeus   Sterling,  bapt.  Mar.   30,   1779;    m.  Eleanor 

Ogden. 

371  tLockwood  Keeler  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  6,  1781;    m.  Sarah 

Powers. 

372  Abigail  Sterling,  b.  in  1786;    m.  Oct.  5,  1806,  Nathan 

Moorehouse,  b.  in  1784,  son  of  Michael  and  Hannah 
(Hurlbut)   Moorehouse. 

373  t  Sarah  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  29,  1788;   m.  David  Ogden. 

374  t  Betsey  Sterling,  m.  Lockwood  Hanford. 

375  tEliza  Sterling,  b.  July  13,  1791;  m.  Timothy  Cole. 
Children  by  second  marriage : 

376  t  Sherman  Horace  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  24,  1806;  m.  Anne  A. 

Joyce. 

377  tHawley  Hull  Sterling,  b.  June  1,  1807;    m.  Sarah  M. 

Williams. 

378  t  William  Smith  Sterling,  m.  Mary  Jelliffe. 

144  MARY  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  bapt.  in  Wilton 
Parish,  Norwalk,  Conn.,  June  30,  1754;  m.  there  Apr.  2,  1775, 
David  Dunning,  Jr.,  bapt.  in  Wilton,  Aug.  12,  1753,  son  of  David 
Dunning  of  Wilton,  who  m.  Hannah  Mead  in  1745-46. 

David  and  Mary  lived  at  Wilton.  They  renewed  the  covenant 
there  Apr.  14,  1776.  She  d.  there  Mar.  28,  1817.  He  d.  there 
June  7,  1833. 

Children : 

379  Hannah  Dunning,  bapt.  Apr.  14,  1776. 

380  A  child,  bapt.  in  1778. 

381  David  Dunning,  bapt.  Oct.  22,  1780. 

382  tjohn  Dunning,  bapt.  Sept.  1,  1782;    m.  Lydia  Jessup. 

383  Richard  Dunning  (twin  with  John),  bapt.  Sept.  1,  1782; 

lived  to  be  an  old  man. 

384  James  Dunning,  bapt.  Apr.  21,  1797. 

(Church  Records  of  Wilton.) 

159  BETSY  or  ELIZABETH  STERLING  (Nathan,  John, 
Daniel,  William),  b.  in  East  Haddam,  Conn.,  Dec.  6,  1755.  "  Wil- 
liam Rufus  Hyde  and  Mrs.  Elisabeth  Starlin,  baith  of  Lyme,  were 
Lafully  Married  to  Each  other  on  the  Evening  next  after  the  3rd 
Day  of  October,  1773,  by  John  Lay,  2nd  Justice  of  the  Peace." 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     361 

He  was  bapt.  in  Lyme,  Sept.  2,  1750,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Abi- 
gail (Lee)  Hyde.    They  lived  at  Lyme,  where  he  d.  Nov.  13,  1783. 
Betsy  removed  to  Vermont  after  his  death. 
Children,  recorded  in  Lyme : 

385  William  Rufus  Hyde,  b.  Dec.  10,  1775. 

386  tElizabeth  Hyde,  b.   Jan.   4,   1780;    m.   Benjamin  Rock- 

well(?). 

387  Alexander  Hyde,  b.  Mar.  6,  1782;    probably  went  with 

his  mother  to  Vermont  and  d.  unm. 

(A  record  of  Elizabeth  Hyde's  family  in  the  pos- 
session of  Mrs.  Elsie  A.  Gould  of  Middleport,  N.  Y., 
gives  the  birth  of  Olive  A.,  b.  Oct.  22,  1798.  Whether 
a  child  by  a  second  marriage  or  a  son  of  William  R. 
Hyde,  Jr.,  does  not  appear,  but  probably  the  latter.) 

162  ANNA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  East  Had- 
dam,  Conn.,  Sept.  13,  1761 ;  m.  in  1780,  Oliver  Cone,  b.  in  East 
Haddam,  Dec.  2,  1755,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Graves)  Cone  x 
of  East  Haddam.    He  was  a  cooper  by  trade.    He  enlisted  in  May, 

1  Cone  Ancestry 

Daniel  Cone,  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  Haddam,  Conn.,  d.  there  Oct.  24 
1706,  aged  80;  m.  Mahitable,  4th  dau.  of  Jared  and  Alice  Spencer  of  Hartford,  Conn. 
His  son  Daniel,  b.  in  Haddam,  Jan.  21,  1666:  m.  at  E.  Haddam,  Feb.  14,  1693,  Mary 
Gates,  b.  in  Haddam,  Mar.  16,  1674;  d.  at  E.  Haddam,  May  12,  1742.  He  d.  there 
June  15,  1725.  His  son  George,  bapt.  in  E.  Haddam,  July  16,  1709;  m.  Jan.  31, 
1733,  Mahetable  Emmons,  b.  1709 ;  d.  July  6,  1796.  He  was  a  farmer  at  E.  Haddam ; 
d.  Aug.  8,  1793.  His  son  Sylvanus,  b.  at  Millington,  Conn.,  Aug.  16,  1735 ;  m.  June  26, 
1760,  Sarah  Ackley,  b.  1744;  d.  in  Millington,  Jan.  20,  1788;  m.  2d,  Feb.  2,  1792, 
Charity  Kellogg,  b.  at  E.  Haddam,  Feb.  2, 1750 ;  d.  Jan.  29,  1813.  He  d.  there  Jan.  20, 
1822.  His  son  Eleazer  b.  Dec.  28,  1765;  m.  Nov.  15,  1787,  Rebecca,  dau.  of  Barzilla 
Beckwith  of  Lyme,  Conn.,  b.  in  Lyme,  Dec.  22, 1767 ;  d.  at  W.  Granville,  Apr.  18,  1848. 
They  settled  at  W.  Granville,  1790;  he  d.  there  Nov.  22,  1831.  Their  son  Sylvanus  m. 
Clarissa  Sill,  dau.  of  William  and  Jemima  (Sterling)  Sill  (No.  671). 

Nathaniel  Cone,  son  of  Daniel,  1st,  of  Haddam,  b.  there  in  1674;  bapt.  in  Mid- 
dletown,  Conn.,  June  6,  1675;  m.,  E.  Haddam,  Sarah,  dau.  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
(Graves)  Hungerford,  b.  in  New  London,  Conn.,  1679;  d.  in  E.  Haddam,  Sept.  25, 
1753.  He  d.  there  1732.  His  son  Nathaniel  b.  there  Jan.  19,  1712;  m.  Dec.  5,  1745, 
Mary  Graves,  b.  there  in  1727;  d.  there  June  10,  1772.  He  d.  there  Apr.  15,  1790. 
Their  sons  Oliver  and  Benjamin  m.  Anna  (No.  162)  and  Rachel  (No.  172)  Sterling 
respectively. 

James  Cone,  son  of  Nathaniel,  grandson  of  Daniel,  1st  of  Haddam,  b.  E.  Had- 
dam, Aug.  24,  1698;  m.  Feb.  10,  1726,  Grace  Spencer,  b.  there  1704,  d.  there 
Dec.  7,  1767 ;  m.  2d,  Elizabeth  Warner,  b.  there  July  25,  1724.  He  was  a  lieuten- 
ant in  the  Colonial  wars,  a  member  of  the  Conn.  Legislature;  d.  at  Millington,  Apr. 
4,  1774.  His  son  Sylvanus,  bapt.  E.  Haddam.  Jan.  21,  1734,  m.  Nov.  13,  17:.:.. 
Hannah  Ackley,  bapt.  Mar.  8,  1742,  who  d.  June  24,  1790;  m.  2d,  Oct.  6,  1790,  Mary 


362  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


1775,  in  East  Haddam  in  response  to  the  "  Lexington  Alarm," 
and  served  until  Dec.  17  of  that  year;  also  served  eight  months 
in  Capt.  Nathan  Jewett's  company  in  1776.  July  1,  1780,  he 
enlisted  in  Col.  Heman's  regiment  and  served  until  Oct.  9  of  that 
year.  Shortly  after  his  marriage  he  removed  to  Woodstock,  Vt., 
where  he  lived  until  1817,  when  he  migrated  to  Shelby,  Orleans  Co., 
N.  Y.  He  was  granted  a  pension,  Sept.  18, 1832.  He  d.  in  Shelby, 
Dec.  4,  1844.  Anna  d.  in  Greensburg,  Vt.,  Sept.  24,  1815. 
Children,  born  in  Woodstock: 

388  Lucretia  Cone,  b.  Oct.  23,  1788;   m.  Daniel  Boomer  and 

d.  Mar.  17,  1862,  without  issue. 

389  tMary  Ann  Cone,  b.  May  17,  1794;   m.  John  Shelp. 

390  tMarsena  Cone,  b.  Feb.  16,  1796;   m.  Elizabeth  Purple. 

391  tGustavus    A.    Cone,    b.    May    23,    1798;    m.    Mary    A. 

Garrison. 

392  tSabrina  Cone,  b.  Apr.  9,  1800;  m.  Flavel  Stone. 

393  tAnna  Sterling  Cone,  b.  June  24,  1803;  m.  Abiel  Bowen. 

163  NATHAN  STERLIN  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  East 
Haddam,  Conn.,  June  3,  1763;  m.  Mary  Wade.  He  served  in 
Capt.  Hungerford's  company,  in  garrison  at  New  London  and 
Groton,  Conn.,  from  Nov.  4,  1781,  to  Jan.  2,  1782;  removed  to 
Vermont  and  settled  at  Waitsfield  in  1794.  His  mother  is  said  to 
have  accompanied  him  on  this  journey.  About  1813  he  removed 
to  Moriah,  Essex  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  died. 
Children  (Waitsfield,  Vt.,  Records)  : 

394  Elisha  Sterlin,  b.  at  Kingston,  Vt.  (now  Granville),  Oct. 

14,   1788.      He  had   a   grandson,  William   Sterling, 
b.  about  1840. 

396  Phebe  Sterlin,  b.  at  Walpole,  N.  H.,  Jan.  31,  1790. 

397  Simon  Sterlin,  b.  at  Walpole,  N.  H.,  Jan.  10,  1792. 

398  Jacob  Sterlin,  b.  at  Rockingham,  Vt.,  Feb.  2,  1794;    d. 

young. 

399  Mary  Sterlin,  b.  at  Waitsfield,  Vt.,  Feb.  5,  1796. 

400  John  Sterlin,  b.  at  Waitsfield,  Vt.,  Mar.  12,  1798. 

401  Roxanna  Sterlin,  b.  at  Waitsfield,  Vt.,  Mar.  1,  1800. 

Elizabeth  Graves,  b.  in  Millington,  1746,  d.  there  Jan.  23,  1807;  m.  3d,  Nov.  17, 1809, 
Eunice  Spencer,  b.  1756,  d.  at  E.  Haddom,  Oct.  21,  1819.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
French  and  Indian  wars  and  during  the  Revolution;  d.  at  E.  Haddam,  May  5,  1812. 
His  dau.  Polly  m.  Marvil  Sterling  (No.  192) ;  his  dau.  Anna  m.  Sterling  Graves  of  the 
E.  Haddam  family  of  Graves. 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     363 

402  Calvin  Sterlin,  b.  at  Waitsfield,  Vt.,  Aug.  16,  1802. 

403  Laura  Sterlin,  b.  at  Waitsfield,  Vt.,  June  17,  1804. 

404  Jacob   Sterlin,  b.   at  Waitsfield,  Vt.,  Jan.  3,   1806;    m. 

.      He  lived  in   Weybridge,  Vt.,  for   a  number 

of  years  prior  to  his  death  and  d.  there  June  10, 
1899.     He  had: 

Lewis,  d.  in  1901. 

Phebe,  m.  Orlin  Johnson  and  had  Charles  J.,  b. 
May  1,  1862. 

Lydia  Ann. 

166  NAOMA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  East 
Haddam,  Conn.,  Nov.  1,  1770;  m.  Jeduthan  Wait,  b.  at  Brook- 
field,  Mass.,  June  7,  1754,  son  of  John  and  Eunice  (Morse)  Wait. 
Mr.  Wait  served  continuously  in  the  armies  of  the  Revolution  from 
Apr.  29,  1775,  to  its  close  in  1783.  His  name  appears  over  fifty 
times  in  returns  on  Mass.  Revolutionary  Archives.  He  was  a 
farmer.  He  d.  at  Waitsfield,  Vt.,  Apr.  2,  1829.  Church  records 
show  that  his  widow  was  dismissed  to  Illinois,  where  she  probably 
died. 

Children : 

408  Anna  Wait,  b.  July  10,  1791 ;  d.  unm.  Mar.  25,  1829. 

409  Eunice  Wait,  b.  June  6,  1793 ;   d.  Sept.  5,  1799. 

410  Eli  Wait,  b  Feb.  6,  1795;    removed  to  Hinesdale,  N.  Y., 

probably  never  m. 

411  William  Wait,  b.  Apr.  3,  1797;    m.  1st,  Jan.  22,  1821, 

Persis  Grandy,  2d,  Luana  Caryl;   d.  Nov.  15,  1886. 

412  Nathaniel  Wait,  b.   Sept.   16,  1799;    m.  ;    had  six 

children ;    lived  at  Fayston,  Vt. 

413  Nathan  Wait,  b.  July  28,  1801 ;   m.  Jan.  28,  1828,  Phi- 

linda  Pomeroy ;    lived  at  Fayston. 

414  Susannah  Wait,  b.  Aug.  11,  1803;    d.  Mar.  5,  1814. 

415  Levi  Wait,  b.  Aug.  12,  1805. 

416  Morgan  Wait,  b.  May  9,  1807;    removed  to  Michigan; 

m.  Fanny  Grandy. 

417  Elizabeth  Wait,  b.  Mar.  14,  1809  ;  m.  Oct.  26, 1829,  Alan- 

son  Wright  of  Waterbury,  Vt. 

167  STEPHEN  STERLING  (Stephen,  John,  Daniel,  William), 
b.  in  Sterling  City,  Lyme,  Conn.,  Mar.  22,  1767;  m.  Sept.  24, 
1798,  Mary  Brown,  dau.  of  Henry  Brown.  Stephen  was  a  farmer 
at  Sterling  Heights,  a  little  east  of  Sterling  City,  occupying  the 


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house  built  by  his  grandfather  John  about  1740.  He  was  elected 
surveyor  of  highways  at  a  town  meeting  held  Dec.  16,  1790.  He 
and  his  wife  are  buried  in  the  Sterling  City  burying  ground.  She 
d.  Feb.  1,  1842.  The  inscription  on  his  stone  is,  "  In  Memory  of 
Stephen  Sterling  who  died  Oct.  25,  1845.  M.  78." 
Children : 

418  Child,  still  born  Oct.  1,  1799. 

419  t  Stephen  Sterling,  b.  May  5,  1800;   m.  Sarah  Marvin. 

420  tjohn  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  16,  1803;   m.  Hannah  S.  Randall. 

172  RACHEL  STERLING  {Daniel,  John,  Daniel,  William),  b. 
in  East  Haddam,  Conn.,  Dec.  29,  1764 ;  m.  there  in  1785  Benjamin 
Cone,  b.  there  Mar.  22,  1766,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  (Graves) 
Cone  and  brother  of  Oliver,  who  m.  Anna  Sterling  (No.  162). 

They  removed  to  Middletown,  Conn.,  shortly  after  their  mar- 
riage and  to  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  1800,  where  he  d.  Feb. 
1,  1806. 

Children,  born  in  Middletown,  Conn. : 

421  Rachel  Sterling  Cone,  b.  July  16,  1786. 

422  Damaris  Cone,  b.  July  27,  1789. 

423  t Benjamin  G.  Cone,  b.  Apr.  9,  1793;   m.  Fanny  Gamble. 

424  t  Albert  B.  Cone,  b.  May  19,  1798;    m.  Sarah  McCune. 

173  DANIEL  STERLING  {brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  East 
Haddam,  Apr.  27,  1768 ;  m.  in  Millington  Parish,  East  Haddam, 
Nov.  14,  1792,  Jedidah  Gates.  They  removed  to  Westmoreland, 
Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  the  Mohawk  Valley,  where  both  d.  about 
1808. 

Children,  born  at  Westmoreland: 

425  tLydia  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  28,  1794;    m.  Nathan  Blair. 

426  t  William  Sterling,  b.  May  1,  1797 ;  m.  Mary  Whitman. 

427  Sally  Sterling,  b.  July  25,  1800 ;   m.  Dickerson  and 

d.  about  15  years  thereafter  without  issue. 

178  ELIZABETH  MARVIN  STERLING  {Jacob,  John,  Daniel, 
William),  b.  at  Sterling  City,  Lyme,  Conn.,  July  4,  1769.  "  Mr. 
Zelophead  Ely  was  Legally  Joined  in  Marriage  to  Miss  Elizabeth 
Starling  on  the  5th  Day  of  November,  A.D.,  1793."  He  was  a 
son  of  Ammi  R.  and  Martha  (Peck)  Ely.  {See  No.  254.) 
Zelophehad   removed  to  Genesee  Co.,   N.   Y.,  in   1800,   remained 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     365 

one  year,  returned  to  Lyme  and  lived  there  until  Feb.,  1814,  when 
he  settled  in  Brooklyn,  Susquehanna  Co.,  Penn.,  where  others  of 
his  family  settled.     He  d.  in  Brooklyn,  Feb.  18,  1822,  aged  52. 
Elizabeth  d.  there  Apr.  18,  1859.     Buried  in  the  old  cemetery. 
Children : 

428  Jacob  Ely,  b.  Aug.  30,  1794;    drowned  in  the  Lehigh 

River  near  Mauch  Chunk,  Penn.,  in  1817. 

429  tLyman  Ely,  b.  June  21,  1796;   m.  Bathsheba  H.  Giles. 

430  t  Elizabeth  Ely,  b.  July  27,  1798;   m.  John  Reed  Babcock. 

431  'John  Russell  Ely,  b.   Sept.  24,   1800;    m.  Lucinda  M. 

Giles. 

432  tParnel  Ely,  b.  Aug.  13,  1802;   m.  Francis  M.  Babcock. 

433  t Hiram  Ely,  b.  July  28,  1805;   m.  Cyrena  L.  Vosburg. 

434  Jared  Ely,  b.  Apr.  12,  1813 ;   d.  Nov.  9,  1820. 

(All  the  children  but  Jared  recorded  at  Lyme.) 

192  MARVIL  STARLIN  (Simon,  John,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in 
East  Haddam,  Conn.,  May  6,  1771 ;  m.  1st,  Polly  Cone,  b.  July 
8,  1770,  dau.  of  Sylvanus  and  Hannah  (Ackley)   Cone  of  East 

Haddam,  who  d.  Mar.  19,  1815 ;    m.  2d, .     (See  No. 

162.) 

They  removed,  with  their  two  children,  to  Washington  Co., 
Ohio,  and  settled  in  the  northeast  part  of  Watertown  township. 
Marvil  was  a  farmer;  he  d.  Feb.  25,  1857;  his  2d  wife  d.  Feb. 
16,  1868.     He  had  twenty  children. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

435  Polly  Starlin,  b.  Sept.  8,  1792 ;   m.  Apr.  25,  1813,  Ilyna 

Danielson;    d.  Oct.  5,  1874. 

436  Walter  Starlin,  b.  Jan.  21,  1794. 

437  Marvil   Starlin,   b.   Jan.    16,   1796;   m.   Mar.   20,   1814, 

Polly  Smith;    d.  in  Feb.,  1874. 

438  Patty  Starlin,  b.  Apr.  23,  1797;   d.  Dec.  7,  1867. 

439  Erastus  Starlin,  b.  Jan.  26,  1802;   d.  Sept.  29,  1871. 

440  Joseph  Starlin,  b.  June  17,  1804  ;   d.  in  June,  1873. 

441  Asenath  Starlin,  b.  Mar.  27,  1806. 

442  tLorena  Starlin,  b.  June  10,  1807;   m.  Elias  H.  Wolcott. 

443  Philinda  Starlin,  b.  Jan.  12,  1809. 

444  Ogden  Starlin,  b.  Feb.  9,  1811. 
Children  by  second  marriage: 

445  Naoma  Starlin. 

446  Ama  Starlin. 


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447  Anna  Starlin. 

448  Ebenezer  Starlin. 

449  William  Starlin. 

450  Eliza  Starlin. 

451  David  Starlin. 

452  Stephen  Starlin. 

453  Hannah  Starlin. 

454  Lucy  Starlin. 

197  SIMON  STARLIN  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  East  Had- 
dam,  Conn.,  Sept.  21,  1779;  m.  Elizabeth  Gibbs.  Lived  in  Wash- 
ington Co.,  Ohio. 

His  wife  may  have  been  that  Elizabeth  Starlin  whose  estate 
was  administered  at  Marietta  about  1852. 

Child  (undoubtedly  there  were  others)  : 

455  t  Deborah  Starling,  b.  Jan.  10,  1796;  m.  John  T.  Deming. 

212  IRENE  STERLING  (Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b. 
at  Sterling  City,  Lyme,  Conn.,  Oct.  17,  1758 ;  m.  May  29,  1775, 
Eleazer  Mather,  b.  in  Lyme,  June  22,  1753,  sixth  son  of  Dr. 
Eleazer  and  Annie  (Watrous)  Mather  1  of  Lyme. 

Four  of  Eleazer,  Jr.'s  brothers  were  physicians,  three  in  Con- 
necticut and  one  in  New  York.  Eleazer  Mather  practiced  his  pro- 
fession in  Lyme.     Irene  d.  about  1818.     Eleazer  d.  in  1837. 

1  Mather  Ancestry 

The  Rev.  Richard  Mather  of  Lowton,  Winwick  Parish,  Lancashire,  Eng.,  the 
distinguished  minister,  b.  in  Lowton  in  1596 ;  d.  in  Dorchester,  Mass.,  Apr.  22,  1669 ; 
m.  1st,  Sept.  29,  1624,  Catharine,  dau.  of  Edmund  Holt  of  Bury,  who  d.  in  1655 ;  m. 
2d,  Aug.  26,  1656,  Sarah  Story,  wid.  of  Rev.  John  Cotton,  dau.  of  Richard  Hankridge 
of  Boston,  Eng.  She  m.  1st,  William  Story;  d.  May  27,  1676.  The  Rev.  Richard 
Mather  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Mather  of  Lowton,  grandson  of  John  Mather  of  Low- 
ton.  Richard's  son,  Timothy  Mather,  b.  in  Liverpool,  Eng.,  in  1628 ;  m.  1st,  Catharine, 
dau.  of  Gen.  Humphrey  Atherton;  m.  2d,  Elizabeth,  dau.  of  Amiel  Weeks,  Mar.  20, 
1678-79.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Dorchester;  d.  Jan.  14,  1684.  His  son  Richard,  b.  in 
Dorchester,  Dec.  22,  1653;  m.  July  1,  1680,  Catharine  Wise  of  Dorchester.  He 
removed  to  Lyme,  Conn.,  where  he  was  a  farmer  and  where  he  d.  Aug.  17,  1688,  on 
the  53d  anniversary  of  the  landing  of  the  family  in  America.    His  second  son,  Lieut. 

Joseph  Mather,  of  Lyme,  was  b.  June  29,  1686 ;   m.  Phebe ,  and  d.  Sept.  30, 

1749.  Their  son,  Elezer  Mather,  M.D.,  of  Lyme,  b.  there  Nov.  17, 1716;  m.  Annie 
Watrous,  Nov.  15,  1741.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Yale  in  1737,  an  eminent  physician 
and  a  large  landholder  on  the  east  side  of  the  Connecticut  river.  He  d.  Nov.  21,  1798. 
His  son  Elezer,  b.  June  22,  1753 ;  m.  Irene  Sterling.  Richard,  1st,  of  Lyme,  also  had 
Capt.  Timothy  Mather  of  Lyme,  b.  Mar.  20,  1681 ;  m.  Sarah  Noyes  and  d.  July  25, 
1755.  Their  dau.  Catharine,  b.  Jan.  11,  1717,  m.  Elisha  Marvin  and  d.  Dec.  4,  1799. 
(See  No.  252.) 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     367 


Children : 

456  tEleazer  Mather,  b.  Dec.  30, 1775  ;  m.  1st,  Lorlnda  Abbott ; 

2d,  Fanny  Williams. 

457  tWatrous     Mather,     b.     May     11,     1778;      m.     Hannah 

Thompson. 

458  t  Seth  Mather. 

459  Sterling  Mather. 

460  Irene  Mather. 

461  Betsey  Mather. 

462  t  Samuel    Sterling    Mather,    b.    in    1786;    m.    Catharine 

Abbott. 
(Mather  Genealogy,  Horace  E.  Mather,  Hartford,  Conn., 
1890.) 

213  SARAH  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Sterling 
City,  Dec.  20,  1761;  m.  there  Sept.  28,  1783,  Lemuel  Lee,  b. 
May  3,  1760,  eleventh  child  of  Col.  Benjamin  and  Mary  (Ely) 
Lee  *  of  Lyme. 

1  Ancestry  of  Lemuel  Lee,  Sb. 

Thomas  Lee  with  his  father,  Thomas,  his  mother,  two  sisters,  Phebe  and  Jane 
and  a  brother  of  the  mother  named  Brown,  came  from  England  about  1641  to  New 
England.  The  father  died  on  the  voyage  of  smallpox.  Thomas  Lee,  Jr.,  m.  1st, 
Sarah  Kirtlane,  by  whom  he  had  John,  Thomas,  and  Sarah;  he  m.  2d,  Mary  Dewolf 
and  had  William,  Stephen,  Mrs.  Joseph  Beckwith,  Mrs.  Samuel  Peck,  Phebe,  Hannah, 
Lydia.  Hannah  m.  John  Griswold  and  was  the  mother  of  Gov.  Matthew  Griswold, 
John  Lee  m.  Elizabeth  Smith  and  had:  Sarah,  m.  John  Lay;  Phebe,  m.  James  Elder- 
kin;  Jane,  m.  Thomas  Way;  Mary,  m.  John  Comstock  of  New  London;  Hepse- 
beth,  m.  1st,  Elisha  Lee,  2d,  John  Sill;  Johannah,  m.  John  Beckwith;  John,  Joseph, 
and  Benjamin. 

(The  family  paper  from  which  these  minutes  were  taken  dated  "Montvillc,  Conn., 

May,  10,  1807  ".) 

Benjamin  Lee,  b.  Sept.  5,  1712 ;  d.  Apr.  11,  1777,  m.  Jan.  28,  1735,  Mary  Ely, 
b.  May  8, 1716 ;  d.  Aug.  29,  1796.  Mary  Ely  was  a  dau.  of  Daniel  Ely,  granddaughter 
of  William  Ely,  a  son  of  Richard  Ely. 

(See  Daniel  Sterling,  No.  12,  and  Ely  Ancestry,  No.  254.) 

The  children  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  (Ely)  Lee  were:  Mary  Ann,  b.  Jan.  28, 
1736,  d.  at  18  mos.;  Mary  Anna,  b.  Nov.  16,  1738,  m.  Benjamin  Atwell,  whose  son 
Joseph  Atwell  m.  Ruth  Perkins  Sterling,  Sarah  (Sterling)  Lee's  sister  (No.  218); 
Benjamin  Lee,  Jr.,  b.  Feb.  27,  1740,  lived  near  Lyme,  had  eleven  chil.:  Stephen, 
George,  Zenas,  Joseph,  Charles,  Benjamin,  Sally,  Lucy,  Lydia,  and  two  others;  Wil- 
liam Lee,  b.  Apr.  7,  1742,  d.  June  12,  1815;  Lucy  Lee,  b.  Jan.  19,  1745,  d.  Sept.  L8, 
1767;  Martin  Lee,  b.  June  19,  1747,  m.  Dec.  23,  1771,  Sabia  Miner,  d.  May  <>,  1779; 
they  had  three  children,  of  whom  Christopher  Lee,  b.  Oct.  23,  1772,  m.  Lucy  Sterling, 
Sarah  (Sterling)  Lee's  sister  (No.  219);  Esther  Lee,  b.  July  27,  1750,  m.  Samuel 
Comstock;  Abigail  Lee,  b.  Nov.  30,  1752,  d.  Apr.  27,  1827;  John  Lee,  1..  Maj  1  t. 
1755,  m.  and  had  Martin,  John  Burnham,  Xerxes  Ely,  Erastus,  Samuel,  Rebecca, 
and  Mary  Polly;  Betsey  (or  Elizabeth)  Lee,  b.  May  25,  1757,  d.  July  25,  1826,  m. 
Joseph  Chester,  b.  Jan.  27,  1758,  son  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Otis)  Chester,  brother 


368  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Lemuel  is  called  "  Colonel  "  by  his  descendants.  He  probably 
gained  this  title  in  the  Conn.  State  Militia.  According  to  the 
Conn,  and  Lyme  records  Lemuel  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revolution, 
although  at  the  date  of  his  enlistment  he  was  but  two  days  past 
his  fifteenth  birthday. 

He  enlisted  as  a  private  May  5,  1775,  in  the  4th  Co.,  2d  Regt., 
Conn.  Vols.,  and  was  discharged  from  service  Dec.  19,  1775.  This 
regiment,  recruited  mainly  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  Colony  of 
Connecticut,  was  raised  in  response  to  the  first  call  for  troops  by 
the  Legislature  made  in  April  and  May,  1775.  It  marched  by 
companies  to  camps  around  Boston,  took  post  at  Roxbury,  and 
served  during  the  siege  until  expiration  of  term  of  service.  De- 
tachments served  at  Bunker  Hill,  June  17,  1775,  and  in  Arnold's 
Quebec  expedition,  Sept.  to  Dec,  1775. 

Lemuel  enlisted  a  second  time  in  June,  1776,  as  a  member  of 
Capt.  Eell's  Co.  This  battalion,  the  third  of  Wadsworth's  Brigade, 
was  raised  to  reinforce  Washington  at  New  York.  It  saw  service 
in  New  York  City  and  on  Long  Island.  Was  caught  in  the  retreat 
from  the  city  Sept.  15,  1776,  and  suffered  some  loss. 

Engaged  in  the  Battle  of  White  Plains,  Oct.  28,  1776,  Lemuel 
was  discharged  from  service  Dec.  25,  1776.  Lemuel  and  Sarah, 
in  company  with  their  sons  Samuel  and  George  and  their  daughter 
Sarah,  migrated,  in  1817,  to  New  Lyme,  in  the  Western  Reserve, 
Ohio,  including  what  is  now  Ashtabula  Co.  Their  son  Lemuel, 
Jr.,  and  daughter  Betsey  (Lee)  Champlin,  had  preceded  them  by 
a  few  years.  On  this  journey  they  stopped  at  Pitcher,  Chenango 
Co.,  and  at  Lima,  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  Sarah's  brothers 
and  sister  and  other  relatives  had  settled. 

of  Mabel  Chester,  who  m.  James  Sterling,  Sarah  (Sterling)  Lee's  brother  (No.  217) ; 
Lemuel  Lee,  b.  May  3,  1760,  m.  Sally  Sterling;  David  Lee,  b.  July  5,  1762. 

Daniel  Lee,  the  last  named,  youngest  brother  of  Lemuel  Lee,  m.  Feb.  5,  1784, 
Lydia  Ann  Elliot,  b.  July  15,  1760.  Their  children  were:  William  Elliot,  b.  Nov.  5, 
1784;  Nancy  Atwater,  b.  Apr.  30,  1787;  Sophia,  b.  Feb.  20,  1789;  Harriet,  b.  Jan.  7, 
1791;  Fanny,  b.  Oct.  20,  1792;  Sophronia,  b.  Aug.  25,  1794;  Benjamin  Franklin,  b. 

May  9,  1796;   Daniel  Matthew,  b.  June  ;   Allen  Campbell,  b.  Oct.  ; 

Charlotte,  b.  Aug.  ,  and  Sally,  b.  Mar.  .    Daniel  Lee,  the  father,  d. 

Sept.  10,  1803. 

(The  family  Bible  in  which  are  preserved  these  records  of  the  Lee  family,  back 
to  Benjamin,  1712,  was  in  the  possession  of  a  dau.  of  Eusebius  Lee,  at  Ashtabula, 
Ohio,  in  1902.) 


WILLIAM   STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     369 

Sarah,  commonly  called  "  Sally,"  was  a  lady  of  great  culture 
and  refinement. 

Col.  Lemuel  Lee  was  a  highly  educated  gentleman  who  devoted 
many  years  of  his  life  to  teaching.  He  always  took  an  active  part 
in  all  projects  for  the  advancement  of  education  or  the  betterment 
of  his  community.  He  d.  July  25,  1826.  Sarah  d.  Feb.  3,  1833. 
Both  were  buried  at  New  Lyme. 

Their  children,  born  in  Lyme,  Conn.,  were: 

463  A  son  b.  and  d.  Aug.  2,  1784. 

464  Martin  Lee,  b.  May  10,  1786.     He  was  a  merchant  in 

N.  Y.  City,  in  company  with  his  brother  Calvin.  He 
went  to  the  West  Indies  to  trade,  was  taken  sick  and 
died,  unm.,  June  27,  1821,  and  was  buried  on  the 
island  of  Martinique. 

465  Calvin  Church  Lee,  b.  Mar.  4,  1788  ;  he  went  South,  sick- 

ened and  d.  Oct.  6,  1808,  and  was  buried  at  Mobile, 
Alabama ;    unm. 

466  t Betsey  Sterling  Lee,  b.  Aug.  19,  1790;    m.  Christopher 

Champlin,  No.  546. 

467  James  Sterling  Lee,  b.  May  13,  1792.     He  went  to  sea ; 

was  ice-bound  one  winter  on  the  coast  of  Russia  and 
was  given  up  as  lost,  but  finally,  after  eighteen 
months'  perilous  voyage,  returned  to  New  York.  He 
shipped  again  and  started  on  another  voyage.  This 
vessel,  which  sailed  in  1817,  was  never  heard  of  after- 
ward ;  unm. 

468  t  Lemuel  Lee,  b.  Nov.  27,  1794;    m.  Nancy  Dodge. 

469  A  daughter,  b.  July  21,  1796;   d.  next  day. 

470  t  Samuel  Sterling  Lee,  b.  Sept.  5,  1797;  m.  Esther  Tinan. 

471  tGeorge  Dudley  Lee,  b.  Sept.  1,  1798;   m.  Phebe  Clisby. 

472  t  Sarah  Maria  Lee,  b.  Nov.  1,  1803;    m.  the  Rev.  Orrin 

Abbott. 

214  CAROLINE  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  Ster- 
ling City,  May  21,  1764;  m.  there  in  Dec,  1781,  Joseph  Lord,1 
b.  in  1757,  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Wade)  Lord  of  Lyme,  Conn. 

1  Ancestry  of  Joseph  Lord 

Thomas  Lord,  b.  in  England  in  1585,  came  to  New  England  in  the  ship  Elizabeth 
&  Anne  with  wife  Dorothy,  in  May,  1635. 

Settled  first  in  Newton,  Mass.,  thence  removed  to  Hartford,  Conn.,  in  1636.    His 

son  William  Lord,  b.  in  1623,  settled  at  Saybrook,  Conn. ;  m.  abt.  1642,  Dorothy ; 

d.  May  17,  1678.  (See  Capt.  William  Sterling,  No.  110,  and  Phebe  (Sterling)  Marvin 
No.  252.)    They  had  Thomas  Lord,  b.  at  Saybrook,  Dec,  1645,  who  m.  Dec.  22,  1693, 


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Joseph  Lord  served  in  the  Conn.  Militia  at  the  time  of  the 
Revolution.  His  record  is  not  definitely  established,  though  it 
seems  probable  that  he  was  the  "  Joseph  Lord,  Jr."  who  entered 
Capt.  Holmes  Co.,  Aug.  3, 1778 ;  discharged  Sept.  14,  1778.  This 
company  of  militia,  a  part  of  the  force  under  Brig.  Gen.  John 
Tyler,  served  under  Gen.  Sullivan  and  engaged  in  the  attempt  to 
dislodge  the  British  at  Newport.  He  was  a  pensioner  during  the 
latter  years  of  his  life,  as  was  Caroline  Sterling  Lord  after  her 
husband's  death. 

Joseph  and  Caroline  Lord  removed  in  the  summer  of  1803 
to  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  reaching  there  about  the  first  of  June. 
They  settled  at  Pharsalia.  Caroline  was  thus  the  first  of  her 
family  to  reach  Chenango  Co.  Her  sister  Ruth  (Sterling)  Atwell 
came  in  1809  and  her  half  brother,  Lord,  in  1811.  Joseph  settled 
on  the  farm  now  occupied  by  his  grandson  James  Lord. 

He  built  and  was  interested  in  the  mill  property  in  that  vicin- 
ity. At  the  first  town  meeting,  held  Mar.  3,  1807,  he  was  elected 
one  of  two  overseers  of  the  poor.  He  d.  Aug.  10,  1839.  Caroline 
(Sterling)  Lord  d.  there  at  the  advanced  age  of  96  years,  7  mos. 
and  27  days  Jan.  17,  1861.  From  an  obituary  notice  published 
at  the  time,  we  quote: 

"  In  Pharsalia,  the  17th  of  January  last  at  the  residence  of 
her  son  David  Lord,  of  old  age  and  infirmity,  Mrs.  Caroline  Lord 
[died].  Mrs.  Lord  and  her  husband,  Mr.  Joseph  Lord  were 
anion sr  the  first  settlers  of  the  town  and  shared  in  common  with 
others  its  numerous  privations  and  hardships.  By  her  great  use- 
fulness in  society  and  Christian  virtues,  and  the  great  age  she 
attained,  she  was  a  subject  of  interest  to  all  who  knew  her. 

Possessing,  naturally,  a  strong  and  healthy  constitution  and 
an  unusual  degree  of  courage,  she  made  herself  one  of  the  most 
useful  women  of  the  age  in  which  she  lived.  Of  a  cheerful  dis- 
position and  pleasing  in  her  manners  she  won  the  esteem  and  re- 
gard of  all  who  knew  her.  She  adorned  a  christian  profession 
by  a  well  ordered  life  and  her  examples  are  worthy  of  imitation. 
.  .  .  Passing  gradually  from  a  life  of  usefulness  into  a  second 
state  of  childhood,  she  had  ceased  to  labor  or  to  mingle  with  the 

Mary  Lee,  and  d.  at  Lyme,  June  27,  1730.  Their  son,  Joseph  Lord,  b.  in  1697 ;  m. 
Abigail  Comstock;  he  d.  in  1736.  Their  son  Joseph  Lord,  b.  in  1730;  m.  Sarah 
Wade;  he  d.  in  1788.    Their  son  Joseph  Lord,  3d,  b.  in  1757;  m.  Caroline  Sterling. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     371 


busy  world  and  its  cares.  Having  outlived  all  her  youthful  com- 
panions and  several  of  her  children  she  had  come  down  to  the 
present  day,  a  pattern  of  former  generations.  Though  sur- 
rounded by  familiar  objects  and  many  former  friends,  yet  she 
lived  in  an  age  and  among  those  she  knew  little  of;  lived  to  see 
the  fifth  generation.   .   .   ." 

Children  of  Joseph  and  Caroline  Lord,  all  born  on  Lord  Hill, 

Lyme,  Conn.,  except  the  youngest: 

473  tlsaiah  Lord,  b.  Oct.  10,  1782;   m.  1st,  Anna  Cotton,  2d, 

Elizabeth  Kenyon,   3d,  Anna  Baldwin. 

474  t  Caroline  Lord,  b.  Dec.  13,  1785;   m.  Russel  Stewart. 

475  Harriet  Lord,  b.  Apr.  19,  1787  ;  m. Weaver ;  moved 

to  Ohio.     Had  a  large  family. 

476  'Sukey  Lord,  b.  Feb.  27,  1789;    m.  Jonathan  Kenyon. 

477  t  Eliza  Lord,  b.  Dec.  18,  1791 ;    m.  Asa  Kenyon. 

478  Azubah  Lord,  b.  Mar.  20,  1794 ;  m. Weaver ;  moved 

to  Ohio.     Had  a  family. 

479  Joseph  Lord,  b.  Aug.  27,  1796;    m.  ;    d.  Apr.  7, 

1854 ;  had  one  son,  Albert  and  several  daus. 

481  t  Samuel    Sterling    Lord,    b.    Oct.    20.    1798;    m.    Desire 

Babcock. 

482  tDavid  Lord,  b.  Oct.  23,  1800;    m.  1st,  Polly  M.  Brown, 

2d,  Livonia  Brown. 

483  tRoswell  Lord,  b.  Apr.  17,  1805  ;  m.  1st,  Hannah  Newton ; 

2d,  Amy  Wheeler. 

215  CAPTAIN  SAMUEL  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  at  Sterling  City,  Sept.  1,  1766 ;  m.  at  Saybrook,  Conn.,  Nov.  29, 
1792,  Mehitable  Whittlesey,  b.  at  Saybrook,  Mar.  19,  1769,  dau. 
of  Azariah  and  Elizabeth  (Williams)   Whittlesey  x  of  Saybrook. 

1  Ancestry  of  Mehitable  (Whittlesey)  Sterling 

John  Whittelsey,  b.  in  1593,  of  Cambridgeshire,  Eng.;  m.  in  London,  Oct.,  16'21- 
22,  Lydia  Terry.  Their  son  John  Whittelsey,  b.  in  Cambridgeshire,  Eng.,  July  4,  1628, 
came  to  America  with  the  Lords  Saye  and  Seal  Company  in  163.5,  settled  at  Saybrook, 
Conn.;  m.  there  June  20,  1664,  Ruth  Dudley,  b.  in  Guilford,  Conn.,  Apr.  20,  1645, 
dau.  of  William  and  Jane  (Lutman)  Dudley.  He  d.  Apr.  15,  1704.  Mrs.  Ruth  Whittle- 
sey, d.  Sept.  27,  1714.  Their  son  Stephen  Whittlesey,  b.  at  Saybrook,  Apr.  3,  1667  ;  in. 
Oct.  14,  1696,  Rebecca  Waterous,  b.  Sept.  20,  1677,  dau.  of  Abraham  and  Rebecca 
(Clarke)  Waterous  of  Saybrook,  granddau.  of  Jacob  of  New  London,  Conn.  Stephen 
Whittlesey  d.  in  1760,  Mrs.  Whittlesey  d.  abt.  1715.  Their  son  Ambrose  Whittlesey,  1). 
Jan.  13,  1712-13;  m.  Mar.  9,  173'2,  Elizabeth  Mather,  b.  in  Saybrook  in  1710.  Am- 
brose d.  at  Saybrook,  Apr.  17,  1756.  Their  son  Azariah  Whittlesey,  !>.  Feb.  2,  17  41  L2  ; 
m.  in  1763,  Elizabeth  Williams,  b.  Dec.  29,  1747.  Azariah  was  drowned  at  thefeny  at 
Saybrook,  Conn,  (across  the  river  to  Lyme,  which  the  family  had  conducted  since  the 


372  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Samuel  and  his  wife  migrated  to  the  then  "  Far  West,"  to 
Ontario  County,  New  York  State,  shortly  after  his  marriage. 
He  was  not  only  the  first  of  his  father's  family  to  settle  in  this 
state,  two  brothers  and  a  sister  eventually  migrating  to  the  same 
locality,  but  he  was  one  of  the  first  of  the  Connecticut  family, 
if  not  the  first,  to  make  a  settlement  in  New  York.  He  settled 
first  in  what  is  now  the  township  of  Bloomfield,  Ontario  county, 
and  removed  about  1803  to  what  is  now  the  township  of  Lima, 
Livingston  county,  where  he  shortly  afterward  built  a  house, 
which  is  still  standing  (1907)  and  occupied.  In  a  list  of  those 
receiving  a  bounty  for  killing  wolves  in  1797,  in  the  township 
of  Bloomfield,  Samuel  is  credited  with  one  head.  (Hist,  of  On- 
tario Co.,  1893.)  Samuel  Sterling  was  appointed  ensign  of  the 
militia  company  organized  in  the  township  of  Geneva,  Ontario 
county,  Mar.  28,  1798,  and  was  promoted  to  lieutenant,  Aug. 
27,  1798.  On  Feb.  19,  1802,  he  was  appointed  captain  of  the 
same  company.     Apr.  10,  1805,  "  Ashel  Warner  was  appointed 

emigrant),  Apr.  9,  1807.  Mrs.  Whittlesey  d.  May  22,  1823.  Their  dau.  Mehitable,  b. 
Mar.  19,  1769,  m.  Samuel  Sterling. 

(Whittlesey  Gene.,  Chas.  B.  Whittlesey,  1898.) 

Ruth  Dudley  who  m.  John  Whittlesey,  dau.  of  William  Dudley,  b.  in  Richmond, 
Surrey,  Eng.,  who  came  to  Guilford,  Conn.  He  m.  Aug.  24,  1636,  Jane  Lutman  of 
Wysborough  Green,  Eng.  He  d.  Mar.  16,  1683-84 ;  she  d.  May  1,  1674.  William  was 
the  son  of  David  Dudley  of  Darking,  Surrey,  in  1630,  son  of  Squire  Thomas  Dudley  of 

Darking,  who  m.  in  1612 White.    He.  d.  in  1649,  son  of  Robert  Dudley,  b.  1533) 

d.  1584,  a  descendant  of  the  Barons  Sutton  of  Dudley  (see  Burke's  Extinct  Peerages, 
and  through  them  of  Alfred  the  Great  and  the  Saxon  Kings,  of  William  the  Conqueror 
and  Hugh  Capet  as  well  as  of  Charlemagne  and  the  Kings  of  Spain,  Denmark,  Italy, 
Norway,  and  Jerusalem,  and  of  Scotland,  Ireland,  and  Wales. 

(Dudley  Gene.,  Dean  Dudley,  1886.) 

Elizabeth  Mather,  who  m.  Ambrose  Whittlesey  was  the  dau.  of  Rev.  Azariah 
Mather,  b.  in  1685,  a  graduate  of  Yale,  1705,  a  tutor  at  Yale,  who  m.  Mattie  Taylor. 
He  was  a  son  of  Rev.  Samuel  Mather,  b.  1650,  m.  Mar.  3,  1708,  Annie  or  Hannah 
Treat.  Samuel  was  one  of  the  founders  of  Yale  College.  He  was  a  son  of  Timothy 
Mather  (see  Irene  (Sterling)  Mather,  No.  212).     Mattie  Taylor  was  the  dau.  of  Rev. 

Daniel  Taylor,  who  m. Davie,  dau.  of  Sir  John  Davie,  a  merchant  of  London, 

who  came  to  New  England  in  1662  and  settled  at  Billerica;  m.  Elizabeth,  dau.  of 
James  Richard.  Sir  John  Davie  was  the  son  of  Humphrey  Davie  who  m.  a  White  and 
d.  in  1689,  son  of  Sir  John  Davie,  created  baronet  in  1641,  m.  Julian  Strode;  the  son  of 
John  Davie,  mayor  of  Exeter,  1584,  son  of  Robert  Davie.  Hannah  or  Annie  Treat  was 
the  dau.  of  Hon.  Robt.  Treat,  bapt.  Feb.  25,  1624-25.  Major  of  Connecticut  troops  in 
1670;  m.  Jane  Tapp,  dau.  of  Edmund  Tapp  of  Milford,  Conn.  Robert,  a  son  of 
Richard  Treat,  b.  1584,  in  Pitsminster,  Eng. ;  m.  Apr.  27,  1615,  Alice,  bapt.  May  10, 
1594,  dau.  of  Hugh  Gaylord.  Richard,  son  of  Robert  Trott,  m.  Sept.  17,  1527,  son  of 
Richard  Trott,  son  of  William  Trott  of  Staple  Grove,  1503,  son  of  John  Trott. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     373 

Capt.  vice  Samuel  Sterling,  moved."  (Council  of  Appointment, 
State  of  N.  Y.,  Military  Records,  1903.) 

Livingston  county  was  erected  from  parts  of  Ontario  and 
Genesee  counties  by  an  act  of  the  Legislature,  Feb.  23,  1821. 

Samuel  and  his  brave  wife  necessarily  endured  all  the  priva- 
tions and  vicissitudes  of  a  primitive  pioneer  existence.  Samuel 
d.  at  Lima  Aug.  27,  1836.  She  d.  there  Feb.  15,  1864.  Both  are 
buried  at  Lima. 

Children : 

484  f  William  Burrows  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  27,  1793;    m.  Isabel 

Kelso. 

485  tAlphonso  Sterling,  b.  July  28,  1795;    m.  Mary  Horton. 

486  tAzariah  Whittlesey  Sterling,  b.  June  29,  1797;    m.  1st, 

Miranda  Leach;    2d,  Mrs.  Lydia  Hughes. 

487  t  Eliza   Sterling,  b.  July   18,  1799;    m.   the  Rev.  Joseph 

Badger. 

488  t  Almira  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  5,  1801 ;    m.  Aaron  Frost. 

489  t  Samuel  Perkins  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  2,  1803;    m.  1st,  Ara- 

minta  Leach;    2d,  Maria  N.  Whittlesey;    3d,  Mrs. 
Jane  Shulters. 

490  Fanny  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  16,  1807;    m.  Richard  H.  Lee; 

d.  at  Honeoye  Falls,  N.  Y.,  in  July,  1885,  without 
issue. 

491  tMercia    Mehitable    Sterling,    b.    Jan.    8,    1809;     m.    the 

Rev.  Amasa  Stanton. 

492  t  George  Pickney  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  22,  1812;   m.  Miranda 

Bond. 

216  ELIZABETH  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  Ster- 
ling City,  Nov.  3,  1768;  m.  at  Lyme,  Oct.  10,  1790,  William 
Ross,  b.  in  Scotland  Parish,  Windham  Co.,  Conn.,  Mar.  29,  1761, 
son  of  Jeremiah  and  Ann  (Paine)  Ross.1     (The  Church  Record  of 

1  Ancestry  of  William  Ross 

Joseph  Ross,  one  of  the  proprietors  of  Ashford,  m.  Sept.  6,  1716,  Sarah  Utley, 
probably  dau.  of  Jeremiah  Utley  of  Scotland  Parish,  Windham  Co.,  Conn.  Their 
third  son  was  Jeremiah  Ross,  b.  July  26,  1721.  Joseph  removed  to  Pomfret  in  1718. 
He  was  selectman  several  times  and  was  twice  elected  to  the  General  Assembly.  Jere- 
miah m.  Oct.  3,  1744,  the  first  cousin  of  his  brother  Joseph's  wife,  Ann  Paine,  dau. 
of  Mr.  Samuel  Paine.  They  removed  to  Scotland  Parish  where  their  children  were  b., 
later  removing  to  Montville,  Conn.  Their  children  were  Aleph,  b.  Dec.  22,  1?  t."> ;  Ann, 
b.  Feb.  1,  1747;  Perran,  b.  July  10,  1748;  Mary,  b.  Dec.  23,  1753;  Jeremiah,  b.  Jan. 
14,  1759;  William,  b.  Mar.  29,  1761.  Jeremiah,  Sr.'s,  brother  Joseph  was  the  inti- 
mate friend  of  Gen.  Israel  Putnam,  and  held  the  rope  attached  to  Putnam's  waist  when 


374  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


the  North  Society,  Lyme,  says :  "  Capt.  William  Ross  of  Wilks- 
bury  to  Miss  Betty  Sterlin,  Lyme.") 

The  following  account  of  Gen.  Ross'  life  is  prepared  by  a 
great-grandson,  Sidney  R.  Miner,  Secy,  of  the  Wyoming  (Penn.) 
Hist,  and  Geological  Society : 

William  Ross  came  with  his  father  and  family  from  Montville, 
New  London  Co.,  Conn.,  some  time  in  the  early  part  of  the  year 
1774,  to  Wyoming.  On  the  1st  of  July,  1778,  he  marched  with 
a  scouting  party  of  nearly  four  hundred  men,  under  command  of 
Col.  Zebulon  Butler,  from  Forty  Fort,  where  the  settlers  had  gath- 
ered for  protection  from  Indians,  to  Exeter,  the  scene  of  the  mas- 
sacre of  the  Hardings,  which  had  occurred  on  the  30th  of  June. 
On  the  3d,  being  without  arms,  his  two  elder  brothers,  Perrin  and 
Jeremiah,  having  taken  them  into  the  battle,  he  remained  in  the 
fort.  His  brothers  were  both  killed.  On  receiving  news  of  the 
defeat,  he  and  all  his  father's  family  fled  (thus  escaping  the  "  Mas- 
sacre of  Wyoming,"  which  occurred  in  the  fort,  July  5).  He  and 
his  mother  and  sister,  Sarah  Slocum  (wife  of  Giles  Slocum),  took 
the  Nescopeck  path,  through  Fort  Allen  to  Stroudsburg,  where 

the  latter  entered  the  wolf's  den,  as  is  so  often  recorded.  Jeremiah's  next  elder  brother, 
Simeon,  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Germantown,  Oct.  4,  1777.  Of  Jeremiah's  children, 
Perran,  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  24th  Regt.  of  Infty.,  usually  called  the  "Westmorland 
Regt."  He  m.  Mercy  Otis  of  Montvill  and  was  the  father  of  five  children.  He  and  his 
brother  Jeremiah,  Jr.,  were  killed  July  3,  1778,  at  the  Wyoming  (Penn.)  Massacre. 
William  Ross,  youngest  son  of  Jeremiah,  m.  Elizabeth  Sterling. 

The  Paine  family  of  County  Norfolk,  the  English  house  of  Stephen  Paine,  the  first 
of  them  to  come  to  America,  can  be  traced  back  to  before  1341.  Stephen  Paine,  orig- 
inally from  Shropham,  near  Hingham,  County  Norfolk,  Eng.,  came  to  New  England 
in  the  ship  Diligent,  of  Ipswich,  in  1638.  Settled  first  at  Hingham,  Mass.,  freeman  there 
in  1639,  representative  to  Assembly  in  1641,  elected  deputy  to  the  court  at  Plymouth  in 

1645,  which  office  he  held  until  1660.    Stephen  m.  1st,  Rose ,  who  d.  Jan.  20,  1660 ; 

m.  2d,  1662,  wid.  Alice  Parker  of  Plymouth,  who  d.  Dec.  5,  1682.  He  d.  Aug.  1679. 
Had,  b.  in  England  in  1629,  Stephen  Paine,  who  came  to  Massachusetts  with  his  father, 
removed  to  Rehoboth,  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  served  in  King  Philip's  War,  d.  at 
Rehoboth,  in  Jan.,  1678.  His  fifth  child  was  Samuel  Paine,  b.  in  Rehoboth,  May  12, 
1662,  who  m.  1st,  Anne  Peck,  Dec.  16,  1685,  dau.  of  Samuel,  granddau.  of  Joseph  Peck. 
She  d.  Feb.  26,  1703.  Samuel  m.  2d,  Jan.  8,  1709,  Abigail  (Bartholomew)  Frizzell, 
wid.  of  Joseph,  who  d.  in  1752,  aged  79.  Samuel  Paine  d.  May  11,  1735,  leaving  a  large 
estate.  His  eldest  son  was  Samuel  Paine,  b.  Sept.  14,  1686 ;  removed  from  Rehoboth 
to  Pomfret,  Conn.,  about  1706;  m.  in  1709  Ruth  Perrin,  dau.  of  Abraham  and  Sarah 
(Walker)  Perrin,  b.  in  Rehoboth,  Mass.,  Mar.  30,  1688 ;  selectman  and  deputy  to  Gen- 
eral Assembly.  He  d.  Feb.  15, 1733;  she  d.  June  5,  1725.  Their  dau,  Ann,  b.  Feb. 
11,  1720;  m.  Jeremiah  Ross.  (Hist,  of  Rehoboth;  Paine  Gene.;  Bailey's  Plymouth 
Coll.;  Tanner's  Gene.  Reg.;  Savage's  Gene.  Diet.;  Hist,  of  Dedham;  Plymouth  Col. 
Records.) 


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they  met  their  sisters  Aleph  and  Polly,  who  had  gone  down  the 
river  to  Harris  Ferry  (now  Harrisburg),  thence  via  Reading  to 
the  rendezvous,  and  their  four  other  sisters. 

All  except  his  mother  and  sister  Sarah  returned  with  Capt. 
Spalding  to  Wyoming  in  the  following  August,  1778.  They 
settled  down  again  in  the  Wilkes-Barre  Fort,  he  being  now  the 
head  of  the  family.  He  kept  the  fodder  about  half  a  mile  from  the 
fort  and  always  went  armed  when  he  fed  his  cattle.  Indians  made 
frequent  incursions  into  the  neighborhood  and  would  burn  the 
hay  and  kill  or  drive  off  the  cattle  of  the  settlers.  On  the  23d  of 
March,  1779,  two  hundred  and  fifty  Indians  attacked  the  fort, 
but  were  repulsed  with  the  help  of  the  only  cannon  the  settlers 
possessed. 

William  Ross  took  part  in  the  Pennamite  and  Yankee  Wars  and 
in  July,  1784,  marched  with  twenty-nine  picked  men  under  Capt. 
John  Swift,  to  meet  an  armed  force  of  Pennamites  under  command 
of  Major  Moore,  who  were  reported  to  be  at  Larner's  on  their  way 
to  attack  the  Yankee  settlers.  On  the  2d  of  August  they  met  on 
Locust  Hill,  in  Northampton  county,  near  Stoddardsville,  and  one 
of  the  Pennamites  was  killed  and  several  were  wounded  on  each 
side.  On  the  8th  of  the  same  month,  upon  the  arrival  of  Col.  John 
Armstrong,  Secretary  of  the  Supreme  Executive  Council,  and  the 
Hon.  John  Boyd,  a  member  of  the  same,  Mr.  Ross  and  the  other 
men  who  had  been  in  Swift's  company  at  Locust  Hill  were  arrested 
by  Armstrong's  order  (although  he  had  promised  on  his  faith  as 
a  soldier  and  his  honor  as  a  gentleman  that  they  should  be  pro- 
tected) on  the  charge  of  murder,  bound  with  cords,  thrust  into  the 
guard  house  and  threatened  with  instant  death  if  they  attempted 
to  escape.  They  were  handcuffed  in  pairs,  right  and  left,  all  bound 
together,  and  each  couple  tied  to  two  soldiers  with  ropes,  and  scut 
to  Easton  under  a  strong  guard ;  Col.  Armstrong  giving  the 
order,  as  they  were  about  to  start,  that  if  any  of  the  prisoners 
attempted  to  escape  the  whole  number  were  to  be  put  to  death 
immediately,  adding  that  the  government  would  indemnify  the 
guards  for  so  doing.  Going  up  the  mountain,  some  hung  back 
and  contrived  to  loosen  their  hands  and  cut  the  cords.  Two  escaped 
at  Larner's.  Mr.  Ross,  by  superior  activity,  took  leave  at  Heller's. 
The  rest  reached  Easton  and  were  lodged  in  jail. 


376  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Later,  in  more  peaceable  times,  Mr.  Ross  joined  the  militia 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  in  June,  1788,  was  captain  of  a  company 
located  at  Wilkes-Barre.    This  company,  with  three  others,  includ- 
ing a  troop  of  cavalry  under  Capt.  J.  P.  Schott,  were  ordered 
out  on  the  27th  of  June,  when  Col.  Pickering  was  abducted  for 
the  purpose  of  rescuing  him.     In  the  pursuit,  Capt.  Ross,  with 
fifteen  of  his  company,  in  ascending  the  east  bank  of  the  Susque- 
hanna, near  Meshoppen,  encountered  a  party  of  Yankees  under 
the  head  of  Gidean  Dudley.     In  the  action  which  ensued,  Capt. 
Ross  was  hit  by  a  ball  which  passed  through  his  body.     He  was 
removed  to  Wilkes-Barre,  where  he  slowly  recovered.     In  recogni- 
tion  of  his   services   on   this   occasion,  he  was  presented  by  the 
Supreme  Executive  Council  of  the  Commonwealth  with  a  hand- 
some  sword.      Engraved   thereon   was   the   following  inscription: 
"  The    Supreme  Executive   Council   presents   this   mark   of   their 
approbation  acquired  by  your  firmness   in   support  of  the  laws 
of  the  commonwealth  on  the  4th  of  July,  1788.     Charles  Biddle, 
Sec'y."    In  1789-90  Mr.  Ross  was  captain  of  the  Third  Company 
of  the  First  Battalion  of  Luzerne  county  militia,  commanded  by 
Lieut,  Col.  Matthias  Hollenbeck,  and  in  1790  was  elected  one  of 
the  first  justices  of  the  peace  for  the  Second  District  of  Luzerne 
county.     On  the  first  of  September,  1791,  he  was  appointed  for 
"  the  district  of  Wilkes-Barre  "  justice  of  the  peace  by  Governor 
Mifflin.     In  1800  he  was  appointed  brigade  inspector  of  the  2d 
Brigade,  composed  of  the  militia  of  the  counties  of  Northumber- 
land, Lycoming,  and  Luzerne,  to  hold  office  for  seven  years  from 
the  date  of  his  commission  (Apr.  25,  1800).     The  same  day  he 
was  appointed  brigadier  general  of  the  same  brigade,  an  office 
which  he  still  held  in  1812.     In  1812  he  was  chosen  senator  to 
represent  his  district  in  the  State  Legislature.     "In  1814  when 
the  British  threatened  an  attack  on  Baltimore,  five  companies  of 
the  militia  from  Luzerne  and  adjoining  counties  marched,"  a  de- 
tachment of  the  35th  Penn.  Regt.,  on  the  roll  of  which  his  name 
appears  as  a  private.     On  their  arrival  at  Danville  they  heard  of 
the  repulse  of  the  British  and  were  ordered  home. 

Gen.  Ross  was  appointed  postmaster  at  Wilkes-Barre  in  1832, 
an  office  he  held  until  1835.     In  1839  he  acted  as  secretary  of  a 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     377 

meeting  of  the  Luzerne  bar,  and  in  1842,  when  he  died,  the  court 
adjourned  to  attend  his  funeral. 

Elizabeth  (Sterling)  Ross  d.  in  Wilkes-Barre  May  16,  1816. 
Gen.  William  Ross  d.  there  Aug.  9,  1842.     They  were  first  buried 
in  the  Ross  private  family  burying  ground,  at  the  corner  of  South 
Washington  and  Hazle  streets,  but  their  bodies  were  afterwards 
removed  to  the  Hollenbeck  cemetery. 
Children,  born  in  Wilkes-Barre : 
493     Sarah  Sterling  Ross,  b.  Aug.  25,  1793;   d.  July  8,  1861; 
m.   Dr.   Edward  M.    Covell;   their  dau.    Martha  L. 
Covell  m.  Julius  S.  Catlin  of  Wilkes-Barre,  whose  son 
Sterling  Ross  Catlin  is   one  of  the  prominent  citi- 
zens   of   Wilkes-Barre,   being    elected    to    the   State 
Senate  of  Pennsylvania  in  Nov.,  1904. 

496  t  Caroline  Ann  Ross,  b.  Feb.  24,  1797;    m.   1st,  Samuel 

Maffet,  2d,  Elisha  Atherton. 

497  t Eliza  Irene  Ross,  b.  Aug.  25,  1799;   m.  Peter  P.  Loop. 

498  t  William  Sterling  Ross,  b.  Aug.  11,  1802;   m.  Ruth  Tripp 

Slocum. 

217  JAMES  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Sterling 
City,  Dec.  25,  1770 ;  m.  Dec.  3,  1795,  Mabel  Chester,  b.  in  Mont- 
ville,  Conn.,  Nov.  11,  1771,  dau.  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Otis) 
Chester.1 

1  The  Ancestry  and  Family  of  Mabel  Chester 

In  1663  Capt.  Samuel  Chester  "commander  and  owner"  and  factor  in  the  West 
Indian  trade  arrived  in  Boston  and  located  at  New  London,  Conn.,  at  the  same  time 
carrying  on  some  business  in  Boston  for  a  few  years.  He  was  skilled  in  surveying  as 
well  as  navigation,  which  was  of  great  service  to  him  in  laying  out  lands  in  the  new 
settlements. 

He  had  large  landed  estates,  partly  where  Groton,  Conn.,  now  stands  and  cover- 
ing ground  where  Fort  Griswold  and  Groton  monuments  are  erected,  also  large  tracts 
to  the  north  and  south  of  Groton  Point,  now  called  Eastern  Point,  on  which  his  sons 
Abraham,  John,  and  Jonathan  settled  and  reared  large  families. 

Capt.  Samuel  Chester  also  held  a  large  tract  in  the  North  Parish  of  New  London, 
now  Montville,  on  which  his  grandson  Joseph  settled. 

Jonathan  Chester  son  of  Capt.  Samuel,  who  m.  Jan.  2,  1723-2-1,  Mary  Rogers, 
sold  the  land  where  Ft.  Griswold  stands  to  the  U.  S.  Government  in  1777.  A  deed  to 
Capt.  Samuel  Chester  was  signed  by  Uncas,  an  Indian  chieftain,  June  13,  1683,  of  a 
grant  of  several  thousand  acres  in  Colchester,  Conn. 

Capt.  Samuel  m.  Hannah .    His  children  as  far  as  known  were:   John,  b. 

about  1690;  another  child  bapt.  at  New  London,  May  29,  1692;  Hannah,  bapt.  Mar. 
25,  1694;  Jonathan,  bapt.  Mar.  21,  1697.  John  Chester  m.  Nov.  1,  1716,  Marry 
Starr,  and  had  Joseph  Chester,  b.  in  1731.    Joseph  Chester  settled  in  the  north  parish 


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Shortly    after    his    marriage    James,    in    company    with    his 
brother-in-law    Christopher   Lee,   migrated   to   Lima,   Livingston 

Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  Samuel  Ster- 
ling had  settled. 

The  following  is  written  by 
James'  son,  Lord  Sterling,  in  his 
100th  year: 

"  My  father  was  one  of  the 
pioneers  of  Lima,  at  that  time 
a  part  of  Ontario  County,  Can- 
andagua  being  the  county  seat ; 
but  afterwards,  somewhere  near 
1820  it  was  transferred  to  Liv- 
ingston, a  new  county,  with 
Geneseo  its  county  seat." 

"  He  located  in  the  eastern 
part  of  Lima,  bought  a  farm 
with  a  small  improvement  con- 
sisting of  a  few  cultivated  acres 
and  the  inevitable  log  cabin. 
With  this  exception  my  father's 
farm  like  most  of  his  neighbors' 
was  a  '  vast  wilderness  with  a 
boundless  contiguity  of  shade.' : 

"  Hard  labor  and  persever- 
ance, which  are  usually  the  only 
industrial  forces  of  the  original  farmer,  soon  transformed  these 
rugged  beginnings  into  a  cultivated  farm  of  200  acres,  with  the 

of  New  London,  now  Montville,  where  he  was  a  farmer  and  large  landholder.  His 
residence  was  on  what  is  now  called  "Raymond  Hill."  (History  of  Montville,  Conn., 
Henry  A.  Baker,  1896.) 

Joseph  Chester  was  b.  Mar.  17,  1731;  d.  Aug.  4,  1803;  m.  1st,  Apr.  4,  1753, 
Rachel  Hillhouse,  dau.  of  Rev.  James  and  Mary  (Fitch)  Hillhouse,  who  d.  Apr.  8, 
1754,  leaving  one  child,  Mary  Chester,  b.  Jan.  17,  1754,  who  d.  June  11,  1765.  Joseph 
m.  2d,  Apr.  21,  1757,  Elizabeth  Otis,  b.  Oct.  11,  1740,  dau.  of  Dea.  Joseph  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Little)  Otis,  who  d.  Nov.  2,  1798.  Children  by  Elizabeth  were:  Joseph  Chester, 
Jr.,  b.  Jan.  27,  1758,  m.  Elizabeth  Lee  (see  No.  213) ;  Rachel  Chester,  b.  June  12, 
1759,  m.  Jared  Comstock;  Elizabeth  Chester,  b.  May  23,  1761,  m.  1st,  Ezekiel  Fox, 

2d, Adgate;  Levi  Chester,  b.  Feb.  13,  1763,  d.  June  2,  1811;  Mercy,  b.  Oct.  5, 

1764,  m.  1st,  Jonathan  Whaley,  2d,  Elisha  Lord;  Otis  Chester,  b.  Aug.  24,  1766,  d. 
Feb.  28,  1816 ;  David  Chester,  b.  Apr.  23,  1768,  m.  Prudy  Fox ;  Molly  (or  Mary)  Ches- 
ter, b.  Feb.  27,  1770,  m.  Asahel  Otis;  Mabel  Chester,  b.  Nov.  11,  1771,  m.  James  Ster- 
ling; Caroline  Chester,  b.  Aug.  27,  1773,  m.  Oct.  1,  1795,  John  Smith;  John  Chester, 
b.  Oct.  7, 1775,  d.  Oct.  3, 1796 ;  Olive  Chester,  b.  Mar.  12, 1777,  m.  Nov.  23,  1796,  Wm. 
Hanghton;  Lucinda  Chester,  b.  Feb.  8,  1779,  d.  Feb.  19,  1801,  at  James  Sterling's; 


James  Sterling 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     379 

usual  accessories  of  fruit-bearing  orchards  and  such  architec- 
tural structures  and  facilities  as  the  comtort  and  welfare  of  a 
farmer's  family  may  require." 

"  And  this  is  the  condition  of  the  well-to-do  farmer." 
"  In  1845  I  had  the  opportunity  of  visiting  the  antiquated  resi- 
dence of  my  grandfather  Samuel  Sterling  in  Lyme,  Conn.     I  was 
surprised  to  find  that  it  was  but  a  duplicate  of  my  father's  in 
Lima,  the  regulation  model  of  a  Colonial  farmhouse." 

Mrs.  Sterling  d.  at  Lima  Aug.  1,  1853.     James  Sterling  d. 
there  Dec.  27,   1862,  where  both  are  buried. 
Children : 

499  f  John  Chester  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  15,  1797;    m.  1st,  Lucre- 

tia  Leach ;   2d,  Nancy  Crossgrove ;   3d,  Ruth  Phelps. 

500  t  James  Justin  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  23,  1799;    m.   Caroline 

Wright. 

501  t  Samuel  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  29,  1801 ;   m.  Cornelia  Lathrop. 

502  Joseph   Sterling,  b.   Apr.   30,   1803;    m.   Feb.   3,   1828, 

Esther  Carpenter.  Joseph  settled  on  a  farm  at 
Three  Rivers,  Mich.,  where  he  d.  Nov.  28,  1854. 
No  issue. 

503  tLord  Sterling,  b.  May  14,  1805;    m.  Ellen  E.   Sterling 

(No.  525). 

504  tLucy  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  1,  1807;    m.  Eli  Bristol. 

505  t Mabel  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  3,  1810;    m.  William  Mead. 

506  Levi  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  14,  1813  ;  d.  at  Lima,  Dec.  21,  1829. 

507  tAdoniram  Sterling,  b.  May  5,  1816;    m.  Hannah  Ster- 

ling, No.  526. 

218  RUTH  PERKINS  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at 
Sterling  City,  Sept.  27,  1773 ;  m.  Nov.  11,  1792,  Joseph  Atwell,  b. 
in  Montville,  Conn.,  Feb.  29,  1768,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Mary 
Ann  (Lee)  Atwell x  of  Montville.     (Church  record  for  the  North 

Dorothy  Chester,  b.  Feb.  7,  1781,  m.  Dr.  Ephrakn  Fellowes;  Anna  Chester,  b.  July 
81,  17S3,  d.  Oct.  26,  1803;  Sally  Chester,  b.  Jan.  12,  1785,  m.  Feb.  24,  1811,  Elisha 
Forsyth,  d.  Apr.  17,  1862.  {See  Samuel  L.  Sterling,  No.  524.)  Joseph  and  Elizabeth 
Chester  reared  in  their  family  Ezekiel  Fox,  b.  June  18,  1781,  and  Lemuel  Lee  Chester, 
b.  Aug.  10,  1786. 

1  Ancestry  of  Joseph  Atwell 

Benjamin  Atwell  of  New  London,  Conn.,  1663;   wife  Mary;    constable  of  the 
town,  1675,  d.  there  1683;  had,  the  eldest  of  eight  children,  Benjamin,  b.  al  out  1668, 

m.  Mary ,  d.  1723.    His  son  Joseph,  youngest  of  six  children,  b.  J  line  26,  1710;  in. 

Mar.  27,  1734,  Martha  Conistock,  b.  about  1715;  dau.  of  Samuel  and  Martha  (Jon<  - 
Comstock.     Their  son  Benjamin,  eldest  of  two  children,  b.  1735;  m.  Mary  Ann  Lte 


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Society  at  Lyme  says :   "  Mr.  Joseph  Atwell  of  Montville  to  Miss 

Ruth  Sterlin  of  Lyme.") 

Mr.  Atwell  removed  to  Hebron,  Conn.,  from  Montville,  about 

1800,  and  thence  to  Pharsalia,  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in   1809. 

He  was  a  blacksmith  and  also 
a  farmer.  His  carved  powder- 
horn,  made  by  Stephen  Rogers 
at  Lake  George  in  1758  and 
a  sampler  made  by  Ruth  (on 
which  she  spells  her  name  "Ruth 
P.  Starlin")  in  1788  at  the 
age  of  fifteen,  are  (in  1901) 
in  possession  of  Mr.  Charles 
B.  Atwell  of  Evanston,  111. 
Ruth  was  known  at  the  time 
of  her  death  and  afterwards 
as  "  Mrs.  Pious  Atwell,"  a  child 
so  describing  her  at  her  fu- 
neral. Joseph  d.  in  Pharsalia, 
Mar.  26,  1843;  Ruth  d.  at  the 
home  of  her  daughter  Caroline 
July  6,  1861.  Both  buried  in 
Pharsalia. 


Mrs.  Ruth  (Sterling)  Atwell 


Their  children  were: 

508  Lydia  Atwell,  b.  in  1793  at  Montville;    d.  in  1795. 

509  t Eliza  Atwell,  b.  Mar.  6,  1795;    m.  Henry  Coggeshall. 

510  t  James  Atwell,  b.  Jan.   11,  1797;    m.  Fanny  Frink. 

511  Joseph  Atwell,  b.  in  1799;   d.  in  1800  at  Montville. 

512  tMariam  Atwell,  b.  Feb.  13,  1802;    m.  Elias  Widger. 

513  t Daniel  Lee  Atwell,  b.  Apr.  7,  1804;    m.  Mehitable  June. 

514  t Benjamin  Atwell,  b.  May  12,  1806;    m.  Ruby  Sage. 

515  Samuel  Sterling  Atwell,  b.  in  Hebron,  Conn.,  in  1808 ;   m. 

1st,  Esther  Brown,  2d,  Eliza  Cheeseboro.  Samuel 
was  a  machinist;  worked  in  the  car  shops  at  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  where  he  d.  in  1890;  had  two  children 
who  d.  young. 

dau.  of  Benjamin  Lee  of  Lyme  (see  No.  213).  He  d.  May  12,  1806,  at  Montville, 
Conn.;  she  d.  in  Dec.,  1821,  aged  83  years.  Their  son  Joseph,  b.  Feb.  29,  1768;  m. 
Ruth  P.  Sterling. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     381 


516  William  Ross  Atwell,  b.  in  Pharsalia  in  1811;  d.  at 
Joliet,  111.,  in  1836;  left  one  child,  Eliza  Atwell,  who 
m.  a  Mr.  Plumb. 

518  tOnesimus   Mead  Atwell,  b.   June  10,  1813;    m.  Hannah 

Coakley. 

519  t  Caroline   Ruth   Atwell,  b.   Feb.   16,    1816;    m.   William 

Sage. 

219  LUCY  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Sterling 
City,  Dec.  9,  1775 ;  m.  Christopher  Lee,  b.  Oct.  23,  1772,  eldest 
son  of  Martin  and  Sabia  (Miner)  Lee  of  Lyme.  (See  No.  213.) 
They  removed  to  Lima,  N.  Y.,  in  company  with  or  at  about  the 
time  that  Lucy's  brother  James  went  there  in  1799,  and  settled 
on  a  farm  adjoining.  Lucy  returned  to  Lyme  on  a  visit  and  d. 
there  June  18,  1802.  She  is  buried  in  the  Sterling  City  burying 
ground.  Christopher  m.  2d  Rebecca  Marvin,  b.  in  1780,  dau.  of 
Enoch  and  Ruth  (Ely)  Marvin,  who  d.  May  15,  I860.  Enoch 
Marvin,  b.  in  1747,  m.  the  dau.  of  Wells  Ely,  Lyme.  He  d.  in 
Missouri  about  1842 ;  he  was  a  son  of  James  Marvin,  b.  May  26, 
1713,  son  of  Capt.  Reynold  and  a  brother  of  Elisha,  whose  son 
Joseph  m.  Phebe  Sterling  (No.  252).  Christopher  Lee  d.  Apr. 
22,  1839,  and  is  buried  by  the  side  of  his  second  wife  at  Lima, 
N.  Y. 

Children  of  Lucy  and  Christopher  Lee: 

520  Harriet  Lee,  b.  about  1800;   m.  Abel  Bristol,  a  well-to-do 

farmer.  They  resided  in  Lima  for  about  twenty 
years,  then  removed  to  Leroy,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d. 
Harriet  then  removed  to  Chicago,  111.  Her  eldest 
child  was  Lucy,  b.  about  1822. 
522  Martin  Lee,  b.  about  1801,  m.  in  Lima,  N.  Y.,  and  re- 
moved about  1825  to  the  township  of  Southfield, 
Oakland  Co.,  Mich.,  and  settled  on  the  S.  E.  quarter 
of  Sec.  7. 

220  LORD  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Sterling 

City,  Apr.  3,  1780;    m.  Mar.  29,  1807,  Polly  Palmer,  b.  Dec.  3, 

1786,  dau.  of  Levi  and  Elizabeth  (Cone)  Palmer1  of  East  Had- 

dam,  Conn. 

1  Ancestry  of  Polly  Palmer 

Walter  Palmer,  b.  in  England  about  1.585,  came  to  New  England  in  1628,  settled  at 
Charlestown,  Mass.,  1629;   built  the  first  house  there,  constable  of  the  town  in  1033 
charged  with  the  killing  of  Austin  Bratehcr  in  1630. 

He  m.  first,  in  England,  wife's  name  unknown;  m.  2d,  June  1,  1633,  Rebecca 


382  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Lord  Sterling  removed  from  Lyme  to  Pitcher,  Chenango  Co., 
N.  Y.,  in  1811.  At  the  first  town-meeting  held  for  Pitcher,  Mar. 
6,  1827,  he  was  elected  pound  master  and  one  of  three  fence 
viewers.  Here  Mr.  Sterling  resided  for  twenty-four  years,  until 
1835,  when  he  moved  to  Lima,  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  his 
half  brothers,  Samuel  and  James,  and  half-sister,  Lucy,  already 
lived.     He  was  a  farmer. 

Mrs.  Sterling  d.  in  Lima,  Mar.  7,  1859;  Mr.  Sterling  d. 
there  Feb.  11,  1866. 

Children,  born  in  Lyme  and  in  Chenango  Co. : 

523  tMary  Ann  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  23,  1807;    m.  Dr.  Austin 

Peirce. 

524  t  Samuel  Levi  Sterling,  b.  May  12,  1809;    m.  Lucinda  S. 

Forsyth. 

Short,  who  came  to  New  England  in  1632.  In  1643  he  removed  to  Plymouth  Colony 
and  with  others  organized  the  town  of  Rehoboth,  Mass.  He  was  elected  the  first 
deputy  and  was  made  selectman  many  times. 

When  an  old  man  he  removed  to  Stonington,  Conn.,  and  settled  at  a  place  called 
Wequetequock.  He  d.  Nov.  10,  1661.  The  old  church  records  of  Roxbury,  Mass., 
contain  the  following:  "Rebecca  Short  came  in  the  year  1632  and  married  Walter 
Palmer,  a  godly  man  of  Charlestown  church  which  they  joined  1  June,  1633." 

His  fifth  child  was  Jonas  or  Jonah,  b.  in  England,  came  to  America  with  his  father 
in  1628;  m.  Elizabeth  Grissell,  May  3,  16.55,  and  moved  soon  afterwards  to  Rehoboth, 
Mass.,  where  he  remained  the  rest  of  his  life ;  he  m.  2d,  Abigail  Titus. 

His  second  child,  one  of  six,  was  Samuel,  b.  Nov.  22,  1659;  m.  Jan.  12,  1681, 
Elizabeth  Kingsbury  and  removed  to  that  part  of  Windham  Co.,  Conn.,  now  known 
as  Scotland.  They  had  eleven  children,  of  whom  Samuel,  b.  Jan.  4,  1684  (twin  with 
John,  who  d.  next  day),  was  the  second.  He  m.  Hepsibeth  Abbe  and  had  Rev.  John 
Palmer,  who  m.  1st,  in  Windham,  Conn.,  May  18,  1749,  Esther  Cleveland,  who  d.  Oct. 
28,  1754,  aged  twenty-seven.  She  had  one  child,  Levi,  b.  Feb.  7,  1750.  He  m.  2d, 
Oct.  28,  1755,  Lydia  Eames,  by  whom  he  had  five  children.  The  Rev.  John  Palmer 
was  a  noted  Separatist  minister  of  Canterbury,  Conn. 

Levi  Palmer  m.  1767,  Elizabeth  Cone,  b.  1751,  dau.  of  Capt.  Jonah  Cone,  b.  1721, 
d.  1809,  and  Elizabeth  (Gates)  Cone,  b.  1724,  d.  1802.  Their  dau.  Polly,  b.  Dec.  3, 
1786,  m.  Lord  Sterling. 

Moses  Cleveland,  probably  b.  in  Ipswich,  Eng.,  about  1624,  came  to  America  in 
1635 ;  m.  in  Woburn,  Mass.,  Sept.  26,  1648,  Ann  Winn,  b.  about  1626,  dau.  of  Edward 
and  Joanna  Winn.  He  d.  in  Woburn,  Jan.  9, 1702.  She  d.  before  1682.  Their  son 
Aaron,  b.  in  Woburn,  Jan.  10,  1645,  m.  1st,  at  Woburn,  Sept.  26,  1675,  Dorcas  Wilson, 
b.  Jan.  29,  1657,  dau.  of  John  and  Hannah  (James)  Wilson. 

Aaron  was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  War;  he  d.  in  Woburn,  Sept.  14,  1716 ;  she 
d.  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  Nov.  29,  1714.  Their  son  Benjamin,  b.  in  Woburn,  May  16, 
1701;  m.  prior  to  Feb.  13,  1724,  Ann  Church  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  b.  in  1673,  dau.  of 
John  and  Sarah  (Beckley)  Church;  he  d.  in  1749;  she  d.  at  Windham,  Conn.,  Oct. 
21,  1754.  Their  dau.  Esther,  b.  in  Canterbury,  Conn.,  Nov.  5,  1727;  m.  Rev.  John 
Palmer. 

(Genealogies  and  Estates  of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  Wyman;  Savage's  Gene.  Dic- 
tionary; Cleveland  Gene.,  Vol.  1;  Hist,  of  Stonington,  Conn.,  R.  A.  Wheeler.) 


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WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     383 

525  tEllen  Elizabeth  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  2,  1810;   m.  Lord  Ster- 

ling.    (See  No.  503.) 

526  'Oliver    Lord    Sterling,    b.    Sept.    29,    1812;     m.    Jane 

MacWhorter. 

527  f  George  Stow  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  15,  1815;   m.  1st,  Martha 

A.  Backus,  2d,  Emilv  A.  Carter. 

528  t  Hannah  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  3,  1817;  m.  Adoniram  Sterling. 

(See  No.  507.) 

529  'Sarah  Wakely  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  9,  1819;  m.  Dr.  Worthy 

S.  Streator. 

530  tHarriet  Ann  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  9,  1821;    m.  Ely  Phelps. 

531  t  James  Monroe  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  3,  1824;    m.  Helen  M. 

Eldredge. 

532  tEsther  Maria  Sterling,  b.  Feb.   5,  1826;    m.  Henry  C. 

Phelps. 

533  tTheressa  Caroline  Sterling,  b.  June  25,  1828;   m.  Frank 

H.  Barnard. 

224     ZEBULON  ELY  (Sarah,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in 
Lyme,  Conn.,  Feb.  6,  1759;    m.  in  1783,  Sarah  Apame  Mills,  b. 
in  1763,  dau.  of  Elisha  and  Mary  (De  Forest)  Mills  of  Stratford, 
Conn.     Zebulon  d.  in  1824;    Sarah  d.  in  1842. 
Children : 

534  Mary  Ely,  b.  Aug.  30,  1784 ;   m.  Nov.  15,  1809,  Gerard 

Lathrop  ;   d.  1879.     (See  Lathrop  Gene.) 

535  Ezra  Stiles  Ely,  b.  June  13,  1786;  m.  in  1814,  Mary  Ann 

Carswell.  Ezra,  D.D.,  one  of  the  founders  of  Jef- 
ferson Medical  College,  d.  in  Philadelphia,  Penn., 
June  18,  1861.    His  2d  wife  was  Caroline  T.  Holmes. 

536  Elisha  Mills  Ely,  b.  in  1787 ;    m.  in  1818,  Catharine  E. 

Boode;  d.  in  1832. 

537  Sarah  Ely,  b.  in  1789;  d.  in  1831. 

538  Julia  Ely,  b.  July  24,  1791 ;   m.  Sept.  24,  1812,  Zabdial 

Hyde,  b.  in  Lebanon,  Conn.,  Sept.  24,  1786,  son  of 
Col.  Zabdial  and  Mary  (Lyman)  Hyde. 

(See  Hyde  Gene.) 

539  Aurclia  Ely,  b.  in  1793;    m.  in  1816,  John'W.  Carring- 

ton,  d.  in  1838. 

540  Laura  Ely,  b.  in  1796;    m.  in  1812,  Jonathan  L.  Hyde, 

brother  of  Zabdial.     She  d.  in  1875. 

541  George  Fitch  Ely,  b.   in   1798;    m.   in   1819,   Lucy  T. 

Loomis ;    d.   in   1850. 

542  Abby  Eliza  Ely,  b.  in  1800 ;   d.  in  1822. 


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543  David  De  Forest  Ely,  b.  in  1802  ;  m.  in  1835,  Jane  Chan- 

cellor;   d.  in  1848. 

544  Jonathan  Trumbull  Ely,  b.  in  1802;  m.  Mary  M.  Midge- 

ley;    d.  in  1851. 

545  Harriet  Cornelia  Ely,  b.  in  1804  ;    m.  William  Green  ;   d. 

in  1851. 

226  ANNA  ELY  (Anna,  Daniel,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Lyme, 
Sept.  15,  1764,  m.  in  1786,  Caleb  Champlin,  b.  in  Lyme  in  1759, 
son  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth  (Latham)  Champlin.  Caleb  d.  in 
1840. 

Children : 

546  t  Christopher  Champlin,  b.  Feb.  6,  1787;    m.  Betsey  Ster- 

ling Lee.     (See  No.  466.) 

547  John  Seabury  Champlin,  b.  in  1788;    d.  in  1808. 

548  Benjamin  Ely  Champlin,  b.  in  1790;    m.  in  1817,  Clar- 

issa H.  Williams;    2d,  in  1858,  Elizabeth  Cone;    d. 
in  1877. 

549  Eliza  Champlin,  b.  in  1795  ;  m.  James  Dill;  d.  in  1871. 

550  William  Edward  Champlin,  b.  in  1804;   m.  in  1827,  Jane 

Hathorn;    d.  in  1828. 

227  BENJAMIN  ELY  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme,  July 
18,  1767;  m.  in  1796,  Polly  Pettibone  of  Bloomfield,  Conn.,  b. 
in  1776,  dau.  of  Dudley  and  Mary  (Latimer)  Pettibone.  She  d. 
in  1850. 

Children : 

551  Ezra  Stiles  Ely,  b.  in  1797 ;    m.  in  1835,  Rachel  Smith ; 

2d,  in  1837,  Lavinia  Cornish;    d.  in  1863. 

552  Edwin  Dwight  Ely,  b.  in  1798  ;  d.  in  1832. 

553  Mary  Ann  Ely,  b.  in  1800;    d.  in  1875. 

554  Henry  Ely,  b.  in  1802 ;    m.  in  1833,  Caroline  St.  John ; 

d.  in  1849. 

555  Seth  Ely,  b.  in  1805 ;   d.  in  1828. 

556  Nathan  Close  Ely,  b.  in  1807 ;    m.  in  1834,  Elizabeth  G. 

Olmsted. 

557  Rosetta  Ely,  b.  in  1809;   d.  in  1831. 

558  Nancy  Humphrey  Ely,  b.  in  1813 ;    m.  in  1846,  Nathan 

F.  Miller ;  d.  in  1877. 

559  Dudley  Pettibone  Ely,  b.  in  1817 ;    m.  in  1844,  Caroline 

W.  Phelps. 

228  ISRAEL  ELY  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme,  June  12, 
1770 ;   m.  in  1792,  Eunice  Mindwell  Noyes,  b.  in  Lyme,  Aug.  6, 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     385 

1767,  dau.  of  Moses  and  Hannah  (Selden)  Noyes,  great-grand- 
dau.  of  the  Rev.  Moses  Noyes,  first  minister  of  Lyme  (b.  1645 ;  d. 
1729)  and  his  wife  Ruth  Brewster  Picket.  Israel  removed  to 
Sharon,  Conn.,  in  1801,  to  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  in  Oct.,  1818,  and  in 
1833  to  Cheektowaga,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  Jan.  4,  1855.  Eunice 
d.  there  Oct.  7,  1858. 
Children : 

560  Eunice  Ely,  b.  in  1793;   d.  in  1844. 

561  Hannah  Ely,  b.  in  1794 ;    m.  in  1824,  Samuel  Hunn ;    d. 

in   1858. 

562  Judah  Ely,  b.  May  6,  1796;    m.  Dec.  31,  1822,  Irene 

Stetson  of  Dorchester,  Mass. ;  2d,  in  1835,  Harriet 
J.  D.  Fearson;  3d,  in  1839,  Caroline  Courtier.  He 
was  a  graduate  of  Williams  College,  1820,  of  An- 
dover  Theological  Seminary,  1823;  d.  in  Philadel- 
phia, Penn.,  Oct.  7,  1843.  Had  Richard  T.,  d. 
young;  Ezra  Sterling,  Augusta  E.  Ezra  Sterling 
m.  Harriet  G.  Mason  and  d.  in  Fredonia,  N.  Y.,  Apr. 
15,  1899.  He  was  the  father  of  Richard  Theodore 
Ely,  Ph.D.,  L.L.D.,  of  the  University  of  Wiscon- 
sin, economist.  (National  Encyclopedia  of  Am. 
Biog. ;  Appleton's  Biog.  Dictionary,  etc.)  Ezra 
was  also  father  of  George  Stetson  Ely,  Ph.D.,  of 
Washington. 

569  Israel  Noyes  Ely,  b.  in  1798;    m.  in  1825,  Emily  Beck- 

with  ;  2d,  in  1829,  Caroline  Fowler  ;  d.  in  1873. 

570  Calvin  Ely,  b.  in  1799;   m.  in  1822,  Martha  T.  Grinncll ; 

d.  in  1877. 

571  Anna  Ely,  b.  in  1802;    m.  in  1840,  John  B.  Carpenter; 

d.  in  1853. 

572  Ezra  Sterling  Ely,  b.  in  1804 ;    m.  in  1843,  Theresa  O. 

North. 

573  Mary  Ann  Ely. 

574  Enoch  Selden  Ely. 

(Further  information  regarding  the  Ely  descendants  may  be 
found  in  the  Genealogy  of  the  Descendants  of  Richard  Ely  of 
Lyme,  1902.) 

240  SETH  STERLIN  (Joseph,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  at 
Sterling  City,  Lyme,  Conn.,  Mar.  18,  1763;  m.  1st,  Dec.  27, 
1785,  Polly  Brewster,  b.  in  1767,  dau.  of  Ephraim  Brewster,  a 
descendant  of  Elder  Brewster  who  came  over  in  the  Mayflower. 


386  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Ephraim  came  to  Woodstock,  Vt.,  from  Preston,  Conn.,  in  1775, 
and  purchased  land  next  to  that  later  owned  by  Elder  Sterlin ; 
he  d.  May  10,  1810,  aged  79;  he  m.  Margery,  dau.  of  Paul 
Parks  of  Preston,  Conn.,  who  d.  Feb.,  1841,  aged  98  yrs.,  2  mos. 
Polly  (Brewster)  Sterlin  d.  July  23,  1795.  Seth  m.  2d,  Jan.  4, 
1796,  Mrs.  Huldah  Tinkham,  b.  in  1766,  who  d.  Apr.  22,  1818; 
he  m.  3d,  Nov.  18,  1818,  Mrs.  Lucy  (Woods)  [Wing]  Ham- 
mond, b.  in  1767. 

"  Seth  Sterlin  at  the  age  of  sixteen  was  drafted  for  six  months' 
service  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  He  went  to  New  London  and 
assisted  in  finishing  the  forts  and  barracks  and  in  mounting  the 
guns.  In  1782  he  came  with  his  father  to  Woodstock  (Vt.).  In 
1788  he  began  working  at  his  trade  of  blacksmith  which  he  learned 
under  his  father,  setting  up  a  shop  on  ground  afterward  occu- 
pied by  Dr.  Buckman.  In  1791  he  was  appointed  Quartermaster 
Sergeant  by  Col.  Jesse  Safford  in  the  3d  Regt.,  3d  Brigade,  Ver- 
mont militia.  He  had  previously  been  a  member  of  the  military 
company  called  '  the  troops,'  organized  in  Woodstock,  Feb.  1, 
1785." 

"  In  1793  he  broke  up  from  his  old  stand  in  the  South  Village 
and  moved  into  School  Dist.  No.  14  .  .  .  where  he  followed  his 
trade  as  blacksmith  and  devoted  part  of  his  time  to  farming. 
At  his  trade  he  showed  himself  inventive  and  skilful  like  his 
father." 

"  But  Seth  Sterlin  was  now  about  to  make  a  great  change  in 
his  course  of  life.  Not  far  from  1804  he  became  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  Woodstock  and  at  Barnard,  May 
17,  1807,  he  was  ordained  a  deacon  in  that  church  by  Francis 
Asbury,  Bishop.  He  preached  in  the  society  for  a  number  of 
years  as  occasion  presented  but  becoming  dissatisfied  with  the 
mode  of  government  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  he  with- 
drew and  united  with  the  Methodist  Reformed  Church;  he  was 
ordained  Elder  in  that  church  the  fourth  day  of  February,  1815. 
In  1833  his  name  was  placed  on  the  pension  roll  and  thereafter 
he  received  a  yearly  pension  of  $12  so  long  as  he  lived.  At 
his  death  it  was  remarked  of  him  that  for  nearly  fifty  years  he 
had  been  engaged  in  the  ministry   as   a  preacher  of  the  gospel 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     387 


and  in  this  character  few  had  been  called  upon  to  administer 
its  consolations  to  the  afflicted  more  frequently  than  he."  (His- 
tory of  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Henry  S.  Dana.)  Seth  Sterlin  d.  Apr. 
27,  1846.  His  third  wife,  Mrs.  Lucy  Sterlin,  d.  Aug.  23,  1846. 
Children  by  his  first  marriage : 

575  Lucy  Sterlin,  b.  June  28,  1786;    m.  Jonathan  Webster; 

had  issue. 

576  tDavid  Sterlin,  b.  June  19,  1788;   m.  Fanny  Lord. 
By  second  marriage: 

577  t  William  Sterlin,  b.  Jan.  19,  1799;   m.  1st,  Drusilla  Ham- 

mond, 2d,  Almira  Hammond. 

578  tBetsy  Sterlin,  b.  Mar.  28,  1801;   m.  Amos  Pelton. 

579  Polly  Sterlin,  b.  July  12,  1805;    lived  and  d.  in  the  old 

home  unm.  July  17,  1876. 

580  Abigail  Sterlin,  b.  Aug.  5,  1810;   d.  Feb.  23,  1812. 

241  HANNAH  STERLIN  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Sterling 
City,  Sept.  21,  1765 ;  m.  in  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Jan.  24,  1785,  Sam- 
uel Way,  b.  Jan.  8,  1762,  son  of  John  and  Abigail  (Spofford) 
Way.  Hannah's  father,  Joseph,  owned  a  peach  orchard  at  Ster- 
ling City.  When  a  child,  she  one  day  accidentally  swallowed  a 
peach  pit  which  came  near  bringing  her  life  to  an  immediate 
close.  In  after  years  when  she  became  discouraged  or  things  did 
not  please  her,  she  would  say  that  she  wished  she  had  died  when  she 
swallowed  the  peach   stone. 

She  was  the  only  woman  of  her  father's  family  who  accompan- 
ied him  and  the  party  with  which  they  migrated  to  Woodstock, 
Vt.,  in  1781,  the  remainder  of  the  family  following  the  next  year. 
She  rode  the  entire  distance  of  two  hundred  miles  on  horseback. 
She  kept  house  for  her  father  this  first  winter  in  the  corner  of 
a  gristmill,  where  she  spun  enough  flax  for  use  during  a  consider- 
able period.  Samuel  was  a  farmer  at  Lyman,  N.  H.  He  lost  the 
use  of  one  of  his  eyes  in  an  encounter  with  a  neighbor  named 
Moulton,  who  disagreed  with  him  in  politics.  He  d.  at  Lyman, 
Apr.  18,  1822.     Hannah  d.  in  Monroe,  N.  H.,  June  2,  1850. 

Children : 

581  tAmos  S.  Wray,  b.  Dec.  10,  1785;   m.  Sally  Simons. 

582  Lydia  Way,  b.  July  30,  1787 ;    m.  Daniel  Moore  ami  had 

issue:     Samuel,   Daniel,   David,    William,    and    Mar- 
garet.    Margaret  d.  unm.  in  Lisbon,  N.  H. ;  Samuel 


388  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

was  a  physician,  went  West ;   David  lived  in  Ludlow, 
Vt.     Lydia  d.  Apr.  10,  1828. 

588  Dan  Way,  b.  Mar.  2,  1789;    d.  Nov.  24,  1791. 

589  Samuel  Way,  b.  Mar.  24,  1791 ;   d.  Aug.  2,  1796. 

590  Phebe  Way,  b.  Feb.  11,  1793;    m.  Dec.  1,   1826,  

Hunt,  and  had  one  son,  Elijah. 

592  Bradley  Way,  b.  Mar.  13,  1795;   d.  unm.  Jan.  24,  1823. 

593  John  Way,  b.  Sept.   20,  1798;    m.  Lucy  Durgin;    had 

issue,  five  sons :  George,  who  d.  young,  Frank  and 
Bradley,  who  removed  to  Michigan,  and  two  others. 
597  Hannah  Way,  b.  Feb.  13,  1801 ;  m.  in  1823,  David  Sim- 
mons ;  removed  to  Great  Valley,  N.  Y.  Had  two 
sons,  Samuel  and  Bradley. 

600  Anna  Way,  b.  Feb.  9,  1805 ;    m.  Jacob  Jones  and  d.  in 

N.  Y.  State  July  9,   1849,  without  issue. 

601  Mary  Way,  b.  Feb.   4,   1807;    m.   and  lived  in  Boston. 

Had  one  dau.,  who  married  a  grocer  named  Buffum 
of  Boston. 

603  Abigail  Way,  b.  Jan.  21,  1809;  d.  unm.  May  9,  1867. 

242  SARAH  STERLIN  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Sterling 
City,  Aug.  23,  1766;  m.  about  1788  Abiah  Rice,  b.  Nov.  10, 
1759-60. 

Abiah  Rice,  although  a  lad  not  yet  sixteen  years  old,  shoul- 
dered a  musket  and  marched  to  Boston  and  took  part  in  the  Battle 
of  Bunker  Hill,  June  17,  1775.  He  received  a  bullet  wound  in 
the  neck.  To  his  descendants  he  is  known  as  "  Sergeant."  He 
and  his  wife  lived  at  South  Woodstock,  Vt.,  at  Reading  and  neigh- 
boring towns.  He  d.  Apr.  26,  1845.  Mrs.  Sarah  Rice  d.  Feb.  6, 
1864,  in  her  98th  year.  At  her  death  she  was  one  of  the  last 
Revolutionary  pensioners  in  the  State.  They  are  buried  at 
Hammondsville. 

Children : 

604  tAra  B.  Rice,  b.  Aug.  8,  1789;    m.  1st, ,  2d, 

Polly  Lindsey. 

605  Irene  Rice,  b.  May  26,  1793 ;    d.  unm.  Sept.  9,  1842. 

606  t  Sarah  Rice,  b.  Aug.  5,  1800;    m.  Arnold  Goddard. 

607  tCalista  Rice,  b.  Feb.  25,  1805;    m.  Jefferson  Baldwin. 

243  JOSEPH  STERLIN  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Sterling 
City,  Nov.  28, 1770 ;  "  married  to  Lucy  Killam,  both  of  Woodstock, 
Vermont,  on  the  26th  day  of  March,  1793,  by  Jabez  Cottle,  Esq." 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     389 

She  was  b.  in  Woodstock,  Jan.  6,  1777,  probably  the  dau.  of 
Charles  Killam,  who  moved  to  Woodstock  from  Hartland,  Vt., 
about  1776.  He  m.  1st,  Mrs.  Millie  (Harvey)  Weston,  who  d. 
in  Nov.,  1781.  He  m.  2d,  Asenath  Fuller,  and  was  drowned  in 
the  Conn,  river  at  Bellows  Falls,  while  rafting  logs,  in  Oct.,  1785. 
His  wid.  m.  2d,  Nov.  25,  1790,  Joseph  Barrett,  Jr.  (Dana's 
Hist,  of  Woodstock.) 

Joseph  Sterlin  removed  to  Barre,  Vt.,  about  1798,  where  he 
built  a  log  house  in  which  he  lived  a  number  of  years  when  he 
replaced  his  first  dwelling  with  a  more  substantial  structure. 
He  was  a  farmer,  and  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812.  (Hist, 
of  Wash.  Co.,  p.  41.)  He  d.  in  Barre,  Oct.  19,  1863.  She  d. 
there  Jan.  15,  1868. 

Children : 

608  Samuel   Sterlin,   b.    in    Woodstock,    Jan.    17,    1794;    m. 

(then  of  Western,  Vt.)  Anne  Tarbal  of  Chester,  Oct. 
8,   1815. 

609  Joseph  Sterlin,  b.   in  Woodstock,  Sept.   6,  1795 ;    d.   in 

Barre,  Jan.   12,  1813. 

610  tLucy  Sterlin,  b.  Nov.  18,  1797;   m.  1st,  Harry  Hayward, 

2d,  Andrew  Worden,  3d,  Silas  Town. 

611  William  Sterlin,  b.  in  Barre,  Aug.  26,  1799. 

612  Erastus   Sterlin,  b.   in  Barre,  Dec.   28,   1801;    d.   there 

Sept.  26,  1821. 

613  tDudley  Sterlin,  b.  Feb.  16,  1804;   m.  1st,  Martha  Drury, 

2d,  Lavina  Aldrich. 

614  Polly  Sterlin,  b.  in  Barre,  July  23,  1807 ;    d.  there  Oct. 

2,  1808. 

615  tNathaniel  Sterlin,  b.  Sept.  6,  1809;    m.  1st,  Ann  Leslie, 

2d,  Rosetta  A.  Ray. 

616  tHenry    Harrison   Sterlin,   b.    July    11,    1813;    m.    Eliza 

Perrin. 

617  tMary  Sterlin,  b.  Mar.  26,  1816;   m.  Dillington  P.  Grant. 

245     ELIJAH  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  at  Ster- 
ling City,  Nov.  24,  1775 ;    m.  Zcruah  Tubbs.     They  resided  at 
South  Woodstock,  Vt.    He  d.  Sept.  30,  1858. 
Children : 

618  John  Lewis  Sterling,  b.  at  South  Woodstock;  m.  a  Miss 

Beckwith  and,  for  a  time  at  least,  resided   .it    South 
Woodstock,  for  he  was  elected  lieutenant  of  the  4th 


390  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


company  of  militia  there  May  26,  1832    (Hist,  of 
Wash.  Co.).     Had  at  least  George  Sterling. 
620     Irene  Sterling,  m.  Ira  Keyes.     Had  issue :   Ellen,  Marcia, 
and  Rush.     She  m.  2d,  Elias  Logan. 

Query:  Who  was  the  father  of  Baxter  Sterlin  of  Barre, 
Vt.,  and  of  John  and  Samuel  Sterlin  of  Woodstock,  all  of  whom 
saw  service  in  the  militia  during  the  War  of  1812?  (Hist,  of 
Wash.  Co.  and  Dana's  Hist,  of  Woodstock.)  The  name  of  Ster- 
ling does  not  appear  on  the  Woodstock  records. 

246  RICHARD  STERLIN  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme, 
Conn.,  Dec.  21,  1777;  m.  at  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Nov.  22,  1802, 
Priscilla  G.  Ralph,  b.  at  South  Woodstock,  Vt.,  July  17,  1782,  dau. 
of  Daniel  and  Priscilla  Ralph. 

Daniel  Ralph  was  the  first  settler  in  school  district,  No.  17 
at  South  Woodstock.  He  came  from  Woodstock,  Conn.,  in  the  fall 
of  1775,  with  his  wife  and  two  sons.  He  was  a  farmer,  a  deacon 
in  the  First  Baptist  church.  He  d.  Mar.  2,  1826,  aged  79.  His 
wife  d.  July  30,  1825,  aged  72.  (P.  126,  Dana's  Hist,  of  Wood- 
stock, Vt.) 

Richard  Sterlin  set  up  in  the  cabinet  business  at  Woodstock 
in  the  summer  of  1811,  making  chairs,  clock  cases,  and  clocks. 
(Dana's  Hist.)  He  removed,  Feb.  22,  1823,  to  Warren,  Washing- 
ton Co.,  Vt.,  and  built  the  first  tavern  in  the  town,  which  at  that 
time  contained  but  three  houses.  He  kept  the  tavern  for  a  number 
of  years  and  then,  about  1838,  bought  a  farm  in  the  west  part  of 
the  town.  This  he  deeded  to  his  second  son  in  1850  and  bought 
another  tract  of  fifty  acres,  covered  with  timber,  which  he  cleared 
and  improved. 

Richard  Sterling  was  never  absent  from  a  town-meeting  and 
voted  for  every  president  after  he  was  twenty-one.  He  d.  at  War- 
ren in  his  ninety-fifth  year,  July  23,  1872.  Mrs.  Priscilla  Sterling 
d.  there  in  1871. 

Children : 

624  Livan  Sterling,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Sept.  5,  1807 ;    d. 

June  23,  1815. 

625  Henry  D.  Sterling,  b.  in  Woodstock,  May  10,  1811 ;    d. 

May  27,  1811. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     391 


626  tHenry    A.    Sterling,    b.    Apr.    18,    1814;    m.    Amy    C. 

Bagley. 

627  John  Sterling,  b.  in  Woodstock,  Aug.  23,  1815;   m.  Ara- 

minta  Smith,  d.  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  Sept.  22,  1847. 
No  issue. 

628  tAmos  M.  Sterling,  b.  July  3,  1817;   m.  Mary  Varney. 

629  tSeth  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  8,  1819;   m.  Eliza  Child. 

630  Sylvester  W.   Sterling,  b.  at  Woodstock,  Dec.  7,  1821; 

m.  Harriet  Burke  and  d.  at  Sharon,  Vt.,  Mar.  4, 
1882,  without  issue. 

631  t  Stephen  D.  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  6,  1824;    m.  Caroline  M. 

Maynard. 

247  LYNES  (or  LYNDS)  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Apr.  15,  1786;  m.  in  1809,  Clarissa  Rich- 
mond, b.  in  Barnard,  Vt.,  Dec.  22,  1789,  dau.  of  Capt.  Amasiah 
and  Hannah  (Throope)  Richmond.  She  d.  in  Brattleboro,  Vt., 
Apr.  28,  1848. 

Children : 

632  Lyman  Sterling,  b.  in  1810 ;  m.  Matilda  Brockway.     Had 

a  son  Lyman  Sterling,  Jr.,  who  enlisted  at  Burling- 
ton, Vt.,  May  9,  1861,  in  Co.  9,  2d  Regt.,  Vt.  Vols.; 
was  discharged  June  29,  1864. 

634  Adaline  Sterling,  b.  in  1811. 

635  Clarissa  Sterling,  b.  in  1813;   m.  Sept.  19,  1837,  David 

Gage,  b.  in  Pelham,  N.  H.,  Nov.  10,  1810,  son  of 
Jonathan  and  Sarah  (Pettengill)  Gage.  They  lived 
in  New  London,  N.  H. ;  he  d.  Jan.  2,  1879.  Had 
three  ch.,  Thankful,  Adeline,  and  Herbert.  (Hist, 
of  New  London,  N.  H.) 

248  PHILEATA  WAY  (Hannah,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b. 
in  New  London,  Conn.,  Apr.  26,  1765 ;  m.  Constantine  Mills,  b. 
Sept.  11,  1761,  son  of  Dea.  Joseph  Mills  of  Norfolk,  Conn. 

Constantine  enlisted  in  the  Continental  army  when  17  years 
old,  August,  1778,  and  was  present  at  the  Battle  of  Fairfield  in 
July,  1779.  He  lived  at  Norfolk  (Hist,  of  Norfolk,  Conn.)  as  late 
as  Nov.,  1811.  He  with  his  family  removed  to  Austinburg,  Ohio, 
where  he  lived  until  his  death. 

The  ninth  child  of  Dea.  Joseph  Mills  was  named  Sterling  Mills. 
He  m.,  in  1800,  Abigail  Phelps,  b.  in  Colchester,  Conn.,  in  1770. 


392  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


They  lived  in  Hebron,  Conn.,  and  Austinburg,  Ohio,  and  had  six 
children  born  in  Hebron,  Asahel,  Joseph,  and  four  others. 

Children : 

639  t  Martin  Mills,  b.  Feb.  15,  1785;   m.  Clarissa  Tuttle. 

640  t  Charity  Mills,  b.  Jan.  19,  1788;  m.  Ira  Tuttle. 

641  Dorinda  Mills,  b.  Sept.  23,  1791. 

642  Alfred  Mills,  b.  Aug.  10,  1794. 

643  Eben  A.  Mills,  b.  Aug.  13,  1796. 

644  Rachel  Mills,  b.  Sept.  3,  1800. 

252  PHEBE  STERLING  (William,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b. 
at  Sterling  City,  Lyme,  Conn.,  Oct.  15,  1763;  m.  Oct.  16,  1783, 
Joseph  Marvin,  b.  Feb.  14,  1755,  son  of  Elisha  and  Catharine 
(Mather)  Marvin  *  of  Lyme. 

Joseph  Marvin  was  a  farmer  at  Lyme,  Conn.,  near  Hamburg, 
occupying  the  homestead  of  his  father.  He  d.  in  Lyme,  Nov.  18, 
1839.     Phebe  (Sterling)  Marvin  d.  there  Nov.  6,  1822. 

Children : 

645  tFrances   (or  Fanny)  Marvin,  b.  Oct.  7,  1784;    m.  Ezra 

Pratt. 

646  t  Phebe  Marvin,  b.  June  7,  1786;  m.  1st,  the  Rev.  Leverett 

I.  F.  Huntington;    2d,  the  Rev.  Urban  Palmer. 
64V  t  William  Marvin,  b.  May  12,  1788;   m.  Sophia  Griffin. 

648  t  Jemima  Marvin,  b.  Mar.  28,  1791;   m.  Abraham  Blatche- 

ley. 

649  t  Joseph  Marvin,  b.  Feb.  8,  1793;   m.  Elizabeth  Hopkins. 

1  Ancestry  of  Joseph  Marvin 

(See  No.  12.)  Reinold  Marvin,  son  of  the  emigrant,  b.  abt.  1634 ;  m.  about  1663, 
Sarah,  dau.  of  George  Clark,  Jr.    The  fourth  of  five  children  of  Reinold  was  Reinold, 

Jr.,  b.  in  1669,  "Lyme's  Famous  Captain,"  who  m.  1st,  1695,  Phebe ,  who  d.  Oct. 

21,  1707;  m.  2d,  June  30,  1708-9,  Martha  Waterman,  b.  Dec.  6,  1680,  at  Norwich, 
dau.  of  Thomas  Waterman  of  Norwich,  Conn.  Reinold,  Jr.,  d.  at  Lyme,  Oct.  18, 1737 ; 
Martha  d.  there  in  Nov.,  1753.  Thomas  Waterman  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors 
of  Norwich.  He  m.  Miriam  Tracy.  The  children  of  Reinold  Marvin,  Jr.,  by  his  first 
marriage  were:  Phebe,  b.  in  Lyme,  Dec.  3,  1696 ;  Reinold  (or  Daniel),  b.  in  Jan.,  1702 ; 
Lydia,  b.  Jan.  12,  1704,  m.  Philip  Kirkland,  and  Esther,  b.  Apr.  3,  1707,  who  m. 
Thomas  Lord,  Jr.    (See  No.  214.) 

Reinold's  children  by  his  second  marriage  were:  Martha,  b.  Apr.  3,  1710;  Elisha, 
b.  Sept.  26,  1711,  who  d.  in  infancy;  James,  b.  May  26,  1713;  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  8,  1716 ; 
Elisha,  b.  Mar.  8,  1718;  and  Miriam,  b.  in  March,  1720,  m.  Samuel  Beckwith. 

Elisha  Marvin,  b.  Mar.  8,  1718,  son  of  Reinold,  Jr.,  m.  Catharine  Mather,  b. 
Jan.  11,  1717,  at  Lyme,  dau.  of  Timothy  and  Sarah  Mather.     She  d.  Dec.  4,  1799. 

The  son  of  Elisha  and  Catharine  (Mather)  Marvin,  Joseph  Marvin,  b.  Feb.  14, 
1755,  m.  Phebe  Sterling.    (See  No.  212.) 


WILLIAM   STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     393 


650  Clarissa  Marvin,  b.  at  Lyme,  May  5,  1795;  m.  May  2, 
1832,  Horace  Ely,  b.  Aug.  22,  1781,  at  Lyme,  eldest 
son  of  Adriel  and  Sarah  (Stow)  Ely,  grandson  of 
Richard  and  Margaret  (Olcott)  Ely.  (See  No. 
252.)  Horace  m.  1st,  abt.  1806,  Sarah  Rogers,  b. 
in  Norwich,  Conn.,  July  9,  1780,  dau.  of  Col.  Zaba- 
dial  and  Elizabeth  (Snow)  Rogers,  who  d.  in  1826, 
and  by  whom  he  had  William  Horace,  Zabadial 
Rogers,  Henry  Adriel,  Sarah  Elizabeth,  and  Maria 
Vail.  Horace^Ely  d.  Oct.  27,  1833,  and  Clarissa  m. 
2d,  Feb.  12,  1851,  Israel  Foote,  and  removed  to  Sher- 
burne, Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  she  d.  Apr.  7, 
1881.    No  issue  by  either  marriage. 

253  GENERAL  ELISHA  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  at  Sterling  City,  Nov.  5,  1765  ;  m.  Jan.  25,  1791,  Alma  Canfield, 
b.  Dec.  30,  1774,  dau.  of  the  Hon.  John  and  Dorcas  (Buell)  Can- 
field  x  of  Salisbury,  Conn.,  who  d.  Mar.  11,  1830.  Elisha  m.  2d, 
Dec.   8,  1830,  Mrs.   Sarah   (Norton)   Elliot,  widow  of  his  third 

1  The  Ancestry  of  Alma  and  Isabella  (Canfield)  Sterling 

Thomas  Canfield  came  from  England  with  his  wife  Phebe.  They  were  among 
the  early  settlers  of  Milford,  Conn.,  where  he  d.  in  1687.  His  son  Jeremiah  Canfield, 
b.  about  1680,  removed  to  New  Milford,  Conn.,  where  he  was  an  original  purchaser 
in  1708;  he  m.  Judith  Mallory,  b.  Sept,  27,  1687,  dau.  of  Peter  &  Elizabeth  (Trow- 
bridge) Mallory.  Their  son  Samuel  Canfield,  lived  in  New  Milford,  was  a  judge  of 
the  County  Court,  etc.  His  son  Col.  Samuel  Canfield,  m.  Elizabeth  Judson,  b.  Sept. 
13,  1732,  dau.  of  Isaac  and  Elizabeth  (Hawley)  Judson.  Their  son  John  Canfield,  b. 
in  New  Milford  in  1740,  graduate  of  Yale  College  in  1762.  He  m.  Dorcas  Buell,  b. 
July  14, 1742,  dau.  of  Solomon  and  Eunice  (Griswold)  Buell ;  their  daus.  Alma  Canfield 
and  Isabella  Canfield,  respectively  m.  Elisha  Sterling  and  his  brother  Ansel.  The  Hon. 
John  Canfield  was  the  first  lawyer  in  Sharon,  Conn.,  in  1765.  He  represented  his  town 
in  the  Legislature  at  ten  sessions,  in  1786  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Continental  Con- 
gress but  d.  Oct.  26,  1786,  before  that  body  convened.  He  was  a  friend  of  Benjamin 
Franklin  with  whom  he  held  many  consultations.  His  children  were:  I.aura,  m.  Am- 
brose Spencer,  Chief  Justice  of  N.  Y.  State;  Annice,  m.  Andrew  Adams,  Jr.,  son  of 
Judge  Adams  of  Litchfield  Co.;  Eunice,  m.  Samuel  Rockwell.  M.  D.;  Avis,  d.  aged 
13;  Alma;  Almira,  her  twin  sister,  m.  Gen.  Elisha  Buell;  John  Montgomery,  m. 
Fannv  Hornv;   and  Isabella. 

William*  Buell,  b.  in  Chesterton,  Huntingtonshire,  Eng.,  in  1610,  came  to  New 

England  in  1630  and  settled  at  Windsor,  Conn. ;  m.  Mary .    He  d.  Nov.  28,  1681 ; 

she  d.  Sept.  24,  1684;  their  son  Samuel  Buell,  b.  Sept.  2,  1641,  m.  Nov.  IS,  1668, 
Deborah  Griswold,  b.  June  28,  1646,  dau.  of  Edward  and  Margaret  Griswold.  Their 
son  John  Buell,  b.  Feb.  17,  1672,  m.  Nov.  20,  1695,  Mary  I.oomis,  b.  Oct.  8,  1680,  dau. 
of  Joseph  and  Hannah  (Porter)  Loomis  of  Windsor,  Conn.;  their  son  Solomon  Buell, 
b.  Aug.  30,  1715,  m.  Jan.  19,  1738,  Eunice  Griswold,  b.  in  1720,  dau.  of  John  Bnd 
Abigail  (Gaylord)  Griswold.  Their  dau.  Dorcas  Buell,  b.  July  14,  1742,  m.  Jolm 
Canfield. 


394  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


cousin,  Rev.  John  Elliot  of  Madison,  Conn.,  and  dau.  of  the  Hon. 
Lot  Norton  of  Sharon,  Conn. 

Elisha  Sterling  was  a  graduate  of  Yale  College  in  the  class  of 
1787.  Pres.  Ezra  Stiles  of  Yale  in  his  "  Diary  "  notes  that  Elisha 
gave  a  Latin  oration  on  "  Quarter  Day  "  Mar.  8,  1787  (p.  211, 
VII)  and  that  he  was  one  of  the  graduates  at  the  commencement 
exercises  Sept.  12, 1787,  at  "  the  Brick  Meets  house,"  at  which  Gov- 
ernor Huntington  was  present  (p.  281,  Vol.  III).  "  Immediately 
after  his  graduation,  he  assumed  the  charge  of  an  Academy  then 
recently  established  in  Sharon,  Conn.,  and  during  the  two  years 
while  it  was  under  his  tuition  and  management  it  became  very  thor- 
oughly established  and  popularly  known.  While  at  the  head  of  the 
academy  he  pursued  the  study  of  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar 
in  1789  and  immediately  opened  an  office  in  Salisbury,  Conn.,  where 
he  continued  to  reside." 

"  His  indomitable  industry  and  perseverance  placed  him  in  the 
first  rank  at  the  bar,  with  an  extensive  and  lucrative  practice  for 
many  years.  He  entered  upon  his  profession  with  the  richest  patri- 
mony which  the  sons  of  New  England  inherit  —  a  good  classical 
education,  sound  moral  principles,  and  invincible  habits  of  industry. 
These  principles  and  habits  by  the  blessing  of  Providence  con- 
ducted the  possessor  to  their  never  failing  reward,  wealth,  wisdom 
and  an  unspotted  life." 

In  1793  he  was  appointed  captain,  in  1800  brigade  major  and 
inspector,  and  in  1809  he  was  made  colonel.  In  1814,  while  in 
command  of  his  regiment  at  Groton,  Conn.,  he  received  his  com- 
mission as  brigadier  general  and  in  1815  was  made  major  general. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  House  of  Representatives 
at  the  October  session,  1797,  the  May  session,  1804,  member  and 
clerk  of  the  House  at  the  May  session,  1808;  returned  for  the 
October  session,  1814,  and  again  in  1815,  and  was  again  a  member 
of  and  clerk  to  the  House  in  1816.  He  was  returned  to  the  Legis- 
lature as  a  member  of  the  higher  body,  the  Senate,  for  the  years 
1833-34.  Was  appointed  judge  of  probate  and  in  1814  state's 
attorney. 

A  biographer  in  the  "  History  of  Litchfield  County,  Conn." 
thus  speaks  of  Elisha  Sterling : 


General  K  lis  ha  Sterling 

(  From  a  Miniature  j 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     395 

"  Gen.  Elisha  Sterling  studied  law  with  the  Hon.  John  Can- 
field  of  Sharon  who  was  his  father-in-law.  He  was  a  man  of  a  high 
order  of  talent  and  had  he  addressed  himself  solely  to  professional 
points  would  probably  have  stood  at  the  head  of  the  bar  in  this 
country.  But  he  loved  money  and  gave  much  of  his  time  to  differ- 
ent kinds  of  business  and  acquired  great  wealth  for  those  times. 
Notwithstanding  this  propensity  he  had  an  extensive  practice  and 
was  engaged  in  most  of  the  cases  coming  from  the  northern  por- 
tions of  the  county.  He  was  a  ready  speaker,  not  very  select  in 
the  choice  of  his  words  and  not  eloquent  by  any  established  rule 
of  elocution  but  there  was  a  kind  of  impetuosity  in  his  manner, 
accompanied  by  a  rapid  but  distinct  utterance  of  language,  which 
gave  him  popularity  as  an  advocate.  He  was  appointed  States 
Attorney  in  1814*  and  held  the  office  six  years,  when  Seth  P.  Beers, 
Esq.,  was  appointed  in  his  place.  He  retired  from  practice  soon 
after.  .  .  .  His  wealth  enabled  him  to  indulge  the  strong  taste  he 
had  for  a  handsome  style  of  living  and  equipage  and  in  that  direc- 
tion his  mind  had  strong  aristocratic  tendencies." 

On  his  monument  in  Salisbury,  Conn.,  is  the  following  in- 
scription :  "  In  Memory  of  Gen.  Elisha  Sterling  who  died  Dec.  3 
1836,  in  the  72d  year  of  his  age.  —  He  was  born  in  Lyme,  Conn., 
in  this  State  in  the  year  1765  and  was  graduated  at  Yale  College 
in  the  year  1787  and  commenced  the  practice  of  law  in  this  town  in 
1789.  Entering  upon  his  profession  with  a  thorough  education 
and  sound  moral  principles,  his  indomitable  industry  &  persever- 
ance soon  placed  him  in  the  first  ranks  at  the  bar  and  secured  for 
him  by  the  blessings  of  Providence  their  never  failing  reward  — 
wealth,  wisdom  and  reputation.  He  was  for  many  years  a  dis- 
tinguished member  of  both  branches  of  the  State  legislature.  Few 
have  sustained  in  a  more  exemplary  manner  the  endearing  relations 
of  domestic  life  of  Husband,  Father  and  Friend.  He  was  ever  a 
friend  and  supporter  of  the  sacred  institutions  of  the  land  and 
during  the  latter  years  of  his  life,  a  consistent  member  of  the 
Church  of  Christ.  His  private  virtues  have  embalmed  his  memory 
in  the  affection  of  numerous  friends  and  his  public  services  will 
long  command  the  grateful  remembrance  of  survivors."  Mrs. 
Sarah  Sterling  d.  July  7,  1841. 

The   children   of   Gen.   Elisha   and   Alma    (Canfield)    Sterling 

were : 


396  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


651  t  William  Canfield  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  6,  1792;   m.  1st,  Har- 

riet M.  Lee,  2d,  Sarah  M.  Norton. 

652  t  Harriet  A.  Sterling,  b.  June  6,  1794;   m.  Abial  Chapin. 

653  t  Frederick  Augustine  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  18, 1796;  m.  Caro- 

line M.  Dutcher. 

654  tjohn  Montgomery  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  24,  1801;   m.  Mari- 

anne Beers. 

655  tElisha  Thomas  Sterling,  b.  July  15,  1806;   m.  Margaret 

Tuttle. 

656  tTheodore  Buel  Sterling,  b.  July  18,  1808;    m.  1st,  Ruth 

Anne  Smith,  2d,  Amanda  Smith. 

657  tHenry  Dudley   Sterling,  b.   Jan.   11,   1810;    m.   Amelia 

Vanderburgh. 

658  t  George  Washington  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  13,  1812;    m.  1st, 

Ruth  Ann  Chapin,  2d,  Emeline  R.  Moody. 

659  tAlma  Canfield  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  17,  1817;   m.  William  J. 

Cogswell. 

254  COLONEL  WILLIAM  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  at  Sterling  City,  May  16,  1768;  m.  Sept.  11,  1794, 
Jerusha  Ely,  b.  Feb.  17,  1773,  at  Saybrook,  Conn.,  eldest  dau.  of 
Robert  and  Jerusha  (Lay)  Ely  1  of  Saybrook. 

1  Ely  Ancestry 

Richard  Ely  of  Plymouth,  Devonshire,  Eng.,  emigrated  to  America  about  1662; 
settled  at  Lyme,  Conn.  His  first  wife,  Joane,  d.  in  Plymouth,  Jan.  7,  1660;  m.  2d,  in 
Boston  in  1664,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  wid.  of  Capt.  John  C.  Cullick,  who  d.  Nov.  12,  1683. 
Richard  d.  in  Lyme,  Nov.  24,  1684.  His  son  Richard  Ely,  b.  probably  in  Plymouth  in 
1656,  bapt.  there  June  19,  1657;  m.  Mary  Marvin  (see  Marvin  Ance  try,  No.  12), 
who  m.  2d,  Capt.  Darnel  Sterling.  Their  son  Richard  Ely,  b.  at  Lyme,  Oct.  27,  1697 ; 
m.  1st,  Elizabeth  Peck,  who  d.  Oct.  8,  1730;  m.  2d,  Oct.  26,  1732,  Phebe  Hubbard  of 
Middletown,  Conn.,  dau.  of  Robert  and  Abigail  (Adams)  Hubbard,  great-granddau. 
of  George  Hubbard,  an  original  settler  of  Hartford,  Conn.  Richard,  Jr.,  d.  Feb.  24, 
1777.  His  son,  Ezra  C.  Ely,  b.  Jan.  22,  1728;  m.  Sarah  (No.  105)  and  Ann  (No.  89) 
Sterling.  His  son,  Robert  Ely,  b.  in  Saybrook,  Conn.,  June  26,  1741 ;  m.  Jerusha  Lay 
of  Saybrook,  2d,  Sarah  Fleming.  He  was  a  farmer,  tavern  keeper,  and  a  soldier  of  the 
Revolution.     His  dau.  by  first  m.,  Jerusha  Ely,  m.  Col.  William  Sterling  of  Lyme. 

William  Ely,  son  of  Richard,  the  first  of  Lyme,  was  judge  of  the  County  Court  at 
New  London  many  years;  he  was  bapt.  in  Plymouth,  Eng.,  in  October,  1647;  m. 
May  12,  1681,  in  Lyme,  Elizabeth  Smith.  He  d.  in  February,  1717.  His  son  Capt. 
Richard  Ely,  b.  in  Lyme,  1690;  m.  1st,  1714,  Ruhama  Thompson,  b.  1693,  who  d. 
1726;  m.  2d,  1730,  Margaret  Olcott  of  Hartford,  b.  1705.  He  d.  1767.  His  son 
Adriel  Ely,  b.  1744;  m.  1st,  Sarah  Stow  of  Saybrook,  b.  1755,  dau.  of  Jabez  and 
Anna  (Lord)  Stow,  sister  of  Anna,  who  m.  Samuel  Sterling.  (See  No.  104.)  Sarah  d. 
1797.  Adriel  m.  2d,  Hepzibah  Turner,  and  d.  1829.  His  dau.  Elizabeth  Ely,  b.  1784, 
in.  Erastus  Sterling.     (No.  259.) 

William  Ely,  son  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Smith)  Ely,  m.  1st,  Oct.  25,  1715, 
Hannah,  dau.  of  William  Thompson,  b.  1690;   d.  1733;   m.  2d,  Feb.  19,  1736,  wid. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     397 

William  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Lyme,  Conn. ;  he  lived  at 
Sterling  City  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  valley  from  his  father's 
home  near  the  old  cemetery  and  nearly  opposite  the  Capt.  Daniel 
Sterling  house.  He  was  a  colonel  in  the  Connecticut  Militia.  He 
d.  May  10,  1827,  and  is  buried  in  the  Sterling  cemetery.  His 
wife  d.  at  Gouverneur,  N.  Y.,  May  27,  1839. 

Children,  bom  at  Sterling  City: 

660  Robert  Ely  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  29,  1796 ;  d.  Mar.  6,  1806. 

661  t  Thomas  Sill  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  5,  1798;    m.  Mary  P.  Fal- 

coner. 

662  t William  Erastus  Sterling,  b.  June  4,  1801 ;    m.  Octavia 

Parsons. 

663  t  Jerusha  Lay  Sterling,  b.  May  25,  1803  ;  m.  Edwin  Dodge. 

664  Maria  Ely  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  15,  1807 ;   m.  May  23,  1832, 

Rev.  Barach  Beckwith,  b.  in  Lyme,  Mar.  29,  1805, 
son  of  George  and  Patience  Beckwith.  He  grad- 
uated from  Williams  College,  1827,  and  from  the 
Theological  department  of  Yale,  1831.  Settled  at 
Athol,  Mass.,  1831,  removed  to  Castine,  Me.,  and  to 
Gouverneur,  N.  Y.,  1843,  where  he  was  pastor  of  the 
Presbyterian  church.  She  d.  in  1881.  No  issue. 
365  Phebe  Hubbard  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  2,  1809;  d.  unm.  July 
20,  1830 ;  buried  by  her  father  and  brother  Robert 
in  the  Sterling  City  cemetery. 

256  JEMIMA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Sterling 
City,  July  3,  1772;  m.  there  June  21,  1789,  William  Sill,  b.  in 
Lyme,  Dec.  6,  1760,  third  son  of  Joseph  Sill  and  his  first  wife, 
Ruth  Matson.     (See  No.  110.) 

William  Sill  was  a  storekeeper  at  Sterling  City,  Lyme,  occupy- 
ing a  house  still  standing  on  the  lower  road  a  few  steps  from  the 
house  of  his  father-in-law  Capt.  William  Sterling.  He  d.  in  Lyme, 
Mar.  1848.  Jemima  m.  2d,  Benjamin  Towne,  b.  at  Belchertown, 
Mass.,  Aug.  4,  1765;  settled  at  Granville,  N.  Y.  He  m.  1st,  Mary 
Shumway  (b.  May  27,  1771 ;  d.  1804) ;  2d,  in  1806,  Lois  Kenney  : 
3d,  Mrs.  Jemima  Sill,  and  d.  in  1852.  Mrs.  Jemima  Towne  d.  at 
Watertown,  N.  Y.,  about  1860. 

Mary  Noyes.  He  d.  1760.  His  son,  Amrai  Ruhama  Ely,  b.  1731 ;  m.  Martha  Peck, 
and  d.  1799.  Their  son  Zelophehad  Ely,  b.  1765;  m.  Elizabeth  M.  Sterling.  (.See 
No.  178.) 


398  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Children : 

666  Amy  Sill,  b.  in  Lyme,  Dec.  21,  1789 ;  d.  June  21,  1806. 

667  t William  Sill,  b.  Feb.  8,  1792;    m.  1st,  Sophia  Hopkins, 

2d,  Mrs.  Sarah  Isham. 

668  tJerusha    Sill,    b.    June    18,    1794;    m.    Frederick    Beck- 

with. 

669  Mary  Matson  Sill,  b.  in  Lyme,  July,  1797 ;   d.  at  Water- 

town,  N.  Y.,  in  Dec,  1816,  unm. 

670  tLucy  Sill,  b.  in  Apr.,  1799;  m.  Silas  Marvin. 

671  t  Clarissa  Sterling  Sill,  b.   Mar.   31,   1801;    m.   Sylvanus 

Cone. 

672  tElisha  Sterling  Sill,  b.  July  17,  1803;  m.  Delight  Coffeen. 

673  Micah  Sterling  Sill,  b.  in  Lyme,  Apr.,  1805  ;  m.  Elizabeth 

Beckwith,  b.  at  East  Haddam,  dau.  of  Barzilla  and 
Livia  (Griffin)  Beckwith.  He  d.  at  Hartford,  N.  Y., 
without  issue.  She  m.  2d,  Milton  Boyce  of  Broad 
Brook,  Windsor,  Conn. 

674  tEmeline  Sill,  b.  July  30,  1808;   m.  Clark  Backus. 

258  CAPTAIN  DUDLEY  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Sterling  City,  Apr.  24,  1776;  m.  there  Nov.  16,  1797,  Phcbe 
Sill,  b.  in  Lyme,  June  4,  1770  (bapt.  Oct.  1,  1812),  dau.  of  Joseph 
and  Azubah  (Lee)  [De  Wolf]  Sill  of  Lyme  and  cousin  to  Dudley's 
mother.  Chancellor  Walworth,  in  the  Hyde  Genealogy,  relates  the 
following :  "  Dudley  Sterling  was  a  ship  master.  When  the  Eng- 
lish and  French  were  preying  upon  commerce,  under  the  British 
orders  in  Council  of  the  Berlin  and  Milan  decrees,  he  was  first  mate 
of  a  ship  from  New  York,  of  which  his  brother  Thomas  was  master. 
His  brother,  the  master,  was  knocked  overboard,  while  at  sea  and 
drowned  [July  28,  1797].  A  few  days  after,  the  vessel  was  cap- 
tured by  a  French  armed  ship  and  a  prize  crew  put  on  board. 
Dudley  Sterling,  the  mate,  was  employed  by  the  captors  to  pilot 
their  prize  into  a  French  port.  But  before  the  prize-master  was 
aware  of  the  fact,  the  vessel  had  been  piloted  into  a  British  port 
and  was  under  the  guns  of  the  English  fort  and  a  signal  of  distress 
had  been  given  by  Sterling.  By  this  means  he  obtained  control  of 
of  his  vessel  and  cargo  and  brought  them  safely  to  New  York  City." 
Capt.  Dudley's  home  was  at  Sterling  City.  He  d.  Mar.  7,  1813. 
His  widow  d.  in  Salisbury,  Conn.,  Oct.  26,  1860. 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     399 

Children,  born  in  Lyme: 

675  tPhebe  Sterling,  b.  in  1799  (bapt.  in  Oct.,  1812)  ;  m.  John 

Elmore    (No.  355). 

676  t Harriet  Alma  Sterling,  b.  in  1803;  m.  Bennett  Bates. 

677  William  D.  Sterling,  b.  in  July,  1804 ;  d.  Oct.  3,  1805. 

678  Joseph  D.  Sterling,  b.  in  Apr.  1808;    d.  May  1,  1809; 

buried  by  his  brother  William  in  the  Sterling  City 
cemetery. 

679  Marcus  Aurelius  Sterling,  b.  in  1810;  d.  unm.  about  1850. 

259  CAPTAIN  ERASTUS  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  Sterling  City,  Mar.  8,  1778;  m.  in  1802,  Elizabeth 
Ely,  b.  in  Lyme,  Dec.  25,  1787,  dau.  of  Adriel  and  Sarah  (Stowe) 
Ely  of  Lyme.  (See  No.  254.)  Erastus  was  a  sea  captain,  sailing 
ships  to  West  Indian  ports.  He  removed  to  Brownville,  Jefferson 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  Elizabeth  d.  in  Oct.,  1846.  Capt.  Erastus  moved 
to  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  Dec.  23,  1861. 

Children,  born  in  Lyme : 

680  Sarah  Stowe  Sterling,  b.  in  1803  ;   d.  age  6  mos. 

681  tErastus  Sumner  Sterling,  b.  in  1805  (bapt.  June  5, 1812)  ; 

m.  1st,  Florilla  Goff,  2d,  Mrs.  Polly  Antisdel. 

682  Eliza  Ely  Sterling,  b.  in  Dec,  1806 ;  m.  in  1830,  John  An- 

drew Cathcart  of  Brownville,  N.  Y.,  b.  in  1798,  son 
of  Andrew  and  Margaret  (Brown)  Cathcart.  She 
d.  in  1846.     He  d.  in  1852.     No  issue. 

683  t Frances  Cornelia  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  29,  1814  (bapt.  Aug. 

27,  1815)  ;    m.  Marcellus  Massey. 

684  Hannah  Ellen  Sterling,  b.  in  Mar.  1822 ;   d.  in  Brooklyn, 

N.  Y.,  unm.  in  Nov.  1852. 

260  CLARISSA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Ster- 
ling City,  Feb.  18,  1780;  m.  1st,  Jan.  1,  1804,  Calvin  Bacon 
Fish,  b.  at  Norwich,  Conn.,  Dec.  15,  1779,  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Mary   (Bacon)  Fish  of  Bozrah,  Conn. 

Calvin  B.  Fish  was  a  farmer  at  Lyme  and  later  in  Jefferson 
county,  New  York.  He  removed  to  Ellisburg  in  1812,  where  he 
remained  until  1817,  then  settling  in  Rutland  where  he  d.  in  Dec, 
1830.  Mrs.  Fish  married  2d,  in  Feb.,  1848,  the  Rev.  Nathaniel 
Dutton,  b.  in  Hartford,  Vt.,  Sept.  28,  1779,  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Sarah  (Hazen)  Dutton.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Dutton  was  a  graduate  of 
Dartmouth  College.     He  was  installed  pastor  of  the  First  Congrc- 


400  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


gational  church  at  Champion,  N.  Y.  (adjoining  Rutland),  May  21, 
1807,  and  there  he  passed  his  life.  He  m.  1st,  at  Champion,  Feb. 
15,  1808,  Sally,  dau.  of  Josiah  Ward  of  Middlebury,  Conn. ;  m. 
2d,  at  Canaan,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  3,  1830,  Elizabeth  F.  Bostwick.  He  d. 
at  Champion,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  9,  1852.  (Hist,  of  Hartford,  Vt.,  1889.) 
Mrs.  Clarissa  Dutton  d.  at  Springfield,  111.,  Aug.  13,  1865. 
Children  by  first  marriage: 

685  t  Eliza  Ann  Fish,  b.  Sept.  11,  1804;   m.  Henry  Moore. 

686  tAbbie  Maria  Fish,   b.   June  30,    1806;    m.    1st,  Lyman 

White,  2d,  Capt.  Harry  Boardman. 

687  t  Clarissa  Sterling  Fish,  b.  Jan.  21,  1808;   m.  Ward  Hub- 

bard. 

688  Benjamin  Fish,  b.   in  Lyme,   July   10,   1809;    living   in 

Oswego,  N.  Y.,  in  1858,  unm. 

689  tMary  Fish,  b.  July  10,  1811 ;  m.  Joel  A.  Matteson. 

690  t  Elizabeth  Bronson  Fish,  b.  May   13,   1813;    m.  Hervey 

Lowe. 

691  t  William  Sterling  Fish,  b.  July  6,  1816;   m.  1st,  Elender 

Blitch,  2d,  Nancy  Romaine. 

692  tErama  Fish,  b.  July  2,  1818;  m.  William  A.  Boardman. 

693  t  Henry  Fish,  b.  Dec.  19,  1819;   m.  Mary  V.  Manning. 

694  Charles  Fish,  b.  at  Rutland,  N.  Y.  in  July,  1824  ;  d.  unm. 

in  Panama,  Central  America,  in  July,  1850. 

261  THE  HON.  JUDGE  ANSEL  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  at  Sterling  City,  Feb.  3,  1782;  m.  Oct.  8,  1804,  Isabella 
Canfield,  b.  in  1781,  seventh  dau.  of  the  Hon.  John  and  Dorcas 
(Buell)  Canfield  of  Salisbury,  Conn.,  sister  of  Alma  Canfield,  who 
m.  Ansel's  eldest  brother,  Elisha.  Ansel  Sterling  studied  law  in 
the  office  of  his  brother  Elisha  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1 805. 
He  removed  in  1808  to  Sharon,  Litchfield  Co.,  Conn.,  where  he 
passed  his  life. 

He  was  elected  to  the  Connecticut  House  of  Representatives 
for  the  May  session,  1815,  October  session,  1818,  May  sessions, 
1819  and  1820,  and  one  of  the  two  clerks  for  the  House  for  these 
terms.  Was  again  member  of  the  House  in  1821-25-26-29-35-36 
and  37.  Judge  Sterling  was  a  member  of  the  seventeenth  and 
eighteenth  Congresses  of  the  United  States,  being  elected  to  the 
National  House  of  Representatives  for  1821-23,  and  re-elected  for 
the  following  term,  1823-25.     During  his  first  term  at  Washing- 


Judge  Axsel  Sterling 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     401 

ton  Ansel  had  the  company  of  his  brother  Micah,  who  was  elected 
from  Watertown,  N.  Y. 

A  writer  in  the  "  History  of  Litchfield  Co.,  Conn./'  gives  the 
following  sketch  of  his  life :  "  The  Hon.  Ansel  Sterling  was  the 
seventh  son  of  William  Sterling,  a  man  of  position  and  consider- 
able wealth.  .  .  .  At  the  early  age  of  twenty-three  he  was  a  prac- 
ticing lawyer  at  the  bar  of  Litchfield  county  and  for  forty  years 
there  were  no  interruptions  to  his  attending  each  session  of  the 
different  courts.  He  studied  his  profession  with  his  elder  brother, 
Hon.  Elisha  Sterling  of  Salisbury,  Conn.,  ...  a  man  of  a  high 
order  of  talent."  "  Judge  Sterling  was  a  man  of  unimpeachable 
integrity,  of  diversified  talent.  As  a  lawyer  his  forensic  ability 
was  of  a  high  order,  nor  was  he  deficient  in  legal  science.  His 
language  flowed  rapidly  and  at  times  Ins  appeals  to  the  jury  were 
very  effective." 

He  was  chief  justice  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas  in  1838— 
39  and  1840.  Judge  Church  of  the  Supreme  Court  thus  writes  of 
him :  "  This  distinguished  gentleman  was  long  an  active  and  prom- 
inent member  of  the  bar  of  Litchfield  County,  for  many  sessions 
an  influential  member  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Con- 
necticut, a  circuit  judge  of  the  County  Court,  a  member  of  Con- 
gress for  two  sessions  and  an  estimable  man  in  all  the  relations  of 
social  and  domestic  life."  It  is  said  that  had  Judge  Sterling  not 
preferred  principle  to  party,  he  might  have  become  Governor  of  his 
State.  He  d.  in  Sharon,  Nov.  6,  1853 ;  buried  in  Sharon  burying 
ground.     Mrs.  Isabella  Sterling  d.  July  26,  1855. 

Their  children  were: 

695  Laura  Spencer  Sterling,  b.  at  Salisbury,  Conn.,  Mar.  7, 

1808;   d.  unm.  in  Aug.,  1883. 

696  t  George  Augustine  Sterling,  b.  June  12,  1810;    m.  Flora 

J.  Chamberlain. 

697  t Ambrose    Spencer    Sterling,   b.    Jan.    4,    1812:     m.    1st, 

Louisa  M.  Clark,  2d,  Mrs.  Julia  F.  Williams. 

698  tCharles  Ansel  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  25,  1814;   m.  Augusta  A. 

Shelton. 

699  tlsabella  Dorcas  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  16,  1817;    m.  the  Rev. 

George  Ryerson. 

700  Thomas  Dudley  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  16,  1819  :  m.  at  Buffalo, 

N.    Y.,    June   18,    1846,   Louisa   Tamma   Winchell, 


402  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

b.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  Dec.  17,  1818,  dau.  of  the  Rev. 
James  Manning  and  Tamma  (Thompson)  Winchell. 
They  removed  to  Yreka,  Cal.  She  d.  in  Troy,  N.  Y., 
Aug.  6,  1866.  He  d.  at  Cadiz,  Fla.  after  a  long  ill- 
ness, Dec.  31,  1893 ;   buried  at  Sharon.     No  issue. 

701  Avis  Canfield  Sterling,  b.  June  16,  1821 ;    m.  June  15, 

1847,  Frederick  Sterns  Bogue  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  b. 
Apr.  16,  1821,  of  Scotch  ancestry.  He  was  a  colonel 
in  the  Commissary  Department  during  the  Civil  War ; 
previously  a  merchant  in  New  York  City.  He  d. 
June  20,  1865.  Mrs.  Bogue  was  still  living,  the  last 
of  her  family,  at  Toronto,  Can.,  in  1902.     No  issue. 

702  tjohn  Canfield  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  7,  1822;   m.  1st,  Ellen  H. 

Lattilla,  2d,  Caroline  S.  Upson. 

262  THE  HON.  MICAH  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Sterling  City,  Conn.,  Nov.  5, 1784  ;  m.  1st,  Elizabeth  Bronson,  b. 
at  Middleburg,  Conn.,  May  6,  1795,  dau.  of  Ethiel  Bronson,  one 
of  the  prominent  men  of  the  early  days  of  Jefferson  Co.,  and  Hep- 
zibah  (Hopkins)  Bronson  of  Rutland,  N.  Y.,  who  d.  in  Watertown, 
N.  Y.,  Sept.  5,  1831 ;  m.  2d,  Aug.  6,  1833,  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Ruth 
Benedict,  b.  Feb.  9,  1801,  dau.  of  Uriah  Benedict  of  Milton,  Sara- 
toga Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  Sarah  Mead  (Rockwell)  Benedict  of  Ballston 
Spa,  N.  Y. 

Micah  Sterling  entered  Yale  College  in  1800  and  graduated  in 
1804.  He  was  a  classmate  of  John  C.  Calhoun,  of  whom  he  was  a 
lifelong  friend  and  correspondent.  He  attended  a  course  of  lec- 
tures in  Litchfield,  Conn.,  and  afterward  studied  in  the  law  office 
of  Judge  Williams  of  Utica,  N.  Y.,  and  after  residing  a  year  in 
Adams,  N.  Y.,  where  his  brother  Joseph  had  settled  and  where  he 
formed  a  partnership  of  brief  duration  with  Thomas  Skinner,  he 
removed  upon  his  admission  to  the  Common  Pleas  to  Watertown, 
Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  about  1810,  where  he  resided  until  his  death. 

Mr.  Sterling  took  a  prominent  part  in  all  matters  pertaining 
to  the  welfare  and  development  of  his  adopted  town  and  county. 
He  was  one  of  the  original  stockholders  of  the  Black  River  Naviga- 
tion Co.,  organized  June  5,  1810;  was  chosen  the  first  treasurer  of 
the  village  in  May,  1816;  fire  warden  in  1817;  judge  advocate 
for  the  12th  Division  of  Infty.  for  Jefferson  Co.  in  1819  (Military 
Record  of  the  State  of  N.  Y.,  1903)  ;  one  of  the  board  of  trustees 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     403 

of  the  Watertown  Academy  at  its  incorporation  in  1832 ;  was  one 
of  the  corporators  of  the  Jefferson  Co.  Agricultural  Society,  or- 
ganized Mar.  28,  1828,  and  president  of  the  same  in  1842. 

He  was  in  partnership  with  Isaac  H.  Bronson  under  the  firm 
name  of  Sterling  and  Bronson  from  1823  to  1840.  Mr.  Bronson 
studied  in  Micah's  office  previous  to  his  admission  into  the  firm, 
which  was  famous  throughout  the  country  and  which  continued 
until  Mr.  Bronson's  election  to  Congress. 

Micah  was  president  of  the  Jefferson  Co.  National  Bank  in  1833 
and  34  and  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors  at  the  time  of  his 
death.  In  1821  he  was  elected  to  the  United  States  House  of 
Representatives,  and  in  1836  to  the  State  Senate. 

A  grandson  says  of  him :  "  He  had  much  to  do  with  the  French 
refugees  in  their  land  matters.  The  Lerays  did  much  business  with 
him  as  letters  show.  Father  used  to  tell  of  their  coming  from  their 
fine  place  at  Lerayville  with  their  fine  turnout  and  gold  plated 
harness,  get  dinner  at  our  house  and  again  grandfather  would 
visit  them.  The  old  decanters  marked  '  Mad  Wine '  and  '  Port ' 
show  that  they  did  not  belong  to  the  W.  C.  T.  U.  Father  remem- 
bered when  a  boy  drinking  what  he  thought  was  some  kind  of 
water,  on  the  sly,  after  a  dinner.  His  memory  failed  him  soon 
after  and  he  was  told  to  let  good  champagne  alone  thereafter. 
Years  after,  part  of  a  good  case  of  wine  was  found  under  the  stairs 
in  our  old  wine  cellar.     It  was  sent  to  a  hospital. 

"  The  old  homestead  was  built  on  the  English  plan  with  a  large 
estate  surrounding  the  house.  What  is  now  a  city  ward  was  about 
half  taken  up  in  the  grounds  and  farm.  A  lodge,  large  pond,  and 
walks  made  a  most  beautiful  park  about  the  house.  At  one  time 
President  Van  Buren  was  entertained  here  and  the  military  paraded 
through  the  park." 

Micah  built  a  stone  hotel,  called  the  Mansion  House.  The  stone 
mansion  mentioned  above  is  now  occupied  by  his  grandson. 

At  Micah's  death  the  directors  of  the  Jefferson  Co.  Bank  and 
the  members  of  the  bar  passed  resolutions  expressing  their  respect 
for  his  memory.  He  was  thus  spoken  of  by  the  writer  of  an 
obituary  notice: 

"  Of  the  public  c^racter  of  Mr.  Sterling  the  journals  of  Con- 


404  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 

gress  and  the  Senate  bear  faithful  testimony.  Possessing  talents 
of  a  high  order,  a  mind  well  disciplined  by  education  and  reflec- 
tion, eminently  industrious  and  persevering,  energetic,  patriotic 
and  liberal,  his  career  as  a  public  man  was  no  less  brilliant  and 
honorable,  than  useful  to  the  public  which  it  was  his  greatest  glory 
to  serve." 

"  But  few  men  have  passed  through  more  trying  political  scenes 
and  but  few  like  him  could  better  command  the  respect  of  his 
opponents.  In  the  private  relations  of  life  the  character  of  Mr. 
Sterling  was  most  exemplary.  Habitually  dignified  in  his  man- 
ners, he  insensibly  won  the  respect  of  all  with  whom  he  associated." 

As  a  lawyer  "  Micah  Sterling  was  one  of  the  giants  of  the  pro- 
fession in  the  county  in  early  times,"  his  ability  being  undoubted, 
his  reasoning  logical  and  strong,  his  judgment  unwarped  by  preju- 
dice or  partiality.  He  d.  in  Watertown  of  scarlet  fever,  Apr.  11, 
1844.     Mrs.  Ruth  Sterling  d.  there  July  8,  1870. 

Children  by  first  marriage  were: 

703  tEmma  Bronson  Sterling,  b.  June  4,  1814;   m.  Nathaniel 

P.  Wardwell. 

704  Francis  Winthrop  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  7,  1815 ;    d.  Sept.  6, 

1817. 

705  Francis  Winthrop  Sterling,  b.  July  6,  1818;    d.  in  May, 

1821. 

706  tJohn  Calhoun  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  29,  1820;    m.  1st,  Anne 

S.  Brayton,  2d,  Anne  M.  Beach. 

707  Francis  Winthrop  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  18,  1827 ;  d.  in  1829. 

708  William  Hopkins  Sterling,  b.  July  19,  1831 ;   d.  Aug.  18, 

1837. 
Child  by  second  marriage: 

709  tLewis  Benedict  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  18,  1836;  m.  Belle  Lane. 

263  JOSEPH  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Sterling 
City,  Nov.  25,  1786;  m.  in  1811,  Emeline  Cadwell,  b.  Apr.  10, 
1793,  dau.  of  Jeduthan  and  Nancy  Cadwell. 

Joseph  Sterling  removed  about  1808  to  Adams,  Jefferson  Co., 
N.  Y.,  where  he  engaged  in  commercial  pursuits.  Lie  was  one  of 
the  organizers  of  the  Black  River  Navigation  Co.  in  1810.  He  d. 
Mar.  4,  1839.     Emeline  d.  in  Monroe,  Mich.,  Apr.  22,  1848. 


WILLIAM   STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     405 


Children,  born  in  Adams : 

710  tEmeline  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  15,  1812;   m.  Julius  D.  Morton. 

711  tAdaline  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  22,  1814;   m.  Ira  Mayhew. 

712  William  Cadwell  Sterling,  b.  June  30,  1816 ;    d.  unm.  in 

Monroe,  Mich.,  July  13,  1848. 

713  t  Joseph  Marvin  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  16,  1818;    m.  Abigail 

Clark. 

714  Ethiel  Bronson  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  16,  1822;  d.  in  Monroe, 

Mich.,  Nov.  18,  1847,  unm. 

715  Emeline  A.  Sterling,  b.  June  15,  1832;   d.  Apr.  3,  1833. 

265     PHEBE  CHURCH  (Phebe,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in 
East  Haddam,  Conn.,  Oct.  13,  1767;    m.  Nov.  13,  1787,  Elijah 
Crosby  of  East  Haddam,  where  they  lived. 
Children,  born  in  East  Haddam : 

716  Phebe  Starlin  Crosby,  b.  Oct.  12,  1789. 

717  Luinde  Crosby,  b.  Aug.  2,  1791. 

718  Calvin  Crosby,  b.  May  10,  1793. 

719  Lovina  Crosby,  b.  May  14,  1795. 

720  Elial  Crosby,  b.  Mar.  22,  1797. 

721  Elijah  Crosby,  b.  May  20,  1799;  d.  young. 

722  Joseph  Crosby,  b.  May  10,  1801. 

723  Levi  Crosby,  b.  Apr.  2,  1803. 

724  Elijah  Crosby,  b.  Feb.  11,  1805. 

(East  Haddam  Records.) 

271  ELISHA  PERKINS  (Lydia,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in 
Lyme,  Conn.,  July  25,  1768 ;  m.  Mary  Ransom  of  Woodstock,  Vt. 
(No.  233),  b.  at  Lyme,  Conn.,  Feb.  3,  1769,  dau.  of  Richard  and 
Mary  (Sterling)  Ransom.  Elisha  left  Lyme  with  his  father,  when 
25  years  old,  and  settled  in  Vermont,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
tanning  of  hides  and  shoemaking.  Later  sold  his  business  to  his 
brother  Gaius  and  for  a  time  kept  a  store  and  later  a  tavern. 
In  1819  he  removed  with  his  family  to  what  was  then  the  remote 
West,  Troy,  Lincoln  Co.,  Mo.,  where  he  established  an  important 
industry  in  the  manufacture  of  hides  and  in  the  making  of  shoes. 
The  journey  to  Troy  was  then  a  very  great  undertaking  and  was 
made  with  two  large  wagons  and  five  horses;  of  these,  one  w as 
taken  as  a  reserve  and  often  used  by  the  daughters  for  a  lit  tit 
pleasant  variety  of  horseback  riding. 

Both  Mr.  Perkins  and  his  wife  d.  in  Troy  in  1851. 


406  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Children,  born  in  Vermont: 

725  William  Perkins,  b.  in  1800. 

726  tMary  Perkins,  b.  in  1802;  m.  Horace  Wing. 

727  Sarah  Hamilton  Perkins,  b.  Feb.  4,  1803;    m.  Emanuel 

Block ;    had  four  children  and  many  grandchildren. 

728  Fanny  Perkins,  b.  in  1807  ;  d.  unm. 

729  t  Charles  Ely  Perkins,  b.  in  1812;   m.  Sarah  Ann  Jackson. 

273  FRANCIS  PERKINS  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme, 
July  13,  1772 ;  m.  about  1794,  Sally  Dennison,  b.  in  1774 ;  removed 
with  his  father  to  Hartland,  Vt.,  in  1793,  and  in  1815  to  South 
Woodstock,  where  his  father  had  preceded  him.  Mr.  Perkins  was 
a  farmer.    He  d.  July  29,  1852.    His  wife  Sally  d.  Dec.  10,  1843. 

Children : 
729a   Sally  Perkins,  b.  in  1795  ;  d.  unm.  in  1820. 
729&  t  Henry  G.  Perkins,  b.  Feb.  14,  1797  ;  m.  Louisa  R.  Dutton. 
729°    Lydia  Perkins,  b.  in  1799;   d.  in  1813. 
729d  Eliza  Perkins,  b.  in  1801 ;  d.  in  1804. 

730  Ulysses  Perkins,  b.  in  1803 ;    d.  aged  one  week. 

731  t  Eliza  D.  Perkins,  b.  Sept.  17,  1804;  m.  George  Griswold. 

732  tMary  C.  Perkins,  b.  Aug.  19,  1806;   m.  Israel  Putnam. 

733  Charlotte  Perkins,  b.  in  1808;    d.  in  1813. 

734  tFrances  D.  Perkins,  b.  June  10,  1810;    m.  1st,  Joshua 

Snow,  2d,  Henry  C.  Drew. 

274  WILLIAM  PERKINS  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme, 
Dec.  22,  1774;  removed  to  South  Woodstock,  Vt.,  where  he  m. 
Nov.  8,  1801,  Mary  Biglow,  b.  in  Reading,  Vt.,  Nov.  11,  1782, 
dau.  of  Elisha  and  Mary  (Darby)  Biglow.  Mr.  Perkins  was  a 
blacksmith  by  trade.    He  d.  Sept.  19,  1820 ;  she  d.  Nov.  19,  1865. 

Children : 

735  Laura  Perkins,  b.  Nov.  30,  1802;  m.  in  1824,  Benjamin 

Franklin  Biglow ;    no  issue. 

736  t  Cyrus  Perkins,  b.  June  22,  1810;    m.  Sophronia  Strat- 

ton. 

737  Norman  Perkins,  b.  Apr.  5,  1813;    m.  Sarah  J.  Jaquith. 

275  GAIUS  PERKINS  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme, 
Sept.  9,  1778,  removed  to  Hartland  and  afterward  to  South 
Woodstock,  Vt.,  with  his  father  in  1801,  where  he  m.,  June  26, 
1804,  Eunice  Field,  b.  Feb.  12,  1785.  Mr.  Perkins  was  engaged 
for  many  years  in  conducting  an  extensive  tannery  and  in  the 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     407 

making  of  shoes ;    he  was  an  ardent  supporter  of  institutions  of 
learning,  contributing  largely  toward  the  establishment  and  sup- 
port  of   an  academy   in    South  Woodstock.      Eunice   Perkins   d. 
June  25,  1858 ;   Gaius  d.  Mar.  3,  1870. 
Children : 

738  t  Samuel  Field  Perkins,  b.  May  12,  1805;    m.  Mary  D. 

Mclntyre. 

739  Adeline  Perkins,  b.  Aug.  18, 1807  ;  d.  unm.,  Feb.  19,  1830. 

740  tMarcia  Perkins,  b.  Mar.  1,  1809;    m.  Galo  B.  Ralph. 

741  Frederick  Perkins,  b.  Oct.  13,  1810;    m.  Ann  Spear,  d. 

Mar.  23,  1863,  in  Minnesota;  no  children. 

742  t  Charles  Dunham  Perkins,  b.  Mar.  23,  1813;  m.  1st,  Mar- 

ietta Benjamin,  2d,  Louisa  Johnson. 

743  Edward  Perkins,  b.  Apr.  9,  1815;   d.  unm.  in  1882. 

276     BENJAMIN  PERKINS  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme, 
July  12,  1785 ;  m.  Azubah  Hatch  of  Wethersfield,  Vt.,  and  moved 
to  western  New  York  in  1817  and  afterwards  to  Illinois,  where  he 
d.  Feb.  16,  1870.     He  was  a  tailor. 
Children : 

744  James  Perkins,  d.  in  infancy. 

745  Jane  Perkins,  m.  Samuel  Jackson  and  had  eight  children. 

310  JOSEPH  STERLING  (Ephraim,  Joseph,  Jacob,  William), 
b.  in  Trumbull,  Conn.,  Wed.,  June  15;  bapt.,  July  31,  1774; 
m. . 

He  settled  in  Pitcher,  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  before  1807,  for 
on  Mar.  3,  of  that  year,  at  the  first  town  meeting  held  at  the  home 
of  Benjamin  Fairchild  for  the  town  of  German,  he  was  elected 
collector  and  with  Abel  Fairchild  constable  for  the  ensuing  year. 
(P.  380,  Hist,  of  Chenango  Co.) 

He  was  appointed  lieutenant  of  a  new  Militia  company  for  Che- 
nango Co.,  Apr.  10,  1805;  was  promoted  to  captain  Feb.  4, 
1812,  and  resigned  before  Apr.  20,  1815,  when  he  probably  re- 
moved from  Chenango  county.  (Council  of  App'tm't,  Military 
Records  State  of  N.  Y.,  1784-1821.)  There  is  no  record  of  a 
settlement  of  his  estate  in  Chenango  Co. 

He  had  at  least : 

746  Polly  Sterling,  m.  Daniel  Fairchild,  b.  in  Trumbull,  Nov. 

13,  1799,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Dolly   (Blackmail) 


408  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Fairchild  of  Pitcher.  He  was  a  tavern  keeper  in 
Pitcher;  d.  in  the  tavern  May  9,  1838.  (Hist,  of 
Chenango  Co.) 

313  EPHRAIM  STERLING  (Ephraim,  Joseph,  Jacob,  Wil- 
liam), b.  May  16,  1780;  m.  Jan.  19,  1804,  Lucy  Buck,  b.  Mar.  18, 
1781,  dau.  of  Samuel  Beebe  and  Hannah  (Fairchild)  Buck  x  of 
New  Preston,  Conn.  Ephraim  removed  from  Stratford  to  New 
Milford,  Conn.,  when  a  young  man  and  located  at  Chestnut  Land, 
near  the  schoolhouse,  east  of  New  Milford  village.  He  was  a 
man  of  great  physical  strength,  often  helping  the  weaker  ox  at 
a  heavy  load  by  grasping  his  end  of  the  yoke.  He  d.  at  New 
Milford,  Jan.  6,  1854;  Lucy  d.  Jan.  21,  1859;  both  are  buried 
in  the  old  cemetery  at  New  Milford. 

Children : 

747  t  Samuel  Beebe  Sterling,  b.   Jan.   30,   1805;    m.   Minerva 

Beard. 

748  Joseph  Hinman  Sterling,  b.  in  1807;    d.  Jan.  13,  1828, 

unm. 

749  t  Cyrus  Curtis  Sterling,  b.   Oct.  3,  1808;    m.    1st,  Sarah 

A.   Beers,  2d,  Julia  E.  Weaver. 

750  David  Sterling,  b.   Nov.   30,   1811;    m.   June  14,  1854, 

Adaline  Castle,  b.  Mar.  9,  1814,  dau.  of  Wildman 
Castle  of  New  Milford.  David  was  a  farmer  near 
his  father.  He  d.  May  10,  1875.  Adaline  d.  Apr. 
25,  1883.    No  issue. 

1  Ancestry  of  Lucy  (Buck)  Sterling 

Emanuel  Buck,  b.  1623,  came  from  England  in  1647  and  settled  at  Wethersfield, 
Conn.  He  m.  1st,  in  1648,  2d,  1658;  d.  about  1705.  Had  Ezekiel  Buck,  b.  Jan.  15, 
1650;  d.  Mar.  3,  1713;  m.  Mar.  18,  1675,  Rachel  Andrews,  b.  in  1652.  Their  son 
Enoch,  b.  Apr.  5, 1683 ;  m.  May  2, 1717,  Mary,  dau.  of  Samuel  Beebe  of  Milford,  Conn., 
b.  Sept.  26,  1699,  d.  abt.  1747.  Enoch  d.  in  1745.  Their  son  James  Buck  was  b.  Mar. 
24,  1726;  d.  Jan.  28,  1793;  m.  Feb.  25,  1749,  Elizabeth  Sherman,  b.  July  17,  1723 
d.  Jan.  9,  1793,  sister  of  Roger  Sherman.  Their  son  Samuel  Beebe  Buck  was  b.  Sept. 
21,  1751;  a  farmer  at  New  Preston,  Conn.;  m.  Aug.  31,  1775,  Hannah  Fairchild,  b. 
Feb.  20,  1753,  who  d.  Sept.  26,  1825.  Samuel  B.  Buck  d.  Mar.  26,  1834.  Their  dau. 
Lucy,  m.  Ephraim  Sterling.  Elizabeth  Sherman  was  the  dau.  of  William  Sherman, 
b.  June  28,  1692;  m.  1st,  Rebecca  Cutler  of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  m.  2d,  Sept.  13,  1715, 
Mehitable,  dau.  of  Benjamin  Wellington;  son  of  Joseph  Sherman,  b.  May  14,  1650; 
d.  Jan.  20,  1730-31;  m.  Nov.  18,  1673,  Elizabeth  Winship.  A  son  of  Capt.  John 
Sherman,  b.  Feb.  8  1630-31,  came  to  America  with  his  father  in  1634,  settled  at  Water- 
town,  Mass.;  m  Martha,  dau.  of  William  and  Grace  Palmer.  He  was  town  clerk, 
surveyor,  and  selectman,  representative,  steward  of  Harvard  College,  and  captain  of 
Militia ;  d.  Jan.  25,  1691 ;  a  son  of  Samuel  Sherman.  (The  Buck  Genealogy,  Orcutt's 
Hist,  of  Bridgeport.) 


WILLIAM   STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     409 

751  Vincent  Buck  Sterling,  b.  in  1813.  A  carpenter  at  Gay- 

lordsville,   Conn. ;    d.  unm.  May   10,   1842. 

752  Elizabeth  Hannah  Sterling,  b.  in  Jan.,  1815 ;    d.  June  8, 

1838,  unm. 

753  t  Emily  Sterling,  b.  June  17,  1817;    m.  Brice  W.  Weaver. 

754  Caroline  Sterling,  b.  in  1821 ;    lived  on  the  old  homestead 

of  her  father  and  d.  unm.  Aug.  4,  1875. 

315  DAVID  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Trumbull, 
Conn.,  July  17,  1789 ;  m.  Mar.  20,  1814,  Betsey  Waller,  b.  Apr. 
1,  1785,  of  the  Gaylordsville,  Conn.,  family.  David  was  a  farmer 
near  New  Milford,  Conn.  He  d.  there  Feb.  18,  1870.  Betsey  d. 
July  26,  1875. 
Children : 

755  t  Sarah  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  24,  1815;   m.  Samuel  H.  Barnes. 

756  'Homer  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  9,  1816;    m.  Jane  Camp. 

757  t  Charles  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  9,  1824;   m.  Nancy  V.  Flood. 

319  ELIJAH  STERLING  {Sylvanus,  Stephen,  Jacob,  Wil- 
liam), b.  in  Trumbull,  Conn.,  in  Jan.,  1767  ;  m.  there  May  29, 1785, 
Anna  Nichols,  b.  in  1767  in  Trumbull.  Elijah  was  a  farmer  in 
Trumbull,  occupying  the  homestead  of  his  father.  He  d.  there 
June  16,  1844.  She  d.  Sept.  19,  1851. 
Children : 

758  Nancy  Sterling,  b.  in  1785;    d.  unm.  Dec.  8,  1863. 

759  Sylvanus  Sterling,  b.  in  1787  ;  m.  Polly  Beach  (No.  789), 

b.  Oct.  4,  1791,  dau.  of  Dr.  James  E.  and  Hulda 
(Sherman)  Beach.  He  saw  three  days  service  in 
the  War  of  1812,  Apr.  14  to  Apr.  17,  1814.  Syl- 
vanus Sterling  was  one  of  the  leading  men  of  Bridge- 
port, Conn.,  in  his  day.  He  was  member  of  a  firm 
of  saddlery  manufacturers ;  was  elected  president 
of  Bridgeport  Bank  in  1838,  an  office  he  held  for 
eleven  years ;  was  elected  deacon  of  the  First  Con- 
gregational church  there  in  1831  and  served  until 
his  death,  July  11,  1848.  In  1882  a  memorial  win- 
dow was  placed  in  this  building  to  his  memory.  Mrs. 
Sterling  d.  Feb.  22,  1866,  leaving  no  issue  but  a 
considerable  estate.  By  her  will,  the  homestead  was 
given  to  the  First  Congregational  Church  Society 
for  a  parsonage  and  after  providing  for  friends 
the  residue  was  given   to  the  society  known   us   the 


410  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Bridgeport  Protestant  Widow's  Relief  Society  for 
the  establishment  of  a  home  and  for  general  aid 
and  the  organization  has  become  one  of  the  leading 
charities  of  Bridgeport.  The  "  Sterling  Home " 
was  incorporated  by  the  General  Assembly  in  1885. 
(Orcutt's  Hist,  of  Bridgeport.) 

760  tElam  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  6,  1791 ;   m.  Susan  Hurd. 

761  Starr  Sterling,  b.  in  Apr.  1793.    He  is  buried  in  the  Long 

Hill  burying  ground,  Trumbull.  On  the  headstone 
is  the  following  inscription :  "  In  memory  of  Starr, 
son  of  Elijah  and  Anna  Sterling  who  left  home  Oct. 
15,  1809  and  arrived  to  his  brother  in  the  Isle  of 
Antigua  [West  Indies]  Nov.  11  and  died  the  24th 
his  brother  Silvanus  Sterling  15  months  after  took 
up  his  remains  &  was  buried  here,  May  1,  1811,  aged 
16  years,  6  mos." 

762  tLucetta  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  12,  1795;   bapt.  in  Mar.,  1796; 

m.  Albert  Sherwood. 

763  t  Sherwood  E.  Sterling,  bapt.  Oct.  27,  1805;    m.  Rebecca 

Corn  well. 

764  Betsey  Ann  Sterling,  m.  Almon  E.  Plumb,  b.  Apr.  1,  1807  ; 

d.  July  13,  1902.  She  d.  Oct.  15,  1886,  aged  77 
years.    No  issue. 

320  PHILIP  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Trum- 
bull, Conn.,  Jan.  12,  1769;  m.  in  the  winter  of  1802-3,  Ruth 
Hawley,  b.  in  Trumbull,  July  5,  1780,  dau.  of  Ezra  and  Ruth 
(Morehouse)  Hawley.     (See  No.  41.) 

Philip  Sterling  was  a  farmer  and  carpenter  in  Trumbull, 
where  he  d.  and  where  he  is  buried  in  the  Long  Hill  burying  ground. 
"  Philip  Sterling  Died  Sept.  24,  1845,  M.  76."  Mrs.  Sterling 
is  buried  near  her  husband.  "  Ruth,  wife  of  Philip  Sterling,  Died 
Apr.  27,  1876,  M.  95  yrs.  9  mos.  22  d's." 

Children  : 

765  tGeorge  Sterling,  b.  July  21,  1804;  m.  Emmeline  Hawley. 

766  tPamelia  Sterling,  b.  June  13,  1806;  m.  Hezekiah  Nichols. 

767  tMary  Sterling,  b.  July  20,  1809;   m.  John  Booth. 

768  tEsther  Abby  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  23,  1812;  m.  Roswell  Starr 

Nichols. 

769  t  Stephen  Hawley  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  23,  1816;    m.  Rebecca 

J.  Brinsmade. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     411 

321  NATHANIEL  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Trumbull,  Nov.  11,  1771 ;  m.  in  1796,  Phebe  Nichols,  b.  Apr.  13, 
1777,  dau.  of  James  Nichols  of  Booth's  Hill,  Trumbull.  He 
was  a  farmer  in  Trumbull.  Nathaniel  d.  Oct.  18,  1839.  His 
wife  Phebe  d.  Mar.  3,  1862. 
Children : 

770  tLucretia  Sterling,  b.  in  1797 ;   m.  Ephraim  T.  Edwards. 

771  tGassford  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  27,  1800;    m.  Eliza  Post. 

772  tLegrand    Sterling,   b.   June    12,    1802;    m.    1st,   Eloise 

Burton. 

773  Emily  E.  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  22,  1805 ;  m.  Zachariah  Cur- 

tis, and  d.  Nov.  29,  1834,  without  issue. 

774  t  Charles  Nichols  Sterling,  b.  May  10,  1808;    m.  Minerva 

Beach. 

775  Lorenzo  B.  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  22,  1813 ;   d.  unm.  Nov.  22, 

1881. 

776  Nathaniel  J.  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  25,  1816;   m.  and  had  Lor- 

enzo B.  Sterling  of  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  and  Julia, 
who  m.  Charles  Judson  Jackson,  b.  in  Trumbull, 
Nov.  11,  1847,  son  of  Marcellus  and  Huldah  (Mal- 
lett)  Jackson.  His  wid.  was  living  in  Monroe,  Conn., 
in  1903. 

323  JESSE  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  bapt.  in  Trum- 
bull, Conn.,  Feb.  22,  1778 ;  m.  Sarah,  dau.  of  Moses  Gregory  of 
Wilton,  Conn. 

Jesse  removed  from  Trumbull  to  Bridgeport  about  1800,  where 
he  became  a  successful  dry-goods  merchant  and  one  of  the  town's 
prominent  citizens.  He  was  appointed  postmaster  Sept.  15,  1810, 
and  served  as  such  until  May  8,  1829.  He  was  the  first  treasurer 
of  the  Housatonic  R.  R.  Co.,  which  was  organized  in  1837,  and 
was  manager  of  the  company  which  supplied  Bridgeport  with 
water  in  1833.  He  d.  June  13,  1845.  She  d.  in  1836,  and  is 
buried  in  Mountain  Grove  cemetery,  Bridgeport. 

Children : 

777  tMary  Ann  Sterling,  b.  in  Aug.,  1805;    m.  Gen.  Charles 

DeForest. 

778  t  Susan  E.  Sterling,  m.  Dr.  David  H.  Nash. 

779  t  Charles  Frederick  Sterling,  m.  Emelinc  Brook. 

780  t  Sarah  Caroline  Sterling,  m.  Philo  C.  Calhoun. 


412  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


781  tEzra  Gregory  Sterling,  m.  Sarah  E.  Burr. 

782  Julia  M.  Sterling,  m.  Dr.  Pinckney  W.  Ellsworth,  Apr. 

27,  1841.  He  was  b.  Dec.  5,  1814,  son  of  Gov.  Wil- 
liam Wolcott  and  Emily  Schotten  (Webster)  Ells- 
worth, grandson  of  Noah  Webster,  the  lexicographer. 
She  d.  Mar.  18,  1854.  He  m.  2d,  Dec.  9,  1856,  Julia 
Townsend  Dow  of  New  Haven,  Conn.  No  issue  by 
first  marriage. 

325  DAVID  SHERMAN  (Mary,  Stephen,  Jacob,  William),  b. 
in  Stratfield,  Jan.  22,  1757 ;  m.  Jan.  18,  1775,  Rebecca  French, 
b.  Feb.  25,  1755,  dau.  of  Lieut.  John  and  Elizabeth  (Nichols?) 
French  of  Trumbull.  Capt.  David  Sherman  d.  Aug.  22,  1810. 
Mrs.  Rebecca  Sherman  d.  Mar.  4,  1825. 

Children : 

783  t  Sterling  Sherman,  b.  Mar.  1,  1776;   m.  Anna  Kirtland. 

784  Mary  Sherman,  b.  June  12,  1777. 

785  Ellen  Sherman,  b.  July  10,  1780 ;  m.  Oct.  3,  1805,  Samuel 

Porter,  b.  Mar.  1,  1771,  son  of  Samuel  and  Abiah 
Porter,  who  m.  1st,  May  3,  1803,  Sally  French,  b. 
in  1781,  d.  Apr.  3,  1805.  Samuel,  Jr.,  d.  Sept.  9, 
1842.     Ellen  d.  Apr.  12,  1867. 

786  Isaac  Sherman,  b  Jan.  14,  1783;    d.  Mar.  19,  1784. 

787  David  Sherman,  b.  Mar.  9,  1785.     The  inscription  on  his 

father's  gravestone  to  David,  Jr.'s  memory  states 
that  he  "  was  supposed  to  be  lost  on  his  passage  from 
Washington  in  North  Carolina  to  New  York  with 
his  whole  crew  in  the  schooner  Recovery  about  the 
20th  of  Decemb?  1800  [1810  probably]  in  the  25th 
year  of  his  age." 

788  t  Isaac  Sherman,  b.  Sept.  25,  1788;   m.  Maria  Burroughs. 

327  HULDA  SHERMAN  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Stratfield; 
m.  Oct.  20,  1789,  James  E.  Beach,  M.D.,  of  Cheshire,  Conn.,  b. 
in  1763. 

Dr.  Beach  resided  for  many  years  in  Bridgeport,  where  he 
conducted  a  dry-goods  store  and  ran  boats  to  New  York  City, 
which  did  a  general  freight  and  passenger  business.  He  was  senior 
member  of  the  firm  of  Beach  &  Sterling  (David)  from  1794  to 
1804;  of  Beach  &  Sterling  (Jesse)  from  1804  to  1815,  and  of 
Beach  &  Sterling  (Sylvanus,  Jr.).  Dr.  Beach  furnished  the  capi- 
tal for  these  enterprises  but  took  no  active  part  in  their  manage- 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     413 


ment.     He  had  a  wide  practice  in  his  profession  and  was  a  capable, 
public-spirited  man.     He  d.  in  1838. 
Children : 

789  t  Polly   Beach,  b.   Oct.    4,    1791;    m.    Sylvanus   Sterling. 

(See  No.  759.) 

790  Laura  Beach,  b.  Aug.  2,  1795;    m.   Sept.  8,  1816,  Ira 

Sherman,  son  of  Silas  and  Abigail   (Hawley)   Sher- 
man (b.  May  9,  1793;  d.  May  13,  1869). 

791  tlsaac  Eaton  Beach,  b.  May  23,  1802;    m.  Eliza  Hawley. 

792  An  infant  son  d.  "  Decr  19th  1806,  twelve  hours  old." 
(Compiled  from  material  in  Orcutt's  Hist,  of  Bridgeport.) 

328  DAVID  STERLING  (Abijah,  Stephen,  Jacob,  William),  b. 
in  Stratford,  Conn.,  Jan.  5,  1771 ;  m.  Deborah  Strong,  b.  Nov. 
13,  1775,  dau.  of  Joseph  and  Comfort  (Nichols)  Strong. 

David  was  a  large  landholder  in  Stratford,  Fairfield,  and 
Greenfield,  and  a  leading  merchant  of  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  where 
he  lived.     He  d.  June  15,  1843 ;   Deborah  d.  Mar.  10,  1849. 

Children : 

793  tjohn  William  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  4,  1796;   m.  1st,  Mary 

Judson,  2d,  Catharine  T.  Plant. 

794  tDavid  Sterling,  b.  July  9,  1799;   m.  Emma  Waterman. 

795  George  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  3,  1801 ;   d.  Mar.  5,  1802. 

796  t  Sherwood  Sterling,  b.  May  23,  1803;  m.  Jane  E.  Hawley. 

797  tAnn  Strong  Sterling,  b.  July  23,  1805;   m.  Mark  Moore. 

798  t  Cornelia    Sterling,    b.    Aug.    13,    1806;    m.    William   R. 

Bunnell. 

799  Cordelia  Sterling  (twin  with  the  above),  m.  Capt.  Robert 

H.  Waterman,  brother  of  Emma  Waterman  above; 

d.  without  issue. 
330     CAPTAIN  DANIEL  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Stratford,  May  15,  1776;    m.  Sept.  14,  1804,  Hannah  Jud- 
son, b.  July  11,  1785,  dau.  of  Agur  and  Ann  (Mills)  Judson  1  of 
Huntington,  Conn. 

1  Judson  Ancestry 

William  Judson,  probably  born  in  Yorkshire,  Eng.,  came  with  his  family  to  Ne* 
England  in  1634  and  settled  first  at  Concord,  Mass.,  where  he  remained  four  years, 
when  he  removed  to  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  thence  in  the  spring  of  L6S9  with  others  to 
Stratford,  Conn.;  one  of  the  earliest  settlers.  His  will  was  dated  Dec.  1*  1661,  inven- 
tory of  his  estate  Dec.  15, 1662.  His  first  wife.  Grace,  came  with  him  from  r  ngland  and 
d   in  New  Haven,  Sept.  29,  1659;   he  m.  2d,  Elizabeth,  wid.  of  Benjamin  Wilmot. 


414  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Daniel  Sterling  was  a  sea  captain,  sailing  his  vessels  to  Liver- 
pool, Archangel,  Russia,  and  other  ports.  His  father,  upon  his 
death,  bequeathed  to  Daniel  the  land  in  Bridgeport  about  Fulton 
street  and  Madison  avenue  and  the  triangular  piece  bounded  by 
Franklin  street,  Washington  avenue,  and  Main  street  (exclusive 
of  the  Bronson  Hawley  corner).  He,  however,  wished  his  home  to 
be  nearer  the  shore,  so  he  bought  the  land  east  of  Main  street, 
opposite  the  triangular  plot,  down  to  the  river,  from  East  Wash- 
ington avenue  to  Lumber  street  and  built  his  house  in  the  center 
of  the  square,  where  the  fourth  regiment  armory  now  stands.  This 
was  in  1804  and  was  before  the  Housatonic  Railway  was  built 

William  d.  in  New  Haven,  July  29,  1662.  Will  of  his  widow  dated  January  or  Febru- 
ary, 1685,  inventory  of  estate  Nov.  19,  1685.  His  son  was  Joseph  Jud  on,  who  came 
to  Stratford  when  19  years  old  in  1639.  He  was  made  freeman  May,  1658,  was  elected 
a  representative  the  next  October,  made  lieutenant  of  the  trainband  of  Stratford,  June, 
1672,  was  engaged  in  the  Narragansett  War  of  1676.  One  of  the  most  active  business 
men  of  the  community.  He  m.  Oct.  24,  1644,  Sarah,  probably  dau.  of  John  Porter  of 
Windsor,  who  d.  Mar.  16,  1696-97,  aged  70;  he  d.  Oct.  8,  1690,  aged  71.  Their  son, 
Capt.  James  Judson,  b.  Apr.  24,  1650;  m.  1st,  Aug.  18,  1680,  Rebecca  Wells  (b.  1655, 
d.  Nov.  3,  1717),  dau.  of  Thomas  Wells  of  Hartford,  son  of  Gov.  Thomas  Welles,  who 
was  b.  in  England,  about  1598;  James  m.  2d,  Nov.  20,  1718,  widow  of  James  Steel  of 
Wethersfield,  dau.  of  Samuel  Wells;  she  d.  in  Wethersfield  in  1739;  Capt.  James  Jud- 
son d.  Feb.  25,  1720-21.  His  son,  Capt.  David  Judson,  b.  Aug.  7,  1693;  in.  Phebe 
Stiles,  Oct.  29,  1713,  dau.  of  Ephraim  Stiles,  b.  Mar.  25,  1696,  d.  May  20,  1765.  David 
Judson  d.  May  5,  1761.  Ephraim  Stiles  was  b.  Aug.  3,  1645;  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Stratford,  Conn.,  a  deputy  to  the  Gen.  Assembly,  1686-89-92-93-96-99  and  1702,  and 
to  the  Court  of  Election  1695-97-1704-08;  he  m.  1st,  July  8,  1669,  Ruth,  wid.  of  Oba- 
diah  Wheeler;  m.  2d,  after  1680,  Bathsheba,  b.  Jan.  3,  1661,  dau.  of  Henry  Tomlinson. 

Ephraim  d.  June  21,  1714,  and  Bathsheba  m.  2d, Curtiss,  and  d.  in  1735,  aged  74. 

Henry  Tomlinson  came  from  England  with  his  wife  Alice  and  several  children.     He 
settled  at  New  Haven  and  removed  to  Stratford,  where  he  d.  Mar.  16,  1681. 

Ephraim  Stiles  was  a  son  of  Francis  Stiles,  b.  in  Milbrooke,  Bedfordshire,  Eng., 
bapt.  Aug.  1,  1602,  who  came  to  America  and  settled  in  Windsor,  Conn.,  1635;   m. 

in  England,  Joan ,  who  m.  2d,  Robert  Clark  of  Stratford.    Francis  d.  in  1682,  son 

of  Thomas  and  Maria  Stiles,  one  of  four  brothers  who  came  to  America. 

Capt.  David  Judson  had  Agur  Judson,  b.  Mar.  23,  1724;  d.  July  6,  1790;  m. 
1st,  Dec.  23,  1746,  Hannah  Curtiss,  who  d.  Nov.  14,  1747;  m.  2d,  May  1,  1750,  Me- 
hitable  Tousy  of  Newton.  Their  son,  Agur  Judson,  Jr.,  b.  May  3,  1751 ;  m.  Ann,  dau. 
of  Elisha  Mills,  Dec.  22,  1768,  he  being  17  and  she  16  years  old.  They  resided  in 
Huntington,  Conn.  Their  eighth  child,  Hannah  Judson,  b.  July  11,  1785;  m.  Capt. 
Daniel  Sterling.  Sarah  (or  Sally)  Judson,  tenth  and  youngest  child  of  Agur,  b.  May 
15,  1791 ;  m.  Frederick  Abijah  Sterling  (No.  332),  younger  brother  of  Daniel  Sterling. 

Capt.  David  Judson  also  had  Daniel  Judson,  b.  Apr.  26,  1728;  m.  1st,  Jan.  1, 
1751-52,  Sarah,  dau.  of  Capt.  Stiles  Curtiss,  b.  May  17,  1731,  who  d.  May  30,  1808; 
2d,  Feb.  20,  1809,  Mercy  Burrett.  He  d.  Nov.  4,  1813.  His  son  Daniel  Judson,  Jr., 
b.  Nov.  24,  1763;  d.  Oct.  4,  1847;  m.  Sept.  10,  1797,  Sarah,  dau.  of  Solomon  Plant, 
who  d.  Aug.  14,  1857.  Their  dau.  Mary  Rebecca  Judson,  b.  Apr.  10,  1807;  m.  Capt. 
John  William  Sterling,  son  of  David  Sterling,  a  brother  of  Frederick  A.  and  Daniel 
Sterling  above  mentioned.    (See  No.  793.) 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     415 

or  conceived  and  the  Pequonnock  River  ran  up  to  the  garden 
steps  at  what  is  now  the  corner  of  Lumber  street  and  Housatonic 
avenue. 

Captain  Daniel  purchased  from  one  of  the  tribes  of  old  Pe- 
quonnock Indians  the  square  next  north  of  his  home  plot.  On 
the  north  side  of  this  lot  stood  a  tall  poplar  tree.  Under  this 
tree  had  stood  the  wigwam  of  the  old  Indian  who  had  sold  the 
land,  and  in  the  deed  it  was  agreed  that  the  old  Indian  should 
live  in  his  wigwam  and  should  be  buried  under  the  tree.  These 
provisions  were  carried  out  and  the  old  tree  stood  for  many  years 
to  mark  the  redman's  rest-place. 

In  1812,  when  British  frigates  were  beleaguering  Bridgeport, 
Captain  Sterling,  with  a  picked  crew,  went  to  New  York  in  a 
large  yawl  and  brought  back  a  boat  load  of  flour  for  the  inhab- 
itants. The  crew  rowed  both  ways.  The  boat  hugged  the  shore 
and  came  back  in  the  night  time.  Several  cannon  shots  were 
fired  at  this  crew,  but  they  escaped  injury.  Daniel  was  a  member 
of  the  Connecticut  General  Assembly  in  May,  1810  and  1812,  and 
in  October,  1810  and  1813.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first  board  of 
directors  of  the  Bridgeport  Steamboat  Company  and  one  of  its 
incorporators  in  1824. 

Later  in  life,  in  1837,  Captain  Sterling  was  chosen  mayor  of 
Bridgeport  and  his  portrait  hangs  with  the  others  in  the  council 
chamber.  He  d.  Mar.  29,  1853.  Mrs.  Hannah  Sterling  d.  Mar. 
22,  1852.     Buried  in  Mountain  Grove  cemetery,  Bridgeport. 

Children : 

800  Henry  D.  Sterling,  b.  June  15,  1805 ;    d.  unm.  Feb.  14, 

1830. 

801  tWoolsey   G.   Sterling,  b.   June   14,   1807;    m.   Eliza   C. 

Quackenbos. 

802  Margaret  Aspinwall  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  6,  1812;    m.  1st, 

July  6,  1854,  George  Fitch  Hussev  of  N.  Y.,  b.  Nov. 
16,  1811,  d.  Sept.  24,  1855 ;  m.  2d,  Oct.  2,  1858,  Dr. 
John  G.  Adams  of  N.  Y.,  b.  Aug.  12,  1807.  Mar- 
garet d.  Oct.  20,  1866.     No  issue. 

803  Harriet  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  22,  1813;   d.  Feb.  13,  1814. 

804  tDaniel  H.  Sterling,  b.  July  10,  1819;   m.  Maria  M.  Beck. 

332     FREDERICK    ABIJAH    STERLING    (brother    of    the 
above),  b.  in  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  Jan.  29,  1789;  m.  in  Huntington, 


416  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Conn.,  June  16,  1816,  Sarah  Judson,  b.  May  15,  1791,  sister  of 
Hannah  Judson,  who  m.  Frederick's  brother  Daniel  above. 

Mr.  Sterling  removed  to  New  York  City,  where  in  1833  he 
was  a  merchant  at  69  Pine  street  with  residence  on  Henry  street  at 
number  25.  Twenty  years  later  he  is  designated  in  the  old  direc- 
tory of  1853  as  an  "  inspector  "  with  residence  still  on  Henry 
street  at  number  39.  He  d.  June  10,  1862.  Sarah  d.  Oct.  18, 
1878.    Both  are  buried  in  Mountain  Grove  cemetery,  Bridgeport. 

Only  child: 

805  t  Alexander  Frederick  Sterling,  b.  June  21,  1817  ;  m.  Eliza- 

beth Jordan. 

336  LEVI  HUBBELL  (Eunice,  Stephen,  Jacob,  William),  b.  in 
Stratford,  Conn.,  Sept.  18,  1782;  m.  Dec.  6,  1802;  Susan  Allen, 
b.  in  Stratford,  Conn.,  Mar.  20,  1785.  Resided  in  New  Orleans, 
La.  He  d.  in  Winsted,  Conn.,  June  24,  1872.  She  d.  July  13, 
1813. 

Children : 

806  t  Susan  Matilda  Hubbell,  b.  Oct.  19,  1804;    m.  Monson 

Hawley. 

807  Henry  Abraham  Hubbell,  b.  in  N.  Y.  City,  Oct.  26,  1806 ; 

d.  on  board  the  ship  America  near  New  Orleans,  La., 
July  13,  1829. 

808  Frances  Adeline  Hubbell,  b.  in  N.  Y.,  Apr.  25,  1808 ;   d. 

before  1880. 

809  t  Ann  Maria  Hubbell,  b.  May  9,  1811 ;  m.  Charles  Toucey. 

810  Susan  Allen  Hubbell,  b.  Jan.  22,  1813;   d.  July  3,  1834. 

(Hubbell  Gene.) 

340  NATHANIEL  STERLING  (William,  William,  William, 
Richard,  William),  b.  in  Wilton,  Conn.,  Apr.  1,  1780;  m.  1st,  at 
New  Canaan,  Conn.,  Feb.  7,  1801,  Polly  Hoyt,  b.  in  Wilton,  July 
26,  1782,  dau.  of  Jonathan  and  Hannah  (Abbott)  Hoyt.  Polly  d. 
at  Wilton,  Dec.  12,  1854.  Nathaniel  m.  2d,  at  Wilton,  Mar.  15, 
1855,  Betsey  Knapp,  b.  in  Wilton,  May  28,  1805,  dau.  of  Charles 
and  Betsey  (Davenport)  Knapp. 

Nathaniel  was  a  farmer  and  carpenter  and  master  builder. 
He  lived  nearly  all  his  life  in  Wilton  and  in  Kent,  Conn.,  but 
passed  some  years  in  Lafayette,  Onondaga  Co.,  N.  Y.     In  Onon- 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     417 

daga  Co.  he  built  the  Baptist  Church  structure  now  standing  at 
Pompey  Hill.  He  himself  was  a  Presbyterian  of  the  "  auld  licht ' 
order,  an  omnivorous  reader  and  serious  thinker.  An  Onondaga 
Co.  History  by  Prof.  W.  W.  Clayton  says :  "  Nathaniel  Sterling, 
a  carpenter  and  joiner,  settled  on  the  farm  now  (1878)  occupied 
by  Luther  Balse.  He  built  the  Baptist  Church  at  Pompey  Hill 
and  the  church  now  standing  in  La  Fayette  village.  The  latter 
part  of  his  life  was  spent  on  a  farm.  He  was  a  leading  man  in 
religious  and  educational  matters." 

He  was  interested  in  his  family's  history  and  made  some  search 
of  early  records.  He  d.  in  Wilton,  Apr.  10,  I860,  and  is  buried 
in  St.  Matthew's  cemetery  near  his  first  wife. 

Children  : 

811  Polly  Almira  Sterling,  b.  in  Wilton,  Dec.  26,  1801 ;    d. 

at  Lafayette,  N.  Y.,  May  30,  1838,  unm.,  and  is 
buried  there. 

812  t  Charles  Stephen  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  24,  1804;   m.  Armenia 

Hasbrouck. 

813  Jonathan  Hoyt  Sterling,  b.  in  Wilton,  Aug.  6,  1808;   m. 

Sept.  13,  1836,  Mary  Ann  Smith,  b.  in  Pompey,  N. 
Y.,  Sept.  4,  1811.  They  removed  to  near  Norwalk, 
Huron  Co.,  Ohio,  where  he  d.  Sept.  22,  1890.  She 
d.  Jan.  20,  1888.     No  issue. 

814  tEllice  A.  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  24,  1816;   m.  Philander  Has- 

brouck. 

815  t  William  Wiltshire  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  3,  1819;    m.  Mary 

Miller. 

In  the  family  Bible  of  Nathaniel  Sterling  and  his 
father,  is  inserted  the  following:  "  Almira  S.  Goodell, 
b.  in  La  Fayette,  On.  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  11,  1847; 
named  by  special  request  as  a  token  of  friendship 
between  the  families  of  Warren  Goodell  and  ><. 
Sterling." 

341  RACHEL  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wrilton, 
May  25, 1781 ;  m.  Nov.  23, 1806,  Charles  Knapp,  b.  Mar.  27, 1779, 
son  of  Epenetus  and  Mary  (Smith)  Knapp.  He  m.  1st,  Betsey 
Davenport,  by  whom  he  had  Eliza,  b.  Sept.  24,  1801,  m.  Rachel's 

brother  Isaac  Sterling;    Samuel,  b.  in  1803,  m.  Eliza  ,  ami 

Betsey,  b.  May   28,    1805,   who  m.   Rachel's   brother   Nathaniel. 


418  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


They  lived  at  Wilton,  Conn.  He  d.  Dec.  16,  1826.  She  d.  June  26, 
1843. 

Children : 

816  Bethiah  Knapp,  b.  in  1811 ;   m.  James  Knapp. 

817  William  Knapp,  b.  July  15,  1813 ;   m.  Jane  Smith. 

818  Mary  Knapp,  b.  in  1815 ;   m.  Albert  Hyatt. 

343  WILLIAM  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wil- 
ton, Conn.,  Mar.  10,  1784 ;   m.  Aseneth .     They  lived  in  Gil- 

bertsville,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Children : 

819  Stephen  Sterling. 

820  Isaac    Sterling,    resided    at    Bainbridge,    Chenango    Co., 

N.  Y. ;  president  of  the  village  in  1869 ;  said  to  have 
had  one  dau.  He  may  have  m.  as  a  first  wife,  in 
Otego,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  22,  1844,  Julia  Carr, 
b.  in  Butternut,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  25,  1823,  dau.  of  Edward 
and  Lucy  (Cook)  Carr  of  Otego.  She  d.  Sept.  19, 
1848,  without  issue. 
(Carr  Family  Records,  '94.)  The  probate  records  of 
Chenango  Co.  do  not  contain  the  name  Sterling. 

821  Eliza  Ann  Sterling,  m. Patrick  of  Wilton. 

822  A  dau.,  m.  Jackson. 

823  Joseph  Sterling. 

347  ISAAC  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wilton, 
Apr.  29,  1789;  m.  Jan.  11,  1826,  Eliza  Knapp,  b.  Sept.  24,  1801, 
dau.  of  Charles  and  Betsey  (Davenport)  Knapp  (Charles,  b.  Mar. 
27,  1779;  d.  Dec.  16,  1826),  and  sister  of  Betsey,  who  m.  Isaac's 
brother  Nathaniel.     Charles  m.  2d,  Isaac's  sister  Rachel. 

Isaac  Sterling  was  a  farmer  at  "  Dumplin  Hill,"  Wilton,  Conn. 
He  d.  Aug.  10,  1853.  She  d.  Mar.  13,  1892.  Burial  at  "  Joe's 
Hill  "  cemetery,  Wilton. 

Children : 

824  tCharles  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  27,  1826;    m.  1st,  Emily  C.  Os- 

born,  2d,  Sarah  A.  Dickens. 

825  Rhoda  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  25,  1829 ;  m.  Nov.  5,  1854,  Ros- 

well  Reed   of  West  Norwalk,   Conn.      She  d.   Apr., 
1893.     He  d.  in  1893.     No  issue. 

826  t  William  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  2,  1833;    m.  Mary  Tuttle. 

827  Ellice  Sterling  (called  Alice),  b.  Aug.  9,  1842;    a  school 

teacher  in  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y.,  1902,  unm. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     419 

348  BETSEY  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wilton, 
June  19,  1790;  m.  John  Hickok,  b.  Apr.  15,  1790.  Betsey  d.  Dec. 
5,  1846,  and  he  m.  2d,  Oct.  21,  1848,  her  sister  Sarah,  b.  Mar.  29, 
1793,  who  d.  Feb.  24,  1864,  without  issue.  John  d.  Mar.  4,  1864. 
Children  of  John  and  Betsey  Hickok: 

828  William  Harvey  Hickok,  b.  Mar.  6,  1812;    m.  1st,  Sarah 

Ann,  dau.  of  Samuel  Sturges  (b.  Jan.  1,  1815;  d. 
June  30,  1843)  ;  m.  2d,  Huldah,  dau.  of  William  S. 
Cole.  Wm.  H.  Hickok  d.  July  7,  1883.  His  widow 
was  living  at  Lewisboro,  N.  Y.,  in  1902. 

829  Emeline  Hickok,  m.  Lockwood  K.  Perris  of  Wilton.    Both 

dead ;   no  issue. 

356  ISAAC  STERLING  (Samuel,  Samuel,  William,  Richard, 
William),  b.  probably  at  Wilton,  Conn.,  about  1772.  Very  little  is 
known  of  Isaac  and  no  records  of  him  or  his  wife  or  family  are 
known  to  exist.  What  is  given  here  has  been  secured  from  many 
widely  different  sources  and  has  been  gathered  during  a  period  of 
three  years.  He  undoubtedly  went  to  Pennsylvania  as  a  young 
man  of  21  or  thereabouts,  and  he  here  m.,  probably  in  1794,  a 
Miss  Jones,  perhaps  a  sister  of  the  first  wife  of  his  next  younger 
brother  Daniel. 

An  Isaac  Sterling,  undoubtedly  this  one,  was  the  first  tavern 
keeper  in  the  township  of  Dansville,  Steuben  county,  New  York. 
It  will  be  seen  later  that  his  brother  Samuel  located  at  Dansville. 
He  settled  here  at  a  very  early  date,  as  early  as  1806,  although 
the  settlement  of  the  locality  did  not  begin  until  ten  years  later. 
(Hist,  of  Steuben  Co.,  p.  283.)  He  was  lieutenant  in  the  militia 
in  Steuben  Co.,  being  appointed  Feb.  16,  1809.  (Council  of  Ap- 
pointment, State  of  N.  Y.)  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812, 
presumably  going  to  the  defence  of  the  frontier  near  Fort  Erie 
and  in  command  of  his  company.  There  is  a  tradition  that  during 
a  skirmish  Isaac  was  captured  by  four  of  the  enemy  who  started 
to  conduct  him  to  headquarters.  The  captive  did  not  proceed  fast 
enough  to  satisfy  the  Britishers,  one  of  whom  prodded  him  in  the 
back  with  his  fixed  bayonet,  which  so  enraged  Isaac  that  he  tinned, 
wrenched  the  gun  from  the  soldier's  hands,  whirled  it  around  his 
head,  brained  one  of  the  men,  shot  another,  bayoneted  the  third, 
while  the  fourth  took  to  his  legs  and  Isaac  escaped. 


420  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


He  may  have  removed  to  Candor,  Tioga  county,  New  York,  as 
the  History  of  that  county  states  that  Betsey  Sterling  (his  daugh- 
ter) was  of  Candor  when  she  married  Perez  Dean.     (P.  227.) 

In  1817  Isaac  and  his  family  removed  to  Ontario,  Can.,  and 
settled  near  Stony  Creek,  township  of  Saltfleet,  Wentworth  Co., 
on  the  mountain  side,  east  of  the  present  city  of  Hamilton,  where 
his  wife  d.  in  1821,  and  where  she  is  buried.  Isaac  d.  at  or  near 
what  is  now  the  City  of  Rock  Island,  111.,  somewhere  about  1840. 

His  brother,  Maj.  Daniel,  and  his  nephew,  James,  were  en- 
gaged in  the  construction  of  government  works  at  the  mouth  of 
the  Rock  River,  at  its  junction  with  the  Mississippi.  Daniel  d. 
there  of  malarial  fever  in  1839,  and  it  is  inferred  that  Isaac  was 
associated  with  his  brother  in  these  works,  although  then  a  man 
approaching  the  age  of  seventy.  Daniel  was  buried  at  a  place 
formerly  called  Black  Hawk  Lookout.  It  is  fair  to  suppose  that 
Isaac  was  buried  near  him,  but  while  Daniel's  remains  were  re- 
interred  in  1870,  Isaac's  appear  to  have  been  left  undisturbed  and 
consequently  the  exact  spot  is  unknown.  The  burial  records  of 
Rock  Island  have  been  searched  and  no  mention  is  found  of  Isaac's 
re-interment.  Black  Hawk  Lookout,  a  point  about  four  and  one 
half  miles  from  the  city,  is  now  known  as  Black  Hawk  Watch 
Tower,  and  is  a  popular  pleasure  resort.  Isaac's  unmarked  grave 
is  probably  somewhere  within  this  park. 
Children : 

830  t  Henry  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  12,  1795;   m.  Abigail  Murch. 

831  Samuel  Sterling,  settled  at  Mineral  Point,  Wisconsin.    He 

had  a  family ;  is  said  to  have  sons  living  in  Colorado. 

832  Barton  Sterling,  d.  in  Chicago.     Left  one  dau.  said  to  be 

living  in  Michigan. 

833  Benjamin  Sterling,  m.  Sarah  Thair;    d.  at  Galena,  111., 

without  issue. 

834  tMary  (or  Polly)  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  6,  1801;    m.  Bucklin 

Alderman. 

835  Betsey  Sterling,  m.  Perez  Dean,  b.  Dec.  17,  1791,  son  of 

Mial  and  Sarah  (Stafford)  Dean  of  Newark  Valley, 
Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y.  (Gazetteer  of  Tioga  Co.,  p.  227). 
They  removed  to  Oxford,  Ontario,  Can.  Had :  James, 
Lewis,  Solomon,  Edward,  Julia,  Sally  Ann,  Charity, 
Betsey,  Emeline,  and  possibly  others. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     421 


845  Major  Sterling,  m.  Peggy  Newton;    lived  east  of  Hamil- 

ton, Can. ;  d.  leaving  no  issue. 

846  Loretta  Sterling,  m.  Boynton  Ten  Eyck ;  had  one  daugh- 

ter.   All  are  dead. 

847  t  Eliza  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  25,  1806;   m.  John  G.  Kimball. 

848  Ellen  Sterling,  m.  1st,  John  Beach,  2d,  Simeon  Morrell ; 

lived  at  London,  Can.,  where  her  second  husband  was 
a  tanner;   d.  without  issue. 

849  Orilla  Sterling,  m.   John  Green  of  Waterford,  Can.,  d. 

without  issue. 

850  tCyrena  Sterling,  b.  May  8,  1811;   m.  William  McCool. 

851  tKeziah  Sterling,  b.  in  1816;  m.  John  Sill. 

852  Daniel  Sterling ;    m.  Catherine  McGill ;    lived  at  Toronto, 

Can.  Had:  George,  traveling  representative  of  a 
Canadian  Insurance  Co.,  with  headquarters  in  To- 
ronto ;  Frederick,  of  Toronto,  William,  Alice  (m. 
E.  P.  Park  of  Brantford,  Can.,  and  d.  leaving  a 
dau.),  Edith  (m.  Roy  Yielding  of  Chicago,  111.), 
Mary,  and  Catherine. 

357  MAJOR  DANIEL  STERLING  {brother  of  the  above) ,  b.  in 
Wilton,  July  8,  1776;  m.  1st,  June  26,  1799,  Betsey  Jones,  who  d. 
within  seven  months,  Jan.  6,  1800 ;  m.  2d,  in  the  same  year,  Nov. 
17,  1800,  Sarah  Sutton,  b.  1780,  dau.  of  James  and  Sarah  Sutton, 
who  d.  two  days  after  the  birth  of  her  youngest  child,  June  12, 
1812.  She  is  buried  in  Black  Walnut  cemetery,  Wyoming  Co., 
Penn.  Daniel  m.  3d,  two  months  after  his  second  wife's  death, 
Aug.  19,  1812,  Rachel  Brooks,  b.  July  10,  1791,  dau.  of  James 
and  Mary  (Johnson)  Brooks.  James  Brooks  b.  in  1729,  removed 
from  Huntington  Co.,  N.  J.,  to  Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  1791.  He  d. 
at  Pipe  Creek  (now  Tioga  Center),  Jan.  7,  1812.  Mary  Johnson, 
his  wife,  d.  at  Mechanicsburg,  Ohio,  May  21,  1831. 

Daniel  Sterling  migrated  to  the  Wyoming  Valley,  Penn.,  with 
his  parents  when  in  his  eighteenth  year.  He  was  an  active  business 
man  and  an  employer  of  many  men  in  lumbering  and  in  work 
upon  government  contracts.  He  possessed  a  great  deal  of  land 
in  the  vicinity  of  Sterlingville  (now  Meshoppen),  Wyoming  Co., 
Penn.,  and  had  other  large  interests.  He  was  called  "Major 
Sterling,"  although  he  saw  no  military  service,  the  title  merely 
indicating  the  important  position  he  occupied  in  the  community. 


422  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Daniel  and  his  eldest  son  James  went  to  the  far  West,  to 
Illinois,  in  1836,  where  they  had  contracts  from  the  State.  One 
of  these  contracts  was  for  the  construction  of  a  canal  and  locks 
at  the  mouth  of  the  Rock  River,  at  its  junction  with  the  Missis- 
sippi River  and  another  for  the  same  improvement  at  what  is 
now  Sterling,  111.  (named  from  the  son  James).  At  both  these 
points  were  rapids,  which  it  was  necessary  to  pass  with  artificial 
waterways  in  order  to  make  the  stream  navigable. 

Daniel  was  in  charge  of  the  work  at  the  mouth  of  the  river, 
James  in  charge  of  that  at  Sterling,  some  sixty  miles  above.  The 
State  of  Illinois  became  so  heavily  embarrassed  by  indebtedness 
in  carrying  out  extensive  plans  for  internal  improvement,  that 
it  could  not  meet  its  obligations,  so  that  contractors  were  many 
of  them  nearly  financially  ruined,  Daniel  and  James  among  the 
number.  The  State  issued  bonds,  in  payment  for  contract  work, 
but  at  the  time  these  were  worth  only  about  twenty-five  cents  on 
the  dollar,  so  that  those  who  had  to  realize  at  once  lost  heavily. 
The  bonds  were  afterward  fully  redeemed  by  the  State.  Daniel 
Sterling  d.  near  the  mouth  of  the  Rock  River  of  malarial  fever, 
while  engaged  in  this  work,  Aug.  25,  1839,  and  was  buried  in 
an  old  cemetery,  at  what  was  called  Black  Hawk's  Lookout.  About 
1870  his  remains  were  re-interred  in  the  new  cemetery  at  the  city 
of  Rock  Island.  His  third  wife,  Rachel  Sterling,  d.  Oct.  5,  1863, 
and  is  buried  in  Black  Walnut  cemetery. 

Daniel's  children  by  second  marriage  were: 
860     Betsey  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  26,  1801;   m.  Henry  Northrup; 
had  a  son  Henry  living  at  Austin,  111.,  in  1903. 

862  Lewis  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  20,  1803;  d.  July  13,  1806. 

863  t  James  Sterling,  b.  May  7,  1805;    m.  1st,  Kezia  Canfield, 

2d,  Elizabeth  Passmore. 

864  tLewis  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  4,  1807;    m.  Emily  A.  Donald. 

865  t  William  Barker  Sterling,  b.  Apr.   18,  1809;    m.  Myrtle 

M.  Snow. 

866  Little  girl,  b.  June  15,  1811  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

867  Little  girl,  b.  June  10,  1812;    d.  in  infancy. 
Children  by  third  marriage: 

868  Daniel  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  6,  1813;    d.  in  childhood. 

869  tDaniel  Theodore  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  15,  1815;   m.  Susan  A. 

Loomis. 


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870  tjohn  Whelan   Sterling,  b.   July   IT,   1816;    m.   Harriet 

Dean. 

871  Sarah  S.  Sterling,  b.  June  26,  1818;   m.  Dr.  Edmund  R. 

West,  and  d.  Nov.  26,  1861.  Left  a  son,  Frederick, 
living  in  Chicago,  1902. 
873  Mary  B.  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  6,  1820;  m.  1st,  James  Holli- 
day,  2d,  a  Mr.  Whaling.  Had  by  first  marriage: 
James  and  Juniata,  who  d.  in  infancy;  Walter,  d., 
and  Mary  E.,  living  in  Milwaukee,  unm.  Mrs.  Mary 
B.  Whaling  d.  Apr.  17,  1894. 

878  t  Walter  G.  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  20,  1821;    m.  1st,  Mary  S. 

Elder,  2d,  Emma  Elder. 

879  Henry  N.  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  15,  1823;    d.  unm.  Jan.  21, 

1864,  buried  at  Black  Walnut.  Henry  N.  Sterling 
enlisted  in  Co.  B,  52d  Regt.,  Penn.  Vols.,  Oct.  11, 
1861,  as  sergeant  major;  was  promoted  to  sergeant, 
Nov.  5,  1861;  discharged  for  disability,  May  11, 
1862. 

880  tHaradon  G.  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  4,  1825;    m.  Anna  M.  Rex. 

881  t Hamilton  Bowman  Sterling,  b.  June  7,  1826;  m.  Armenia 

E.  Fortner. 

882  Rachel  Irene  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  16,  1828 ;   m.  Charles  Wal- 

lace. Has  one  son,  Haradon  Wallace  of  Ogden, 
Utah.     Rachel  was  living  in  1902. 

884  Julia  B.  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  30, 1830 ;  d.  in  Milwaukee,  Wis., 

unm.,  Apr.  26,  1904. 

885  *  Julius  C  Sterling  (twin  with  the  above),  m.  Susan  English. 

886  tKeziah  C.  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  4, 1832  ;  m.  Duncan  McDonald. 

359  ELIZABETH  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wil- 
ton in  August,  1778  ;  bapt.  there  Jan.  17,  1779  ;  m.  Feb.  12,  1795, 
David  Adams,  b.  Oct.  28,  1770,  son  of  David  Adams,  a  native 
of  Connecticut,  who  removed  to  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  settled 
near  Cooperstown. 

David  was  a  farmer  in  Northmoreland  township,  Luzerne  (now 
Wyoming)  county,  Penn.  He  d.  May  27,  1844.  Elizabeth  d.  in 
1850. 

Children : 

887  tJosiah  Adams,  b.  Dec.  23,  1795;    m.  Amelia  Jenks. 

888  Polly  Adams,  b.  Oct.  28,  1797  ;  d.  Sept.  16,  1814. 

889  Adah  Adams,  b.  Nov.  12,  1799;    d.  Dec.  14,  1804. 

890  Ellen  Adams,  b.  Feb.  26,  1802;    d.  June  30,  1814. 


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891  t  David  Adams,  b.  Mar.  3,  1804  ;  m.  Deborah  Dillevan. 

892  Denton  Adams,  b.  May  22,  1806 ;   d.  Aug.  16,  1814. 

893  t  Elizabeth  Adams,  b.  May  24,  1808 ;  m.  Horatio  P.  Loomis. 

894  Adah  Adams,  b.  Apr.  15,  1810;   d.  in  1814. 

895  Melinda  Adams,  b.  Mar.  13,  1813 ;  d.  m.  1814. 

896  tHarriet  Adams,  b.  Feb.  14,  1816;  m.  Daniel  H.  Corbin. 

897  t  Samuel  Sterling  Adams,  b.   Apr.   16,   1818;    m.   Lovina 

Lott. 

898  tMary  Adams,  b.  Sept.  28,  1821 ;   m.  Robert  Craig. 

899  Henry  Adams,  b.  Mar.  28,  1826;   d.  young. 

Of  these  children,  Polly,  Ellen,  Denton,  Adah, 
2d,  and  Melinda  d.  of  a  malignant  fever  contracted 
from  a  stranger  who  stayed  at  their  father's  house 
over  night. 

360  SAMUEL  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wilton, 
Conn.,  in  1786;  m.  Oct.  4,  1806,  Tamson  Haynes  (or  Haines), 
b.  in  1787. 

Samuel  Sterling  was  a  shoemaker.  He  lived  in  Duchess  Co., 
N.  Y.,  for  a  few  years  after  his  marriage;  about  1810  he  removed 
to  Black  Walnut,  then  to  Luzerne  Co.,  Penn.,  later  to  Seneca, 
N.  Y.,  then  to  Ovid,  N.  Y.,  where  his  home  and  belongings  were 
burned.  He  then  settled  at  Burns,  N.  Y.,  on  a  farm,  where  he 
lived  until  his  removal  to  Dansville,  N.  Y.,  where  he  continued  to 
reside  until  his  death. 

Samuel  d.  at  Dansville,  Feb.  2,  1859.  Tamson  d.  Dec.  31, 
1850,  aged  63;   buried  at  Dansville. 

Children : 

900  tMary  Ann  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  18,  1807;   m.  John  Carroll. 

901  tHarriet  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  4,  1809;    m.  1st,  James  Sum- 

mers, 2d,  James  Wilson. 

902  Lorene  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  11,  1811 ;    m.  William  Rowen 

and  d.  Mar.  22,  1848,  without  issue. 

903  t  Sarah  Sterling,  b.  May  21,  1813;   m.  William  F.  Reese. 

904  Hannah  Maria  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  24,  1817  ;  m.  John  Gar- 

rison.    A  dau.,  Mrs.   Caroline  MacMillan,  lives   in 
Sausalito,  Cal. 

905  tDaniel   Gregory    Sterling,   b.   May   28,    1819;    m.    1st, 

Catharine  S.  Day;    2d,  Lucy  Fitchett;    3d,  Harriet 
M.  Bridgman. 

906  tTamson  Freelove   Sterling,  b.   Apr.   11,   1822;    m.  Wil- 

liam Marshall. 


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907  Charity  Sterling,  b.  July  11,  1824;   d.  Sept.  24,  1824. 

908  t  Samuel  Haines   Sterling,  b.  Aug.   12,  1826;    m.  Betsey 

A.  Elwood. 

361  JOSIAH  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wilton 
about  1780;  m.  Rebecca  Townsend  of  Falls  township,  Wyoming 
Co.,  Penn.  Scarcely  anything  is  known  of  Josiah's  life.  He  d. 
about  1832,  aged  52,  on  Doolittle  Hill,  Wyoming  Co.,  and  was 
buried  in  Black  Walnut  cemetery,  where  his  wife  was  later  laid  to 
rest.  Rebecca,  his  widow,  m.  2d  a  Mr.  Reed  and  d.  about  1858. 
The  graves  are  unmarked. 
Children : 

909  t  Sarah  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  10,  1804;   m.  John  Gregory. 

910  t  Maria  Sterling,  m.  David  Blackmar. 

911  Clara   (or  Clarissa),  m.  Calvin  Hovey  of  Lemon,  Penn. 

Had  two  ch. :   James  and  Eliza,  who  m.  Avery 

of  Avery  Sta.,  Penn. 

914  f  Susan  Sterling,  b.  June  1,  1809;    m.  Thomas  Newman. 

915  tLevi  Sterling,  b.  in  1810;    m.  Elizabeth  Allen. 

916  Denton    Sterling,    went    to   Texas   when    a   young   man. 

Whether  he  m.  and  had  issue  is  unknown. 

917  Elizabeth  Sterling,  m.  John  MacAndles;    had  two  daus., 

who  removed  to  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  about  I860. 

918  Rebecca  Sterling,  m.  Miner  Kinney  of  Laceyville,  Penn. ; 

removed  to  Illinois.     No  issue. 

919  Lucinda  Sterling,  m.  George  Wilson  and  had  9  ch. ;    she 

was  a  widow  in  Nebraska  in  1903 ;    a  dau.  m. 

Blymaster,  formerly  of  Juniata,  Penn. 

920  fJosiah  Sterling;    m.  Octavia  Bruner. 

921  tRachel  Sterling,  b.  in  1832;    m.  1st,  George  W.  Allen, 

2d,  Daniel  Downing. 

362  ELEANOR  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wilton, 
May  11,  1785;  m.  Oct.  29,  1803,  William  Keeler,  b.  at  Ridge- 
field,  Conn.,  Sept.  20,  1778,  son  of  Paul,  Jr.,  and  Sarah  Burt 
(Cornwall)  Keeler.  William  Keeler  was  a  shoe-maker.  Eleanor 
d.  June  21,  1808,  one  week  after  the  birth  of  her  youngest  child. 
She  is  buried  in  Robert's  cemetery,  Falls  township,  Wyoming 
Co.,  Penn.  He  m.  2d,  June  1,  1819,  Rebecca  Overfield,  b.  Oct.  4, 
1790,  dau.  of  Paul  Overfield  of  Meshoppen,  Penn.  By  this  mar- 
riage there  were  five  children:    Jesta  A.,  m.  Nicholas  Shoemaker, 


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who  d.  at  East  Oakland,  Cal.,  in  1893  (had  Amelia,  m.  Judge 
Kayser,  Edwin  H.,  and  Charles  of  Oakland)  ;  Maria,  m.  1st, 
Mr.  Dunham,  2d,  Capt.  Tuttle  of  Santa  Clara,  Cal. ;  she  d.  abt. 
1861  (had  one  child,  Lewellyn  Dunham,  deed.)  ;  Nancy,  m.  Col. 
Silas  Noble  (had  Edwin  and  Frances,  deed.,  Frances,  m.  Jerome 
Hollenback  and  had  issue)  ;  Margaret,  b.  Aug.  15,  1821,  d.  at  the 
age  of  20;  William  Edwin,  b.  Apr.  17,  1820;  d.  June  19,  I860; 
m.  Sarah (no  issue). 

William  Keeler  moved  to  Dixon,  111.,  about  1853,  where  he 
d.  May  18,  1868. 

Children  of  William  and  Eleanor  (Sterling)   Keeler: 

922  John  Keeler,  b.  Oct.  19,  1804;   d.  Apr.  11,  1805;   buried 

by  his  mother's  side. 

923  tLucy  Keeler,  b.  Apr.  25,  1806 ;  m.  Cornelius  Judson. 

924  tEllen  Keeler,  b.  June  14,  1808;    m.  1st,  William  Flatt, 

2d,  Ozias  Wheeler. 

364  JOHN  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wilton, 
Dec.  8,  1792;  m.  Dec.  10,  1812,  by  Henry  Champin,  Esq.,  to 
Sarah  Overfield,  b.  in  Smithfield,  Conn.,  June  9,  1794,  dau.  of 
Benjamin  and  Margaret  (Hynmon)  Overfield  of  Meshoppen. 
John  removed  to  Exeter,  Wyoming  Co.,  Penn.,  with  his  father 
when  but  two  years  of  age.  When  fifteen  he  entered  the  employ 
of  his  elder  brother,  Maj.  Daniel  Sterling  of  Sterlingville  (now 
Meshoppen),  Penn.  In  1814  the  house  in  which  John  and  his 
wife  and  baby  were  living  was  burned,  destroying  nearly  all  their 
household  effects.  Packing  what  few  things  remained  upon  a 
sled,  they  took  their  journey  through  the  wilderness  and  settled 
at  Black  Walnut.  His  wife  Sarah  d.  in  Meshoppen,  Mar.  3,  1860 ; 
he  m.  2d,  in  1862,  Mrs.  Harriet  (Clark)  Robinson,  b.  Apr.  7, 
1833.  John  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  in  Black  Walnut,  Penn,  Jan. 
4,  1873.  His  widow  d.  in  Meshoppen,  Dec.  17,  1885. 
Children  by  first  marriage: 

925  tEleanor  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  24,  1813;   m.  the  Rev.  John  F. 

Deans. 

926  ?Margaret    Sterling,    b.    Aug.    22,    1815;    m.    Benjamin 

Bunnell. 

927  tDaniel  Sterling,  b.  May  26,  1817;   m.  Sarah  A.  Seeley. 

928  tCalvin  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  12,  1819;    m.  Hannah  M.  Bond. 


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929  tNicholas   Overfield  Sterling,  b.  Feb.   18,   1821;    m.   1st, 

Laura  J.  Baker,  2d,  Angeline  Kennedy. 

930  tjohn    Gregory    Sterling,   b.    Jan.    28,    1823;     m.    Betsy 

Osborne. 

931  tMary  Sterling,  b.  May  5,  1825;   m.  George  R.  Cornell. 

932  tpaul  Overfield  Sterling,  b.  May  23,  1827;    m.  Hannah 

Fessenden. 

933  t Alfred  Leslie  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  26,  1829;    m.  Emily  A. 

Aumick. 

934  Olive  Sterling,  b.  in  Auburn,  Penn.,  June  2,  1831 ;    d.  in 

Washington,  Penn.,  May  4,  1835. 

935  t  Sarah  R.  Sterling,  b.  July  24,  1833;   m.  James  E.  Beebe. 

936  Lydia  E.  Sterling,  b.  in  Auburn,  Nov  28,  1835;    m.  in 

Meshoppen,  Penn.,  Jan.  27,  1858,  Nicholas  Over- 
field.  Residence,  Skinner's  Eddy,  Wyoming  Co., 
Penn.     No  issue. 

Child  by  second  marriage: 

937  tHarriet  E.  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  27,  1863;    m.  Dr.  John  F. 

Elliott. 

366  JOHN  STERLING  (Thaddeus,  Samuel,  William,  Rich- 
ard, William),  b.  in  Wilton,  Conn.,  bapt.  there  in  June,  1772. 
He  was  reared,  it  is  said,  at  Robesonia,  Berks  Co.,  Penn.  He 
m.  Elizabeth  V.  Wingert,  dau.  of  John  Wingert  of  Boyertown, 
Penn.,  who  came  from  Alsace,  France,  and  was  the  first  of  his 
family  in  America.  They  resided  at  Pottsville  and  Schuylkill 
Haven,  Penn.  She  is  buried  at  Shamokin,  Penn. 
Children  (order  of  birth  unknown)  : 

938  t  George  Sterling,  m.  Mary  Maltzberger. 

939  t  John  Sterling,  m.  Mary  Medlar. 

940  t  William  Sherman  Sterling,  b.  in  Dec,  1818;  m.  Margaret 

Ulrich. 

941  t  James  Sherman  Sterling,  b.  Mar.,  1824;   m.  Sarah  Mace. 

942  tMary  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  28,  1825;   m.  Isaac  May. 

943  t  Joseph  T.  Sterling,  m.  1st,  Catherine  Koble,  2d,  Harriet 

E.  LaBar. 

944  t  Caroline  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  10,  1830;    m.  John  H.  Gable. 

945  t  Margaret   Sterling,  m.   John    Brown. 

946  t  Sarah  Sterling,  m.  John  Null. 

947  Harriet  Sterling,  m.  William  Staver  or  Stark. 

948  t Elizabeth  Sterling,  m.  Edward  McTee. 

949  t Catherine  Sterling,  m.  John  W.  Taylor. 


428  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

368  LYDIA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wilton, 
Mar.  3,  1775;  m.  1st,  at  Fairfield,  Conn.,  Oct.  4,  1795,  Barnabus 
Soullard,  b.  Sept.  3,  1771,  son  of  Barnabus  and  Mary  (Adams) 
Soullard;  he  was  a  contracting  mason,  d.  Oct.  7,  1811.  Lydia  m. 
2d,  Apr.  1,  1824,  Henry  Pearsall,  b.  May  6,  1775,  whose  first  wife 
was  Miss  Phoebe  Pearsall,  by  whom  he  had  four  sons  and  five 
daughters  ;  one  son,  Samuel,  m.  Lydia' s  dau.  Eliza.  Samuel  Pear- 
sall was  a  farmer;  d.  Oct.  28,  1832.  Lydia  d.  Jan.  12,  1853. 
No  issue  by  second  marriage. 
Children  by  first  marriage: 

950  Lydia  Ann  Soullard,  b.  Sept.  19,  1796;  m.  1st,  Aug.  27, 

1814,  Elisha  Jacobs,  b.  July  8,  1792;  m.  2d,  in  1836, 
Nathan  Daniels,  b.  in  1787.     She  d.  in  May,  1858. 

951  Horace  Soullard,  b.  Jan.  31,  1799;   d.  Feb.  26,  1799. 

952  tEdward   Sterling   Soullard,   b.   July   19,   1800;    m.    1st, 

Fanny  Crapo,  2d,  Julia  . 

953  t  Sally   Melissa   Soullard,   b.   Nov.    20,    1802;    m.   Hiram 

Collamer. 

954  tAlmira    Hester    Soullard,    b.    June    8,    1805;    m.    John 

Holman. 

955  tEliza  Caroline  Soullard,  b.  Aug.  24,  1809;    m.   Samuel 

Pearsall. 

956  Barnabus  Lorenzo  Soullard,  b.  Apr.  16,  1812 ;    m. . 

He  was  a  merchant  in  Chicago  and  it  is  supposed 
that  he  and  his  entire  family  perished  there  in  the 
great  fire  of  1871. 

370  THADDEUS  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  bapt.  in 
the  Congregational  church  at  Wilton,  Mar.  30,  1779 ;  m.  in  1800, 
Eleanor  Ogden,  b.  Mar.  29,  1782,  dau.  of  Jesse  and  Esther  (Scrib- 
ner)  Ogden.  Thaddeus  was  a  blacksmith  and  an  unordained  min- 
ister of  the  Methodist  church.  He  removed  to  Amsterdam,  N.  Y., 
shortly  after  his  marriage,  where  he  d.  in  1813.  His  widow  m. 
2d,  Oct.  30,  1814,  Eliphalet  Lyon,  a  sea  captain,  son  of  Eliphalet 
Lyon  (b.  May  24,  1739;  d.  Mar.  11,  1832),  who  m.  1st,  Eleanor 
Wakeman,  2d,  Hannah  Wheeler.  Eliphalet,  Jr.,  m.  1st,  Oct.  5, 
1800,  Mary  Perry  (b.  Dec.  6,  1770;  d.  Mar.  15,  1814).  By  this 
marriage  he  had  Eleanor,  who  m.  Horace  Hill  and  d.  Feb.  27,  1842, 
and  Ransom,  who  m.  Mary  Ann  Sterling  below.  Mrs.  Eleanor 
(Ogden)  Sterling  Lyon  had  one  child  by  this  2d  marriage,  namely, 


WILLIAM   STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     429 


Hannah,  b.  at  Greenfield  Hill,  Conn.,  Dec.  28,  1817,  who  m.  May 
8,  1839,  Ebenezer  Hill,  and  d.  at  So.  Norwalk,  Conn.,  Oct.   14, 
1902,  leaving  five  children.     Mrs.  Eleanor  Lyon  d.  Apr.  18,  1858. 
Thaddeus'  children  were: 

957  t  Curtis  M.  Sterling,  b.  July  13,  1801;  m.  Anna  Stevens. 

958  tMary    Ann    Sterling,    b.    July    21,    1803;    m.    Ransom 

Lyon. 

959  t  David  L.  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  2,  1805;   m.  Cornelia  Tillou. 

960  t  Sally  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  17,  1810;    m.  Uriah  Hubbell. 

961  Isaac  Sterling,  went  to  Texas,  supposed  to  have  d.  unm. 

371  LOCKWOOD  KEELER  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  Wilton,  Jan.  6,  1781;  m.  July  25,  1809,  Sarah 
Powers,  b.  July  5,  1789,  sister  of  Joseph  Powers  who  m.  Lock- 
wood's  sister  Martha.  He  was  a  blacksmith  at  Wilton,  Conn. ;  d. 
Aug.  26,  1838.  She  d.  Jan.  25,  1840 ;  buried  at  Amenia,  N.  Y. 
Children : 

962  Julia  Sterling,  b.  May  1,  1810;    m.  1st,  James  Lawson, 

2d,  Daniel  Cady ;  had  one  son  by  1st  marriage, 
James,  who  was  killed  in  a  lead  mine  in  Montana 
in  1869,  unm.  Julia  d.  in  May,  1870;  buried  in 
Amenia,  N.  Y. 

964  Eliza  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  26,  1812 ;    d.  at  Pawling,  N.  Y., 

unm.,  in  1902. 

965  tMary  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  5,  1815;   m.  Paul  Doughty. 

966  tjohn  Wesley   Sterling,  b.   Oct.   20,   1817;    m.   Emeline 

Wheeler. 

967  t  Sarah  Ann  Sterling,  b.  Mar.   13,  1820;    m.  Joseph  D. 

Jones. 

968  t Benjamin   Powers   Sterling,  b.   May   13,   1823;    m.   1st, 

Caroline  Conklin  ;   2d,  Harriet  E.  French ;  3d,  Mary 
E.  Merchant. 

969  Rachel  Powers  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  14,  1826;    m.  Stephen 

Sherwood;    lived  at  Pawling,  N.  Y.,  and  d.  in  1892, 
without  issue. 

970  t William  Jewett   Sterling,  b.   Apr.   23,   1828;    m.   Helen 

Browning. 

373  SARAH  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wilton, 
Mar.  29,  1788;  m.  Oct.  27,  1805,  David  Ogden,  b.  June  1,  1781, 
son  of  Jesse  and  Esther  (Scribner)  Ogden,  brother  of  Eleanor  who 
m.  Thaddeus  Sterling,  Jr.,  above,  descendant  of  Richard,  first  of 


430  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Fairfield,  Conn.,  who  d.  in  1687.     He  d.  June  13,  1854.     Sarah  d. 
Nov.  22,  1859. 
Children : 

971  Angeline  Ogden,  b.  Jan.  27,  1807;    m.  Thomas  Wheeler, 

b.  June  1,  1798,  d.  Oct.  23,  1869.  She  d.  Jan.  31, 
1880. 

972  Charles  Ogden,  b.  July  16,  1811 ;   d.  unm.  Nov.  8,  1833. 

973  Sylvester  Ogden,  b.  Mar.  10,  1814 ;   d.  Aug.  22,  1815. 

974  John  Ogden,  b.  May  5,  1817 ;   m.  Laura  Ann  Bouton  and 

had  issue:  Harriet  M.,  John,  and  Mary.  He  was 
lost  at  sea  Feb.  20,  1854. 

977  Ransom  Ogden,  b.  Feb.  13,  1820;   d.  Feb.  24,  1821. 

978  George  Eliphalet  Ogden,  b.  Apr.  13,  1823;   m.  1st,  Apr. 

1,  1849,  Mary  J.  Hall,  who  d.  Sept.  22,  1851 ;  m. 
2d,  Mary  Ann  Hammond  and  had  issue:  George. 
George  E.,  Sr.,  d.  Oct.  23,  1887. 

374  BETSEY  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wil- 
ton; m.  Nov.  25,  1807,  Lockwood  Hanford,  b.  Nov.  17,  1786,  son 
of  William  Hanford. 

Children : 

980  William  Lockwood  Hanford,  b.  Nov.  28,  1808 :    m.  ■ 

Fordham(?). 

981  John  Henry  Hanford,  b.  Aug.  9,  1812  ;   drowned  in  1818. 

982  Frances  Elizabeth  Hanford,  b.  Apr.  28,  1819 ;    m.  A.  E. 

Powers  of  Lansingburg,  N.  Y. 

375  ELIZA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above) ,  b.  in  Wilton,  July 
13,  1791 ;  m.  at  So.  Salem,  N.  Y.,  July  4,  1810,  Timothy  Cole,  b. 
Aug.  28,  1784,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Resseguie)  Cole.1  He 
was  a  farmer  and  wagon  maker ;  removed  to  South  East,  Putnam 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  shortly  after  his  marriage.  He  d.  Aug.  18,  1865.  She 
d.  Jan.  6,  1866. 

Children : 

983  tEmery  Cole,  b.  Apr.  19,  1811;   m.  1st,  Mary  A.  Sutton, 

2d,  Frances  M.  Stevens. 

984  t  George  Cole,  b.  Feb.  14,  1813;  m.  Melissa  B.  Townsend. 

1  Thomas  Cole,  above,  the  son  of  Alexander  Cole,  a  Revolutionary  soldier,  was  a 
farmer  and  sawmill  owner  at  Wilton,  Conn.  His  ch.  were:  Thomas,  b.  Oct.  22,  1780, 
a  farmer  at  the  homestead;  Ira,  b.  Feb.  10,  1782,  lived  near  Binghamton;  Timothy; 
Sally,  b.  Feb.  9,  1788,  m.  David  Nichols  Curtis  of  Stepney,  Conn. ;  Samuel,  b.  Oct.  22, 
1791,  who  lived  in  Wilton;  and  Sherman,  b.  June  4,  1804,  of  Norwalk,  Conn. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     431 


985  t  Sally  Cole,  b.  Feb.  15,  1817;    m.  Warren  B.  Collamer. 

(No.  2372.) 

986  Mary  Cole,  b.  Apr.  8,  1818 ;   d.  Mar.  20,  1838. 

987  Jane  Cole,  b.  Feb.  21,  1819;    m.  Nov.  5,  1851,  Charles 

Sherman  Marsh ;  resided  at  Rockford,  111.,  where  she 
d. ;  had  a  dau.  Emma  who  m.  Francis  E.  Cole.  (No. 
2440.) 

989  Minerva  Cole,  b.  Feb.  15,  1821 ;   d.  Apr.  19,  1849. 

990  t  Eliza  Ann  Cole,  b.  Feb.  1,  1828;   m.  Warren  B.  Collamer, 

No.  272.     {See  No.  985.) 

991  Angeline  Cole,  b.  Sept.  16,  1832  ;  unm. ;  res.  Cannon  Sta., 

Conn. 

992  Edwin  Cole,  b.  Mar.  20,  1836 ;  m.  Feb.  12,  1861,  Clarissa 

Fowler;  res.,  Verbank,  Duchess  Co.,  N.  Y. ;  had  2 
ch.,  one  living. 

376  SHERMAN  HORACE  STERLING  {brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Wilton,  Mar.  24,  1806 ;  m.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  July  30,  1833, 
Anne  Almira  Joyce,  b.  in  Brooklyn, 
Apr.  22,  1815,  dau.  of  Daniel  and 
Mary  (Place)  Joyce. 

Sherman  H.  Sterling  learned  the 
trade  of  hatter  at  Westport,  Conn.,  and 
afterwards  engaged  in  business  in  New 
York  and  became  one  of  the  firm  of 
Swift,  Hurlbut  &  Co.,  wholesale  dealers 
in  hats,  caps,  and  buffalo  robes.  In 
1861  the  firm  changed  to  Swift,  Dick- 
inson &  Co.  Mr.  Sterling  was  at  the 
time  seriously  ill  and  d.  in  Sept.  of 
that  year.  He  was  a  man  who  had  traveled  extensively  through- 
out the  United  States,  a  man  of  fine  presence  and  genial  manners, 
one  who  was  noted  for  his  generosity  and  his  kindness. 

He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Church  of  the  Pilgrims,  in 
Brooklyn,  under  the  pastorate  of  the  Rev.  Richard  S.  Storrs,  and 
was  for  many  years  an  officer  of  the  church.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  and  a  trustee  of  the  Dime  Savings  Bank  of  Brooklyn,  a 
life  member  of  the  Mercantile  Library,  and  one  of  the  first  stock- 
holders of  the  Academy  of  Music.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Asso- 
ciation for  Improving  the  Condition  of  the  Poor,  of  the  Society 


Adaline  Wheelock  Sterling 


432  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


of  Foreign  Missions,  and  of  the  Sons  of  Temperance.     He  d.  in 
Brooklyn,  Sept.  10,  1861.     His  widow  d.  at  East  Orange,  N.  J., 
Nov.  28,  1887. 
Children : 

993  tMary  Sterling,  m.  Fritz  Brose. 

994  Julia  Sterling,  m.  William  W.  Baker,  and  have  a  dau., 

Helen. 

996  t  Charles  A.  Sterling,  m.  Mary  L.  Green. 

997  Emma  Sterling,  unm. 

998  Adaline  Wheelock  Sterling,  unm. ;    the  founder  and  Na- 

tional President  of  the  patriotic  society,  Daughters 
of  the  Revolution.     Residence,  Englewood,  N.  J. 

999  Virginia  Swift  Sterling,  unm. 

1000     Ella  Sterling,  m.  George  E.  Adams  and  have  a  son,  Sher- 
man Sterling. 

1002  Kate  Latta  Stevens  Sterling,  M.D.,  unm. 

1003  Carrie  Sterling,  unm. 

377  HAWLEY  HULL  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Wilton,  June  1,  1807;  m.  in  1827,  Sarah  Maria,  b.  July  8,  1808, 
dau.  of  John  Williams.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Wilton ;  d.  Oct.  28, 
1880.    She  d.  Aug.  25,  1881. 

Children : 

1004  t  Martha  Elizabeth  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  8,  1829;   m.  Harvey 

Bedient. 

1005  Lucy  Sterling,  b.  in  Wilton,  May  12,  1831 ;  d.  unm.  Nov. 

21,  1858. 

1006  Sarah  Jane  ("  S.  Jennie  ")   Sterling,  b.  in  Wilton,  July 

18,  1837;    m.  Jan.  1,  1868,  Zalmon  Morgan  Corn- 
stock,  b.  July  27,  1836,  son  of  John  and  Matilda 
(Morgan)     Comstock.       Residence,    North    Wilton, 
Conn.    No  issue. 
Three  children  d.  in  infancy. 

378  WILLIAM  SMITH  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above) ,  m. 
Mary  Jelliffe. 

Children : 

1007  Mary  Eliza  Sterling,  b.  May  8,  1830  ;   m.  William  Gilbert 

of  Wilton,  Conn.,  where  she  resided  (1903).  Ch. : 
Georgiana  (Mrs.  Oscar  See),  Mary  (Mrs.  Chester 
Benedict),  and  William,  who  m.  Ella  Coester;  all 
living  at  Bridgeport,  Conn.     Record  refused. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     433 

1011  Sherman  Sterling,  m.  Catharine  Burroughs  of  Bridgeport. 

No  issue. 

1012  Theodore  Sterling;   enlisted  in  a  Conn.  Regt.  during  the 

Civil  War  and  d.  in  garrison,  unm. 

1013  Andrew  J.  Sterling,  m.  Mary  Woodruff  of  Bridgeport ; 

residence,  Bridgeport.  Have  two  sons,  Frederick 
and  Howard  S. 
1016  Annie  R.  Sterling,  m.  Nov.  11,  1858,  George  Richmond 
Lathrop,  b.  in  Dover,  Me.,  Sept.  4,  1833,  son  of  Al- 
bert and  Sarah  S.  (Samson)  Lathrop.  He  m.  1st, 
Nov.,  1855,  Pauline  Bowers,  who  d.  Sept.  14,  1856. 
She  is  an  undertaker  in  Bridgeport.  Ch. :  Pauline  B., 
b.  Sept.  4,  1856;  Emma  Augusta,  b.  Aug.  13,  1859, 
m.  John  Shaw ;  George  Sherman,  m.  Lulu  — — . 
(See  Lathrop  Gene.)     Record  refused. 

1020  Odell  Bouton  Sterling,  m.  Oct.  14,  1868,  Minnie  Pamelia 

Lathrop,  b.  Jan.  17,  1845,  sister  of  George  R.,  above. 
Residence,  Stratford,  Conn.     No  issue. 

1021  Albert  Sterling,  d.  in  infancy. 

1022  Rodmond  Sterling,  b.  July  31,  1850 ;  m.  Mary  Burroughs 

of  Bridgeport.     No  issue. 

1023  Frederick  Sterling,  d.  in  infancy. 

382  JOHN  DUNNING  (Mary,  Samuel,  William,  Richard,  Wil- 
liam), bapt.  in  Wilton,  Conn.,  Sept.  1,  1782;  m.  there  Sept.  6, 
1810,  Lydia  Jessup,  b.  in  Wilton,  Oct.  11,  1791,  dau.  of  Black- 
leach  and  Abigail  (Raymond)  Jessup  of  Wilton.  John  was  a 
farmer  at  No.  Wilton.  He  d.  Mar.  16, 1872.  She  d.  July  26, 1870. 
Children,  born  in  Wilton: 

1024  tMary  Ann  Dunning,  b.  Oct.  7,  1811 ;  m.  Russell  Mead. 

1025  tRichard  Dunning,  b.  Oct.  19,  1814  ;  m.  Mary  H.  Olmstead. 

1026  t  William  Dunning,  b.  Feb.  6,  1821;  m.  Paulina  Benedict. 

386  ELIZABETH  HYDE  (Betsy,  Nathan,  John,  Daniel,  Wil- 
liam), b.  in  Lyme,  Conn.,  Jan.  4,  1780;  m.  (?)  Mar.  4,  1804,  Ben- 
jamin Rockwell,  b.  at  New  London,  Conn.,  Nov.  27,  1783,  eldest 
son  of  Merritt  and  Deborah  (Dennis)  Rockwell  of  New  London. 
They  lived  at  New  London. 
Children,  born  there: 

1027  Merritt  Rockwell,  b.  Feb.  8,  1805. 

1028  William  Rufus  Rockwell,  b.  Sept.  11,  1806. 

1029  Elizabeth  Hyde  Rockwell,  b.  Aug.  23,  1808. 


434  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


1030  Benjamin  Dennis  Rockwell,  twin  with  above;   d.  Sept.  19, 

1809. 

1031  Emely  Hyde  Rockwell,  b.  Feb.  25,  1810. 

1032  Benjamin  Rockwell,  b.  Dec.  10,  1812. 

1033  Elias  Bliss  Rockwell,  b.  Apr.  5,  1815. 

1034  Julia  Anne  Rockwell,  b.  in  1816. 

1035  John  Mason  Rockwell,  b.  Aug.  11,  1823. 

389  MARY  ANN  CONE  (Anna,  Nathan,  John,  Daniel,  Wil- 
liam),^ in  Woodstock,  Vt.,  May  17,  1794  ;  m.  May  10,  1818,  John 
Shelp,  b.  in  Glen,  Montgomery  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  3,  1817 ;  he  set- 
tled at  Caledonia  Springs,  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  soon  after 
his  marriage  at  West  Shelby,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  they  after- 
ward resided.  He  d.  there  Mar.  12,  1868.  She  d.  there  Apr.  28, 
1873. 

Children : 

1036  t  Catharine  M.  Shelp,  b.  June  12,  1819;   m.  Aaron  Dewey. 

1037  William  C.   Shelp,  b.  July  26,  1820;    m.  Apr.  3,  1857, 

Sophia  Freeman,  b.  Dec.  21,  1819,  dau.  of  Samuel 

and (Guilbert)  Freeman  of  W.  Shelby.    He  was 

a  farmer;    d.  at  W.  Shelbv,  Oct.  25,  1887.     She  d. 
there  Feb.  11,  1896.     No  i'ssue. 

1038  tMary  Ann  Shelp,  b.  Dec.  18,  1821 ;  m.  Russell  G.  Weaver. 

1039  Elizabeth    J.    Shelp,    b.    Mar.    24,    1824;    d.    Jan.    29, 

1843. 

1040  t  Angeline  A.  Shelp,  b.  June  30,  1826  ;  m.  Simon  S.  Warner. 

1041  Hiliena  A.  Shelp,  b.  Mar.  16,  1834 ;    unm. ;    res.  Medina, 

N.  Y. 

390  MARSENA  CONE  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wood- 
stock, Feb.  16,  1796 ;  m.  Feb.  13,  1817,  Elizabeth  Purple,  b.  Aug. 
15,  1795.  He  was  a  preacher  of  the  M.  E.  Church  and  a  maker  of 
edged  tools;  removed  to  Wisconsin  in  1845  and  d.  at  Waterloo, 
Wis.,  Nov.  6,  1880.     She  d.  there  Mar.  18,  1866. 

Children : 

1042  t  Sterling  M.  Cone,  b.  July  13,  1819 ;  m.  1st,  Adelaide  Doo- 

little,  2d,  Mary  A.  Woodbridge. 

1043  tGeorge  H.  P.  Cone,  b.  Oct.  14,  1820;    m.  1st,  ,  2d, 

Mary  A.  Roth. 

1044  Caroline  Cone,  b.  Oct.  5,  1822;    m.  N.  B.  Collins;    res. 

Cleveland,  O. 

1045  t  Elizabeth  Cone,  b.  Sept.  13,  1824;   m.  John  Ramsey. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     435 

1046  t  Cordelia  D.  Cone,  b.  May  14,  1827;   m.  1st,  Warren  W. 

Lawton,  2d,  the  Rev.  Enos  Collins. 

1047  Gustavus  Cone,  b.  Apr.  8,  1829;    m.  Aroxsa  J.  Porter; 

reside  at  Marshall,  Wis. ;   no  issue. 

391  GUSTAVUS  ADOLPHUS  CONE  (brother  of  the  above) ,  b. 
in  Woodstock,  Vt.,  May  23,  1798;  m.  Apr.  10,  1818,  Mary  Ann 
Garrison,  b.  in  No.  Carolina,  Nov.  6,  1798.  They  resided  in  Indi- 
ana until  1834,  when  they  removed  to  Iowa.  He  was  for  many 
years  a  justice  of  the  peace  and  postmaster;  d.  in  Butteville,  Ore., 
in  1881.     She  d.  there  in  1872. 

Children : 

1048  tOliver  Cone,  b.  Apr.  25,  1819;    m.  1st,  Eliza  J.  Drake, 

2d,  Sarah  J.  Wade. 

1049  Aaron  Cone,  b.  Jan.  7,  1821 ;    d.  at  Sacramento,  Cal.,  ir.. 

1849. 

1050  tGustavus    Adolphus    Cone,   b.    Nov.    21,    1823;    m.    1st, 

Emma  R.  Her,  2d,  Maria  McColm. 

1051  Mary  A.  Cone,  b.  Dec.  22,  1825;   d.  in  1830. 

1052  Anson  S.  Cone,  b.  Nov.  6,  1827  ;  m.  Mrs.  Sarah  J.  (Wade) 

Cone,  above ;    res.  Butteville,  Ore. ;    no  issue. 

1053  James  A.  Cone,  b.  Nov.  29,  1829;   d.  in  1830. 

1054  t  Oscar  H.  Cone,  b.  Oct.  3,  1831 ;  m.  Margaret  J.  Strong. 

1055  Francis  Cone,  b.  Dec.  5,  1833;   d.  in  1884. 

1056  Philander  Cone,  b.  Jan.  3,  1836;   d.  in  1880. 

392  SABRINA  CONE  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Woodstock, 
Vt.,  Apr.  9,  1800;  m.  in  Royalton,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  13,  1821,  Flavel 
Stone,  b.  in  Dummerston,  Vt.,  Aug.  25,  1789.  He  was  a  farmer; 
d.  at  Olivet,  Mich.,  May  20,  1863.     She  d.  there  Dec.  9,  1862. 

Children : 

1057  Judith  A.  Stone,  b.  June  12,  1822 ;   m.  William  Hart ;   d. 

Jan.  16,  1893. 

1058  John  S.  Stone,  b.  Sept.  29,  1823;    m.  Phebe  Palmer;    d. 

June  23,  1885. 

1059  t  Lewis  A.  Stone,  b.  Apr.  23,  1825;   m.  Martha  A.  Hotch- 

kiss. 

1060  Pentha  A.  Stone,  b.  Feb.  20,  1827;   m.  Amos  P.  Herrick, 

Sept.  27,  1885,  b.  Sept.  15,  1831,  son  of  Joseph  and 
Rhoda  (Phillips)  Herrick.     Reside  at  Campo,  Cal. 

1061  Letetia  J.  Stone,  b.  July  30,  1830;   d.  in  Oct.,  1863. 

1062  Teresa  Stone,  b.  Nov.  21,  1834  ;   d.  in  Nov.,  1852. 


436  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

393  ANNA  STERLING  CONE  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  Ver- 
gennes,  Vt.,  June  24,  1803;  m.  Apr.  19,  1826,  Dr.  Abiel  Bowen, 
b.  in  Guilford,  Vt.,  May  10,  1798,  son  of  Asa  and  Rebecca  Bowen. 
They  removed  to  Shelby,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  a  suc- 
cessful physician.  He  d.  Dec.  18,  1847.  She  d.  May  27,  1852. 
Children : 

1063  Augustus  Bowen,  b.  Mar.  1,  1827  ;  d.  Aug.  17,  1849. 

1064  Anna    Sterling   Bowen,   b.    May    29,    1828;     unm. ;    res. 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

1065  tAdna  Bowen,  b.  Nov.  15,  1829;   m.  Eunice  Post. 

1066  t  George  Bowen,  b.  Sept.  28,  1831;  m.  Emerette  Walker. 

1067  t  Abiel  Bowen,  b.  Nov.  20,  1834;   m.  Helen  Guernsey. 

1068  Mary  Bowen,  b.  Mar.  26,  1837 ;   d.  June  18,  1851. 

1069  Julia  Bowen,  b.  Aug.  9,  1840;   m.  Nov.  22,  1871,  Henry 

C.  Finch,  b.  July  7,  1836,  a  farmer  and  stockman  at 
Burlingame;  d.  there  in  1900.  She  resides  in  Burlin- 
game ;   no  issue. 

419  STEPHEN  STERLING  (Stephen,  Stephen,  John,  Daniel, 
William),  b.  at  Sterling  City,  Lyme,  Conn.,  May  5,  1800;  m.  Dec. 
9,  1824,  Sarah  Marvin,  b.  May  4,  1799,  dau.  of  Asahel  and  Azubah 
(Sill)  Marvin  of  Lyme.  (See  No.  12.)  Stephen  was  a  farmer  on 
the  old  homestead,  east  of  Sterling  City,  occupied  by  his  father, 
grandfather,  and  great-grandfather.  He  d.  Mar.  3,  1867.  Mrs. 
Sarah  Sterling  d.  Sept.  3,  1851.  They  are  buried  in  the  cemetery 
at  Hamburg,  Conn. 

Children : 

1070  Asahel  Marvin  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  17,  1825 ;   d.  unm.  Apr. 

20,  1886. 

1071  Mary  Elizabeth  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  1,  1828;   unm. 

1072  Sarah  Esther  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  27,  1838;   unm.     She  and 

her  sister  live  at  the  home  on  Sterling  Heights,  Lyme. 

1073  t  Stephen  Parker  Sterling,  b.  Oct.   15,   1842;    m.  Annie 

Warner. 

420  JOHN  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Sterling 
City,  Oct.  16,  1803;  m.  Nov.  19,  1840,  Hannah  Stanton  Randall, 
b.  in  Colchester,  Conn.,  Feb.  19,  1823,  dau.  of  Oliver  Brown  and 
Phebe  (Palmer)  Randall  of  Lyme ;  a  direct  descendant  of  the  May- 
flower pilgrim. 


WILLIAM   STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     437 

Mr.  Sterling  purchased  a  large  tract  of  farm  land  on  Lord 
Hill,  in  Lyme.  Here  he  passed  his  life,  taking  an  active  interest 
in  the  welfare  of  the  town,  occupying  at  different  times  nearly  all 
the  town  offices.  He  d.  at  his  home  Feb.  2,  1876.  Hannah  d. 
there  Apr.   19,  1899.     Buried  in  the  cemetery  at  Hamburg. 

Children : 

1074  tJohn  Randall  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  18,  1841;   m.  Lizzie  Geer 

Bill. 

1075  Oliver  Brown  Sterling,  b.  in  Sterling  City,  Nov.  5,  1843; 

m.  at  Joshuatown,  Lyme,  Jan.  31,  1872,  Georgeanna 
M.,  dau.  of  Henry  E.  and  Nancy  La  Place.  Mr. 
Sterling  represented  his  town  in  the  General  Assembly 
in  1876  and  was  one  of  the  committee  appointed  to 
attend  the  Centennial  Exposition  at  Philadelphia. 
He  d.  at  his  home,  Joshuatown,  Lyme,  Apr.  26, 
1897.     No  issue. 

1076  Florence  Amelia  Sterling,  b.  in   Sterling  City,  Oct.   16, 

1847.  Instructor  and  matron  for  six  years  at  Ded- 
ham,  Mass.,  in  State  Reformatory  for  Women,  also 
five  years  at  Boys'  Reform  School  at  Westboro,  Mass. 
Living  alone  at  the  old  homestead  on  Lord  Hill 
(1907)  ;   unm. 

423  BENJAMIN  GRAVES  CONE  (Rachel,  Daniel,  John,  Daniel, 
William),  b.  in  Middletown,  Conn.,  Apr.  9,  1793;  m.  Jan.  25, 
1820,  Fanny  Gambell.  He  d.  in  Athens  Co.,  O.,  Jan.  15,  1844. 
She  d.  May  25,  1845. 

Children : 

1077  Julia  C.  Cone,  b.  Oct.  24,  1820;   m.  Elisha  Carrico. 

1078  Benjamin  S.  Cone,  b.  Nov.  24,  1822. 

1079  t  Sarah  Gamble  Cone,  b.  Oct.   10,  1824;    m.  William  R. 

Boyles. 

1080  William  C.  Cone,  b.  Feb.  13,  1831 ;  resides  at  Caddo  Mills, 

Texas. 

1081  Silas  V.  Cone,  b.  Apr.  4,  1834;   d.  unm. 

1082  Aaron  A.  Cone,  b.  Oct.  23,  1837;   resides  at  Gower,  Mo. 

424  ALBERT  B.  CONE  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Middle- 
town,  May  19,  1798 ;  m.  Sarah  McCune,  b.  in  1799.  He  was  a 
farmer  at  Athens,  Ohio,  where  he  d.  in  1869.  She  d.  there  in 
1872. 


438  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Children,  born  in  Athens : 
1083     William  Cone,  b.  in  1821 ;    m.  three  times  and  d.  Dec.  20, 
1898;   had  a  number  of  children,  one  of  whom,  Mary- 
Ellen,  b.  Jan.  9,  1852,  m.  William  H.  Brown  and 
lives  at  Winchester,  Kan. 

1085  t  Albert  Watson  Cone,  b.   Aug.   12,   1843;    m.   Mary  A. 

Mohler. 

425  LYDIA  STERLING  (Daniel,  Daniel,  John,  Daniel,  Wil- 
liam), b.  at  Westmoreland,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  28,  1794;  m.  Mar.  26, 
1815,  Nathan  Blair,  b.  at  Westmoreland,  Jan.  16,  1787,  son  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  (Hurlburt)  Blair  of  Westmoreland. 

Nathan  was  a  farmer,  a  man  of  quiet,  religious  temperament. 
He  d.  in  Middlesex,  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  11,  1843;  Lydia  d. 
in  Gorham,  Ontario  Co.,  Oct.  4,  1880 ;  both  buried  at  Pine  Corners, 
N.  Y. 

Children,  born  in  Middlesex: 

1086  'Elvira  Blair,  b.  Nov.  1,  1816;    m.  Merritt  Brownell. 

1087  t  Amanda  Blair,  b.  Feb.  24,  1819;   m.  Ezekiel  Dayton. 

1088  t  Sally  Blair,  b.  Mar.  13,  1821 ;  m.  Eri  Ingraham. 

1089  tSterling  N.  Blair,  b.  Apr.  17,  1824;    m.  Lucina  Bates. 

1090  Lydia  Lucy  Blair   (twin  with  above),  m.  Oct.  4,   1850, 

Oliver  S.  Buckley,  a  harness  maker.  She  d.  in  Mid- 
dlesex, Feb.  20,  1895  ;  is  buried  at  Pine  Corners.  He 
d.  Sept.  13,  1899 ;    no  issue. 

1091  Polly  Blair,  b.  July  5,  1830;    m.  in  Sept.,  1855,  Charles 

Green ;    had  one  child  which  d.  in  infancy. 

1092  t  Betsey  Ann  Blair,  b.  Aug.  23,  1832;    m.  Charles  Green. 

1093  tFannie  Blair,  b.  May  8,  1837;   m.  Walter  D.  Green. 

426  WILLIAM  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  at 
Westmoreland,  N.  Y.,  May  1,  1797;  m.  June  27,  1826,  Mary 
Whitman.     They  lived  at  Rushville,  N.  Y. 

Children : 

1094  George  D.  Sterling,  b.  May  27,  1827  ;  d.  May  31,  1858. 

1095  Latty  S.  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  18,  1829 ;   d.  June  26,  1834. 

1096  William  B.  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  8,  1831 ;    d.  July  23,  1834. 

1097  t  William   F.   Sterling,  b.   Mar.    16,   1833;    m.   Margaret 

Collister. 

1098  Sarah  S.  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  8,  1836;    d.  Aug.  30,  1895. 

1099  Mary  E.  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  8,  1839;   d.  Dec.  30,  1891. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     439 


1100  Charles  W.   Sterling,  b.  Nov.   16,  1841;    lives  at  Rush- 

ville,  N.  Y. 

1101  Harriet  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  11,  1844;   d.  Aug.  22,  1849. 

1102  Ruby  E.   Sterling,  b.  Mar.   16,   1846;    m.  at  Rushville, 

Aug.  29,  1888,  Nelson  Horace  Walbridge,  b.  at 
Naples,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  4,  1832,  son  of  Horace  and 
Emeline  (Andrews)  Walbridge.  Nelson  m.  1st,  Apr. 
11,  1852,  Charlotte  A.,  dau.  of  David  and  Marcia 
(Parke)  Jewell;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Marsie.  Had 
one  son  by  first  wife,  Edward  J.,  b.  Sept.  7,  1865. 
Nelson  was  Capt.  of  Co.  F,  8th  Mich.  Infty.,  mustered 
in  at  Detroit,  Aug.,  1861 ;  discharged  July  30,  1865. 
An  educator  in  Michigan.  Residence  (1905),  Grand 
Rapids.     No  issue. 

1103  Daniel  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  29,  1852;  d.  Feb.  5,  1853. 

429  LYMAN  ELY  (Elizabeth,  Jacob,  John,  Daniel,  William), 
b.  in  Lyme,  Conn.,  June  21,  1796 ;  m.  in  1826,  Bathsheba  H.  Giles, 
dau.  of  Thomas  (d.  Oct.  17,  1851  aged  79)  and  Betsey  (Demin) 
(d.  July,  1821,  aged  48)  Giles  who  settled  in  Brooklyn,  Penn.,  in 
1799.  Lyman  Ely  came  with  his  parents  to  Brooklyn  in  1814. 
He  was  a  farmer  there;  held  the  office  of  constable  in  1824  and 
1836  and  was  school  director.  He  d.  in  Brooklyn,  June  8,  1873. 
She  d.  Mar.  6,  1876,  aged  69. 

Children : 

1104  Mary  Ann  Ely,  b.  1832;   m.  Isaac  Van  Auken. 

1105  Lucy  M.  Ely,  b.  Aug.  13,  1835;   m.  Henry  Williams  and 

d.  Oct.  9,  1856,  leaving  one  dau.  Lucy,  who  m.  Charles 
Ely  of  Dimock. 

430  ELIZABETH  ELY  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme, 
July  27,  1798;  m.  in  1815,  John  Reed  Babcock,  b.  in  1788,  son  of 
John  R.  and  Louisa  (Gilmore)  Babcock  of  Preston,  Conn.  He  re- 
moved to  Brooklyn,  Penn.,  as  early  as  1815,  and  lived  there  for  a 
time.     He  d.  in  Carbondale,  Penn.,  in  1836.     She  d.  in  1835. 

Children : 

1106  Jacob  Ely  Babcock,  b.  in  1817;  m.  Lucy  M.  Lathrop. 

1107  Elizabeth  Sterling  Babcock,  b.  in  1820;'  m.  Andrew  Rog- 

ers, son  of  Lebbeus  and  Fanny  (Ely)  Rogers  of 
Brooklyn;  Lebbeus  Rogers  was  from  Montville, 
Conn.  Ch. :  Fanny  E.  (Mrs.  F.  L.  Lindsey),  Charles 
L.,  William  J.,  and  Lillie  M.  (Mrs.  Walter  Ely). 


440  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


1112  Louisa  G.  Babcock,  b.  in  1821 ;   m.  1st,  Samuel  W.  Spen- 

cer, 2d,  James  G.  Packer. 

1113  Charles  Marsh  Babcock,  b.  in  1825;   m.  Clara  D.  Connor. 

1114  John  Reed  Babcock,  b.  in  1828;   m.  Betsey  Warner. 

1115  Lucy  Amanda  Babcock,  b.  in  1830;    m.  George  C.  Brun- 

dage. 

1116  James  Thomas  Babcock,  b.  in  1835;   m.  Julia  A.  Mason. 

431  JOHN  RUSSELL  ELY  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Gene- 
see Co.,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  24,  1800 ;  m.  Feb.  19,  1823,  Lucinda  Morgan 
Giles,  sister  of  Bathsheba,  who  m.  Lyman  Ely.  He  was  a  farmer 
in  Brooklyn,  Penn.  His  old  homestead,  still  occupied  by  his  son 
John  R.,  was  settled  by  his  father  in  1814.  He  d.  Mar.  27,  1893 ; 
Lucinda  d.  Nov.  16,  1872,  aged  68  yrs.,  8  mos.,  9  days. 

Children : 

1117  George  Washington  Ely,  b.  in  1825;    m.  Eleanor  Van 

Auken. 

1118  Alice  Sterling  Ely,  b.  in  1827;   m.  Samuel  F.  Brown. 

1119  Benjamin  Giles  Ely,  b.  in  1829  ;  m.  1st,  Amanda  R.  Parks, 

2d,  Sarah  E.  Pedrick. 

1120  Betsey  Demin  Ely,  b.  in  1831 ;  m.  Elijah  Snell. 

1121  Jacob  J.  Ely,  b.  in  1834;    m.  1st,  Laura  M.  Carr,  2d, 

Martha  A.  Jagger. 

1122  Marvin  Ely,  b.  in  1837 ;   m.  Sarah  J.  Luce. 

1123  Hannah  Marian  Ely,  b.  in  1841 ;  m.  Elisha  Keeler  Elliott. 

1124  Jabez  Ely,  b.  in  1844;   m.  Sarah  E.  Gavitt. 

1125  John  Russell  Ely,  b.  in  1848;    m.  Helen  Bissell. 

432  PARNEL  ELY  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme,  Aug.  13, 
1802 ;  m.,  in  1825,  Francis  Mitchell  Babcock  of  Rockford,  111.,  b. 
in  1799,  son  of  Isaac  and  Amy  (Gavitt)  Babcock.     He  d.  in  1872. 

Children : 

1126  Isaac  Zelophehad  Babcock,  b.  in  1825  ;  m.  Sarah  A.  Allen. 

1127  Priscilla  Walker  Babcock,  b.  in  1831 ;    m.  1st,  John  F. 

Crosby,  2d,  George  L.  Bliss. 

1128  Noyes  Eliab  Babcock,  b.  in  1833 ;  m.  Harriet  E.  Crosby. 

1129  Amy  Elizabeth  Babcock,  b.  in  1835;   m.  George  D.  Good- 

sell. 

1130  Lyman  Francis  Babcock,  b.  in  1838;  m.  Mary  V.  Stevens. 

433  HIRAM  ELY  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme,  July 
28,  1805 ;  m.  in  1829,  Cyrena  Lovina  Vosburg,  b.  in  1808,  dau.  of 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     441 


Jacob  and  Lovina  (Myers)  Vosburg.  He  d.  in  1880.  She  d.  in 
1867. 

Children : 

1131  Jacob  Parker  Ely,  b.  in  1829. 

1132  Charles  Harris  Ely,  b.  in  1831 ;  m.  Lois  A.  Lathrop. 

1133  Lyman  Sterling  Ely,  b.  in  1832  ;  d.  in  1837. 

1134  Eliza  Ely,  b.  1836;    d.  in  1854. 

1135  Andrew  Freeman  Ely,  b.  in  1838;  m.  Mary  A.  Rhodes. 

1136  Louisa  Ely,  b.  in  1841;   m.  Miles  A.  Smith. 

1137  Jerome  Ely,  b.  in  1844. 

(Further  record  of  the  grandchildren  and  descendants  of 
Zelophehad  and  Elizabeth  (Sterling)  Ely  may  be  found 
in  the  Genealogy  of  the  Descendants  of  Richard  Ely. 
Some  facts,  not  given  in  that  work,  and  many  dates,  have 
been  supplied  here  from  Lyme  town  records  and  from 
the  History  of  Brooklyn,  Penn.,  E.  A.  Weston,  1889.) 

442  LORENA  STARLING  (Marvil,  Simon,  John,  Daniel,  Wil- 
liam), b.  June  10,  1807;  m.  May  30,  1826,  Elias  H.  Wolcott,  b. 
June  17,  1803,  eldest  son  of  Elias  and  Delinda  (Howe)  Wolcott  of 
Watertown  township,  Washington  Co.,  O.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
Watertown;  lost  his  eyesight  Oct.  1,  1873,  and  was  blind  for  some 
years  before  his  death.     Mrs.  Wolcott  d.  Mar.  25,  1868. 

Children : 

1138  Lucien  M.  Wolcott. 

1139  Vesta  Wolcott. 

1140  Delinda  Wolcott. 

1141  Orlow  Wolcott. 

1142  Walter  B.  Wolcott. 

1143  Peter  H.  Wolcott. 

1144  Adeline  H.  Wolcott. 

1145  Roscoe  Wolcott,  b.  June  17,  1842;    m.  June  17,  1868, 

Emma  Bridge  of  Waterford  township,  b.  Nov.  19, 
1846;  res.  Watertown,  O.  Children:  Anna  L., 
Brooks.     (Wrash.  Co.  Hist.,  p.  625.) 

1148  Rosaltha  Wolcott. 

1149  Fremont  Wolcott. 

1150  Orinda  Wolcott. 

1151  Lydia  A.   Wolcott. 

1152  One  child  d.  in  infancy. 

455     DEBORAH  STARLING  (Simon,  Simon,  John,  Daniel,  Wil- 
liam), b.  Jan.  10,  1796;  m.  Oct.  9,  1812,  John  Treat  Deming,  b. 


442  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


in  Sandisfield,  Mass.,  Mar.  9,  1787,  son  of  John  and  Prudence 
(Treat)  Deming  of  Sandisfield.  He  removed  from  Massachusetts 
to  Ohio  when  15,  with  his  brother  Ezekiel ;  after  his  marriage,  to 
Indiana,  later  to  Cumberland  Co.,  Ky.,  then  to  Dayton,  O.,  later 
to  Springfield,  0.,  finally  settling  in  1837  in  Wayne  Co.,  111.,  where 
he  d.  Nov.  7,  1857.  He  was  a  farmer  and  physician.  Deborah  d. 
Sept.  22,  1853. 
Children : 

1153  tjohn  James  Deming,  b.  Feb.  29,  1816;   m.  Sarah  Fly. 

1154  Prudence  Elizabeth  Deming,  b.  Feb.  21,  1818;    m.  Dec. 

10,  1848,  John  Young  Vancil,  and  d.  in  1900. 

1155  Mary  Ann  Deming,  b.  July  9,  1824;    m.  Jan.  5,  1844, 

Harmon  F.  Whitacre;   lived  at  Creal  Springs,  111. 

1156  t  William  Mount  Deming,  b.  Oct.  8,  1826;  m.  Belle  Collins. 

1157  t  Jefferson  Deming,  b.  Aug.  21,  1828;  m.  Eliza  Norris. 

1158  tCyrus   Newton   Deming,   b.    Sept.    10,    1830;    m.    Mary 

Farmer. 

1159  Matilda  Deborah  Deming,  b.  Feb.  8,  1834;    m.  Sept.  3, 

1861,  John  D.  Fly;    lived  at  Crainville,  111. 

1160  James  Harvey  Deming,  b.   Feb.   8,   1837;    m.  Elizabeth 

Tiller,  and  d.  June  30,  1902. 

456  ELEAZER  MATHER  {Irene,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  Wil- 
liam), b.  in  Lyme,  Conn.,  Dec.  30,  1775;  m.  1st,  Sept.  23,  1798, 
Lorinda  Abbott,  who  d.  Apr.  3,  1800;  m.  2d,  Oct.  24,  1802, 
Fanny  Williams. 

Capt.  Eleazer  Mather  was  a  manufacturer  of  hats  at  Brooklyn, 
Conn.,  for  ten  or  twelve  years,  afterward  he  kept  the  Mather 
Temperance  Coffee  House  in  Brooklyn.  He  d.  Jan.  10,  1842. 
Mrs.  Fanny  Mather  d.  Mar.  27,  1867. 

Child  by  first  marriage: 

1161  Lorinda  Mather,  b.  Mar.  23,  1800. 
By  second  marriage: 

1162  t  William   Williams   Mather,   b.    May   24,    1804;    m.    1st, 

Emily  Baker,  2d,  Mrs.  Mary  Curtiss. 

1163  tFanny  Mather,  b.  Mar.  12,  1806;   m.  David  C.  Bolles. 

1164  tElizabeth  Mather,  b.  Apr.  27,  1816;  m.  James  Hughes. 

1165  tMartha  Ann  Mather,  b.  Jan.  9,  1827;    m.  1st,  Simon  L. 

Cotton,  2d,  Dr.  Hiram  Holt. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     443 

457  WATROUS  MATHER  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme, 
Mar.  11,  1778;    m.  Hannah  Thompson  of  Vermont. 

Watrous  Mather  lived  in  Vermont  and  later  in  Akron,  O.     He 
d.  in  1843. 
Children : 
1166     Lucy  Mather,  m.  James  Brown  of  Akron,  O.,  and  d.  in 
1885 ;    her  children  were  Daniel,  Laura,  James,  and 
Norman,  who  d.  young. 

1171  Don  Mather. 

1172  Polly  Mather,  m.  Nathan  Darrow  of  Akron,  O.,  and  in 

1842  her  children  were  Minerva,  who  m.  her  cousin 
Daniel  Brown,  Lorinda,  d.  }oung,  and  Elvira,  d. 
young. 

1176  Zelotus  Mather,  m.  Harriett  Hamlin,  and  d.  in  1842. 

1177  t William  T.  Mather,  b.  Jan.  12,  1812;    m.  Sarah  Chap- 

man. 

1178  t  Elvira  R.  Mather,  m.  John  H.  Crawford. 

1179  Hannah  Mather,  m.  1st,  Israel  Allen,  2d,  Dr.  Belden. 

458  SETH  MxVTHER  (brother  of  the  above),  d.  in  1812. 
Children : 

1180  Hawley  Mather. 

1181  Franklin  Mather. 

1182  tHenry  H.  Mather,  b.  Apr.  18,  1804;  m.  Lemisa  Blinn. 

1182  Mary  Ann  Mather,  m.  Edward  C.  Bancroft. 

1183  Emeline  Mather. 

462  SAMUEL  STERLING  MATHER  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Lyme  in  1786;  m.  in  Dec,  1815,  Catharine  Abbott,  dau.  of 
Nathaniel  Chandler  Abbott  of  Concord,  N.  H. 

Samuel  S.  Mather  lived  chiefly  at  Claremont,  N.  H.,  but  re- 
moved in  his  later  years  to  Manchester,  Wis.,  where  he  d.  May 
5,  1853. 

Children : 

1184  tSamuel  Williams  Mather,  b.  May  25,  1819;    m.  Fanny 

A.  Jones. 

1185  tCatharine  Jane  Mather,  b.  Mar.  15,  1823;    m.  Cyrus  N. 

Holbrook. 

466  BETSEY  STERLING  LEE  (Sarah,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Dan- 
iel, William),  b.  in  Lyme,  Conn.,  Aug.  19,  1790;  m.  there  June  16, 


444  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


1811,  Christopher  Champlin,  b.  in  Lyme,  Feb.  6,  1787,  eldest  child 
of  Caleb  and  Anna  (Ely)  Champlin  of  Lyme  and  grandson  of 
Ezra  C.  and  Anna  (Sterling)  Ely.     (See  Nos.  226  and  546.) 

Christopher  removed  about  1821  to  the  Connecticut  Western 
Reserve  in  Ohio  and  settled  at  Rome.    He  d.  Nov.  1,  1858 ;   Betsey 
d.  at  Deer  Park,  111.,  June  3,  1875. 
Children : 
1186     John  Calvin  Champlin,  b.  in  1812;    m.  in  1848,  Julia 
Ann   Kennedy,   b.    1818,   dau.    of  Hugh    and   Ruth 
(Babcock)   Kennedy.     He  was  a  lawyer  at  Ottawa, 
111. ;   d.  Mar.  25,  1873.     Had  Ida,  b.  in  1849,  d.  in 
1851,  and  Isabel,  b.  in  1851,  m.  Augustus  E.  Walker 
of  Chicago,  111. 

1189  tElizabeth  Lee  Champlin,  b.  May  6,  1814;   m.  1st,  Benja- 

min M.  Morey,  2d,  Isaiah  Strawn. 

1190  A  daughter,  b.  at  Lyme,  Jan.  15,  1813;    d.  same  day. 

1191  Caroline  Rebecca  Champlin,  b.  at  Lyme,  Dec.  25,  1816; 

m.  in  1856,  Roger  Wolcott  Griswold,  son  of  Roger 
Griswold,  Governor  of  Connecticut,  and  his  wife 
Fanny  Rodgers.  Caroline  d.  at  Ashtabula,  O.,  Feb. 
17,  1864.    Had  one  son,  who  d.  leaving  a  dau. 

1192  Sarah  Ann  Champlin,  b.  at  Lyme,  Aug.  8,  1818;    m.  in 

1877,  James  Leland,  b.  in  1815,  son  of  Cyrus  and 
Betsy  (Kimball)  Leland.  Sarah  d.  at  Ottawa,  111., 
Dec.  23,  1892.    No  issue. 

1193  Frances  Bertha  Lyman  Champlin,  b.  at  Lyme,  Mar.  17, 

1820;  d.  Sept.  17,  1820. 

1194  Mary  Prentiss  Champlin  (twin  with  Frances),  d.  Dec.  14, 

1820. 

1195  t  Cordelia  Eliza  Dill  Champlin,  b.  Dec.  8,  1823 ;  m.  Joel  W. 

Armstrong. 

1196  Mary  Christopher  Champlin,  b.  in  Rome,  Dec.  3,  1825; 

m.  in  1845,  Cyrus  Bentley  Lewis  of  Manistee,  Mich., 
b.  1822,  son  of  Asa  and  Anna  (Bentley)  Lewis.  Ch. : 
Edward  C,  b.  in  1849;  Herbert  C,  b.  in  1851; 
William  B.,  b.  in  1852 ;  John  Sterling,  b.  in  1856, 
d.  in  1857 ;  John  C,  b.  in  1859,  d.  in  1862 ;  Arthur 
L.,  b.  in  1863 ;  Cyrus  B.,  b.  in  1866 ;  Anna  E.,  b.  in 
1868. 
1205  Bertha  Ayrault  Champlin,  b.  in  Rome,  Nov.  3,  1827 ;  m. 
in  1850,  William  J.  Glover  of  Ottawa,  111.,  b.  in  1818, 
son  of  James,  who  d.  in  1863.  Ch. :  Clarence  C,  b. 
in  1851;   Frank  H.,  b.  in  1856;   Merriam  L.,  b.  in 


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1860,  d.  in  1866;  Carrie  J.,  b.  in  1864.  Bertha 
living  at  Ottawa,  111.,  1902. 

1210  Jane  Sill  Champlin,  b.  in  Rome,  Feb.  1,  1833;   m.  Abra- 

ham Provost  of  Manistee,  Mich.  He  d.  in  1876.  She 
d.  at  Ottawa,  111.,  Feb.  2,  1890.    No  issue. 

1211  Frances  Maria  Champlin,  b.  in  Rome,  Sept.  20,  1834;   m. 

in  1854,  Alvin  Foord  of  Chicago,  b.  in  1830,  son  of 
Joseph  and  Mehitable  (Willey)  Foord.  Ch. :  Charles 
C,  b.  in  1854;  Ernest  J.,  b.  in  1856;  Fannie  E.,  b. 
in  1858 ;  Carrie  W.,  b.  in  1861  ;  Helen  S.,  b.  in  1868  ; 
Herbert  M.,  b.  in  1869,  d.  in  1871. 

468  LEMUEL  LEE  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme,  Nov.  27, 
1794 ;  m.  Jan.  18,  1816,  Nancy  Dodge,  b.  May  2,  1800,  at  Lyme, 
dau.  of  Eusebius  and  Anna  Dodge,  who  removed  to  New  Lyme,  O., 
in  1811. 

Lemuel  Lee  came  to  New  Lyme,  Ashtabula  Co.,  O.,  in  1811, 
when  but  seventeen  years  old,  being  the  first  of  his  father's  family 
to  settle  there.  Lemuel  settled  on  the  farm  at  New  Lyme,  where 
he  passed  his  life.  He  was  a  school  teacher  in  his  young  manhood, 
and  also  a  surveyor.  He  was  for  many  years  a  justice  of  the 
peace  and  was  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature  from  his  district. 
He  d.  at  New  Lyme,  Sept.  24,  1854. 

Children : 

1218  Calvin  Church  Lee,  b.  Feb.  12,  1817;    d.  Feb.  17,  1817. 

1219  tEusebius  Lee,  b.  Aug.  6,  1819;  m.  Sarah  J.  Vernon. 
1219a    Mary  Frances  Lee,  b.  Jan.  22,  1822;    m.  Oliver  Brown 

of  New  Lyme ;   d.  without  issue. 

470  SAMUEL  STERLING  LEE  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Lyme,  Sept.  5, 1797  ;  m.  in  1823,  Esther  Tinan,  b.  in  Chapley,  Me., 
June  5,  1805,  dau.  of  Samuel  and  Abigail  (Moody)  Tinan.  About 
1811  Samuel  Tinan  with  his  wife  and  family  of  nine  children  started 
from  Maine  for  Ohio.  He  d.  when  they  reached  Palmyra,  Wayne 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  of  fever  and  the  widow  and  children  pushed  on  to 
Rome,  O. 

Samuel  Lee  came  to  New  Lyme,  O.,  in  1817,  in  company  with 
his  father  and  his  brother  George.  He  settled  on  the  farm  adjoin- 
ing his  brother  Lemuel.  Here  he  lived  and  died.  He  taught  school 
in  Connecticut  and  in  Ohio,  but  was  by  profession  a  surveyor.     He 


446  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


clerked  for  his  brother  Martin  in  N.  Y.  City  before  his  marriage ; 
was  for  some  time  postmaster  at  New  Lyme.  He  d.  there  Feb.  16, 
1851.     Esther  d.  June  7,  1857. 

Children,  born  at  New  Lyme:  , 

1220  tEmily  Lee,  b.  Apr.  22,  1824;   m.  1st,  George  Tuttle,  2d, 

Albert  S.  Mershon. 

1221  tOrrilla  Lee,  b.  Sept.  28,  1826;   m.  1st,  Henry  H.  Hatch, 

2d,  David  Colby. 

1222  Augusta  Lee,  b.  Jan.  16,  1831 ;   d.  Aug.  18,  1833. 

1223  t  Christopher  Champlin   Lee,  b.   Nov.   15,   1833;    m.   1st, 

Charlotte  E.  Williams,  2d,  Elizabeth  S.  Bassnett. 

471  GEORGE  DUDLEY  LEE  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Lyme,  Sept.  1,  1798;  m.  Phebe  Clisby,  b.  in  1800,  of  Gustavus,  O. 

George  Lee  taught  school  when  a  young  man,  as  his  father 
and  two  brothers  had  done.  In  1817  he  migrated  to  New  Lyme, 
Ohio. 

He  was  by  trade  a  hatter.  After  his  marriage  he  removed  to 
Unionville,  Lake  Co.,  O.,  where  he  followed  his  trade.  Here  he 
passed  the  greater  part  of  his  life.  He  held  some  local  offices,  in- 
cluding that  of  justice  of  the  peace.  He  d.  Apr.  28,  1878.  Phebe 
(Clisby)  Lee  d.  Apr.  29,  1877. 

Children : 

1224  Martin  Lee,  b.  about  1828;   had  just  completed  his  edu- 

cation as  a  physician  when  he  d.  in  1849  of  cholera  at 
the  home  of  his  mother's  sister  in  Illinois,  during  the 
great  epidemic  of  that  disease. 

1225  George  Lee  was  twice  m. ;    had  one  son  by  his  first  wife, 

who  d.  in  infancy.  He  was  a  tobacco  merchant  in 
Hartford,  Conn.,  where  he  d.  not  long  after  the 
decease  of  his  father,  without  other  issue. 

472  SARAH  MARIA  LEE  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme, 
Nov.  1,  1803 ;  m.  in  Sept.,  1825,  the  Rev.  Orrin  Abbott,  b.  in  Paw- 
let,  Vt.,  Mar.  24, 1792,  son  of  Capt.  John  and  Susannah  (Meacham) 
Abbott,  of  Sempronius,  now  Niles,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Abbott  m.  1st,  in 
Jan.,  1817,  Abigail  Bowen  of  Sempronius,  who  d.  in  Feb.,  1819, 
leaving  one  child,  Abigail,  b.  in  July,  1818,  d.  in  June,  1819. 
Mrs.  Sarah  (Lee)  Abbott  was  endowed  with  a  very  receptive  and 
retentive  mind,   acquiring  education   very   easily-      She   read   the 


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Bible  through  before  she  was  seven  years  old  and  it  was  a  com- 
mon thing  for  her  father,  who  was  a  prominent  teacher,  and  her 
brothers  to  take  her  on  the  saddle  with  them  before  she  was  twelve 
years  old  to  the  numerous  county  spelling  schools  as  the  champion 
speller. 

The  following  obituary  notice  was  published  in  the  Christian 
Advocate  of  New  York  at  the  time  of  her  death : 

"  Sarah  Maria,  wife  of  Rev.  Orrin  Abbott  of  the  Genesee  M.  E. 
Conference,  departed  this  life  at  Akron,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  6,  1847,  after 
an  illness  of  two  weeks,  in  the  44th  year  of  her  age. 

Sister  Abbott,  daughter  of  Col.  Lemuel  and  Sarah  Lee  of  Lyme, 
Conn.,  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church  but  joined 
the  M.  E.  Church  in  1828.  Since  then  she  has  never  been  known 
to  miss  a  class  or  prayer  meeting  when  it  was  consistent  for  her 
to  attend.  On  the  23d  of  September  she  was  confined  and  until  the 
last  day  of  her  life  all  but  herself  expected  her  to  recover  but  she 
anticipated  her  decease  and  often  spoke  of  it.  She  had  a  rule  of 
reading  the  Bible  fifteen  minutes  every  day  and  usually  exceeded  it. 
Her  love  of  the  holy  Oracles  was  so  great  that  she  laid  a  New  Testa- 
ment in  her  bosom  and  died  with  it  there  and  when  death  had  almost 
finished  his  work,  at  her  request,  signaled  by  a  look,  a  motion  and 
a  half  spoken  word,  her  glasses  were  upon  her  eyes  and  the  Holy 
Bible  held  before  her  face  while  she  read  the  84th  Psalm." 

Orrin  Abbott  was  twenty-one  on  the  breaking  out  of  the  War 
of  1812  and,  enlisting,  participated  in  every  important  battle  on 
the  northern  frontier  from  Fort  Erie  to  Plattsburg.  At  the  battle 
of  Lundy's  Lane  he  was  one  of  the  bodyguard  of  General  Brown. 
After  the  war  he  went  into  northern  Ohio  and  studied  for  the  min- 
istry. He  was  ordained  an  elder  and  commenced  his  clerical  life- 
work  as  a  Baptist  minister. 

Soon  after  his  marriage  he  returned  with  his  bride  to  central 
New  York  and  there  entered  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  and 
ministry  as  a  circuit  preacher,  and  as  such  and  an  evangelist 
labored  throughout  almost  all  parts  of  western  New  York. 

When  in  the  time  of  the  Rebellion,  the  98th  Rcgt.,  N.G.,  S.N.Y., 
was  raised,  he  was  made  its  chaplain  and  when,  in  1864,  the  regi- 
ment was  called  into  the  service,  he,  though  over  seventy-two  years 
old,  responded  promptly  and  was  with  it  in  its  entire  campaign. 
At  the  time  of  the  disbanding  of  the  regiment  the  mustering  officer 


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was  so  impressed  with  his  appearance  that  he  made  the  following 
endorsement  on  his  discharge  paper: 

"  I  esteem  it  as  one  of  the  greatest  priviledges  of  my  life  to 
have  the  honor  of  mustering  so  valiant  and  noble  a  patriot  and 
veteran  as  Captain  Orrin  Abbott,  the  venerable  chaplain  of  the 
98th  Regt.,  N.  G.,  S.  N.  Y. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  22,  1864. 

James  E.  Wilson 
2nd  Lieut  5th  Artillery,  U.  S.  A. 
Mustering  Officer. 


>» 


He  m.  3d,  the  widow  Caroline  Ide  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  who  d. 
there  about  1872.  The  Rev.  Orrin  Abbott  d.  Nov.  23,  1868,  at 
Chicago,  111.,  and  was  buried  in  Oak  Woods  cemetery,  Chicago. 

Children : 

1226  t  George  Abbott,  b.  Nov.  2,  1826;   m.  Julia  C.  Church. 

1227  Caroline  Abbott,  b.  Sept.  14,  1829;  m.  Arthur  M.  Dean. 

Has  a  son  living  in  Chicago,  111. 

1228  t  Julia  Abbott,  b.  Mar.  31,  1831 ;  m.  William  E.  Foster. 

1229  John  Abbott,  b.  in  Aurora,  N.  Y.,  May  29,  1832 ;  d.  Aug. 

5,  1833. 

1230  tOrrin  Lee  Abbott,  b.  Apr.  1,  1834;   m.  Louisa  Stanton. 
1231-2  Twin  boys,  b.  at  Newstead,  1836;    d.  same  day. 

1233  Sarah  Maria  Abbott,  b.  at  Wales,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  25,  1838; 

d.  at  Akron,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  20,  1848. 

1234  tSophronia  Abbott,  b.  May  14,  1840;    m.   1st,  Dana  B. 

Clark,  2d,  James  M.  Smith. 

1235  Wesley  Abbott,  b.  in  Akron,  July  25,  1842 ;  d.  at  Falkirk, 

N.  Y.,  Dec.  2,  1846. 

1236  tMary  Elizabeth  Abbott,  b.  Sept.  23,  1847;    m.  William 

Spring. 

473  ISAIAH  LORD  (Caroline,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  Wil- 
liam)^, on  Lord  Hill,  Lyme,  Conn.,  Oct.  10,  1782 ;  m.  1st,  June  3, 
1805,  Anna  Cotton,  who  d.  Jan.  20,  1819;  m.  2d,  Apr.  11,  1819, 
Elizabeth  Kenyon,  dau.  of  Jonathan  and  Martha  (Kenyon)  Ken- 
yon,  natives  of  R.  I.  Elizabeth  d.  Nov.  18,  1831,  and  Isaiah  m.  3d, 
May  24,  1832,  Anna  Baldwin,  a  native  of  Vermont. 

Isaiah  Lord  was  a  farmer  in  Pitcher,  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y., 
where  he  d.  Aug.  18,  1869.  Mrs.  Anna  Lord  d.  Jan.  19, 
1874. 


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Child  by  first  marriage: 

1237  tLucy  Ann  Lord,  b.  Dec.  5,  1811;  m.  John  Head. 
Children  by  second  marriage: 

1238  Child,  stillborn,  May  21,  1820. 

1239  William  Lord,  b.  Nov.  9,  1824;    m.  1st,  Oct.  2,  1861, 

Elsie  M.  Greene,  b.  in  Apr.,  1833,  dau.  of  Elisha  and 
Louisa  (Coon)  Greene  of  German,  N.  Y.,  who  d.  at 
McGraw,  Nov.  24,  1870 ;  m.  2d,  Jan.  29,  1872,  El- 
mina  Albright,  b.  Apr.  16,  1833,  dau.  of  Elisha  and 
Elizabeth  (Smith)  Albright  of  Dryden,  N.  Y.  Mr. 
Lord  is  a  farmer.  Lived  in  Chenango  Co.,  until  1858, 
when  he  removed  to  Cortland  Co.  Living  in  1902  at 
McGraw,  N.  Y.     No  issue. 

1240  Isaiah  Lord,  b.  Feb.  22,  1823 ;   d.  Feb.  6,  1825. 

1241  Bubel  Lord,  b.  Jan.  1,  1827 ;   d.  Feb.  10,  1827. 

474  CAROLINE  LORD  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  on  Lord  Hill, 
Dec.  13,  1785 ;  m.  Jan.  7,  1804,  Russell  W.  Stewart,  b.  at  Ston- 
ington,  Conn.,  Apr.  14,  1783,  son  of  Nathan  and  Barbary 
(Palmer)  Stewart  *  of  Stonington.  Russell  Stewart  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  Pharsalia,  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.  His  brother, 
next  older,  also  moved  to  "  York  State  "  but  did  not  remain  long, 
because  of  the  "  wolves  and  feaver  and  ague."  Russell  was  one 
of  the  first  constables  elected  at  the  first  town-meeting  held  for 
Pharsalia,  Mar.  6,  1827.    Mrs.  Caroline  Stewart  d.  Dec.  7,  1872. 

Children : 

1242  A  son,  b.  at  Pharsalia,  Dec.  19,  1804 ;  d.  Jan.  4,  1805. 

1243  Erastus   Stewart,  b.   at  Pharsalia,  Mar.   27,   1807;    m. 

Dec.  21,  1838,  Eunice  T.  Baldwin,  b.  Sept.  12,  1810, 
dau.  of  Elisha  and  Patty  (Spaulding)  Baldwin  of 
German  (now  Pitcher),  N.  Y.  Erastus  d.  May  26, 
1854.  She  m.  2d,  June  4,  1860,  Roswell  Crawford. 
No  issue. 

1  Ancestry  op  Russell  Stewart 

Lieut.  William  Stewart  (or  Steward)  was  bapt.  as  an  adult  in  Stonington,  Conn. 
Feb.  13,  1710;  m.  May  5,  1713,  Sarah  Church,  who  d.  Mar.  2,  1745;  m.  2d,  Mar.  16 
1747,  Mary  Bellows,  by  whom  he  had  no  children.  By  his  first  m.  he  had  nine  children. 
In  1728  he  purchased  lands  north  of  Stewart  Hill,  now  in  No.  Stonington.  His  eldest 
child  was  William  Stewart,  b.  Dec.  16,  1714;  m.  Dec.  4,  1740,  Elizabeth  Stevens.  He 
d.  aged  about  46.  His  widow  m.  2d,  Joseph  Palmer.  The  third  of  nine  children  was 
Nathan  Stewart,  b.  June  22,  1745;  m.  May  1,  1768,  Barbary,  dau.  of  William  Palmer. 
He  bought  out  the  rights  to  the  old  homestead  and  built  a  new  house.  (Hist,  of  Ston- 
ington, R.  A.  Wheeler.) 


450  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


1244  Nancy  Stewart,  b.  in  Pharsalia,  July  23,  1809 ;    d.  Jan. 

IT,  1810. 

1245  Caroline  Stewart,  b.  in  German,  Jan.  15,  1811 ;   m.  Mar. 

14,  1833,  Levi  S.  Warner,  a  farmer,  of  Pitcher. 
They  had  four  children  who  d.  }Toung  and  were 
buried  on  the  Russell  Stewart  farm. 

1246  tBetsey  Stewart,  b.  May  10,  1813;    m.  Lester  Tinker. 

1247  Harriet  Stewart,  b.  Mar.  29,  1816;   m.  James  Blanchard. 

1248  Maria   Ann   Stewart,  b.    Nov.    18,   18 — ;    m.   Benjamin 

Corning,  and  had  one  dau.,  Mrs.  Esther  Fuller  of 
Pitcher. 

1250  t  William  R.  Stewart,  b.  Jan.  19,  1821 ;  m.  Betsey  Baldwin. 

1251  Joseph  Stewart,  b.  in  German,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  8,  1824 ;    d. 

Mar.  22,  1825. 

1252  t  Amanda   H.    Stewart,   b.    July    1,    1827;   m.    James    D. 

Willmarth. 

476  SUKEY  LORD  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  on  Lord  Hill, 
Feb.  27,  1789;  m.  Jonathan  Kenyon,  Jr.,  son  of  Jonathan  Ken- 
yon,  who  migrated  from  Richmond,  R.  L,  to  Pitcher,  Chenango 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  1806.  He  settled  two  miles  northeast  of  Pitcher 
village  and  d.  in  1831.  The  children  of  Jonathan  Kenyon  and 
his  wife  Martha  (Kenyon)  Kenyon  were:  Samuel  B.,  who  had 
nine  ch.  and  d.  Jan.  11,  1835;  Jonathan,  Jr.;  Col.  Asa,  who 
m.  Eliza  Lord,  Sukey's  sister ;  Elizabeth,  who  m.  Isaiah  Lord, 
brother  of  Eliza  and  Sukey ;  Patty,  who  m.  Joshua  Dye,  and  had 
eight  ch. ;  Mary,  who  m.  Sept.  16,  1816,  Luther  H.  Peck  (whose 
dau.  Mary  Ann  m.  Geo.  W.  Atwell,  No.  1422)  ;  Solomon,  who  m. 
Laura  Ann  Breed,  and  had  three  ch.,  and  Dorcas  who  was  twice 
married,  without  issue. 

Children  of  Jonathan  and  Sukey  (Lord)  Kenyon: 

1253  Amanda  Kenyon,  m.  Stephen  Greene  and  had  Giles,  Rus- 

sel,  LeRoy,  and  Oscar.  Oscar,  m.  Jennie  Mills  and 
had  Cora  and  Will  O.  Greene  of  Fairport,  N.  Y., 
who  m.  E.  Jessie  Greene. 

1260  Caroline  Kenyon. 

1261  Joseph  Kenyon. 

1262  Lewis  Kenyon. 

1263  Mary  Kenyon. 

1264  Martha  Kenyon. 


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477     ELIZA  LORD  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  on  Lord  Hill,  Dec. 
18,  1791;    m.  Asa  Kenyon,  b.   in  Rhode  Island,  May  7,  1784, 
son  of  Jonathan  and  Martha  (Kenyon)  Kenyon  of  Pitcher,  N.  Y. 
Mrs.  Eliza  Kenyon  d.  Mar.  14,  1848.     (See  above.) 
Children : 

1265  George  Kenyon,  b.  Aug.  12,  1810. 

1266  Joseph  L.  Kenyon,  b.  Dec.  20,  1812. 

1267  Manson  Kenyon,  b.  July  12,  1815. 

1268  Asa  Kenyon,  Jr.,  b.  June  2,  1817. 

1269  Erastus  Kenyon,  b.  June  12,  1819. 

1270  Eliza  Kenyon,  b.  Sept.  25,  1821. 

1271  Aaron  Kenyon,  b.  Aug.  17,  1823;    living  at  Pharsalia, 

N.  Y.,  in  1902. 

1272  Roswell  Kenyon,   b.    July   6,    1826;    living   at   German, 

N.  Y.,  in  1902. 

1273  Jonathan  Kenyon,  b.  Oct.  14,  1828. 

1274  James  Kenyon,  b.  Mar.  5,  1831. 

1275  Rebekah  Kenyon,  b.  July  6,  1832. 

1276  Leland   S.   Kenyon,  b.   July   17,    1835;    living   at   Cort- 

land, N.  Y.,  in  1902.  ' 

481  SAMUEL  STERLING  LORD  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  on 
Lord  Hill,  Oct.  20,  1798;  m.  at  Pharsalia,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  15,  1826, 
Desire  Babcock,  b.  at  Norwich,  N.  Y.,  June  22,  1802,  dau.  of 
Luke  and  Desire   (Frink)  Babcock  of  Pharsalia. 

Mr.  Lord  removed  from  Pharsalia  to  Lincklaen,  Chenango 
Co.,  in  the  40's,  where  he  remained  until  his  death.  Beside  con- 
ducting a  large  farm,  he  kept  a  hotel,  was  postmaster  and  super- 
visor and  held  other  local  offices.  He  d.  in  Lincklaen,  Nov.  29, 
1882.     Mrs.  Samuel  Lord  d.  at  Lincklaen,  Feb.  12,  1884. 

Children,  born  at  Pharsalia : 

1277  Caroline  Lord,  b.  Aug.  1,  1827;    d.  at  Pharsalia,  Mar. 

10,  1839. 

1278  Samuel  Lord,  b.  May  27,  1829;    d.  at  Pharsalia,  Apr. 

25,  1831. 

1279  Desiah  Lord,  b.  June  2, 1832  ;  m.  Dr.  Marcellus  R.  Smith ; 

have  a  son,  Samuel  Lord  Smith,  mayor  of  Bingham- 
ton,  N.  Y.,  1902. 

1281  t  James  S.  Lord,  b.  Sept.  29,  1834;    m.  1st,  Kasiah  Gil- 

lespie, 2d,  Eleanor  Bennett. 

1282  Phebe  D.  Lord,  b.  Aug.  23,  1837 ;    m.  at  Union  Valley, 


452  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Cortland  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  12,  1857,  Nelson  Peck, 
d.  at  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Sept.  22,  1897,  leaving 
two  sons,  Samuel  L.  and  Fred  L.  Peck  of  Grand 
Rapids. 

482  DAVID  LORD  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  on  Lord  Hill, 
Oct.  23,  1800 ;  m.  1st,  Oct.  3,  1824,  Polly  Maria  Brown,  b.  Sept. 
5,  1806,  dau.  of  Lewis  Brown  of  Pharsalia;  m.  2d,  Dec.  26,  1841, 
Livonia  Brown  b.  Jan.  19,  1806,  dau.  of  Benjamin  and  Phebe 
Brown  of  Pharsalia,  N.  Y. 

David  Lord  came  to  Pharsalia  in  1803  with  his  parents.  He 
lived  and  died  on  the  farm  which  his  parents  settled  upon,  Sept. 
28,  1875.    Mrs.  Livonia  Lord  d.  Dec.  26,  1875. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

1285  t  Joseph  Edwin  Lord,  b.  Aug.  6,  1825  ;  m.  Martha  McFall. 

1286  David  Sterling  Lord,  b.  Mar.  1,  1827  ;   m.  Mary  Warner. 

1287  Lewis  Lord,  b.  Apr.  8,  1829;    m.  Mary  A.  Vennom. 

1288  t  Polly  Maria  Lord,  b.  Sept.  11,  1831;   m.  Delos  Luther. 

1289  tlsaiahLord,  b.  July  16,  1834;   m.  Angeline  Maltbie. 

1290  Rufus  Lord,  b.  Aug.  10,  1836;   m. . 

1291  Esther  C.  Lord,  b.  Apr.  28,  1839 ;  d.  unm.  July  4,  1874. 

1292  Lucy  Emily  Lord,  b.  May  24,  1841 ;    m.  Elias  J.  Cran- 

dall  of  Pitcher,  N.  Y.,  and  d.  June  27,  1865,  leaving 
one  child,  Eugene  J.,  living  in  1901  in  Los  Angeles, 
Cal. 
Children  by  second  marriage: 

1294  Charlotte  Livonia  Lord,  b.  Aug.  20,  1843 ;  d.  unm.  Sept. 

23,  1882. 

1295  t  Francis  DeLay  Lord,  b.  Dec.   23,   1845;    m.   Jennie  L. 

Wheeler. 

1296  James   S.  Lord,  b.  Apr.   4,   1848;  m.   Sept.    10,   1873, 

Frances  Emelia  Bosworth,  b.  Oct.  29,  1850,  dau.  of 
Josiah  and  Emelia  (Arnold)  Bosworth.  When  Mr. 
Lord  was  born,  so  he  says,  his  parents  had  ex- 
hausted their  available  list  of  names  so  he  went 
without  receiving  one  until  the  other  children  began 
calling  him  "  Jimmy "  when  he  was  officially  de- 
nominated "  James,  to  get  out  of  it."  James  S. 
Lord  lives  on  the  old  farm  in  Pharsalia,  "  Brackel 
Creek  Farm,"  where  his  parents  and  grandparents 
lived  before  him.  Having  no  children  he  has 
adopted  a  boy,  Maxwell  Arnold  Lord,  b.  in  1890. 

1297  Eliza  A.  Lord,  b.  July  22,  1850 ;    d.  May  13,  1869. 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     453 

483  ROSWELL  LORD  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Pharsalia, 
N.  Y.,  Apr.  17,  1805;  m.  1st,  Jan.  1,  1826,  Hannah  Newton,  b. 
June  5,  1806,  who  d.  Feb.  2,  1858;  m.  2d,  July  11,  1858,  Amy 
Wheeler.     Roswell  Lord  was  killed  in  a  sawmill,  Mar.  2,  1877. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

1298  tAbel  Lord,  b.  June  22,  1827;    m.  Rhoda  Breed. 

1299  tAdaline  P.  Lord,  b.  Aug.  15,  1829;   m.  1st,  Cranston  P. 

Harvey,  2d,  Nelson  L.  Gowin. 

1300  tMary  H.  Lord,  b.  July  13,  1832;    m.  Edward  Harvey. 

1301  tHarriet  E.  Lord,  b.  July  25,  1834;    m.  1st,  Christopher 

Burdick,  2d,  Horace  Place. 

1302  t  Julia  A.  Lord,  b.  July  28,  1836;   m.  1st,  David  Harvey, 

2d,  Milton  Lane. 

1303  Caroline  Lord,  b.  Dec.  23,  1841 ;    d.  Apr.  3,  1858. 

1304  tphebe  E.  Lord,  b.  July  12,  1845;   m.  Albert  Harvey. 

1305  tEmery  R.  Lord,  b.  Aug.  20,  1850;    m.  Alice  Mayhue. 

484  WILLIAM  BURROWS  STERLING  (Samuel,  Samuel,  Jo- 
seph, Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  27,  1793 ;  the 
first  white  child  born  in  the  Genesee  Valley;  m.  Feb.  8,  1818, 
Isabel  Kelso,  b.  in  Canada,  Jan.  1,  1799,  dau.  of  David  Kelso. 

William  Sterling  removed  to  Gaines,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in 
company  with  his  next  younger  brother  Alphonso,  in  1817,  and 
took  up  a  tract  of  land  of  several  hundred  acres.  He  remained 
here  where  five  of  his  children  were  born,  until  1828,  when  he  re- 
moved to  the  township  of  Sparta,  Crawford  Co.,  Penn.  Here 
he  cleared  a  one  hundred  acre  farm,  built  the  first  sawmill  and 
the  first  wool-carding  mill  in  the  township  and  served  for  a  long 
period  of  years  as  justice  of  the  peace  by  appointment  from  the 
Governor  of  the  State.  Mrs.  Isabel  Sterling  d.  Oct.  20,  1876. 
William  Sterling  d.  in  Newfield,  N.  J.,  Dec.  24,  1879.  Both  are 
buried  in  Spartansburg,  Penn. 

Children : 

1306  tAdaline  Almyra  Sterling,  b.  Dec.   14,  1818;    m.  Dewey 

Southwick. 

1307  tElouisa  Jane  Sterling,  b.  March  31,  1821;    m.  Joseph 

Bloomfield. 

1308  Robert  Samuel  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  25,  1823;    d.  Oct.  30, 

1831. 

1309  Nancy  Mehitablc  Sterling,  b.  May  31,  1825;    m.  George 

Ellis  and  lived  in  Corry,  Penn.,  where  she  d.  March 
10,  1884,  without  issue. 


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1310  tWilliam  Whittlesy  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  24,  1827 ;    m.  Mary 

E.  Holt. 

1311  Cornelia  Eliza  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  1,  1829;    m.  Sept.   10, 

1847,    Howard    Kinney,    and    d.    leaving    one    dau., 
Eva,  who  m.  and  lived  in  Detroit,  Mich. 

1313  Robert  Henderson  Sterling,  b.  Aug,  18,  1831;    d.  with- 

out issue. 

1314  Arimena  Fanny  Isabel   Sterling,  b.   April  5,   1834;    m. 

Freeman.     She  was  confined  in  an  insane  asy- 
lum before  her  death. 

1315  Son,  stillborn,  July  6,  1836. 

1316  Son,  stillborn,  May  15,  1837. 

1317  Samuel  Algernon  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  22,  1838;    d.  leaving 

one  son  living  in  the  West. 

485     ALPHONSO  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  On- 
tario Co.,  N.  Y.,  July  28,  1795;    m.  at  Gaines,  N.  Y.,  May  2, 

1824,  Mary  Horton,  b.  at 
Palmyra,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  20, 
1808,  dau.  of  Jonathan 
and  Elizabeth  (Sherman) 
Horton  of  Gaines,  N.  Y. 
Jonathan  Horton  was  a 
cripple,  served  as  cook  in 
the  War  of  1812 ;  m.  about 
1802  Elizabeth  Sherman 
(b.  July  30,  1785;  d.  Oct. 
3,  1862),  who  m.  2d,  Sept. 
6,  1815,  Spencer  Whipple 
(b.  Feb.  15,  1785;  d.  Feb. 
19,  1841),  whose  first  wife, 
Arietta,  d.  Dec.  15,  1811. 
Jonathan  Horton's  chil- 
dren were,  beside  Mary: 
Myron,  b.  Nov.  17,  1803 ; 
Aratus     G.,     b.     July     8, 

1806;  George  W.,  b.  Mar. 
Alphonso  Sterling  2?  1810  .    and  Barnabas?  b. 

Jan.  16,  1812.     Spencer  Whipple's  children  by  his  first  marriage 
were:  Joel  L.,  b.  Mar.  16,  1806;  Andrea,  b.  Mar.  4,  1809;  John 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     455 

H.,  b.  May  20,  1812.  By  Elizabeth  (Sherman)  Horton  he  had 
Samuel,  b.  June  26,  1816. 

Alphonso  with  his  elder  brother  William  removed  from  Lima 
to  what  is  now  Gaines,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  the  fall  of  1817, 
where  they  purchased  "  articles  "  to  a  tract  of  land  of  about 
300  acres  from  one  Forsyth,  who  first  settled  on  and  made  a 
slight  improvement.  For  $500  they  received  a  deed  of  this  parcel 
from  the  Holland  Company.  Mrs.  Sterling  d.  in  Gaines,  Aug. 
3,  1880;   Alphonso  d.  there  Nov.  28,  1885. 

Children,  born  in  Gaines: 

1318  Byram  Dickenson  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  29,  1825.    As  a  young 

man  Byram  was  interested  in  scientific,  astronom- 
ical, and  psychological  questions,  giving  illustrated 
lectures  upon  these  subjects.  In  1850  he  went  to 
Iowa  where  he  remained  until  1852  when  he  drove 
overland  a  herd  of  cattle  to  California.  Upon  his 
arrival  he  went  directly  to  Sutter's  Creek,  the  place 
where  gold  was  first  discovered  and  for  the  next 
seventeen  years  he  was  engaged  in  prospecting  and 
working  in  the  gold  fields  of  California,  Vancouver, 
B.  C,  and  Globe,  Ariz.,  and  even  late  in  life  return- 
ing to  the  mines  of  Cripple  Creek,  Col.  In  the  fall 
of  1881  he  m.  in  St.  Louis,  Emma  Jones,  after 
which  he  removed  to  Peabody,  Kan.,  engaging  in 
the  produce  business  with  his  brother  William  until 
his  death,  Mar.  22,  1893;    no  issue. 

1319  Albert  Newell  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  20,  1827.     Received  his 

early  education  at  Albion  and  at  Yates  Center,  to 
which  latter  place,  a  distance  of  ten  miles,  he  walked 
carrying  his  week's  provisions  in  a  basket.  Studied 
one  year  in  the  law  office  of  Sanford  E.  Church, 
lieutenant  governor  of  New  York.  Wrhen  he  reached 
the  age  of  18  years  he  left  home  for  the  West,  being 
drawn  across  the  Niagara  River,  where  the  suspen- 
sion bridge  now  is,  in  a  basket  swung  from  a  rope. 
Studied  law  for  two  years  in  Cincinnati,  when, 
after  some  time  spent  in  Iowa  running  a  general 
store,  he  removed  to  St.  Louis  in  1848,  where  for 
several  years  he  was  engaged  in  compiling  an  index 
of  the  county  and  city  records,  much  of  it  being  from 
the   original   Spanish  manuscript,   a  work   of  much 


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labor  and  research,  one  half  interest  in  which  he 
later  sold  for  $25,000.  During  many  years  he  was 
council  for  the  Rock  Island  R.  R. ;  had  some  crim- 
inal practice  in  his  early  career  but  later  was  inter- 
ested exclusively  in  real  estate  and  corporations. 
In  partnership  for  a  few  years  with  B.  F.  Webster 
under  the  firm  name  of  Sterling  and  Webster.  After 
three  or  four  years  passed  on  his  farm  at  Summer- 
ville,  111.,  a  suburb  of  St.  Louis,  he  removed  in 
1875  to  California,  where  he  became  interested  in 
silver  mines  in  Nevada.  He  m.  Clara  Nealey,  a 
Creole  from  Cincinnati.  For  some  time  before  his 
death  he  was  an  invalid;  d.  in  Oakland,  Cal.,  Nov. 
11,  1882,  without  issue. 

Albert  N.  Sterling  was  a  man  of  noble,  generous 
character,  warm  in  his  sympathies  and  attachments, 
one  who  underwent  many  trials  in  his  career  and 
through  them  all  exhibited  the  highest  integrity  and 
ability. 

1320  t.George   Horton   Sterling,   b.    Feb.    8,    1829;    m.   Ellen 

Fitzgibbons. 

1321  Orlena  Elizabeth  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  24,  1831 ;    d.  unm.  in 

Gaines,  Oct.  13,  1896. 

1322  Jonathan  Samuel  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  14,  1833;   a  member  of 

the  bodyguard  of  General  John  C.  Fremont  in  the 
Rebellion.  Was  a  produce  and  commission  merchant 
in  Peabody,  Kan.,  for  a  number  of  years ;  m.  in 
St.  Louis,  Eliza  Farley ;   one  child,  Estella,  d.  young. 

1324  t  William  Alphonso   Sterling,  b.   May  31,   1834,  m.    1st, 

Caroline  B.  Moelgee,  2d,  Mary  J.  Olmsted. 

1325  tEugene  Spencer  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  6,  1837;    m.  Ellen  E. 

Mack. 

1326  t Wallace  Myron  Sterling,  b.   June  26,  1840;    m.  Mary 

Parker. 

1327  Mary  Alice  Sterling,  b.  June  26,  1840;   d.  Sept.  1,  1840. 

1328  Mary   Jane    Sterling,   b.    Nov.    21,    1843.      While   home 

on  a  furlough,  her  brother  Wallace  accidentally 
shot  her  dead,  June  24,  1862.  Mary  was  a  vivacious 
girl  and  her  soldier  brother,  but  little  older  than 
herself,  was  to  her  a  hero.  Wallace  had  his  army 
musket  placed  behind  a  door  and,  as  he  knew,  un- 
loaded. His  brother  Eugene  loaded  the  gun,  without 
the  knowledge  of  other  members  of  the  family,  and 


WILLIAM   STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     457 

went  on  an  unsuccessful  hunt  for  woodchucks,  re- 
placing the  gun,  with  its  deadly  charge,  in  its  accus- 
tomed place.  At  her  request,  Wallace  went  through 
the  manual  of  arms  for  his  sister  and  at  the  com- 
mand "  fire !  "  shot  her  through  the  head. 

1329  Frances   Eliza   Sterling,   b.    Oct.    9,    1847;    d.    unm.    at 

Gaines,  Aug.  4,  1896. 

486  AZARIAH  WHITTLESEY  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  Ontario  Co.,  June  29,  1797;  m.  Feb.  15,  1821,  at 
Lima,  Miranda  Leach,  b.  at  Lima,  Nov.  28,  1801.  They  removed 
to  Michigan  before  1835,  where  Azariah  was  a  farmer  at  Romeo. 
Mrs.  Miranda  Sterling  d.  June  13,  1857.  Azariah  probably  m. 
2d,  Mrs.  Lydia  Caroline  (Tuttle)  Hughes,  dau.  of  Josiah  and 
Evela  (Gates)  Tuttle  of  Whitestown,  N.  Y.  She  m.  1st,  Aaron 
Atwater  Hughes  of  East  Haven,  Conn.,  by  whom  she  had  Alfred 
m.  Mary  Rowe,  Caroline  Tuttle,  Norman  Atwater,  and  Sarah 
Eva.  (Tuttle  Family  Gene.,  p.  299,  Geo.  T.  Tuttle,  1883.) 
Azariah  Sterling  d.  at  Romeo,  Mich.,  Feb.  27,  1876. 
Children : 

1330  Julia  Amanda  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  20,  1821 ;    d.  Sept.  19, 

1860. 

1331  Charlotte  Leach  Sterling,  b.  June  1,  1825 ;    d.  July  26, 

1845. 

1332  Caroline  Amelia   Sterling,  b.   June  29,  1827;    d.   Mar. 

24,  1877. 

1333  Charles  Josiah  Sterling,  b.  July  6,  1829;    d.  Apr.  22, 

1853. 

1334  Esther  Mehitable  Sterling,  b.  June  1,  1831 ;   d.  unm.  abt. 

1890. 

1335  Lydia   Elizabeth    Sterling,   b.   Dec.   6,   1835;    m.   ■ 

Phillips  of  Romeo,  Mich. 

1336  Harriet  Leach  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  16,  1836;    d.  Mar.  15, 

1884. 

487  ELIZA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Ontario  Co., 
July  18,  1799;  m.  at  Honeoye  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  21,  1821,  the 
Rev.  Joseph  Badger,  b.  at  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  in  1790,  son  of 
Maj.  Peaslee  and  Lydia  (Kelly)  Badger,  grandson  of  Gen.  Joseph 
Badger,  who  commanded  New  Hampshire  militia  at  the  battle  of 
Bennington,  and  at  the  capture  of  Burgoyne,  and  whose  brigade, 


458  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

after  the  battle,  was  detailed  to  conduct  Burgoyne  and  8000 
prisoners  there  taken  to  Boston,  where  they  were  long  imprisoned. 
The  General  was  prominent  in  the  Revolution  from  its  origin, 
being  colonel  of  the  10th  N.  H.  Regt.,  before  the  war  and  the 
first  magistrate  elected  in  his  native  county,  which  he  represented 
in  the  Provincial  Congress  and  also  in  the  State  Convention  which 
adopted  the  National  Constitution.  Joseph  Badger  emigrated 
from  New  Hampshire  in  1816  and  with  David  Millard  and  others 
founded  over  200  liberal  churches  in  western  New  York  before 
1830,  attempting  to  harmonize  American  Theology  by  taking 
no  name  but  that  of  "  Christians."  He  established  at  Roches- 
ter, N.  Y.,  and  long  edited  The  Christian  Palladium,  the  pioneer 
of  the  great  wave  of  liberal  faith,  which  then  rolled  out  from 
New  England  under  the  influence  of  William  Ellery  Channing. 
A  memoir  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Badger,  by  Rev.  E.  G.  Holland, 
was  published  in  book  form  at  about  the  time  of  his  death.  Har- 
riet Beecher  Stowe  in  her  book  "Oldtown  Folks  "  gives  a  picture 
of  the  home  life  of  "  Deacon  "  Joseph  Badger  and  his  wife  Eliza 
Sterling  and  tells  of  the  struggles  that  were  made  to  send  William, 
the  son,  through  Harvard  College. 

Joseph  Badger  d.  at  Honeoye  Falls,  May  12,  1852;  Eliza 
Sterling  Badger  d.  there  Mar.  23,  1864. 

Children : 

1337  Peaslee  Badger. 

1338  Lord  Sterling  Badger. 

1339  Joseph  Badger,  d.  of  consumption,  aged  21. 

1340  tMary  Eliza  Badger,  b.  Nov.  17,  1829;    m.  Christopher 

C.  Davison. 

1341  f  Henry   Clay   Badger,   b.   Aug.    10,    1833;    m.    Ann   A. 

Shepard. 

1342  tWilliam  Whittlesey  Badger,  b.  Apr.  1,  1835;    m.  Eliza 

A.  Hall. 

1343  Nicholas  De  Everaux  Badger,  b.  in  1836;    m.  Mary  El- 

liott Davis  of  Paris,  Ky.     He  d.  in  1882;    his  wife 
and  two  infants  d.  before  him. 

1344  Joseph  Badger,  b.  in  1838;    d.  in  1878  of  smallpox  at 

San  Francisco. 

1345  Jennie  Marie  Badger,  b.  Nov.  5,  1840 ;    m.  1st,  Dec.  10, 

1861,  Edward  K.  Reade  of  Rome,  N.  Y.,  who  d.  in 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     459 

1871 ;  m.  2d,  William  Fisher,  a  merchant  of  Ann 
Arbor,  Mich.,  who  d.  in  1888;  m.  3d,  Samuel  R. 
Gregory.  Residence,  1902,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.  No 
issue. 

488  ALMIRA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Ontario 
Co.,  Apr.  5,  1801 ;  m.  there  Apr.  1,  1825,  Aaron  Frost,  b.  at 
Effingham,  N.  H.,  May  30,  1800. 

Mr.  Frost  owned  the  first  cotton  mills  in  the  State  of  New  York 
and  at  the  time  of  his  death  operated  a  sawmill  at  Pierpont,  O. 
He  d.  Nov.  2,  1843.  Mrs.  Frost  d.  at  La  Cygne,  Kan.,  Jan. 
20,  1879. 

Children : 

1346  'W7illiam  Whittlesey  Frost,  b.  Dec.  16,  1825;   m.  Effie  B. 

Clayton. 

1347  Frederick  A.  Frost,  b.  at  Bloomfield,  N.  Y.,  June  15, 

1827 ;  d.  July  3,  1828. 

1348  Mehitable  E.  Frost,  b.  at  Conneaut,  O.,  Jan.  20,  1833 ; 

living  at  Minneapolis,  Ottawa  Co.,  Kan.,  unm. 
(1902). 

1349  Frances  A.  Frost,  b.   June   15,   1837;    m.  at  Appleton, 

Wis.,  Sept.  11,  1858,  Henry  W.  Huston.  She  d. 
in  Illinois  in  1868,  leaving  two  children,  a  girl  who 
d.  in  infancy  and  William  H.,  b.  abt.  1860,  who  d. 
in  Colorado  abt.  1897. 

1351  tMary  A.  Frost,  b.  Feb.  14,  1839;  m.  Adrastus  Newell. 

1352  tElmira  Frost,  b.  July  11,  1841;   m.  Luther  Hall. 

489  SAMUEL  PERKINS  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Ontario  Co.,  Feb.  2,  1803 ;  m.  1st,  about  1829,  Araminta  D. 
Leach,  b.  in  1807,  dau.  of  Eben  and  Susan  (Arthur)  Leach  of 
Lima,  who  d.  Apr.  21,  1844 ;  m.  2d,  June  16,  1845,  Maria  Nancy 
Whittelsey,  b.  Apr.  1,  1813,  dau.  of  Azariah  and  Lydia  (Bush- 
nell)  Whittelsey.  Nancy  was  first  cousin  to  Samuel;  she  d.  Sept. 
14,  1848;  m.  3d,  in  1851,  Mrs.  Jane  Adelia  (Lowell)  Shulters, 
b.  Mar.  13,  1817,  dau.  of  John  Franklin  and  Hannah  (Porter) 
Lowell,  widow  of  David  Shulters. 

John  F.  Lowell  was  of  the  James  Russell  Lowell  family;  m. 
1816,  Hannah  Porter,  b.  in  1796,  d.  Mar.  24,  1842;  he  d.  1818. 
Hannah  (Porter)  Lowell  m.  2d,  Nathan  Lunt,  who  d.  May  3, 
1842,  aged  46.     Jane  Lowell  was  m.  1st,  Dec.  24,  1835,  to  David 


460  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Shulters,  b.  Dec.  4,  1815,  who  d.  June  18,  1849;  two  children 
were  born  to  them:  Marion  H.  Shulters,  b.  Sept.  17,  1836  ;  m.  Nov. 
11,  1858,  Sylvester  Wilcox,  res.,  Honeoye  Falls,  N.  Y. ;  Hannah 
Jane  Shulters,  b.  Apr.  29,  1841,  m.  Sept.  21,  I860,  Robert  N. 

Rand. 

Samuel  Sterling  kept  a  general  store  at  Honeoye  Falls,  Mon- 
roe Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  Sept.  5,  1872,  buried  at  Lima.  Mrs. 
Jane  A.  Sterling  d.  May  25,  1869. 

Samuel  had  no  children  by  his  first  marriage;   by  his  second 

marriage  he  had : 

1353  Araminta  L.  Sterling,  b.  in  Mar.,  1846;    d.  Aug.   29, 

1847. 

1354  Araminta  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  8,  1847 ;   d.  Feb.  14,  1848. 

1355  Maria  Sterling,  b.  June  6,  1848 ;    d.  Oct.  30,  1848. 
Children  by  third  marriage : 

1356  tMinta  Maria  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  19,  1852;    m.  George  W. 

Ashton. 

1357  Samuel  Porter  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  3,  1854;    d.  May  13, 

1859. 

1358  Florabell  Mattella  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  15,  1856;    d.  Sept. 

13,  1856. 

1359  Lowell  Whittelsey  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  15,  1856;    d.  Aug. 

6,  1856. 

1360  t  Lowell  Allen  Sterling,  b.  June  29,  1857;    m.  Elizabeth 

McK.  Barbot. 

491  MERCIA  MEHITABLE  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above) , 
b.  at  Lima,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  8,  1809 ;  m.  in  Honeoye  Falls,  N.  Y.,  at 
the  home  of  and  by  the  Rev.  Joseph  Badger,  Sept.  10,  1839, 
Amasa  Stanton,  b.  in  Charleston,  Montgomery  Co.,  N.  Y.,  July 
6,  1812,  second  son  of  John  W.  and  Hannah  (Corbin)  Stanton. 

The  Rev.  Amasa  Stanton  had  a  common  school  education. 
He  began  teaching  school  when  but  sixteen  years  of  age.  Apr. 
12,  1831,  he  was  converted  as  a  disciple  of  Jesus  Christ.  He 
preached  his  first  sermon  in  the  town  of  Rush,  N.  Y.,  July  16, 
1834,  from  the  text,  "  Behold,  I  stand  at  the  door  and  knock." 
The  following  summer  he  united  with  the  New  York  Eastern 
Christian  Conference  and  the  following  week  was  ordained  at 
Charleston,  N.  Y. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     461 

For  four  years  thereafter  he  traveled  and  preached  in  the 
counties  of  Montgomery,  Fulton,  Saratoga,  Green,  and  Albany. 
In  Sept.,  1839,  he  returned  to  Western,  N.  Y.,  where  in  the  fol- 
lowing month  he  had  a  violent  attack  of  sore  throat  from  which 
he  never  entirely  recovered.  He  preached  in  the  counties  of 
Monroe,  Livingston,  and  Genesee  until  May,  1841,  when  he  en- 
gaged with  the  church  at  Lakeville,  N.  Y.,  and  at  North  Rush, 
each  half  of  the  time.  Here  he  remained  until  Dec.  6,  1843, 
when  he  began  pastoral  work  with  the  church  at  Westbury,  N.  Y., 
with  which  he  was  connected  for  five  years. 

On  the  36th  anniversary  of  his  birth  he  removed  to  Marion, 
Wayne  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  preached  for  eighteen  years  and  where 
he  lived  until  his  death.  In  June,  1876,  he  met  with  the  Tioga 
River  Conference  of  which  he  was  a  member  for  the  last  time.  He 
presided  over  its  deliberations  and  gave  his  farewell  address 
from  the  text,  "  Love  one  another  as  Jesus  has  loved  you."  He 
was  one  of  the  first  board  of  trustees  of  Antioch  College  at 
Yellow  Springs,  O.,  and  did  much  for  Starkey  Seminary.  He 
labored  with  great  enthusiasm  for  the  erection  of  Marion  Col- 
legiate Institute.  During  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  he  was  one 
of  the  agents  of  the  town  for  filling  its  quota  of  volunteers.  He 
was  many  years  justice  of  the  peace  for  the  town  and  as  Con- 
veyance and  pension  agent  did  a  large  business.  He  d.  Mar. 
20,  1879.  His  name  is  on  a  memorial  window  of  the  church  at 
Charleston  Four  Corners.  Mrs.  Stanton  d.  at  the  home  of  her 
daughter  in  Villa  Park,  Cal.,  Mar.  23,  1899,  just  20  years  from 
the  day  of  her  husband's  funeral. 

Children : 

1361  t Amelia  Whittlesey  Stanton,  b.  July  16,  1840;    m.  Van 

Rensselaer  Durfee. 

1362  Hannah  Maria  Stanton,  b.  Sept.  6,  1845 ;    d.  at  Marion, 

Dec.  5,  1867. 

1363  tOrville  Herbert  Stanton,  b.  Mar.  14,  1849;    m.  1st,  Al- 

genia  Howell,  2d,  Lucy  M.  Cook. 

492  GEORGE  PINKNEY  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  at  Lima,  Apr.  22,  1812;  m.  Dec.  10,  1835,  Miranda  S.  Bond, 
b.    in    Mendon,    Monroe    Co.,    N.    Y.,    Mar.    25,    1814,    dau.    of 


462  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Abner  and  Mary  (Gould)  Bond,  natives  of  New  Jersey.  Mary 
Gould  was  dau.  of  Sarah  (Ward)  Gould,  a  native  of  Edinburgh, 
Scotland.  Mr.  Sterling  was  a  minister  of  the  Christian  faith 
and  a  farmer  and  cooper.  He  resided  for  some  years  at  Knowles- 
ville,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.,  later  in  Middleport,  Niagara  Co.,  N.  Y., 
and  for  the  last  few  years  of  his  life  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  d.  July  9,  1892.  Mrs.  Sterling  was  living  in  1908  at  Rochester 
with  her  two  unmarried  daughters. 

Children : 

1364  Rosaltha  Eustutia  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  1,  1837;    d.  Jan.  28, 

1850. 

1365  tCoralin  Iola  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  7,  1839;    m.  Reuben  P. 

Toby. 

1366  Everington  Dunreath   Sterling,   b.   Dec.   28,   1840;    en- 

listed in  Aug.,  1861 ;  was  in  Burnside's  division  in 
North  Carolina;  was  orderly  sergeant  Co.  F.,  3d 
N.  Y.  Cavalry  and  was  killed  in  a  skirmish  with 
guerillas,  Mar.  4,  1863.     Buried  at  Newbern,  N.  C. 

1367  Mary  Ariminta  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  30,  1843;    unm.     Has 

taught  for  many  years  in  the  schools  of  Roches- 
ter, N.  Y. 

1368  Horace  Greeley  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  17,  1849 ;    d.  Mar.  3, 

1850. 

1369  Alice  Viletta  Sterling,  b.   July   31,   1851;    unm.;    lives 

in  Rochester. 

1370  t  Charles  Ward  Sterling,  b.  June  7,  1856;    m.  1st,  Nellie 

A.  Tuttle,  2d,  Anna  B.  Gaaskjolen. 

496  CAROLINE  ANN  ROSS  (Elizabeth,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Dan- 
iel, William),  b.  in  Wilkes-Barre,  Perm.,  Feb.  24,  1797;  m.  1st, 
May  14,  1815,  Samuel  Maffet,  b.  in  Linden,  Penn.,  July  7,  1789, 
son  of  John  Maffet,  of  Scotch  descent,  a  native  of  County  Tyrone, 
Ireland,  who  came  to  America  about  1774.  Samuel  Maffet  was 
editor  of  The  Susquehanna  Democrat  in  Wilkes-Barre ;  was  after- 
wards recorder  of  deeds,  register  of  wills,  prothonotary,  clerk  of 
the  courts,  clerk  of  the  Orphan's  Court  and  a  captain  in  the 
Pennsylvania  Militia.  He  d.  of  consumption  Aug.  15,  1825. 
Caroline  m.  2d,  Feb.  3,  1828,  in  Wilkes-Barre,  Elisha  Atherton, 
b.  in  Wyoming  Valley,  May  7,  1786,  son  of  James  Atherton, 
b.  Sept.   19,  1751,  who  m.   May  3,  1774,  Lydia  Washburn   (b. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     463 

May  16,  1757,  d.  June  20,  1847),  and  d.  May  5,  1828,  son  of 
James,  Sr.,  who  d.  in  1790.  Elisha  d.  at  Wyoming  Village,  Apr. 
2,  1853,  and  was  buried  in  Forty-Fort  cemetery;  Caroline  d. 
Aug.  18,  1885,  and  was  buried  by  the  side  of  her  first  husband 
in  Hollenback  cemetery,  Wilkes-Barre. 
Child  by  first  marriage: 

1371  t  William  Ross  Maffet,  b.  Mar.  29,  1817;   m.  1st,  Martha 

A.  West,  2d,  Mrs.  S.  Anna  (Middleton)  Roberts. 
Child  by  second  marriage : 

1372  t  Eliza  Ross  Atherton,  b.  Mar.  10,  1831 ;    m.  Charles  A. 

Miner. 

497  ELIZA  IRENE  ROSS  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wilkes- 
Barre,  Aug.  25,  1799;  m.  at  Owego,  N.  Y.,  in  1820,  Peter  P. 
Loop,  b.  at  Newtown  (now  Elmira),  N.  Y.,  Dec.  8,  1793,  grandson 
of  Peter  Loop,  who  lived  to  the  age  of  102  years  and  20  days. 

Peter  P.  Loop  was  the  first  teller  of  the  Chemung  Canal  Bank 
of  Elmira,  an  early  financial  institution  which  began  business  in 
October,  1833.  He  d.  at  Belvidere,  111.,  Nov.  3,  1854.  Mrs.  Eliza 
Loop  d.  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  22,  1892. 

Children : 

1373  William  Ross  Loop,  b.  in  Elmira,  Nov.  14,  1821 ;  served 

in  the  Mexican  War  under  Gen.  Sterling  Price  and 
in  the  Civil  War  under  Gen.  Dana  of  the  143d 
Penn.  Regt. ;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Bethesda 
Church ;  crippled  for  life  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilder- 
ness. D.  as  the  result  of  an  accident  in  Rochester, 
N.  Y.,  in  1886  ;  unm. 

1374  John  Miller  Loop,  b.  in  Elmira,  Feb.  11,  1823;   m.  Lydia 

Peabody.  A  lawyer,  still  in  practise  (1902)  at 
Wilkes-Barre,  Penn.     No  issue. 

1375  tEdward    Sterling  Loop,   b.    Feb.    11,    1823    (twin   with 

John)  ;  m.  1st,  Cornelia  French,  2d,  Harriet  Lander. 

1376  De  Witt  Clinton  Loop,  b.  in  Elmira,  Aug.  31,  1826;    m. 

Louisa  Griffin.  He  was  a  clergyman  at  Baltimore, 
Md.     No  issue. 

1377  t  Sarah  Eliza  Loop,  b.  Sept.  30,  1834;  m.  Sidney  B.  Roby. 

498  GENERAL  WILLIAM  STERLING  ROSS  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  Wilkes-Barre,  Aug.  11,  1802  ;  m.  Dec.  1,  1825,  in  the 
Slocum  house  in  Wilkes-Barre  (the  first  brick  building  erected  in 


464  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


the  village,  built  in  1807  by  Joseph  Slocum)  to  Ruth  Tripp  Slo- 
cum,  b.  at  Wilkes-Barre,  Dec.  5,  1804,  second  child  of  the  Hon. 
Joseph  and  Sarah  (Fell)  Slocum  of  Wilkes-Barre.  Ruth  was  a 
descendant  in  the  eighth  generation  from  Anthony  and (Har- 
vey) Slocum  of  Taunton,  Mass.,  1637. 

Mr.  Ross  was  born  in  the  same  room  in  which  he  died,  in  the 
southeast  part  of  the  Ross  family  mansion,  erected  of  oak  mate- 
rial, frame  and  clapboards,  by  Timothy  Pickering  in  1787.  This 
house  was  purchased  of  Pickering  (a  member  of  Washing- 
ton's cabinet)  by  William  Ross,  Sr.,  on  the  9th  of  January, 
1796.  This  property,  together  with  other  real  estate  in  the 
vicinity,  which  then  changed  hands  for  a  consideration  of 
£2600  Pennsylvania  currency  or  $6500,  is  now  worth  over 
$2,000,000. 

William  Sterling  Ross  passed  through  the  preparatory  schools 
and  entered  and  was  graduated  at  the  College  of  New  Jersey. 
He  had  little  inclination,  however,  toward  a  professional  career 
and  devoted  his  attention,  chiefly,  throughout  his  life,  to  farming. 
He  was  enthusiastic  and  practical  in  his  agricultural  ventures 
and  no  man  produced  better  crops  or  enjoyed  successes  in  his 
chosen  line  more  than  he. 

He  naturally  had  an  inclination  for  military  affairs.  For  over 
thirty  years  he  was  the  acknowledged  head  of  the  volunteer  sys- 
tem in  Luzerne  Co.  and  was  ever  regarded  as  an  authority.  He 
passed  through  all  the  official  grades  from  that  of  captain  of 
volunteers  to  that  of  brigadier  general.  At  drill  he  customarily 
wore  the  sword  presented  by  the  State  to  his  father. 

General  Ross  possessed  a  sound  and  discriminating  mind  and 
filled  the  numerous  offices  of  trust  to  which  he  was  elected  with 
much  credit  to  himself  and  the  approbation  of  his  constituents. 
He  was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Borough  Council  and 
generally  its  presiding  officer ;  he  represented  the  Luzerne  district 
in  the  senate  of  the  State  during  the  sessions  of  1845-46-47  and 
the  last  year  of  his  term  was  speaker  of  that  body.  He  was  also 
elected  to  the  General  Assembly  for  the  session  of  1862.  He  was 
commissioned  associate  judge  of  the  county  courts  in  1830  and 
filled  that  position  until  1839. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     465 


He  was  many  years  director  and  general  manager  of  the  Easton 
and  Wilkes-Barre  Turnpike  Company,  down  to  1840,  the  only 
great  thoroughfare  leading  easterly  to  the  seaboard  from  the 
Susquehanna.  He  was  long  a  director  in  the  Wyoming  Bank  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  was  its  president.  At  the  time  of  his 
decease  he  was  president  of  the  Wyoming  Insurance  Company  and 
a  director  in  the  following  corporations :  The  Wilkes-Barre  Water 
Company,  the  Wilkes-Barre  Bridge  Company,  the  Wyoming  His- 
torical and  Geological  Society,  and  the  Home  for  Friendless  Chil- 
dren. General  Ross  was  particularly  interested  in  the  last-named 
institution  and  at  different  times  donated  a  total  of  $10,000 
toward  its  support.  He  was  also  a  member  of  St.  Stephen's  church 
and  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Historical  Society  of  his  town 
to  both  of  which  he  contributed  liberally. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Rebellion  he  did  all  in  his  power  to 
assist  in  the  defense  of  the  Union,  giving  of  his  means  with  his 
accustomed  liberality  and  encouraging  the  enlistment  of  volun- 
teers. General  William  Sterling  Ross  d.  July  11,  1868,  leaving 
a  large  estate  to  his  widow  and  relatives. 

Mrs.  Ross  was  a  public-spirited  woman  of  fine  character  and 
graciousness.  She  successfully  brought  to  a  conclusion  the  efforts 
of  the  Wyoming  Monument  Association  and  was  elected  a  director 
of  the  Wyoming  National  Bank,  in  which  she  was  a  stockholder, 
being,  it  is  said,  the  first  woman  in  the  United  States  ever  elected 
to  a  similar  position.  She  d.  June  23,  1882.  No  issue.  (Extracts 
from  the  "  Ross  Memorial,"  published  by  the  Wyoming  Hist, 
and   Geological   Society,   1884.) 

499  JOHN  CHESTER  STERLING  (James,  Samuel,  Joseph. 
Daniel,  William),  b.  at  Sterling  City,  Lyme,  Conn.,  Aug.  15,  1797  ; 
m.  1st  in  Lima,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  21,  1822,  Lucretia  Leach,  b.  in  Con- 
necticut, who  d.  at  Northeast,  Penn.,  Nov.  2,  1827,  and  is  there 
buried ;  m.  2d,  at  Northeast,  Aug.  7,  1828,  Nancy  Crossgrove, 
who  d.  near  Monroe,  Mich.,  Dec.  24,  1839;  m.  3d,  Feb.  24,  1842, 
Ruth  Phelps,  b.  Oct.  29,  1800,  dau.  of  Aaron  and  Elizabeth  (Bas- 
sett)  Phelps  of  East  Granby,  Conn. 

Mr.  Sterling  removed  to  Northeast,  Penn.,  a  few  years  after 
his  first  marriage,  where  he  remained  six  or  seven  years  running 


466  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


a  mill  for  carding,  fulling,  pressing,  and  finishing  cloth,  he  being 
a  clothier  by  trade.  He  removed  again  to  London,  Monroe  Co., 
Mich.,  where  he  lived  until  about  1840,  when  he  moved  back  to 
the  old  homestead  in  Lima,  N.  Y.  Mrs.  Ruth  P.  Sterling  d.  May 
25,  1873,  and  he  lived  with  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Peck,  until  his 
death  at  West  Bloomfield,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  6,  1879.  He  is  buried  at 
Lima  by  the  side  of  his  third  wife. 
Children  by  first  marriage: 

1378  t  Daniel  Leach  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  5,  1823;    m.  Fidelia  A. 

Fort. 

1379  t  Chester  Sterling,  b.   Aug.    11,  1826;    m.    1st,  Jane  M. 

McKee,  2d,  Mary  E.  Murdock. 
By  second  marriage: 

1380  t  James  Gordon  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  13,  1829;   m.  Lucy  M. 

Johnson. 

1381  t  Joseph  Marcus  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  19,  1831;   m.  1st,  Mrs. 

Sophia  Green,  2d,  Mrs.  Almira  Gibson. 

1382  William  C.  Sterling,  twin  with  above;    d.  in  infancy  in 

Michigan. 

1383  Elizabeth  M.  Sterling,  b.  May  6,  1833;   m.  Jan.  8,  1868, 

Vinton  Peck,  b.  Nov.  21,  1816,  son  of  Reynold  and 
Nancy  (Wheelock)  Peck  of  W.  Bloomfield.  He  m. 
1st,  June  22,  1841,  Roxey  E.  Humphrey.  They 
lived  at  West  Bloomfield,  N.  Y.  She  left  a  son, 
William  H.  Peck,  who  in  1901  lived  in  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.,  and  who  m.  a  dau.  of  Mrs.  Almira  Gibson, 
2d  wife  of  Joseph  Marcus   Sterling  above. 

1385  Henry  Franklin  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  29,  1835,  d.  in  Lima, 

N.  Y.,  Dec.  29,  1861,  unm. 

1386  'Lucy    Jane    Sterling,    b.    Sept.    30,    1837;   m.    Lemi    B. 

Bartholomew. 

1387  Thomas  J.  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  5,  1839 ;  d.  Dec.  24,  1839. 

By  third  marriage: 

1388  Emily  Phelps  Sterling,  b.  at  Lima,  Jan  7,  1843 ;   d.  there 

Nov.  14,  1867,  unm. 

500  JAMES  JUSTIN  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Lima,  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  23,  1799;  m.  Apr.  18,  1821, 
Caroline  Wright,  b.  Dec.  22,  1802,  in  Northampton,  N.  Y.,  dau. 
of  Elisha  and  Sally  (Sears)  Wright  of  East  Bloomfield,  N.  Y. 
Mrs.  Sterling's  parents  were  born  near  Lyme,  Conn.     Mr.  James 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     467 

Sterling  was  a  farmer.     She  d.  in  Cleveland,  O.,  Nov.  27,  1880  ;   he 
d.  there  Apr.  22,  1884. 
Children : 

1389  t  James  Stuart  Sterling,  b.  May  2,  1822;    m.  Juliette  C. 

Pennock. 

1390  f  Caroline  A.   Sterling,  b.   Sept.   1,   1825,  m.   Stephen  H. 

Benedict. 

1391  Levi  J.  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  2,  1828  ;  d.  Mar.  4,  1858,  in  East 

Bloomfield. 

1392  George  W.  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  20,  1834  ;  went  to  California. 

1393  tHenry  H.  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  9,  1840;    m.  1st,  Sarah  J. 

Crooker,  2d,  Mrs.  Tirrie  Bishop. 

501  SAMUEL  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lima, 
Sept.  29,  1801 ;  m.  May  14,  1828,  Cornelia  Lathrop,  b.  May  7, 
1800,  dau.  of  George  and  Mary  (Kingsley)  Lathrop  x  of  Bethany, 
New  York,  natives  of  Connecticut. 

Shortly  after  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sterling  emi- 
grated to  Wayne  Co.,  Mich.,  where  they  settled  at  Plymouth, 
where  he  had   already   located   in    1827,  and  cleared  the  timber 

1  The  Descent  of  Cornelia  Lathrop 

Michael  Laythrope  of  Staffordshire,  Eng.,  a  member  of  the  Lowthrop  family  of 
Lowthrop,  d.  before  1560;  one  of  his  sons,  Thomas  Lathropp  de  Bramshall  of  Leighe 
(Lee),  Staffordshire,  m.  Mary,  dau.  of  Robert  Salte  of  Yoxall  and  Gauch,  his  wife  a 
dau.  of  John  St.  Andrews  of  Gotham,  County  of  Nottingham.  Will  dated  May  21, 
1614. 

He  had  Rev.  John  Lathrop,  bapt.  in  Elton,  Yorkshire,  Dec.  20,  1584,  educated  in 
Queen's  College,  Cambridge,  graduated,  B.A.  1605,  M.A.  1609,  emigrated  to  New 
England,  1634,  d.  at  Barnstable,  Mass.,  Nov.  8,  1653.  He  was  father  of  Samuel  La- 
throp, b.  in  England,  came  to  Scituate,  Mass.,  in  1634;  m.  1st,  in  Barnstable,  Mass., 
Nov.  28,  1644,  Elizabeth  Scudder;  removed  1648  to  New  London,  Conn.,  then  called 
Pequot;  appointed  judge  of  the  local  court  there  in  1649;  m.  2d,  in  Plymouth,  Mass., 
1690,  Abigail,  dau.  of  Dea.  John  Doane  of  Plymouth,  she  b.  Jan.  29,  1632,  d.  in  1734; 
he  d.  Feb.  29,  1700.  "At  the  time  of  Mrs.  Lathrop's  death,  aged  102  years,  her  hus- 
band's descendants  numbered  365."  Among  other  children  was:  Israel  Lathrop,  b. 
in  1659;  m.  Apr.  8,  1686,  Rebecca  Bliss,  dau.  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Bliss,  grand- 
daughter of  Thomas,  St.,  of  Hartford;  lived  in  Norwich,  Conn.,  where  he  d.  Mar. 
28,  1733;  she  d.  Aug.  22,  1737.  Had  William  Lathrop,  b.  in  Norwich,  Conn.,  Sept. 
20,  1688;  m.  1st,  Dec.  18,  1712,  Sarah,  dau.  of  Dea.  Simon  and  Lydia  (Gagcr)  Hunt- 
ington. A  farmer  near  Norwich,  Conn.  Sarah  d.  Apr.  20,  1730;  he  m.  2d,  Aug.  5, 
1731,  Mary  Kelly,  who  d.  Apr.  19,  1760;  he  m.  3d,  May  20,  1761,  Phebe  French;  he 
d.  Sept.  27,  1778.  Had  Zachariah  Lathrop,  b.  Mar.  25,  1742;  m.  Apr.  24,  176S,  Mr.. 
Mehitable  Cleveland;  he  d.  Dec.  26,  1817;  she  d.  Sept.  15,  1825;  lived  in  Norwich, 
Conn.  Had  George  Lathrop,  b.  Oct.  1,  1770;  m.  Mary  Kingsley,  b.  Aug.  22,  1779. 
Lived  at  Bethany,  Genesee  Co.,  N.  Y.  Had  Cornelia  Lathrop,  b.  May  7,  1800;  m. 
Samuel  Sterling.     (From  the  L.ithrop  Genealogy,  1884.) 


468  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


from  their  farm.  Here  they  remained  several  years  until  he  re- 
turned from  a  trip  to  Illinois,  where  he  became  so  favorably  im- 
pressed with  the  prairies  and  their  beauty,  that,  without  waiting 
to  sell  their  Michigan  property,  they  removed  in  1834  to  Geneva, 
Kane  Co.,  where  they  acquired  a  farm  which  they  soon  after  ex- 
changed for  one  of  one  hundred  and  eighty-seven  acres  on  the 
opposite  side  of  the  Fox  River,  where  later  they  erected  a  sub- 
stantial stone  house. 

At  this  time  the  country  was  just  being  settled  and  Geneva 
had  but  two  or  three  houses.  The  dwelling  they  first  occupied 
had  a  stone  floor.  Mr.  Sterling  at  once  became  interested  in 
the  development  of  the  country.  He  built  the  first  dam  across 
the  Fox  River,  erected  the  first  mill.  He  also  erected  the  first 
hotel  in  Geneva  and  conducted  it  for  several  years  under  the  name 
of  the  Sterling  House.  He  eventually  removed  back  to  his  farm. 
He  d.  at  the  residence  of  his  son-in-law,  John  B.  Moore,  in  Grundy 
Co.,  Aug.  30,  1871.  Mrs.  Sterling  was  the  first  school  teacher  in 
Geneva.     She  d.  July  15,  1887. 

Children : 

1394  tMary  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  22,  1829;   m.  Dr.  Samuel  Ewers. 

1395  tLucy  Sterling,  b.  May  1,  1831;   m.  John  B.  Moore. 

1396  t  Julia  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  10,  1840;   m.  Stephen  L.  Taylor. 

503  JUDGE  LORD  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Lima,  May  14,  1805;  m.  Nov.  1,  1835,  his  cousin,  Ellen  Elizabeth 
Sterling  (No.  525),  b.  Nov.  2,  1810. 

Judge  Sterling,  at  the  age  of  96  years,  wrote  the  following 
regarding  his  life: 

"  I  had  my  first  entry  into  this  world  in  one  of  those  humble 
structures  called  the  log  cabin  and  these  lowly  dwellings  at  this 
period  formed  the  homes  of  a  majority  of  the  farmers  and  pioneers 
located  in  that  stretch  of  woods  known  as  Lima." 

"  I  presume  that  there  is  not  a  person  living  at  this  day  (May 
16,  1901)  who  is  able  to  give  one  word  of  information  about  my 
early  childhood,  and  as  to  myself  I  have  very  little  recollection 
even  of  family  events  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  War  of  1812. 
I  well  remember  that  our  family  quiet  was  often  disturbed  by 
alarming  reports  that  British  and  Indians  were  advancing  upon 
us  from  Buffalo  and  that  we  were  all  liable  to  be  butchered  by  the 
savages." 


Judge   Lord  Sterling 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     469 

"  I  have  no  recollection  of  my  earliest  school  days,  but  I  know 
that  the  schools  of  that  day  were  only  primaries  and  those  of  a 
very  primitive  character." 

"  My  education  was  not  neglected  nor  were  opportunities  mis- 
spent. My  scholarship  was  fully  up  to  the  standards  of  these 
institutions  and  at  an  early  day  my  school  relations  were  changed 
and  I  was  sent  to  the  Bloomfield  Academy  in  an  adjoining  town, 
a  school  which  had  a  local  reputation  for  teaching  the  higher 
branches.     Several  terms  spent  here  closed  my  school  education." 

"  For  several  years  I  '  taught  the  young  idea  how  to  shoot ' 
and  during  spare  hours  devoted  my  time  to  the  study  of  the  law 
as  a  profession." 

"  In  November,  1835,  I  was  married  to  Miss  E.  E.  Sterling, 
daughter  of  Lord  Sterling,  a  half  brother  of  my  father's,  then  liv- 
ing in  Lima." 

"  I  then  settled  in  Ohio  and  after  a  two  years'  residence  and 
on  application  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State  then  sitting  in 
Cleveland,  Cuyahoga  Co.  and  after  an  examination,  was  admitted 
to  the  practise  of  law  in  the  state  of  Ohio." 

"  At  this  time  I  was  living  in  the  town  of  Willoughby  which 
was  then  a  part  of  Cuyahoga  Co.  and  Cleveland  the  county-seat. 
But  in  1840  a  new  county  was  formed,  called  Lake,  with  Paines- 
ville  its  county  seat  and  Willoughby  became  a  part  of  the  new 
civil  division.  From  1840  the  writer  found  himself  a  citizen  of 
Lake  Co." 

"  In  the  fall  of  1854  through  the  graciousness  of  the  people 
of  Lake  Co.  I  was  elected  to  the  office  of  Probate  Judge.  This 
was  a  three  year  term  office,  commencing  February,  1855,  and  in 
the  fall  of  1857  I  was  re-elected  for  a  second  term,  commencing 
Feb.,  1858,  and  closing  Feb.,  1861.  This  completed  a  term  of 
six  years'  official  service  and  in  some  mysterious  way  my  address 
seems  to  have  been  changed  from  '  Mr.'  to  the  '  Honorable  Judge 
Sterling.'  " 

"  As  the  law  required  the  Probate  Office  to  be  located  at  the 
county-seat,  my  residence  was  changed  from  Willoughby  to  Paines- 
ville  where  it  continued  up  to  1895,  when  it  was  changed  to  Cleve- 
land and  in  the  fall  of  1899  to  Glenville,  a  Cleveland  suburb." 

"  In  the  fall  of  1878  I  was  elected  Prosecuting  Attorney  for 
the  county  of  Lake  and  served  until  the  close  of  the  term  in  Feb., 
1881,  at  which  time  I  had  reached  the  age  of  75  years.  In  1885 
having  reached  the  age  of  80  years  and  having  lived  for  50  years 
a  pleasant  married  life,  my  wife,  after  a  brief  illness,  died  of 
pneumonia." 


470  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

"  As  a  part  of  the  events  that  cluster  around  my  birthday 
my  daughter  took  me  into  town.  (Cleveland,  May  14,  1901.) 
I  have  known  the  town  for  more  than  66  years,  when  she  had 
about  5000  inhabitants  and  now  she  has  over  300,000  and  is 
the  metropolis  of  Ohio  and  has  had  a  little  over  a  century's 
growth." 

He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Willoughby  (Ohio)  Female 
Seminary  (later  Lake  Erie  College)  at  Painesville  and  one  of  its 
first  board  of  trustees.  He  wrote  many  articles  of  an  historical 
and  personally  reminiscent  character. 

The  Cleveland  (Ohio)  Leader  of  June  6,  1902,  contained  a 
portrait  of  Judge  Sterling  and  the  following  mention  of  him: 

"  A  ninety-seven-year-old  consideration  for  the  honor  of  being 
the  oldest  inhabitant  of  Cuyahoga  county  is  Judge  Lord  Sterling 
who  resides  with  a  grandson  at  No.  38  Livingston  avenue,  Glen- 
ville.  Judge  Sterling  was  at  one  time  one  of  the  most  prominent 
lawyers  and  politicians  in  this  section  of  the  country,  being  as- 
sociated with  President  Garfield  and  others  who  have  long;  since 
passed  away.  He  was  born  May  14,  1805,  at  Lima,  N.  Y.,  making 
him  a  few  days  over  ninety-seven  years  of  age.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  Cuyahoga  county  in  1837,  and  was  acquainted  with 
all  of  the  then  practicing  lawyers,  not  one  of  whom  survives.  He 
lived  in  Painesville  forty  years ;  in  Willoughby  twenty  years  and 
has  resided  in  Glenville  eight  years." 

'  He  was  judge  of  the  probate  court  of  Lake  county  for  six 
years,  when  that  court  had  criminal  jurisdiction.  At  the  age 
of  seventy-three  years  he  was  elected  prosecuting  attorney  of 
Lake  county." 

''  In  1847,  Mr.  Sterling  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  Willoughby  University,  after  the  removal  of  the 
medical  college.  He  is  the  only  surviving  member  of  that  board. 
Judge  Sterling  has  voted  at  eighteen  presidential  elections.  His 
first  choice  for  president  was  John  Quincy  Adams,  when  Mr.  Adams 
ran  against  General  Jackson.  This  was  in  1823  when  Mr.  Ster- 
ling was  a  Whig.  Since  its  founding,  Judge  Sterling  has  been 
a  member  of  the  Republican  party." 

"  He  married  when  thirty  years  of  age,  and  he  believes  that 
he  has  survived  all  or  nearly  all  of  the  associates  of  his  childhood 
and  early  youth." 

"He  can  walk  five  or  six  miles  a  day  without  special 
weariness.  r 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     471 


Judge  Sterling's  handwriting,  even  in  his  one  hundredth  year, 
was  beautifully  legible  and  gave  little  evidence  of  his  years. 

The  compiler  of  this  work  was  under  great  obligation  to  Judge 
Sterling  for  his  interest  in  and  the  assistance  he  was  able  to  give 
to  this  Genealogy. 

Extending  as  his  acquaintance  did,  over  a  period  of  nearly 
a  century,  possessing  in  extreme  old  age  all  the  faculties  of  mind 
and  body,  he  was  able  to  give  aid  which  was  inestimable  in  its 
value.  This  work  received  its  first  acquisition  of  consequence  from 
the  carefully  compiled  records  of  a  hundred  years  and  more  that 
Judge  Sterling  wrote. 

Mrs.  Sterling  d.  Nov.  19,  1885.  Judge  Sterling  d.  at  Glen- 
ville,  O.,  Saturday,  Jan.  21, 1905,  aged  99  yrs.  and  8  mos.  Buried 
at  Painesville,  O. 

Children : 

1397  t  James  L.  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  2,  1838;    m.  Longastus  M. 

Ruth. 

1398  tMary  E.  Sterling,  b.  in  June,  1842;  m. Steele. 

504  LUCY  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lima,  Sun- 
day, Nov.  1,  1807,  "during  the  first  snowstorm  of  the  season"; 
m.  in  Lima,  Sept.  28,  1829,  Eh  H.  Bristol,  b.  Apr.  27,  1803,  son 
of  Miles  and  Clarissa  (Hand)  Bristol  of  Lima.  Miles  Bristol  was 
one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Lima,  b.  Sept.  21,  1784;  m.  Clarissa 
Hand,  Mar.  10, 1802,  d.  Feb.  24,  1808  ;  Clarissa,  b.  May  10,  1784, 
m.  2d, Cook ;   d.  in  Avon,  Mich.,  Oct.  6,  1863. 

Eh  and  Lucy  Bristol  moved  to  Three  Rivers,  St.  Joseph  Co., 
Mich.,  in  1836,  where  they  lived  until  1846,  when  they  removed 
to  Commerce,  Oakland  Co.,  Mich.,  living  here  until  1853,  when 
they  again  removed  to  Troy,  Mich.  They  remained  here  a  few 
years  until  he  retired  from  farming,  his  life  occupation,  when 
they  took  up  their  residence  in  Pontiac,  Mich.,  where  he  d.  Jul}7  29, 
1871.  He  served  in  various  town  offices  and  one  term  in  the 
Michigan  Legislature  in  1853.  Mr.  Bristol  was  a  strong  Repub- 
lican in  politics  and  a  conscientious  Christian  man. 

The  Birmingham  (Mich.)  Eccentric  of  Feb.  22,  1901,  says: 

"  Mrs.  Lucy  Bristol,  better  known  as  '  Grandma  '  of  South- 
field,  died  Tuesday  morning,  February  19,  1901,  aged  93  year-. 


472  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


3  months  and  19  days.  Three  years  ago  the  4th  of  December  the 
good  lady  sustained  a  fall,  breaking  one  of  her  hips,  since  which 
time  she  has  been  confined  to  the  house.  Two  months  ago  she 
began  to  fail  and  the  end  came  Tuesday  last." 

"  Saturday  night  she  arose  and  while  trying  to  make  the  fire 
burn  a  little  more  briskly,  her  clothing  caught  fire  and  she  was 
badly  burned.  This  no  doubt  hastened  her  death.  Her  son,  W.  A. 
Bristol,  was  also  severely  burned  in  putting  out  the  flames.  Mrs. 
Bristol  had  been  a  resident  of  Southfield  for  many  years  and  had 
witnessed  many  changes  in  this  part  of  the  state.  Her  funeral 
was  held  from  the  home  of  her  son  in  Southfield,  Thursday  morn- 
ing, at  10  o'clock.  Burial  at  Pontiac  where  her  husband  was  laid 
to  rest." 

Children : 

1399  t  William  A.   Bristol,  b.   July  21,   1830;    m.   Clarissa  I. 

Daniels. 

1400  t  James  Sterling  Bristol,  b.  Aug.  22,  1832;    m.  1st,  Julia 

Stone,  2d,  Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Covert. 

1401  tMelancton    B.    Bristol,    b.    July    11,    1834;    m.    Mary 

Nesbitt. 

1402  Mary  Clara  Bristol,  b.  Jan.  27,  1837 ;   d.  Oct.  4,  1847. 

1403  Mabel  Chester  Bristol,  b.  Dec.  16,  1839,  in  Three  Rivers ; 

m.  Mar.  29,  1870,  Geo.  McMillan  of  Starkey,  Yates 
Co.,  N.  Y. ;  d.  July  17,  1873,  without  issue.  She 
was  a  graduate  of  Genesee  Wesleyan  Seminary.  He 
d.  shortly  after  his  wife. 

1404  Maria  Celeste  Bristol,  b.  Feb.  13,  1843,  in  Three  Rivers; 

m.  Nov.  11,  1868,  Samuel  F.  Street;  d.  Aug.  14, 
1875.  She  had  one  son,  Homer  B.  Street,  who  d.  in 
Lewiston,  Ida.,  May  3,  1901,  aged  about  32. 

505  MABEL  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above) ,  b.  in  Lima,  Nov. 
3,  1810;  m.  Oct.  19,  1831,  William  Mead,  b.  Oct.  15,  1797,  son  of 
Amaziah  and  Abigail  (Jessup)  Mead  of  South  Salem,  Westchester 
Co.,  N.  Y.  Amaziah  (the  son  of  Thaddeus  Mead,  an  early  settler 
of  Westchester  Co.,  N.  Y.)  b.  Feb.  14,  1770;  d.  June  7,  1844; 
Abigail,  b.  Mar.  20,  1769,  dau.  of  Sylvanus  Jessup;  d.  Jan.  13, 
1858.  Mr.  Mead  had  by  a  first  wife,  Sallie  Baker,  two  children, 
Alvin  Mead,  b.  Oct.  6,  1822,  and  Delia  Mead,  b.  Apr.  5,  1825. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  fruit  grower  at  Gorham,  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y., 
where  he  d.  Mar.  11,  1858.    Mabel  d.  Nov.  7,  1861. 


WILLIAM   STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     473 

Children : 

1406  tMary  E.  Mead,  b.  Apr.  10,  1834;  m.  Dr.  H.  M.  Lilly. 

1407  t  James  Mead,  b.  Apr.  30,  1836;   m.  Mary  A.  Dickerson. 

1408  t  Lewis  Mead,  b.  Feb.  8,  1838;  m.  Sarah  Marks. 

1409  Lucy  Mead,  b.  July  31,  1843 ;   m.  George  Kellogg  and  d. 

Nov.    26,   1874,   leaving  one  child,  Abigail,  b.   abt. 
1873. 
1411     Josephine  Mead,  b.  July  8,  1845;    m.  A.  M.  Baker,  and 
d.  June  22,  1873,  leaving  three  children,  the  eldest, 
Clara,  b.  abt.  1871. 

1413  Abby  Jane  Mead,  b.  Mar.  2,  1849 ;    d.  in  April,  1867. 

507  ADONIRAM  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Lima,  May  5,  1816;  m.  Sept.  24,  1837,  Hannah  Sterling,  his 
cousin,  b.  in  Pitcher,  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  3,  1817  (No.  528). 
Mr.  Sterling  removed  to  Ohio  in  1841,  locating  first  at  Chester, 
Cuyahoga  Co.,  and  later  in  Willoughby,  Lake  Co.,  until  in  1853  he 
returned  to  Lima  and  took  up  his  residence  on  his  father's  farm, 
where  he  d.  July  25,  1884.  Mrs.  Hannah  Sterling  was  still  living 
in  Lima  in  1907. 
Children : 

1414  Elizabeth  S.  Sterling,  b.  May  12,  1838;    unm.,  lives  in 

Lima. 

1415  t  Adelaide  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  5,  1840;    m.  Henry  D.  Bar- 

nard. 

1416  t  George  Adoniram  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  18,  1845;   m.  Hannah 

*  Jinks. 

1417  tjohn  Clark  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  8,  1847;    m.  Elizabeth  J. 

Dawson. 

1418  t  Charles  L.  Sterling,  b.  June  24,  1850;   m.  Alice  Reed. 

1419  tAnna  Harriet  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  8,  1852;    m.  Myron  E. 

Hall. 

1420  William  Palmer  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  24,  1858;    m.  Mar.  8, 

1884,  Ella  Symons  of  Honeoye  Falls,  N.  Y.     Is  a 
blacksmith  at  Avon,  N.  Y. 

509  ELIZA  ATWELL  (Ruth,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William), 
b.  at  Montville,  Conn.,  Mar.  6,  1795;  m.  May  1,  1814,  Henry 
Coggeshall,  b.  at  Bristol,  R.  I.,  Dec.  28,  1787. 

Mr.   Coggeshall  came  to  Chenango  Co.   when   a  young  man, 
where  he  held  several  local  offices  and  served  as  an  orderly  sergeant 


474  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


in  the  War  of  1812.  He  rose  to  the  rank  of  colonel  of  the  State 
Militia,  being  commissioned  by  Governor  De  Witt  Clinton.  Re- 
moved in  1840  to  Waterville,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  Apr. 
20,  1868.  Mrs.  Eliza  Coggeshall  d.  at  Waterville,  Apr.  20,  1891. 
Children  (several  sons  and  daughters  d.  in  infancy)  : 

1421  t  James  Sterling  Coggeshall,  b.  June  27,  1817;    m.  Dei- 

dama  Rurey. 
510     JAMES  ATWELL  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Montville, 
Jan.  11,  1797;  m.  Sept.  8,  1816,  Fanny  Frink,  b.  in  1796,  dau.  of 
Nathan  Frink  of  Stonington,  Conn. 

In  his  early  years  Mr.  Atwell  was  a  farmer  in  Chenango  Co. 
In  1826  he  became  an  itinerant  Methodist  Episcopal  minister 
upon  the  Chenango  circuit  and  continued  as  such  until  1857, 
when  he  was  superannuated.  He  d.  in  Theresa,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  7, 
1860 ;   Mrs.  Fanny  Atwell  d.  at  Chittenango  in  1864. 

Children : 

1422  tGeorge  Benjamin  Atwell,  b.  July  4,  1817;  m.  Mary  Ann 

Peck. 

1423  Francis  Fellows  Atwell,  b.  in  Pharsalia,  N.  Y.,  in  1818, 

graduate  of  Cazenovia  Seminary,  1838,  of  Manhus 
Academy  and  of  Hamilton  College,  A.B.,  1845. 
Teacher  in  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  and  business  man  there 
for  many  years.  When  Knoxville  fell  into  the  hands 
of  the  Confederates  he  escaped  to  the  North  through 
the  mountains,  traveling  by  night  on  foot.  He  d. 
in  Knoxville,  unm.,  in  1888. 

1424  Hannah  Maria  Atwell,  b.  in  Pharsalia  in  1820,  a  graduate 

of  Cazenovia  Seminary  in  1837 ;  m.  in  1844  Charles 
Hill  and  d.  in  Danby,  N.  Y.,  in  1848,  leaving  one 
child. 

1425  t  Joseph  Atwell,  b.  Nov.  12,  1822;   m.  Mary  Beach. 

1426  tFanny  Eliza  Atwell,  b.  in  1827;   m.  Ambrose  E.  Gorton. 

1427  t  James  Sterling  Atwell,  b.  July  22,  1831;    m.  Sophia  L. 

Osborn. 

512  MARIAM  ATWELL  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  Hartford, 
Conn.,  Feb.  13,  1802;  m.  at  Pharsalia,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  1,  1821,  by 
her  brother-in-law,  Henry  Coggeshall,  justice  of  the  peace,  to 
Elias  Widger,  b.  at  Groton,  Conn.,  Dec.  17,  1790,  son  of  Eli 
and  Lucy  (Green)  Widger.     (Eli  Widger  was  b.  in  New  England, 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     475 

of  French  parents,  Thursday,  May  15,  1756;  m.  Apr.  1,  1784, 
Lucy  Green,  b.  Monday,  Feb.  26,  1766,  dau.  of  Jonathan  and 
Lucy  Ann  (Angle)  Green.  Eli  followed  the  sea  until  late  in  life 
when  he  removed  from  Groton,  Conn.,  to  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.) 
Elias  Widger  was  a  farmer.  He  lived  in  the  township  of  Preston, 
Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  until  1833,  when  he  removed  to  South 
Otselic,  the  same  county  where  he  d.,  Oct.  25,  1872.  He  is  buried 
by  the  side  of  Ruth  Atwell  at  Pharsalia.  Mariam  (Atwell)  Widger 
d.  at  Little  River  (now  Lena),  Oconto  Co.,  Wris.,  Nov.  3,  1887, 
and  is  buried  at  Oconto,  the  same  county. 
Children : 

1428  Daniel  H.  Widger,  b.  Dec.  23,  1822;  d.  aged  20  mos. 

1429  David  L.  Widger,  b.  Feb.  12,  1826;   d.  Mar.  20,  1826. 

1430  t  Cyrus  G.  Widger,  b.  Dec.  18,  1826;    m.  1st,  Lucy  Gib- 

son, 2d,  Fanny  Adams. 

1431  tAlmeda  Eliza  Widger,  b.  Oct.  10,  1828;    m.  David  H. 

Hitchcock. 

1432  Lucy  Arlene  Widger,  b.  Feb.  3,  1831 ;    m.  at  Syracuse, 

N.  Y.,  Oct.  28,  1891,  Charles  Gilbert  Alton,  b.  at 
Sandy  Creek,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  18,  1830,  son  of  Charles 
Alton,  a  native  of  Windham  Co.,  Conn.,  and  Almeda 
Wood,  b.  in  Vermont,  who  were  m.  Sept.  10,  1820, 
and  were  early  settlers  at  Sandy  Creek,  where  they 
d.  Charles  Alton,  Jr.,  is  a  carriage  and  ornamental 
sign  painter.  They  resided  in  1901  at  Laconia, 
Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y.     No  issue. 

1433  Caroline  Amanda  Widger,  b.  Jan.  20,  1835 ;  m.  at  South 

Otselic,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  6,  1870,  Joseph  Gardner.  They 
lived  (1901)  at  De  Ruyter,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y. ;  no 
issue;  adopted  in  1877  a  girl  baby,  b.  Sept.  17,  1876. 

1434  tElbert  L.  Widger,  b.  Jan.  21,  1843;   m.  Kate  Williams. 

1435  Lou  Frank  Widger,  b.  in  Aug.,  1857.     The  last  known 

of  him  he  was  in  the  State  of  Washington. 

513     DANIEL  LEE  ATWELL   (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Hebron,  Conn.,  Apr.  7,  1804;   m.  in  Oct.,  1825,  Mehitable  June. 
He  d.  in  Apr.,  1878,  in  California. 
Children : 

1436  t  Alexander  B.  Atwell  m.  Mary  Bailey. 

1437  t  Allen  Jeffrey  Atwell,  b.  Apr.  16,  1836;  m.  Mary  M.  Van 

Epps. 


476  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


514  BENJAMIN  ATWELL  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  at  Heb- 
ron, May  12,  1806;  m.  in  June,  1829,  Rub}'  Sage,  dau.  of  Erastus 
and  Sarah  (Dunham)  Sage  of  South  New  Berlin,  and  d.  at 
Waupun,  Wis.,  Mar.  26,  1893. 

Child: 

1438  Orville  M.  Atwell,  b.  at  New  Berlin,  N.  Y.,  June  14,  1830 ; 

m.  1st,  1851,  Julia  A.  Boiden;   m.  2d,  in  1888,  Ada 
Mather.     No  issue. 

518  ONESIMUS  MEAD  ATWELL  (brother  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Pharsalia,  N.  Y.,  June  10,  1813;  m.  in  1838,  Hannah  Coakley, 
dau.  of  John  Coakley,  a  Revolutionary  soldier.  Onesimus  lived 
(1901)  with  his  niece,  Mrs.  Caroline  Gardner,  at  De  Ruyter,  N.  Y. 

Children : 

1439  Louise  Atwell,  d.  at  five  years. 

1440  Oscar  M.  Atwell,  enlisted  in  1861,  wounded  at  the  battle 

of  Fredericksburg,  Dec.  13,  1862 ;   d.  Jan.  4,  1863. 

519  CAROLINE  RUTH  ATWELL  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Pharsalia,  Feb.  16,  1816 ;  ra.  in  1837,  William  Sage,  b.  Nov.  27, 
1811,  son  of  Erastus  and  Sarah  (Dunham)  Sage  of  South  New 
Berlin,  N.  Y.,  brother  of  Ruby  Sage,  who  m.  Caroline's  brother 
Benjamin. 

Mr.  Sage  was  a  farmer  at  South  New  Berlin,  N.  Y.     He  d. 
Apr.  4,  1875.    Caroline  d.  Oct.  25,  1866. 
Children : 

1441  t  Sarah  E.  Sage,  b.  Feb.  1,  1838;   m.  James  E.  Garner. 

1442  t  Joseph  Erastus  Sage,  b.  Dec.  22,  1842;   m.  Delia  Isbell. 

1443  t Benjamin  Franklin  Sage,  b.  Mar.  17,  1847;    m.  Amanda 

Bristol. 

523  MARY  ANN  STERLING  (Lord,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel, 
William),  b.  in  Sterling  City,  Lyme,  Conn.,  Nov.  23,  1807;  m. 
Mar.  17,  1825,  Dr.  Austin  Peirce,  b.  in  Thetford,  Vt.,  Sept.  2, 
1799,  son  of  Gurdon  and  Thirsa  (Smalley)  Peirce.1     Mr.  Peirce 

1  Ancestry  of  Dr.  Austin  Peirce 

Thomas  Peirce,  b.  in  England,  1583-84,  came  to  New  England  in  1633-34,  and 
settled  at  Charlestown,  Mass.  His  wife  Elizabeth,  b.  in  England,  1595-96.  He  d. 
Oct.  7,  1666.  Their  son  Thomas,  b.  in  1608,  in  England,  m.  May  6,  1635,  Elizabeth 
Cole,  d.  Nov.  6,  1683;  she  d.  Mar.  5,  1688.    Their  son  Samuel  Peirce,  b.  Apr.  7, 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     477 

lived  in  his  early  life  at  Pitcher  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  going  there 
with  his  father's  family  in  1810.  Here  he  studied  medicine  with 
Dr.  David  McWhorter  and  attended  lectures  at  Fairfield,  N.  Y. ; 
was  licensed  as  a  physician  by  the  Herkimer  Co.  Medical  Soc.  in 
1829;  settled  Feb.  28,  1829,  in  Hamlet,  Villenova  township,  Chau- 
tauqua Co.,  N.  Y.,  a  district  just  being  settled,  where  he  practised 
medicine  for  20  years.  He  was  supervisor  of  his  town  from  183-1 
to  1836,  and  from  1839  to  1849,  and  represented  his  district  in  the 
Assembly  of  the  State  in  the  winter  of  1841-42.  In  1850  he  was 
attacked  by  a  spinal  disease  which  confined  him  to  his  bed  until  his 
death,  June  17,  1861.  Mrs.  George  White  in  speaking  of  her 
mother  says :  "  She  was  endowed  with  a  serenity  of  spirit  very  fav- 
orable to  longevity.  Her  ninety-two  years  of  untiring  usefulness 
place  her  above  and  beyond  all  praise."  Mary  Ann  d.  at  Fre- 
donia,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  16,  1900. 
Children,  born  in  Hamlet: 

1444  t  Julia  M.  Peirce,  b.  Oct.  9,  1826;   m.  Charles  L.  Mark. 

1445  t William  P.  Peirce,  b.  Mar.  25,  1830;    m.  1st,  Mary  F. 

Rood,  2d,  Ella  Anderson. 

1446  tEllen  E.  Peirce,  b.  Dec.  13,  1831 ;   m.  George  White. 

1447  tLucius  G.  C.  Peirce,  b.  Feb.  5,  1836;  m.  Esther  Snow. 

1448  tTeresa  M.  Peirce,  b.  Sept.  2,  1838;   m.  Fayett  S.  Hatch. 

1449  Gurdon  Lord  Peirce,  b.  Jan.  25,  1841 ;   lieutenant  Co.  C, 

112th  Regt.,  N.  Y.  Vols. ;  killed  in  the  battle  of  Cold 
Harbor,  June  1,  1864. 

1450  t  Henry  A.  Peirce,  b.  Oct.  11,  1843;  m.  Sarah  E.  Sessions. 

1451  Austin  Lamartine  Peirce,  b.  June  9,  1848,  entered  West 

Point  Military  Academy  July  1,  1865;  graduated 
June  15,  1870;  appointed  2d  lieutenant  fourth  Cav- 
alry; served  on  frontier  duty  at  Ft.  Griffin,  Texas, 
from  Oct.  4  to  the  date  of  his  death,  Nov.  30, 
1870. 

16.56:  m.  Dec.  9,  1680  Lydia  Bacon,  b.  Mar.  6,  1656;  d.  Doc.  5,  1717.  Samuel  lived 
in  Woburn,  then  Charlestown  Village,  as  did  his  father;  he  d.  July  5,  1721.  Their 
son,  Samuel  Peirce,  b.  Nov.  25,  1681 ;  m.  June  14,  1705  Abigail  Johnson.  They  lived 
in  Woburn  and  Wilmington,  Mass.,  and  Mansfield,  Conn.;  he  d.  Jan.  26,  1774:  she 
d.  Mar.  16,  1787.  Their  son  Seth  Peirce,  b.  Nov.  30,  1716 ;  m.  Nov.  10,  1743  Elizabeth 
Nye,  b.  in  1680,  lived  in  Mansfield,  Conn.;  she  d.  May  14,  1749;  he  d.  Dec  5,  1794. 
Their  son  Seth  Peirce,  b.  Sept.  12,  1744;  m.  April  17,  1767,  Bethiah  Fields,  b.  in  1745, 
d.  Sept.  18,  1807:  he  d.  in  1835.  Their  son  Gurdon  Peirce,  b.  Aug.  31,  1773.  m.  in 
1796,  Thirsa  Smalley,  who  d.  in  1861;  he  d.  Feb.  7,  1875;  their  son  Austin  Peirce  m. 
Mary  Ann  Sterling. 


478  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


524  SAMUEL  LEVI  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Sterling  City,  May  12,  1809;  m.  in  Lima,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  26,  1835, 
Lucinda  Chester  Forsyth,  b.  in  Montville,  Conn.,  July  4,  1813, 
dau.  of  Elisha  Forsyth  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  who  m.  Feb.  24,  1811, 
Sarah  (or  Sally)  Chester,  b.  Jan.  12,  1785,  dau.  of  Joseph  and 
Elizabeth  (Otis)  Chester,  sister  of  Mabel  Chester,  who  m.  James 
Sterling  (No.  217),  Samuel  Levi's  uncle.  Sarah  (Chester) 
Forsyth  d.  at  East  Bloomfield,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  17,  1862,  where  they 
removed  late  in  life.  They  had  beside  Lucinda  two  sons,  Leander 
and  Thomas. 

Samuel  Sterling  lived  in  Lima,  N.  Y.,  for  two  or  three  years 
after  his  marriage  when  he  moved  to  Park,  St.  Joseph  Co.,  Mich., 
where  he  bought  a  farm  of  160  acres. 

After  some  years  he  removed  to  the  vicinity  of  Three  Rivers, 
Mich.,  where  he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  d.  at  Three 
Rivers,  Mich.,  Feb.  27,  1880.     Lucinda  d.  there  Mar.  4,  1891. 

Children : 

1452  Sarah  Chester  Sterling,  b.  at  Lima,  N.  Y.,  June  18,  1836 ; 

a  graduate  of  the  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  State  Normal 
School,  a  teacher  in  the  schools  at  Three  Rivers,  Niles, 
Manistee,  South  Haven,  Mich.,  Peru,  Ind.,  and  other 
places.    She  d.  at  Three  Rivers,  unm.,  Sept.  11,  1888. 

1453  Mary  Palmer  Sterling,  b.  in  Park,  Mich.,  May  26,  1839; 

d.  Sept.  18,  1839. 

1454  t  Ellen  Louisa  Sterling,  b.  Oct.   16,  1840;    m.  Sidney  F. 

Mullin. 

1455  Lord  Sterling,  b.  in  Park,  Dec.  16, 1842  ;  d.  Aug.  31, 1847. 

1456  George  Palmer  Sterling,  b.  in  Park,  Nov.  6, 1844  ;  enlisted 

in  the  6th  Mich.  Vol.  Infty.  during  the  Rebellion,  later 
entered  the  regular  army ;  spent  some  years  at  Gal- 
veston, Texas.  Became  an  engineer,  which  occupa- 
tion he  followed  in  Michigan,  Kansas,  and  Utah. 
Residence  (1901)  in  Idaho;  m.  Emma  Burnette  of 
Lawton,  Mich.     No  issue. 

1457  Teresa  Lucinda  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  13,  1848 ;   m.  Daniel  S. 

Frazier  and  left  one  son,  Herbert  S.  of  Ottawa  Beach, 
Mich. 

1459  tLucy  Sterling,  b.  July  17,  1849;   m.  John  H.  Knevels. 

1460  Elisha  Lord  Sterling,  b.  at  Park,  Apr.  2,  1853;   d.  Apr. 

10,  1861. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     479 


526     OLIVER  LORD  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 

Sterling  City,  Sept.  29,  1812;    m.  at  Cincinnatus,  Cortland  Co., 

N.  Y.,  Aug.   31,   1834,  Jane  Louisa 

MacWhorter,  b.  at  Cincinnatus,  Apr. 

28,     1814,    dau.    of    Dr.     John    and 

Catherine     (Smith)     MacWhorter    of 

Cincinnatus. 

Oliver  L.  Sterling  was  by  trade  a 
harness  maker,  although  he  followed 
it  as  an  occupation  for  but  a  short 
time  in  his  young  manhood  at  Lima, 
N.  Y.,  and  Cincinnatus.  About  1856 
he  removed  with  his  family  to  the 
vicinity  of  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  where 
he  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life  as  a 
farmer  and  nurseryman  and  as  col- 
porteur for  the  American  Bible  So- 
ciety. He  d.  at  Kalamazoo,  May  8, 
1891 ;   Mrs.  Jane  Sterling  d.  in  Cleveland,  O.,  Oct.  6,  1878. 

Children : 

1461  tAlbertus  Lord  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  19,  1835;    m.  Mary  E. 

Lounsbury. 

1462  tMary  Jeannette  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  28,  1837;    m.  E.  I. 

Baldwin. 

1463  t  John  MacWhorter  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  13,  1840;  m.  Sabina 

Campbell. 

1464  Ellen  Genevieve  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  10,  1842;    m.  John  C. 

Goodale,  live  at  Kalamazoo. 


Oliver  Lord  Sterling 


527  GEORGE  STOW  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
German  (now  Pitcher),  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  15,  1815;  m. 
1st,  May  21,  1843,  Martha  Ann  Backus,  b.  Dec.  21,  1821,  dau.  of 

and  Martha  Backus.    Martha,  the  mother,  d.  Apr.  16,  1855, 

aged  65.  Martha  Sterling  d.  at  Lima,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  20,  1855 ;  he 
m.  2d,  July  15, 1856,  Emily  Asenath  Carter,  b.  Apr.  22,  1832,  dau. 
of  Amasa  Carter  (b.  Oct.  12,  1805,  d.  Jan.  2,  1843),  who  m.  Jan. 
4,  1830,  Hannah  Emmons  (b.  July  9,  1810,  d.  at  Marshall,  Mich., 
Jan.  21,  1887). 


480  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


Mr.  Sterling  grew  to  manhood  in  the  Empire  State  and  at  the 
age  of  twenty-nine,  in  1844,  removed  to  Three  Rivers,  St.  Joseph 
Co.,  Mich.  He  subsequently  returned  to  N.  Y.  State  where  his 
first  wife  d.  He  returned  to  Michigan  and  located  at  Battle  Creek, 
where  he  became  connected  with  Mr.  Don  Burnham  in  the  agricul- 
tural implement  business,  a  firm  which  was  afterward  succeeded  by 
the  present  Battle  Creek  Machinery  Co.  He  remained  identified 
with  this  concern  for  some  years,  until  1864,  when  he  engaged  in 
farming.  His  health  failing  he  removed  to  Marshall,  Mich.,  where 
he  d.  Dec.  28,  1893.  Mrs.  Sterling  still  resides  at  Marshall 
(1901). 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

1465  t  Julia  Backus  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  23,  1847;  m.  the  Rev.  Wil- 

liam S.  Roberts. 

1466  tAnna  Lapham  Sterling,  b.  July  18,  1849;   m.  L.  Sidney 

Scott. 

1467  tMary  Palmer  Sterling,  b.  July  14,  1852;    m.  Levi  A. 

Beadle. 

Children  by  second  marriage : 

1468  t  Frank  Graves  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  27,  1857;    m.  Charlotte 

A.  Beadle. 

1469  t  George  Carter  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  28,  1859;    m.  Minnie 

Justus. 

1470  tMabel    Bristol    Sterling,    b.    Oct.    15,    1862;    m.    John 

Powell. 

1471  Agnes  Maynard  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  22, 1864 ;  unm.  (1901), 

lives  with  her  mother. 

1472  Frederick  Streator  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  12,  1867.    Residence, 

St.  Louis,  Mo. ;   unm. 

1473  t  Alice  Miriam  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  11,  1869;    m.  William  A. 

Wood. 

529  SARAH  WAKELY  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Pitcher,  Dec.  9,  1819;  m.  Aug.  19,  1839,  Worthy  Stevens 
Streator,  b.  in  Hamilton,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  16,  1816,  son  of  Isaac 
Hemenway  and  Clarinda   (Plumb)    Streator. 

In  1839  Mr.  Streator  commenced  his  professional  life  as  a 
physician.  For  five  years  he  practiced  medicine  in  Anova,  O.,  and 
then  moved  to  Ravenna  where  he  continued  in  practice  until  1850, 
when  he  removed  to  Cleveland,  O.,  having  now  a  wide  reputation 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     481 


as  one  of  the  most  skillful  and  successful  practitioners  in  northern 
Ohio. 

In  1852  he  became  interested  in  railroad  matters  with  Mr. 
Henry  Doolittle.  Their  first  undertaking  in  this  line  was  the  con- 
struction of  the  Greenville  and  Miami  road  from  Dayton,  0.,  to 
Union,  Ind.  (then  a  portion  of  the  Atlantic  and  Great  Western 
Railway,  afterward  the  N.  Y.,  P.  and  0.,  now  a  part  of  the  Erie 
System).  Later  Dr.  Streator  projected  and  built  the  Oil  Creek 
R.  R.,  from  Corry  to  Petroleum  Center,  Penn.  This  line,  thirty- 
seven  miles  in  length,  he  projected  in  1862  and  the  extraordinary 
rapidity  with  which  it  was  built  and  its  phenomenal  success  are 
among  the  most  striking  episodes  in  the  history  of  American  rail- 
roading. He  controlled  and  operated  this  line  until  1866,  when 
he  disposed  of  it  to  Dean  Richmond  of  the  N.  Y.  C.  R.  R.  Subse- 
quently he  built  the  cross-cut  railway  from  Corry  to  Brocton. 

His  next  enterprise  was  the  organization  of  a  company  for  the 
purchase  of  a  large  body  of  coal  land  on  the  Vermillion  River  in 
La  Salle  and  Livingston  counties,  111.  In  1869  and  'TO  he  sold 
one  half  the  coal  company's  property  to  the  C,  B.  and  Q.  R.  R.  Co. 

While  still  handling  the  mining  enterprise  in  Illinois  he  en- 
gaged in  another  railway  project  in  Ohio.  This  was  the  planning 
and  construction  of  the  Cleveland,  Lorain  and  Wheeling  railway, 
a  line  from  the  mouth  of  the  Black  River  on  Lake  Erie  to  Wheeling, 
W.  Va.  On  the  organization  of  this  company  in  1870  Dr.  Streator 
was  chosen  president  and  was  connected  with  this  road  until  1895. 
In  addition  to  his  activity  in  the  railroad  world  he  has  been  en- 
gaged extensively  in  several  other  branches  of  business.  He  has 
taken  an  active  interest  in  the  raising  of  blooded  stock.  He  was 
appointed  in  1872  by  Governor  Hayes  a  trustee  of  the  Ohio  Agri- 
cultural College.  He  served  one  term  in  the  Ohio  Legislature, 
having  been  elected  by  the  Republicans  of  Cuyahoga  Co.  in  1869 
to  represent  them  in  the  Senate.  In  1874  he  was  elected  a  presi- 
dential elector  for  the  20th  Ohio  district,  and  voted  at  the  electoral 
college  for  Hayes,  who  in  1879  appointed  him  Collector  of  Internal 
Revenue  for  the  Northern  District  of  Ohio.  He  was  re-appoink'd 
to  this  office  by  President  Garfield  and  again  by  President  Arthur. 

Dr.  Streator  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  the  Disciples  and 


482  THE   STERLING  GENEALOGY 


for  many  years  has  been  active  in  the  affairs  of  that  denomination. 
He  was  for  several  years  an  active  member  of  the  trustee  boards 
of  Bethany  and  Hiram  Colleges  and  was  one  of  the  corporators  of 
the  Chase  School  of  Applied  Sciences  in  Cleveland.  The  pro- 
nounced characteristics  in  Dr.  Streator's  character  are  sound  judg- 
ment, strict  integrity,  and  a  high  sense  of  honor,  and  to  these  is 
due  the  enviable  degree  of  success  he  has  attained  and  the  high 
esteem  which  he  has  enjoyed. 
Children : 

1474  t  Helen  Gertrude  Streator,  b.  May  20,  1842;   m.  Eben  B. 

Thomas. 

1475  Sterling  Rush  Streator,  b.  in  Cleveland,  Dec.  31,  1845; 

m.  Lizzie  D.  Williams,  who  d.  in  Nov.,  1900.  No 
issue.  He  lives  at  Fountain  Park,  O.,  and  is  a  farmer 
and  raiser  of  blooded  stock. 

1476  Henry  Doolittle  Streator,  b.  in  Cleveland,  Aug.  15,  1851 ; 

d.  Aug.  28,  1852. 

1477  Edward  Kent  Streator,  b.  in  Cleveland,  Aug.  20,  1855. 

1478  Harold  Arthur  Streator,  b.  in  Cleveland,  Aug.  5,  1861. 

530  HARRIET  ANN  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Pitcher,  Nov.  9,  1821 ;  m.  Sept.  3,  1857,  Ely  Phelps,  b.  Feb.  28, 
1809,  son  of  Aaron  and  Elizabeth  (Bassett)  Phelps  of  East 
Granby,  Conn.,  brother  of  Ruth  Phelps,  who  m.  John  C.  Sterling, 
Harriet's  cousin.  Mr.  Phelps  was  a  farmer  at  Lima,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  d.  Nov.  19,  1873.  Mrs.  Phelps  d.  in  Cleveland,  O.,  in  Mar., 
1905. 

Only  child: 

1479  Flora  Phelps,  b.  Sept.  9,  1860 ;   unm. 

531  JAMES  MONROE  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Pitcher,  Apr.  3,  1824;  m.  Jan.  15,  1852,  Helen  M.  Eldridge, 
dau.  of  Lyman  and  Adelphia  (Carter)  Eldridge,  b.  in  Cortland  Co., 
N.  Y.,  Mar.  25,  1832.  He  resided  in  Lima,  N.  Y.,  until  1871, 
when  he  removed  to  Austin,  Mower  Co.,  Minn.  He  has  been  a 
farmer  all  his  life. 

Children,  born  in  Lima : 

1480  Carrie  Sterling,  b.  July  16,  1856;   d.  Oct.  14,  1856. 

1481  t  Nellie  Gertrude  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  19,  1857;    m.  Nathan 

T.  Banfield. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     483 

1482  tEdward  Henry  Sterling,  b.  May  20,  1861;    m.   Marion 

Miller. 

1483  Worthy  Streator  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  5,  1866;    d.  May  4, 

1890,  unm. 

532  ESTHER  MARIA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Pitcher,  Feb.  5,  1826;  m.  in  Lima,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  27,  1851,  Henry 
C.  Phelps,  b.  in  Lima,  Oct.  5,  1822,  son  of  Abel  and  Abigail 
(Sawyer)  Phelps,  natives  of  N.  H.  (For  ancestry,  see  the  "  Phelps 
Family  in  Am.")  Mr.  Phelps  was  educated  at  the  academy  and 
the  Genesee  Wesleyan  Seminary  at  Lima.  He  was  a  carriage 
maker.  They  removed  to  Flint,  Genesee  Co.,  Mich.,  after  their 
marriage,  where  he  worked  at  his  trade.  He  retired  in  1893.  In 
1901  they  removed  to  Boulder,  Colo.,  where  he  d.  Dec.  12,  1902. 

Children,  born  in  Flint: 

1484  t  Sarah  Sophia  Phelps,  b.  Jan.  15,  1853;    m.  Eugene  A. 

Austin. 

1485  tMary    Jane    Phelps,   b.    Aug.    7,    1856;    m.    Charles    A. 

Russell. 

1486  Caroline  Terressa  Phelps,  b.  Nov.  4,  1859;    unm.,  lives 

at  Boulder,  Colo. 

533  THERESSA  CAROLINE  STERLING  (sister  of  the 
above),  b.  in  Pitcher,  June  25,  1828;  m.  Feb.  12,  1852,  Francis 
Henry  Barnard,  b.  in  Mendon,  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  6,  1827, 
son  of  Judge  Timothy  and  Julia  (Hills)  Barnard  of  Mendon.  Mr. 
Barnard's  father  came  from  Hartford,  Conn.,  in  1809,  in  company 
with  his  father  Timothy,  Sr.,  who  became  one  of  the  first  judges 
of  Ontario  Co.  Timothy,  Jr.,  was  himself  the  first  county  judge 
of  Monroe  Co.  He  d.  in  1884,  aged  91.  Timothy,  Sr.,  d.  in 
1847,  aged  91.  Francis  H.  has  been  a  farmer  all  his  life,  occupy- 
ing the  farm  of  his  grandfather  at  Mendon.  In  conjunction  with 
agriculture  he  has  engaged  in  business  as  a  cattle  and  produce 
merchant.  Present  address,  Lima,  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y.  Theressa 
d.  of  diphtheria  May  27,  1864,  within  a  few  days  of  the  deaths  of 
three  of  her  children.  Mr.  Barnard  m.  2d,  Oct.  4,  1865,  Martha 
M.  Hollister  of  Batavia,  N.  Y.  By  her  he  had:  Allyn  Hollister 
Barnard,  b.  Nov.  29,  1867;  Alfred  Edwards  Barnard,  b.  Mar. 
19,  1871;  d.  Aug.  9,  1872;  Ralph  Ballou  Barnard,  b.  Apr.  16, 
1872,  d.  May  14,  1873;   Edna  Louise  Barnard,  b.  Mar.  12,  1874. 


484 


THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


7 


Children: 

1487  t  James  Hills  Barnard,  b.  Feb.  14,  1853;    m.  Sarah  E. 

Fish. 

1488  Jennie  Sterling  Barnard,  b.  Dec.  5,  1854;    d.  May  28, 

1864. 

1489  Everard  Palmer  Barnard,  b.  Sept.  23,  1861 ;   d.  May  19, 

1864. 

1490  George   Star   Barnard,   b.    Nov.    2,    1863;    d.   May    31, 

1864. 

576     DAVID   STERLIN    (Seth,   Joseph,   Joseph,   Daniel,    Wil- 
i),  b.  in  Woodstock,  Vt.,  June  19,  1788;  intention  of  marriage 

published  Feb.  8,  1812 ;  m. 
Feb.  16,  1812,  Fanny  Lord, 
b.  in  1789,  dau.  of  Eleazer 
Lord  of  Woodstock. 

David  removed  to  Wes- 
ton, Windsor  Co.,  Vt.,  be- 
fore his  marriage.  He  was 
a  farmer  there.  She  d.  in 
Weston,  May  9,  1866.  He 
d.  there  July  25,  1880. 

Children,  born  in  Wes- 
ton: 

1491  tHenry  L.  Ster- 
ling, b.  Aug.  31,  1815; 
m.  Nancy  Abbott. 

1492  t  Elvira  Sterling,  b. 

Dec.  2,  1817;    m.  1st, 

Benning     K.     Abbott, 

2d,     Nathaniel     A. 
David   Sterlin  1I7       , 

Woods. 

1493  tBenjamin  F.  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  2,  1820;    m.  Caroline  J. 

Abbott. 

1494  tDavid  Lord  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  29,  1824;    m.  1st,  Phebe 

M.  Davis,  2d,  Lizzie  Damon. 

1495  t  Auburn  H.  Sterling,  b.  June  7,  1827;    m.  1st,  Caroline 

J.  Pease,  2d,  Mary  E.  Cooke. 

577     WILLIAM  STERLIN  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wood- 
stock, Vt.,  Jan.  19,  1799 ;    m.  1st,  Feb.  2,  1820,  Drusilla  Ham- 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     485 


William  Sterlin 


mond,  b.  July  8,  1801,  dau.  of  John  and  Lois  (Wood)  Hammond 
of  South  Woodstock,  who  d.  Nov.  25,  1854;  m.  2d,  Oct.  16,  1856, 
Almira  Hammond,  b.  at  Pom- 
fret,  Vt.,  July  20,  1808,  dau.  of 
George  C.  and  Lucy  (Payne) 
Hammond.  George  Hammond 
was  a  cousin  of  William's  first 
wife,  Drusilla. 

William  was  a  farmer,  occu- 
P3Ting  the  farm  his  father  first 
settled  on  in  1793.  This  he 
bought  from  his  father  Feb.  15, 
1826.  He  was  a  good  singer 
and  took  an  active  interest  in 
the  affairs  of  the  Christian 
church  in  Woodstock,  where  he 
was  made  deacon  Apr.  26,  1846. 
He  was  also  church  clerk  from 
Dec.  25,  1854,  until  his  death.  He  d.  Feb.  5,  1867.  Mrs.  Almira 
Sterlin  d.  Aug.  29,  1883. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

1496  Horace  Franklin  Sterlin,  b.  Apr.  5,  1821;    d.  June  16, 

1824. 

1497  William  Wallace  Sterlin,  b.  Feb.  10,  1825 ;    d.  June  29, 

1840. 

1498  tSeth  Franklin  Sterlin,  b.  Oct.  31,  1827;   m.  1st,  Hannah 

Cunningham,  2d,  Jane  E.  Horton. 

1499  John  Winslow  Hammond  Sterlin,  b.  Apr.  7,  1833.     He 

was  twice  married ;  had  one  child  by  first  marriage 
which  d.  young;  by  2d  wife,  Livonia,  had  Herbert 
and  Lena.     He  d.  in  June,  1879. 

578  BETSY  STERLIN  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Woodstock, 
Vt.,  Mar.  28,  1801 ;  m.  Mar.  5,  1820,  Amos  Pelton,  b.  at  Chat- 
ham (now  Portland),  Conn.,  Feb.  19,  1799,  son  of  Hatzicl  and 
Hannah    (Stiles)    Pelton. 

Amos  Pelton  removed  with  his  father  to  Woodstock  where  he 
passed  his  life.  Betsy  (Sterlin)  Pelton  d.  Sept.  25,  1837,  and 
Amos  m.  2d,  Apr.  1,  1838,  Betsey  H.,  dau.  of  John  M.  Call  of 


486  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Woodstock,  by  whom  he  had  four  children :  Erastus  C,  b.  Apr.  9, 
1839;  Melinda  C,  b.  Oct.  25,  1841;  Betsey  C,  b.  July  2,  1844; 
and  Lucy  E.  C,  b.  July  18,  1847.  Amos  Pelton  d.  at  Woodstock 
Nov.  12,  1870. 

Children  of  Amos  and  Betsey  (Sterlin)  Pelton: 

1502  tFrederic  A.  Pelton,  b.  Mar.  23,  1821;    m.  Jane  A.  B. 

English. 

1503  Malvina  Pelton,  b.  Nov.  21,  1823;   d.  unm.  Aug.  2,  1849. 

1504  Huldah  E.  Pelton,  b.  Apr.  4,  1829;   m.  Henry  Clark  of 

Weymouth,  Mass. 

1505  tGeorge  S.  Pelton,  b.  Sept.  20,  1832;    m.  Charlotte  B. 

Fillemore. 

581     AMOS   S.  WAY   (Hannah,  Joseph,  Joseph,   Daniel,   Wil- 
liam), b.  Dec.  10,  1785;  m.  Feb.  21,  1817,  Sally  Simons,  b.  Apr. 
19,  1790.     He  was  a  farmer  at  Lyman  and  Monroe,  N.  H.     He 
d.  July  24,  1854.     She  d.  May  30,  1868. 
Children : 

1506  A  son,  b.  and  d.  Jan.  27,  1820. 

1507  tLaura  Ann  Way,  b.  Feb.  22,  1822;   m.  Lyman  Stanley. 

1508  t  Samuel  S.  Way,  b.  May  5,  1825 ;  m.  Margaret  Dickinson. 

1509  tSpofford  Amos  Way,  b.  Oct.  24,  1827  ;  m.  Lavina  Stanley. 

1510  tLydia  Way,  b.  Apr.  15,  1829;    m.  William  R.  Nelson. 

604  ARA  B.  RICE  (Sarah,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William), 
b.  Aug.  8,  1789;   m.  1st, ,  2d,  Polly  Lindsey. 

Ara  B.  Rice  was  a  member  of  the  1st  Light  Infty.,  3d  Regt., 
1st  Brigade,  4th  Division,  Vermont  Militia,  in  1813.  His  com- 
pany volunteered  for  service,  but  was  not  accepted.  He,  with 
three  others,  was  drafted  in  1814,  but  did  not  see  service.  He  d. 
of  apoplexy,  June  21,  1836. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

1511  Gustavus  V.  Rice,  m.  the  widow  of  his  brother  William 

and  had  one  child,  a  son. 

1512  William  Frederick  Rice.     He  was  killed  on  a  locomotive 

at  Springfield,  Mass.,  Feb.  1,  1842. 
Children  by  second  marriage: 

1513  t  Myrtle  Rice,  b.  Apr.  13,  1818;   m.  Mary  A. . 

1514  Amanda  Rice,  b.  in  1820;   d.  Oct.  1,  1852. 

1515  Sarah  Ann  Rice,  b.  in  1822;   d.  Feb.  21,  1845. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     487 

606  SARAH  RICE  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  Aug.  5,  1800;  m. 
Aug.  3,  1823,  Arnold  Goddard,  b.  in  Reading,  Vt.,  Apr.  5,  1798, 
son  of  Aaron  and  Elizabeth  (Howe)  Goddard.  He  d.  June  12, 
1869;    Sarah  d.  Feb.  19,  1894. 

Child: 

1516  t  Sarah  Augusta  Goddard,  b.  Jan.  4,  1828;   m.  Albert  D. 
Hager. 

607  CALISTA  RICE  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  Feb.  25, 1805 ;  m. 
July  11,  1842,  Jefferson  Baldwin,  b.  in  Cavendish,  Vt.,  Apr.  12, 
1812,  son  of  Joseph  and  Olive  (Peck)  Baldwin,  descendant  in  the 
seventh  generation  from  John  Baldwin  of  Billerica,  Mass.,  1655. 
The  Baldwin  Genealogy,  1881,  says  that  Jefferson  m.  1st,  Dec.  28, 
1835,  Emeline  E.  Morey,  b.  May  14,  1817,  and  had  by  her  three 
children,  Lardine,  Alvah,  and  Julia,  and  that  he  m.  3d,  Apr.  5, 
1853,  Eliza  Sylvester,  b.  Nov.  15,  1828,  and  had  by  her  Nettie 
May  and  Olive  Jane.  Jefferson  Baldwin  d.  Jan.  7,  1891.  Calista 
(Rice)  Baldwin  d.  Sept.  6,  1890. 

Only  child: 
1517   t  Ara  Abiah  Baldwin,  b.  Nov.  20,  1844  ;  m.  Libbie  Russell. 

610  LUCY  STERLING  (Joseph,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Daniel,  Wil- 
liam), b.  in  Hartland,  Vt.,  Nov.  18,  1797;  m.  1st,  in  Barre,  Vt., 
Jan.  13,  1820,  Harry  Hayward,  b.  in  Barre,  Vt.,  Apr.  7,  1796,  who 
d.  May  20,  1835 ;  m.  2d  in  Lyman,  N.  H.,  Andrew  Worden,  who 
d.  Feb.  11, ,  aged  73;   m.  3d,  Silas  Town. 

Mr.  Hayward  lived  at  Troy,  Vt.  After  his  death  Lucy  removed 
to  Boston,  Mass.,  and  became  a  nurse.  Her  third  husband  lived 
at  Barre,  Vt. ;  he  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  He  m.  pre- 
viously at  Barre,  Aug.  4,  1842,  Harriet  Wheeler.  Silas  Town  d. 
June  14,  1870,  aged  89.    Lucy  d.  in  Oberlin,  O.,  Apr.  19,  1889. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

1518  tHarrison  Hayward,  b.  Mar.  16,  1821 ;   m.  Caroline  Snow. 

1519  tLucy  Adaline  Hayward,  b.  Feb.  25,   1824;    m.   Alfred 

Chamberlin. 

1520  tHarriet  Newell  Hayward,  b.  May  3,  1826;    m.  Hiram 

Thurston. 

1521  Marcia  Hayward,  b.  in  Troy,  Vt.,  in  1828 ;    d.  Aug.  29, 

1830. 


488  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


1522  Cordelia  Hayward,  b.  in  Troy,  Vt,  Mar.  16,  1830;    d. 

May  3,  1831. 

1523  t  George  W.  Hayward,  b.  Mar.  6,  1832 ;  m.  Ann  W.  Cham- 

berlin. 

1524  t  Sheffield  S.  Hayward,  b.  May  23, 1834  ;  m.  Melvina  Lease. 

613  DUDLEY  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Barre, 
Vt.,  Feb.  16,  1804;  m.  1st,  Mar.  13,  1828,  Martha  Drury,  who  d. 
in  Barre,  Dec.  29,  1828 ;  m.  2d,  Jan.  29,  1830,  Lavina  Aldrich 
of  Stanstead,  Quebec,  Can.,  b.  there  Oct.  12,  1812.  He  was  a 
farmer ;  was  in  Stanstead  for  a  few  years  then  settled  in  Barre,  Vt., 
where  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Lavina  d.  in  Barre,  Sept. 
12,  1874.  Dudley  d.  there  Mar.  26,  1881. 
Children : 

1525  t  Martha   D.   Sterling,   b.   Jan.   29,    1831;    m.   James   H. 

Billings. 

1526  Joseph  S.  Sterling,  b.  May  6,  1832 ;   m.  and  d.  in  Mont- 

pelier,  Vt.,  May  6,  1902,  leaving  issue. 

1527  Rosina  Sterling,  b.   in   Barre,   June   16,   1834;    m.   1st, 

James  Plimpton  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  had  one  ch., 

Eva,  who  d.  aged  24,  unm. ;  m.  2d, Sharp,  and 

d.  in  Halifax,  Mass.,  in  June,  1902,  without  other 
issue. 

1529  Henry  H.  Sterling,  b.  in  Barre,  May  11,  1836;    was  a 

physician ;    m.  a  New  York  woman  and  d.  in  Mont- 
pelier,  Vt.,  Feb.  19,  1868,  without  issue. 

1530  Fannie  K.  Sterling,  b.  in  Irasburg,  Vt.,  Mar.  28,  1838; 

m.  in  1890  Walter  Pike  of  Warren,  Vt. ;  live  in  Med- 
ford,  Mass.     No  issue. 

1531  George  W.  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  12,  1839  ;  m.  Ella  Fennelly. 

1532  Emily  Jane  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  3,  1841 ;  m.  Francis  Colby ; 

live  in  Barre,  Vt. ;  have  a  son  and  dau.,  both  married. 

1533  tJohn  K.  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  26,  1842;   m.  Nellie  S.  Pike. 

1534  tLewis  A.   Sterling,  b.   Mar.   16,   1845;    m.   1st,  Jeannie 

Mussey,  2d,  M.  Belle  Davis. 

1535  Andrew  W.  Sterling,  b.  in  Barre,  Nov.  5,  1847  ;   a  farmer 

at  Halifax,  Mass.,  unm. 

1536  Elizabeth  L.   Sterling,  b.  in  Barre,  Nov.   19,  1849;    d. 

there  June  25,  1862. 

615  NATHANIEL  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Barre,  Vt,,  Sept.  6,  1809 ;  m.  1st,  Ann  Leslie,  2d,  Rosetta  A.  Ray, 
b.  at  Jay,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  17,  1811. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     489 


Nathaniel  lived  in  Monroe,  N.  H.  He  was  at  one  time  a  justice 
of  the  peace  and  was  postmaster  at  Maclndoe  Falls,  Vt.  He  d.  in 
Monroe,  July  3,  1873.     Rosetta  d.  there  May  13,  1901. 

Children  by  first  marriage : 

1537  Eliza  Sterling,  m.  Edwin  W.  Child,  b.  in  May,  1831,  son 

of  John  May  and  Sally  (Randall)   Child  of  Monroe 
Plain,  N.  H.     She  d.  in  Boston,  Mass. 

1538  Myron  L.  Sterling,  enlisted  at  Newbury,  Vt.,  Dec.  8,  1861, 

in   Second  Battery,  Light  Artillery;    d.   in  Boston 
in  1864. 

616  HENRY  HARRISON  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  at  Barre,  Vt.,  July  11,  1813;  m.  at  Granville,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  5, 
1834,  Eliza  Perrin,  b.  at  Hebron,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  19,  1809,  dau.  of 
Ephraim  Perrin  (b.  Dec.  20,  1781),  who  m.  1st,  Nov.  24,  1805, 
Hannah  Draper  (b.  June  11,  1785).  Henry  H.  Sterling  removed 
to  Nunda,  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y.,  shortly  after  his  marriage  and 
in  1837  to  Walworth  Co.,  Wis.,  and  settled  at  LaFayette,  where 
he  bought  and  improved  a  large  tract  of  land  and  was  a  successful 
farmer  for  thirty  years.  He  removed  to  Vinton,  la.,  where  he  d. 
Aug.  7,  1878.    Eliza  d.  there  July  2,  1868. 

Children : 

1539  tMary  Eliza   Sterling,  b.   Oct.   24,   1835;    m.  Abram   S. 

Bloodgood. 

1540  Martha  Jane  Sterling,  b.  at  Nunda,  May  13,  1837;    d. 

Mar.  6,  1853. 

1541  t  James  Henry  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  26,  1839;    m.  Ruth  S. 

Loomer. 

1542  Caroline  Amelia  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  9,  1841  ;  m.  at  Elkhorn, 

Wis.,  July  3,   1863,  Lewis   S.  Wilson,  a  farmer  at 
Richmond,  Wis.    Have  two  daughters. 

1543  tFranklin  Porter  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  24,  1843;   m.  Florana 

L.  Rosencrans. 

1544  t  Joseph  Richard  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  28,  1844;    m.  Ruth  S. 

(Loomer)   Sterling. 

1545  t  George  Washington  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  10,  1848;  m.  Mollie 

B.  Sandison. 

1546  tMartin  Dudley  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  16,  1850;   m.  Harriet  I. 

Lagrange. 

1547  Martha  Louisa  Sterling,  b.  at  LaFayette,  Nov.  4,  1853; 

d.  Sept.  28,  1854. 


490  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

617  MARY  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Barre, 
Vt.,  Mar.  26,  1816;  m.  there  (intention  dated  Nov.  20,  1837) 
Dillington  P.  Grant  of  Berlin,  Vt.  (Vermont  Antiquarian,  Vol.  3, 
No.  2,  p.  94.)  The  last  known  of  her  she  was  living  in  New  Haven, 
Conn. 

Children : 

1548  Mary  Jane  Grant,  m.  Otis  Barker;    lived  at  Springfield, 

Mass. 

1549  Delia  Grant. 

1550  A  son. 

626  HENRY  A.  STERLING  (Richard,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Daniel, 
William),  b.  at  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Apr.  18,  1814;  m.  Dec.  25,  1836, 
Amy  C.  Bagley,  b.  in  Brookfield,  Sept.  5,  1813,  dau.  of  Samuel 
Bagley  (b.  Mar.  17,  1774,  d.  in  Wisconsin  in  1849)  and  Hannah 
Humphrey  (b.  Feb.  26,  1773,  d.  in  Warren,  Vt.,  in  1846). 

In  1838  Henry  Sterling  built  the  first  carriage  shop  in  War- 
ren, Vt.  This  was  burned  about  ten  years  later.  He  built  another 
shop  about  a  mile  distant,  where  he  manufactured  carriages,  sleighs, 
and  burial  caskets.  He  d.  in  Warren,  May  6,  1893.  Mrs.  Amy 
Sterling  d.  Dec.  31,  1886. 

Children : 

1551  tLivonia   A.    Sterling,   b.   Sept.    3,   1837;    m.   Henry   B. 

Cady. 

1552  tHannah  H.   Sterling,  b.   Feb.  7,  1839;    m.   Orlando  E. 

Kennedy. 

1553  Priscilla  L.  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  16,  1844 ;   m.  N.  J.  Leavitt. 

1554  Henrietta  A.  Sterling,  b.  July  20,  1849;   m.  A.  C.  Jones. 

628  AMOS  M.  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  at  Wood- 
stock, Vt.,  July  3,  1817;  m.  Aug.  9,  1841,  Mary  Varney,  dau.  of 
Oziel  and  Pheby  (Frank)  Varney,  natives  of  N.  H.  Amos  Sterling 
was  a  mason  at  Bristol,  Vt.  He  d.  June  3,  1902 ;  Mary  Sterling 
d.  Dec.  6,  1886. 

Children : 

1555  tParthena  M.  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  6,  1845;    m.  Chester  D. 

Bingham. 

1556  John  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  26,  1847;   d.  Jan.  16,  1866. 

629  SETH  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wood- 
stock, Vt.,  Sept.  8,  1819;  m.  Nov.  3,  1841,  Eliza  Child,  b.  July  6, 
1814. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     491 


Children : 

1557  t  Maurice  S.  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  27,  1843  ;  m.  Sarah  Freeman. 

1558  Emily  C.  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  15,  1845;    m.  Godfrey  Sum- 

ner, b.  Mar.  31,  1835;    they  live  at  Warren,  Vt. 

1559  t  George  A.  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  25, 1850  ;  m.  Mary  L.  Bucklin. 

1560  tLaura  E.  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  21,  1855 ;  m.  William  Prosser. 

1561  tlda  A.  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  24,  1860;   m.  Otis  B.  Dickinson. 

631  STEPHEN  D.  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  Nov. 
6, 1824  ;  m.  Nov.  4, 1851,  Caroline  M.  Maynard  at  Waitsfield,  Vt.,  b. 
at  Northfield,  Vt.,  July  18, 1831,  dau.  of  Carlos  Maynard.  Stephen 
Sterling  was  a  sergeant  in  Co.  H,  6th  Regt.,  Vt.  Vols.,  enlisted 
Aug.  14, 1861 ;  mustered  in  Oct.  15,  1861 ;  transferred  to  Veteran 
Reserve  Corps  Aug.  1,  1863 ;  discharged  Oct.  15,  1864.  He  was 
a  lumberman.  He  was  sawing  clapboards  in  Lincoln,  Vt.,  and  went 
into  the  mill  yard  to  roll  down  some  logs.  They  lodged  and  step- 
ping in  front  to  start  them  he  was  crushed  by  their  sudden  descent. 
He  d.  as  a  result  of  his  injuries,  Apr.  8,  1875.  Mrs.  Sterling  d. 
at  Holyoke,  Mass.,  Nov.  22,  1901. 

Children : 

1562  t  Viola  A.  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  1, 1852  ;  m.  George  H.  Gabrielle. 

1563  tLewis  A.  Sterling,  b.  June  23,  1854;    m.  1st,  Jennie  M. 

Daprey,  2d,  Grace  S.  Bartholomew. 

1564  t  John  A.  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  4,  1856;  m.  Lena  A.  Murdock. 

1565  t  Carrie  A.  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  2,  1859;    m.  1st,  Calvin  D. 

Marsh,  2d,  John  C.  Smith. 

639     MARTIN  MILLS  (Phileata  Way,  Hannah,  Joseph,  Daniel, 
William),  b.  Feb.  15,  1785;  m.  Nov.  16,  1805,  Clarissa  Tuttle,  b. 
in  Torrine-ton,  Conn.,  June  4,  1786,  dau.  of  Clement  and  Abigail 
(Dutton)  Tuttle.     She  d.  in  Footville,  0.,  Mar.  4,  1866. 
Children : 

1566  Abigail  Mills,  b.  Apr.  29,  d.  June  13,  1807. 

1567  t  Harvey  Mills,  b.  May  29,  1808;   m.  Phebe  Monteith. 

1568  Simeon  Mills,  b.  Feb.   14,  1810;    m.  Maria  Smith;    res. 

Madison,  Wis. 

1569  t  Alfred  Mills,  b.  Sept.  27,  1812;   m.  Clarissa  Hopkins. 

1570  Florinda  Mills,  b.  Mar.  15,  1815;   d.  in  Aug.,  1818. 

1571  Levi  Mills,  b.  May  18,  1817;  m.  Jane  Morris;   res.  Man- 

dora,  Warren  Co.,  la.     No  issue. 

1572  tNancy  Judson  Mills,  b.  July  20,  1819;    m.  1st,  Addison 

Crissy  ;   2d,  David  Groesbeck ;   3d,  Ferdinand  Pauld. 


492  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

1573  Rufus  Freeman  Mills,  b.  July  29,  1821 ;   left  home  about 

1841  and  was  never  heard  of  again. 

1574  tFlorilla  S.  Mills,  b.  July  18,  1823;   m.  Clark  C.  Loomis. 

1575  tDora  Mills,  b.  May  20,  1830;   m.  Ireneus  M.  Foote. 

640     CHARITY  MILLS  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  Jan.  19,  1788; 
m.  Apr.  23,  1809,  Ira  Tuttle,  b.  Apr.  2,  1788,  son  of  Clement  and 
Abigail    (Dutton)    Tuttle.      They  removed  from   Connecticut  to 
Eagleville,  Ashtabula  Co.,  0.,  in  1809. 
Children,  born  in  Eagleville: 

1576  tBradford  D.  Tuttle,  b.  July  7,  1810;   m.  Julia  Beach. 

1577  Eben  Mills  Tuttle,  b.  Sept.  22,  1812 ;  m.  Sept.  23,  1833, 

Sarah  L.  Thorpe;    res.  Austinburg,  O.     No  issue. 

1578  t Harriet  Newell  Tuttle,  b.  Nov.  30,  1814 ;  m.  Henry  Paine. 

1579  tGeorge  Virgil  Tuttle,  b.   Mar.    24,   1817;    m.   Martha 

Palmer. 

1580  t  Harmon  Philo  Tuttle,  b.  Mar.  24,  1821;    m.  1st,  Mary 

Kelsey,  2d,  Lizzie  Kintner. 

1581  t  Charlotte  Irene  Tuttle,  b.  Mar.  25,  1830;   m.  Lucius  W. 

Peck. 

645  FANNY  MARVIN  (Phebe,  William,  Joseph,  Daniel,  Wil- 
liam), b.  in  Lyme,  Conn.,  Oct.  7,  1784;  m.  Mar.  28,  1808,  Ezra 
Pratt,  b.  July  22,  1784,  son  of  Ezra  and  Temperance  (South- 
worth)  Pratt  of  Saybrook,  Conn.  Ezra  was  a  farmer  at  Orwell, 
Ashtabula  Co.,  O.,  where  he  d.  Sept.  8,  1854. 

Children : 

1582  Frances  Prudence  Pratt,  b.  at  Lyme,  Dec.  17,  1809;    m. 

Apr.  5,  1852,  the  Rev.  James  Anderson  of  Lexington, 
Richland  Co.,  O.     She  d.  Aug.  14,  1854.     No  issue. 

1583  t  Julia  Leverett  Pratt,  b.  in  N.  Y.,  Jan.  8,  1812;   m.  R.  C. 

Newell. 

1584  Joseph  Marvin  Pratt,  b.  July  12,  1814;   d.  Dec.  5,  1835. 

1585  tCharles  A.  B.  Pratt,  b.  Jan.  23,  1818;   m.  Elizabeth  Ely. 

1586  tPhebe  Sterling  Pratt,  b.  June  6,  1820;  m.  John  S.  Dixon. 

1587  Ezra  Huntington  Pratt,  b.  Sept.  2,  1822;    d.  Aug.  5, 

1847. 

1588  Son,  b.  June  16,  1825  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

1589  Jane  Wood  Pratt,  b.  Oct.  17,  1828. 

646  PHEBE  MARVIN  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  Lyme,  June 
7,  1786;    m.  1st,  Oct.  16,  1815,  the  Rev.  Leverett  Israel  Foote 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     493 

Huntington,  b.  Dec.  28,  1787,  son  of  the  Rev.  David  and  Eliza- 
beth (Foote)  Huntington  *  of  Hamburg,  Lyme,  Conn.  The  Rev. 
Mr.  Huntington,  a  graduate  of  Yale  College  in  1811,  studied 
theology  at  Princeton,  N.  J.,  and  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church  in  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  in  1815,  where  he  d.  May 
11,  1820.  Phebe  m.  2d,  in  Oct.,  1839,  the  Rev.  Urban  Palmer,  who 
d.  at  Orwell,  Ohio,  Nov.  3,  1847.  Phebe  d.  in  Pittsburg,  Penn.,  at 
the  home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs.  William  P.  Jones,  May  10,  1871, 
and  is  buried  in  Allegheny  cemetery  at  Pittsburg. 
Children  by  first  marriage: 

1590  tJane  Elizabeth  Huntington,  b.  Jan.  23,  1817;    m.  Wil- 

liam Potter  Jones. 

1591  t  Backus  Wilbur  Huntington,  b.   Nov.   3,   1818;    m.   1st, 

Anne  E.  Riggs,  2d,  Helen  E.  Seavey. 

617  JUDGE  WILLIAM  MARVIN  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Lyme,  May  12,  1788;  m.  Oct.  21,  1819,  Sophia  Griffin,  b.  at  East 
Haddam,  Conn.,  May  26,  1793,  second  dau.  of  Col.  Josiah  and 
Dorothy   (Gates)   Griffin  of  East  Haddam. 

Judge  William  Marvin  was  for  many  years  deacon  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  at  Hamburg,  Lyme,  was  for  a  long  time  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  selectmen  of  the  town  and  served  several  terms 
as  judge  of  probate.  He  also  represented  his  town  in  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  State.  By  occupation  he  was  a  farmer.  He  was 
quartermaster  sergeant  at  New  London  in  the  Conn.  Militia,  War 
of  1812,  from  June  21  to  June  25,  1813,  and  again  filled  the  same 
office  from  Aug.  15  to  Aug.  25,  1811.  Mrs.  Sophia  Marvin  d.  at 
Lyme,  Nov.  15,  1863;   William  d.  there  Apr.  16,  1876. 

1  Ancestry  op  the  Rev.  Leverett  I.  F.  Huntington 

Simon  Huntington,  so  named  by  tradition,  b.  in  England,  m.  probably  Margaret 
Baret  of  Norwich  in  England;  he  d.  while  on  the  voyage  to  this  country,  of  smallpox, 
in  1633,  and  was  buried  at  sea.  His  wife  and  family  landed  at  Saybrook,  Conn.  Their 
son  Simon  Huntington,  deacon,  b.  in  England  in  1629,  m.  in  October,  1633,  Sarah, 
dau.  of  Joseph  Clark  of  Windsor,  later  of  Saybrook,  Conn.,  who  d.  in  1721,  aged  eighty- 
eight  years.  Simon  d.  in  Norwich,  June  28,  1706.  Their  son  Lieut.  Samuel  Hunt- 
ington, b.  in  Norwich,  Conn.,  Mar.  1,  1665,  m.  Oct.  29,  1686,  Mary,  probably  dau.  of 
William  Clark  of  Wethersfield.  They  removed  to  Lebanon  in  1700.  He  d.  May  10, 
1717;  she  d.  Oct.  5,  1743.  Their  son  John  Huntington,  b.  in  Lebanon,  Conn., 
May  17,  1706,  m.  Mehitable  Metcalf,  b.  July  26,  1706,  and  had  the  Rev.  David  Hunt- 
ington, b.  in  Lebanon,  Nov.  24,  1745,  who  m.  Nov.  5,  1778,  Elizabeth  Foote  of  Col- 
chester, Conn.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth  College  in  1773;  honorary  degree 
of  A.M.  from  Yale;  d.  Apr.  13,  1812.    Their  son  Leverett  m.  Phebe  Marvin. 


494  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

Children : 

1592  t Junius  Marvin;  b.  Oct.  2,  1820;   m.  1st,  Adeline  C.  Ray- 

mond, 2d,  Ellen  L.  Bennett. 

1593  t  George  Griffin  Marvin,  b.   Feb.    18,   1824;    m.   Harriet 

Stultz. 

1594  Ellen  Clarissa  Marvin,  b.  Nov.  16,  1826 ;   d.  at  Hamburg, 

unm.,  in  July,  1868. 

1595  t  William  Joseph  Marvin,  b.  Apr.   6,   1830;    m.  Ann  M. 

Parker. 

1596  t  Harriet  Sophia  Marvin,  b.  Mar.  26,  1833;   m.  Capt.  Mil- 

ington  L.  Carpenter. 

1597  Francis   Griffin  Marvin,  b.   Nov.   23,   1835;    m.   Jan.   5, 

1891,  his  brother's  widow,  Mrs.  Harriet  (Stultz)  Mar- 
vin. He  served  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  in  Co.  F, 
7th  Regt.,  Kansas  Vols.  Resided  at  Randolph,  Wis., 
and  d.  at  Amboy,  Minn.,  Apr.  9,  1892.     No  issue. 

648  JEMIMA  MARVIN  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme,  Mar. 
28,  1791 ;    m.  Nov.  3,  1821,  Abraham  Blatcheley,  M.D. 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Blatcheley  were  missionaries  to  the  Sandwich 
Islands  from  1822  until  1828.  Judge  William  Marvin  of  Lyme 
has  a  cane  given  to  Dr.  Blatcheley  by  a  native  Hawaiian  chief. 
After  their  return  they  settled  near  Orwell,  Ohio.  Personally,  Dr. 
Blatcheley  "  was  quite  small  and  active  —  '  fussy  '.  He  had  a 
Barlow  pocket  knife  suspended  by  a  long  cord  around  his  neck." 
Mrs.  Jemima  Blatcheley  d.  in  1856. 

Only  child: 

1598  Catharine  M.  Blatcheley,  b.  Mar.  21,  1830;    d.  Aug.  27, 

1833. 

649  JOSEPH  MARVIN  (brother  of  the  above) ,  b.  in  Lyme,  Feb. 
8,  1793 ;  m.  Feb.  19,  1819,  Elizabeth  Hopkins,  b.  in  Feb.,  1795, 
dau.  of  Daniel  P.  and  Sarah  (Payne)  Hopkins  of  Hartford,  Conn., 
and  cousin  to  Elizabeth  Bronson,  first  wife  of  Micah  Sterling, 
Joseph's  uncle. 

Joseph  Marvin  d.  in  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  in  Feb.,  1830.  He  was 
buried  in  such  a  snow  and  the  ground  was  so  new,  that  the  grave 
could  never  be  identified.  His  widow  m.  2d,  in  the  spring  of  1838, 
Peter  Goodsell  of  De  Witt,  N.  Y.,  d.  Mar.  3,  1858,  and  was  buried 
at  Toulon,  111.    By  her  2d  marriage  she  was  the  mother  of  Edward 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     495 

W.  Goodsell,  b.  in  De  Witt  in  1839,  a  student  at  Oberlin  Col- 
lege, who  enlisted  in  Co.  C,  7th  Regt.,  Ohio  Vol.  Infty.,  and  was 
mortally  wounded  at  Antietam,  Sept.  17,  1862,  and  d.  a  few  days 
later. 

Children : 

1599  tLeverett  Huntington  Marvin,  b.  Feb.  22,  1821 ;   m.  Leah 

A.  Baldwin. 

1600  Elizabeth  Marvin,  b.  in  Champion,  N.  Y.,  in  Feb.,  1823; 

d.  unm.  at  Grinnell,  la.,  Apr.  18,  1881 ;    buried  at 
Toulon,  111. 

1601  William   Hopkins    Marvin,    b.    at   Watertown,    Jan.    28, 

1825 ;   d.  at  Oswego,  N.  Y.,  unm.,  about  1817. 

1602  t  Sarah   Adams   Marvin,   b.   Mar.    3,    1828;    m.   the  Rev. 

Richard  C.  Dunn. 

651  WILLIAM  CANFIELD  STERLING  (Elisha,  William,  Jo- 
seph, Daniel,  William),  b.  at  Salisbury,  Conn.,  Apr.  6, 1792 ;  m.  1st, 
June  2,  1814,  Hannah  Moore  Lee,  b.  Aug.  6,  1794,  dau.  of  Capt. 
Samuel  and  Elizabeth  (Brown)  Lee  of  Salisbur}\  She  d.  at  Salis- 
bury, Feb.  23,  1828 ;  he  m.  2d,  May  28,  1829,  Sarah  M.  Norton, 
dau.  of  Seth  Norton  of  Salisbury. 

William  C.  Sterling  was  an  iron  manufacturer  at  Salisbury; 
later  a  merchant  and  manufacturer  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  where 
he  was  also  an  eminent  banker  and  one  of  the  city's  most  pro- 
gressive citizens.     He  d.  Dec.  29,  1877. 

Children  by  first  marriage : 

1603  t  Junius  Lee  Sterling,  b.  June  28,  1815;    m.  Eunice  E. 

Pettee. 

1604  William  Graham  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  16,  1817;   m.  1st,  Apr. 

25,  1848,  Eliza  M.,  dau.  of  William  Whitney  of  Bos- 
ton, Mass.,  who  d.  Nov.  8,  1882;  m.  2d,  June  9, 
1886,  Caroline  M.,  dau.  of  Henry  H.  Huggerford  of 
Northampton,  Mass.,  b.  in  N.  Y.  in  1798  of  English 
descent.  William  G.  Sterling  graduated  at  Amherst 
College  in  1838 ;  was  a  lawyer  in  New  York  City 
and  a  judge  of  one  of  the  district  courts  from  1843 
to  1848.  Judge  Sterling  removed  to  Northampton, 
Mass.,  where  he  d.  Dec.  10,  1905.  He  was  a  man  of 
considerable  means.     No  issue. 

1605  John  Canfield  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  27,  1819 ;    d.  at  Albany, 

N.  Y.,  Sept.  29,  1836. 


496  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


1606  t  Samuel  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  4,  1821;   m.  1st,  Jane  C.  Gard- 

ner, 2d,  Sarah  E.  Hairl. 

1607  tElizabeth  Hannah  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  24,  1823;   m.  Samuel 

P.  Church. 

1608  t  Harriet  Alma  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  29,  1825;    m.  John  B. 

Waring. 

1609  tElisha  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  15,  1828;    m.  1st,  Mary  Pettee, 

2d,  Josephine  D.  Hawley. 
Children  by  second  marriage : 

1610  Sarah  Norton  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  22,  1833 ;    d.  Sept.  14, 

1836. 

1611  John  Elliott  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  23,  1836 ;  m.  in  1863  Clara 

Simonson. 

1612  Cornelia  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  19,  1838 ;  d.  Sept.  19,  1842. 

1613  Francis   Norton   Sterling,   b.   Dec.    6,    1841 ;     lieutenant 

of  Co.  D,  128th  Regt. ;  d.  off  Cape  Hatteras  on 
board  ship  Arago  bound  for  New  Orleans,  Dec.  6, 
1862. 

1614  Mary  Hickok  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  8,  1844 ;    unm. ;    resides 

in  Poughkeepsie  and  New  York.  Miss  Sterling  has 
been  a  valued  contributor  to  this  work. 

1615  Ellen  Canfield  Sterling,  b.  May  6,  1847. 

652  HARRIET  A.  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  June  6, 
1794;  m.  June  25,  1815,  Abiel  Chapin,  b.  Nov.  16,  1786,  son  of 
Phineas  and  Love  (Hurd)  Chapin. 

Abiel  Chapin  owned  the  square  mile  of  land  in  Connecticut 
which  included  the  village  of  Chapinville.  He  carried  on  a  store, 
grist-mill  and  yarn  mill.  He  was  also  associated  with  his  brother- 
in-law,  Frederick  A.  Sterling,  in  running  a  blast  furnace  at  Chap- 
inville. This  furnace  was  recently  (1902)  torn  down.  He  d.  Aug. 
15,  1832.     Mrs.  Harriet  Chapin  d.  Nov.  10,  1824. 

Children : 

1616  t  Henry  Chapin,  b.  Jan.  25,  1817;  m.  Caroline  T.  Child. 

1617  tElisha  Sterling  Chapin,  b.   Mar.  24,   1818;    m.   Almira 

Bryant. 

1618  t  Harriet  Avis  Chapin,  b.  Nov.   12,  1821;    m.  Gilbert  L. 

Granger. 

1619  Avis  Maria  Chapin,  b.  Sept.  3,  1824 ;   d.  Aug.  7,  1825. 

653  FREDERICK  AUGUSTINE  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  Salisbury,  Mar.  18,  1796 ;  m.  June  23,  1825,  Caroline 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     497 

Mary  Dutcher,1  dau.  of  Ruluff  and  Lucinda  (Howe)  Dutcher,  b.  at 
New  Canaan,  Conn.,  July  1,  1806. 

F.  A.  Sterling  was  educated  in  select  schools,  and  was  for  some 
time  a  clerk  in  his  father's  law  office  in  Salisbury.  After  leaving 
this  employment  he  was  largely  engaged  in  iron  manufacture  at 
Salisbury,  being  associated  with  his  brother  William  and  his 
brother-in-law,  Abiel  Chapin.  Their  product  enjoyed  a  wide 
reputation  for  its  superior  qualities  and  was  used  by  the  United 
States  government  for  ordnance.  In  1840  Frederick  removed  to 
Geneva,  N.  Y.,  to  give  his  children  the  benefit  of  a  college  educa- 
tion, and  removed  again  in  1849  to  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Here  he  was 
engaged  in  manufacture  and  in  operating  a  sawmill  in  connection 
with  a  lumber  business.  He  was  a  man  of  the  highest  integrity, 
having  the  confidence  of  every  one  who  did  business  with  him.  He 
d.  in  Cleveland,  Jan.  24,  1859.  Mrs.  Caroline  Sterling  d.  in  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  Jan.  20,  1898. 

Children : 
1620  t  Theodore  Sterling,  b.  Feb.   8,   1827;    m.   Charlotte  M. 
Higgins. 
1  Ancestry  of  Caroline  Mary  (Dutcher)  Sterling 
John  Ashley,  Esq.,  and  his  wife  Mary  of  Westfield,  Mass.,  had  a  son  born  to  them 
Dec.  2,  1709,  John  Ashley  (d.  Sept.  1,  1802),  who  afterwards  lived  at  Sheffield,  Mass., 
and  was  known  first  as  Major  and  afterwards  as  Capt.  John  Ashley.     Capt.  John 
Ashley  m.  Hannah  Hoggeboom,  Sept.  3,  1735;  Hannah  Hoggeboom  d.  June  19,  1790. 
Children  of  Capt.  John  Ashley  and  Hannah  Hoggeboom: 
John  Ashley,  b.  Sept.  26,  1736;  d.  Nov.  5,  1799. 
Jane  Ashley,  b.  May  3,  1738;  d.  Aug.  31,  1814. 
Mary  Ashley,  b.  Aug.  2,  1740;  d.  Dec.  7,  1797. 
Hannah  Ashley,  b.  Nov.  2,  1744;  d.  Jan.  30,  1764. 
Jane  Ashley  m.  Capt.  Ruluff  Dutcher,  who  d.  Nov.  15,  1803,  aged  65  years. 
Ruluff  Dutcher,  Jr.,  youngest  son  of  Jane  Ashley  and  Capt.  Ruluff  Dutcher,  was 
b.  July  6,  1780;  m.  Lucinda  Howe,  Oct.  14,  1803.    Ruluff  Dutcher  d.  Aug.  22,  1851 ; 
Lucinda  Howe  Dutcher  d.  Aug.  27,  1874. 

Children  of  Ruluff  Dutcher  and  Lucinda  Howe  Dutcher: 

Frederick  Ruluff  Dutcher,  b.  Dec.  24,  1804;  d.  October,  1885. 
Caroline  Mary  Dutcher,  b.  July  1,  1806;  d.  January,  1898. 
William  Ashley  Dutcher,  b.  June  9,  1809. 
Emiline  Jane  Dutcher,  b.  June  1,  1812. 
Elisha  Wells  Dutcher,  b.  Oct.  2,  1815;  d.  in  1886. 
Edward  Fellows  Dutcher,  b.  Apr.  2,  1818. 
Caroline  Lucinda  Dutcher,  b.  Jan.  7,  1823. 
Elizabeth  Sheldon  Dutcher,  b.  May  10,  1825;  d.  October,  1867. 
Caroline  Mary  Dutcher,  m.  Frederick  A.  Sterling. 
(The  above  record  of  the  Ashleys  and  Dutchers  is  taken  from  a  family  Bible 
printed  at  Cambridge,  Eng.,  in  1635,  and  now  owned  by  Edward  F.  Dutcher  of 
Oregon,  111.) 


498  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

1621  tRobert  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  24,  1829 ;  m.  Penelope  P.  Camp- 

bell. 

1622  t Frederick  Augustine  Sterling,  b.  May  22,  1831 ;  m.  Mary 

E.  Betts. 

1623  tEdward  Canfield  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  3,  1834;    m.  Cordelia 

Seavey. 

1624  t  Caroline  Dutcher  Sterling,  b.  June  16,  1837;   m.  Joseph 

H.  Choate. 

1625  t  Alfred  Elisha  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  6,  1843 ;    m.  Hellena  T. 

Bradley. 

654  JOHN  MONTGOMERY  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  at  Salisbury,  Feb.  24,  1801 ;  m.  at  New  Haven,  Conn., 
Jan.  7,  1823,  Marianne  Beers,  b.  there  Oct.  31,  1800,  dau.  of 
Elias  and  Jerusha  Beers. 

John  M.  Sterling  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  the  class  of 
1820;  studied  law  with  Judge  Swift  of  Litchfield,  Conn.,  and 
practiced  at  Salisbury  until  May,  1828,  when  he  removed  to 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  where  he  became  a  leading  attorney,  with  resi- 
dence on  Euclid  Avenue.  He  d.  at  Philadelphia,  Oct.  12,  1880. 
Marianne  d.  at  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  May  13,  1888. 

Children : 

1626  tElisha  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  29,  1825 ;   m.  Mary  Hilliard. 

1627  Charlotte  Beers  Sterling,  b.  in  New  Haven  in  1828 ;    m. 

in  Cleveland,  June  19,  1848,  Albert  Gallatin  Law- 
rence, b.  at  Delphi,  N.  Y.,  May  9,  1812;  a  lawyer; 
he  d.  at  Belvidere,  111.,  June  1,  1893.  Mrs.  Law- 
rence was  living  in  New  York  City  in  1903. 

1628  tMary  Anne  Sterling,  b.  Dec.   5,  1829;    m.  Thomas  P. 

Rossiter. 

1629  Susan  Fitch  Sterling,  b.  in   Cleveland,  Sept.   23,   1830; 

was  drowned  in  a  cistern  in  Cleveland,  Aug.  12, 
1844. 

1630  John  Montgomery  Sterling,  b.  in  Cleveland,  Dec.  8,  1832 ; 

m.  Dec.  9,  1857,  Louisa  Roberts,  who  d.  Mar.  1, 
1894.  He  was  a  manufacturer  in  Cleveland.  No 
issue. 

1631  Harriet  Canfield  Sterling,  b.  in  Cleveland,  Oct.  10,  1834 ; 

m.  there  Nov.  15,  1877,  George  Buckham  of  New 
York,  who  d.  in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  in  1896.     No  issue. 

1632  tTheodore  Weld  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  1,  1836;    m.  Susan  D. 

Price. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     499 

1633  James  Andrews  Sterling,  b.  in  Cleveland,  Aug.  16,  1838; 

d.  unm.  at  Boulder,  Colo.,  Sept.  19,  1863. 

1634  Laura  Willey  Sterling,  b.  in  Cleveland,  June  12,   1842; 

d.  unm.  at  Rye,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  22,  1870. 

655  ELISHA  THOMAS  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Salisbury,  July  15,  1806;  m.  July  30,  1833,  Margaret  Tuttle, 
b.  Aug.  18,  1809,  dau.  of  Asahel  and  Sarah  (Sherman)  Tuttle 
of  New  Haven,  Conn.  E.  T.  Sterling  was  president  of  the  Cuya- 
hoga Steam  Furnace  Co.  of  Cleveland,  O.,  then  one  of  the  largest 
makers  of  marine  engines  in  the  country.  Tins  firm  built  the  first 
locomotive  which  went  out  of  Cleveland  on  the  C,  C.  and  C.  rail- 
way. The  family  home  was  on  the  Euclid  Avenue  side  of  the 
public  square,  opposite  the  soldiers'  monument,  and  is  still  standing. 
Elisha  d.  Aug.  7,  1859.  Margaret  d.  at  Grosse  Isle,  Mich.,  Aug. 
29,  1871. 

Child: 

1635  t  James  Tuttle  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  29,  1834;    m.  Sarah  M. 

Webster. 

656  THEODORE  BUEL  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  at  Salisbury,  July  18,  1808;  m.  1st,  Dec.  31,  1833,  Ruth  Ann 
Smith,  b.  at  Beekman,  Dutchess  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  28,  1810;  she 
d.  Apr.  27,  1845,  and  was  buried  at  Beekman ;  m.  2d,  at  Beek- 
man, Aug.  14,  1846,  Mary  Amanda  Smith,  b.  there  Aug.  24, 
1812. 

Theodore  had  charge  of  the  iron  furnace  at  Beekman  when  a 
young  man.  He  removed  to  Cleveland  in  1846,  where  for  a  j'ear 
he  was  employed  at  the  Cuyahoga  Steam  Furnace,  then  went  into 
the  grocery  business.  In  1849  he  removed  to  Iron  Ridge,  Wis., 
where  he  engaged  in  mining,  lumbering,  and  farming.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Legislature  from  his  district  in  1854.  He  d.  June 
16,  1857.  Mrs.  Mary  Sterling  d.  Apr.  6,  1854.  Buried  at  Iron 
Ridge. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

1636  Watson  Gilbert  Sterling,  b.  at  Beekman,  Jan.  15,  1835; 

settled  at  Greeley,  Colo.,  in  1878,  where  he  is  a  stock 
raiser ;    unm. 

1637  tRuth  Ann  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  17,  1837;    m.  Martin  V.  B. 

Gillette. 


500  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Children  by  second  marriage: 

1638  tMary  Dianna  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  21,  1848 ;  m.  1st,  William 

B.  Doolittle,  2d,  Jared  L.  Brush. 

1639  tMargaret  Jennet  Sterling,  b.  July  3,  1850;    m.  Charles 

A.  Moodey. 

657  HENRY  DUDLEY  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Salisbury,  Jan.  10,  1810 ;  m.  Nov.  26,  1834,  Amelia  Vander- 
burgh, b.  June  21,  1812,  dau.  of  George  W.  and  Margaret  (Hax- 
tun)  Vanderburgh,  granddau.  of  Col.  James  Vanderburgh,  an 
officer  of  note  in  the  Revolution.  Henry  settled  at  Poughquag, 
Beekman  township,  Dutchess  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  1829.  He  was  for  many 
years  actively  engaged  in  the  operation  of  the  iron  furnaces  there ; 
held  the  offices  of  assessor  and  school  commissioner  for  several 
terms  and  was  a  consistent  member  of  the  M.  E.  church.  He 
d.  Jan.  31,  1889.     His  widow  was  living  with  her  son  in  1902. 

Children : 

1640  tAlma  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  5,  1835;   m.  J.  H.  Green. 

1641  George  Henry  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  1,  1840;   unm.,  living  at 

Poughquag,  in  1902. 

658  GEORGE  W.  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Salisbury,  Dec.  13,  1812;  m.  1st,  Apr.  17,  1834,  Ruth  Ann 
Chapin,  b.  in  1817,  dau.  of  Phineas  Chapin  of  Great  Barrington, 
Mass.,  who  d.  there  Sept.  26,  1843;   m.  2d,  Emeline  R.  Moody. 

He  settled  at  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  a  manufac- 
turer.    He  was  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature  in  1854. 
Children  by  first  marriage: 

1642  tLucinda  Ruth  Sterling,  b.  July  12,  1842;    m.  1st,  John 

C.  Holley,  2d,  J.  Frank  Hull. 

1643  Alma    Ruth    Sterling    (twin    with    above)  ;    m.    Oct.    22, 

1862,  Charles  H.  S.  Williams;  m.  2d,  Jeremiah 
Wright.  She  was  living  on  Stat  en  Island,  N.  Y., 
1902. 

659  ALMA  CANFIELD  STERLING  ( sister  of  the  above) ,  b.  in 
Salisbury,  Sept.  17,  1817;  m.  June  12,  1839,  William  Johnson 
Cogswell,  b.  in  New  Preston,  Conn.,  Nov.  4,  1799,  son  of  the 
Hon.  William  and  Amaryllis  (Johnson)  Cogswell. 

Mr.  Cogswell  was  educated  at  Yale.    He  was  a  lawyer  and  set- 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     501 

tied  at  Jamaica,  Long  Island.  Mrs.  Alma  Cogswell  d.  Dec.  16, 
1880. 

Children : 

1644  TWilliam  Sterling  Cogswell,  b.  Dec.  29,  1840;  m.  Hen- 
rietta Spader. 

1615  George  Eldon  Cogswell,  b.  Nov.  4,  1842;  d.  Apr.  16, 
1863. 

1646  f  Theodore  Johnson  Cogswell,  b.  Jan.  27,  1845;  m.  Maria 
B.  Parmenter. 

164T  Edward  Worth  Cogswell,  b.  July  21,  1847;  d.  July 
20,  1869. 

1648  tEmma  Sterling  Cogswell,  b.  Feb.  23,  1851;    m.  William 

S.  Canfield. 

1649  James  Henry  Cogswell,  b.  Mar.  18,  1853;    d.  Feb.  20, 

1856. 

1650  Francis   Janvier  Cogswell,  b.   Sept.    19,   1854;    unm.   in 

1884. 

661  JUDGE  THOMAS  SILL  STERLING  (William,  William, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Sterling  City,  Lyme,  Conn.,  Apr. 
5,  1798;  m.  Aug.  25,  1824,  Mary  P.  Falconer  of  Winchester, 
Wayne  Co.,  Miss. 

Thomas  S.  Sterling  was  a  graduate  of  Yale  in  the  class  of 
1820;  removed  shortly  thereafter  to  Winchester,  Miss.,  where  he 
practised  law.  After  his  marriage  he  settled  at  Quitman,  Clarke 
Co.,  Miss. ;  in  1825  he  was  elected  to  the  Mississippi  Legislature, 
serving  two  terms,  and  in  1833  he  was  elected  circuit  judge  of 
Pearl  River  circuit,  an  office  he  continued  to  hold  until  his  death. 
He  d.  of  typhoid  fever  Jan.  26,  1839.  His  widow  then  removed 
to  Wilcox  Co.,  Ala. 

Children : 

1651  """William  Sterling,  m.  Amanda  Burton. 

1652  t  Thomas  Falconer  Sterling,  m.  Sarah  T.  Cooper. 

1653  Mary  Jerusha  Sterling,  d.  aged  10  years. 

662  WILLIAM  ERASTUS  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above) , 
b.  at  Sterling  City,  June  4,  1801 ;  m.  Aug.  16,  1838,  Octavia  Par- 
sons, b.  in  Scipio,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  27,  1815,  dau.  of  Lewis  B.  and 
Lucina  (Hobart)  Parsons  of  Gouverneur,  N.  Y. 

Lucina  Hobart  was  born  under  the  name  of  Hoar ;   her  father, 


502  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

a  native  of  Massachusetts,  had  the  name  of  Hoar  changed  to 
Hobart  by  an  act  of  the  Legislature. 

William  E.  Sterling  removed  to  Gouverneur,  N.  Y.,  about  1830 
with  his  mother  and  sister  Maria.  He  was  a  merchant  and  a 
buyer  of  cattle  and  produce.  He  and  his  brother-in-law,  Judge 
Dodge,  became  the  most  prominent  men  of  their  time  in  the  village 
and  did  much  to  maintain  a  high  public  sentiment,  both  in  religion 
and  morals,  being  men  of  education  and  much  native  refinement. 
He  was  supervisor  of  his  town  in  1842,  1844,  and  1845.  He  d. 
in  Gouverneur,  Mar.  5,  1861.     Octavia  d.  there  Dec.  25,  1881. 

Children,  born  in  Gouverneur: 

1654  Maria  Ely  Sterling,  b.  July  22,  1839;    unm. ;    living  at 

Gouverneur,  1902. 

1655  """Emily  Parsons  Sterling,  b.  July  3,  1842;   m.  John  Doud. 

1656  Frances  Jerusha  Sterling,  b.  July  11,  1844;    unm. 

1657  William  Erastus  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  6,  1846 ;   d.  Apr.  20, 

1858. 

1658  Anna  Lucina  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  5,  1848;    d.  unm.  Feb. 

7,  1871. 

1659  tLewis  Thomas  Sterling,  b.   Oct.  7,  1851;    m.  Elizabeth 

B.  Nichols. 

663  JERUSHA  LAY  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at 
Sterling  City,  May  25,  1803 ;  m.  Dec.  31,  1829,  Edwin  Dodge, 
b.  at  Kent,  Conn.,  Dec.  13,  1801,  son  of  Gardner  and  Rhoda 
Dodge. 

Edwin  Dodge  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Sterling  and  Bron- 
son,  in  Watertown ;  Micah  Sterling,  senior  member  of  the  firm, 
was  Jerusha's  uncle.  Mr.  Dodge  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas  at  the  June  term,  1829.  He  served  one 
term  as  member  of  Assembly  in  1833.  He  removed  to  Gouverneur, 
N.  Y.,  sometime  before  1836.  Was  appointed  as  an  associate 
judge  Mar.  19,  1845,  and  at  the  first  election  at  which  the  office 
of  county  judge  was  made  elective  in  June,  1847,  he  was  chosen 
for  that  office  and  was  again  elected  in  1851,  serving  in  that 
capacity  until  the  expiration  of  the  four-year  term,  1855,  in  all 
eight  years.  Edwin  Dodge  was  postmaster  at  Gouverneur  for 
twenty  years,  was  president  of  the  Potsdam  and  Watertown  rail- 
way in  the  50's,  and  took  a  prominent  part  in  all  the  affairs  of  his 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     503 

town.      He  d.   in  Watertown,   N.   Y.,  Nov.    15,    1877.      Jerusha 
Dodge  d.  at  Gouverneur,  Mar.  7,  1883. 
Children : 

1660  Emma  Sterling  Dodge,  b.  Jan.  17,  1833 ;    d.  unm.  Nov. 

13,  1853. 

1661  t William  Robert  Dodge,  b.  June   16,   1834;    m.  Martha 

J.  Noyes. 

1662  tMaria  Lay  Dodge,  b.  Sept.  5,  1837;   m.  John  Lansing. 

1663  Edwin  Gardner  Dodge,  b.  Aug.  10,  1839 ;    d.  at  Gouver- 

neur, unm.,  Oct.  28,  1887. 

667  WELLIAM  SILL  {Jemima,  William,  Joseph,  Daniel,  Wil- 
liam), b.  in  Lyme,  Conn.,  Feb.  8,  1792;  m.  Oct.  17,  1816,  Sophia 
Hopkins,  b.  in  Dec,  1791,  at  Waterbury,  Conn.,  dau.  of  Joseph 
and  Ruth  (Gilbert)  Hopkins  of  Rutland,  N.  Y.,  a  descendant  of 
John  H.  and  Jane  Hopkins  in  the  sixth  generation. 

William  Sill  removed  to  Rodman,  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  during 
the  War  of  1812.  He  carried  on  a  general  store  there  for  a 
number  of  years.  In  1836  he  bought  a  farm  on  which  he  lived 
until  his  death.  His  wife  d.  there  May  16,  1851 ;  he  m.  2d,  Mar. 
3,  1853,  Mrs.  Sarah  (Burt)  Isham,  dau.  of  Moses  and  Sarah 
(Robbins)  Burt  of  Wilbraham,  Mass.     He  d.  Aug.  8,  1869. 

Children : 

1664  t  Mary  Matson  Sill,  b.  July  19,  1817;    m.  Horace  Brown. 

1665  tjohn   Sterling   Sill,   b.   Oct.    27,    1820;    m.   Arietta   V. 

Winslow. 

1666  Edward  Sill,  b.  Nov.  8,  1824;    m.  June  4,  1850,  Melissa 

Owen,  b.  in  1830  at  Boonville,  N.  Y.  He  was  a  phy- 
sician at  Boonville  and  Watertown.  Had  in  1858 
Cora  Sophia,  b.  in  July,  1855.  He  d.  in  1893. 
1668  Elizabeth  Sill  (twin  with  above)  ;  m.  May  8,  1850,  Eras- 
tus  S.  Kelsey,  b.  Oct.  3,  1821,  at  Lerayville,  N.  Y., 
son  of  Sylvester.  A  farmer  at  Lerayville  in  1858. 
Children :  Henry  Hopkins,  b.  Apr.  9,  1853  ;  William 
Sylvester,  b.  Apr.  29,  1857. 

668  JERUSHA  SILL  {sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  Sterling  City, 
Lyme,  June  18,  1794;  m.  in  Oct.,  1817,  Frederick  Beckwith,  b. 
in  1794,  son  of  Barzilla  and  Livia  (Griffin)  Beckwith,  brother 
of   Elizabeth,   who   m.   Jerusha's   brother   Micah. 

Frederick  Beckwith  was  a  fuller  and  cloth  dresser  at  Lyme. 


504  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


In  1824  he  removed  to  Glens  Falls,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d.  in  Oct.. 
1825.     Jerusha  d.  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  after  1858. 
Children : 
16T1  t  William  Edmund  Beckwith,  b.  Jan.  9,  1819;    m.   Sarah 
Doe. 

1672  t  Thomas  Sterling  Beckwith,  b.  Jan.  11,  1821;    m.  Sarah 

Oliphant. 

1673  t  Cornelia   E.    Beckwith,   b.    Sept.    9,    1822;     m.    Edward 

Sackett. 

1674  George  Griffin  Beckwith,  b.  at  Glens  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Aug. 

7,  1824;   d.  in  June,  1825. 

1675  tMaria  Sterling  Beckwith,  b.   June  22,  1826;    m.   Jesse 

H.  Morley. 

670  LUCY  SELL  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme,  in  Apr., 
1799;  m.  June  25,  1821,  Silas  Marvin,  b.  Mar.  1,  1784,  sixth 
son  of  Ozias  and  Sarah  (Lockwood)  Marvin  of  Norwalk,  Conn., 
a  descendant  of  Matthew  Marvin  of  Hartford,  afterward  of  Nor- 
walk.    (See  No.  12.) 

Silas  Marvin  was  a  merchant,  a  dealer  in  furs  in  Watertown, 
N.  Y.,  and  later  in  Oswego,  N.  Y.  He  also  conducted  a  tannery 
and  manufactured  morocco  leather  and  was  a  middleman  in  the 
wool  trade.  Lucy  (Sill)  Marvin  d.  at  Newport,  R.  L,  Sept.  9, 
1838.     Silas  Marvin  d.  at  Oswego  in  May,  1863. 

Children : 

1676  t  Charlotte  Bradley  Marvin,  b.  May  3,  1822;    m.  Henry 

H.  Cozzens. 

1677  George  Marvin,  d.  in  infancy. 

1678  John   Marvin,  b.   Jan.   7,   1826;    m.   Mary   Mahon;    d. 

about    1870    in    Oswego,    N.    Y.,    leaving    several 
children. 

1679  George  Silas  Marvin,  d.  in  infancy. 

671  CLARISSA  STERLING  SILL  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Lyme,  Mar.  31,  1801 ;  m.  Dec.  2,  1817,  Sylvanus  Cone,  b.  Jan.  22, 
1793,  at  Granville,  Washington  Co.,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Eleazer  and 
Rebecca  (Beckwith)  Cone  of  East  Haddam,  Conn.,  afterward  of 
Granville. 

Sylvanus  Cone  lived  at  Lyme  a  year  or  so  after  his  marriage, 
then   removed  to  Lee,  Mass.,  in   1819,  where  he  remained   until 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     505 

1821,  when  he  went  to  Fort  Ann,  Washington  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and 
thence  in  1832  to  Gouverneur,  St.  Lawrence  Co.,  N.  Y.  He  was 
a  manufacturer  of  woolen  cloths  in  the  two  latter  places.  At 
Gouverneur  he  purchased  a  farm  but  never  gave  his  time  to 
agriculture.  Sylvanus  d.  at  Gouverneur,  June  14,  1877.  Cla- 
rissa d.  there  Mar.  14,  1885. 
Children : 

1680  tHenry  Clay  Cone,  b.  Feb.  1,  1819;    m.  Sarah  Elizabeth 

Kincaid. 

1681  tCharles  Sterling  Cone,  b.  Jan.  15,  1821;    m.  1st,  Lucy 

A.  B.  Parsons ;    2d,  Mary  Thomas. 

1682  Julia  Anna  Moore  Cone,  b.  at"  Fort  Ann,  Dec.  25,  1822; 

d.   in  Gouverneur,  N.  Y.,  Aug.   16,  1902,  unm. 

1683  tDelia  Cone,  b.  Oct.  1,  1825;   m.  1st,  David  Chamberlain; 

2d,  Orville  E.  Van  Buren. 

1684  tFrances  Cone,  b.  Sept.  10,  1826;  m.  William  Malcolm. 

1685  t  Caroline  White  Cone,  b.  June  30,  1829;    m.  Junius  M. 

Backus.     (No.  1688.) 

1686  Mary  Sill  Cone,  b.  in  Gouverneur,  N.  Y.,  in  Sept.,  1834 ; 

d.  July  28,  1836. 

672  ELISHA  STERLING  SILL  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Lyme,  July  17,  1803 ;  m.  at  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  27,  1832,  De- 
light Coffeen,  b.  June  17,  1813,  dau.  of  Henry  Hale  Coffeen  of 
Watertown,  who  m.  in  1808  Delight  Whitney,  by  whom  he  had  two 
children,  Emeline,  b.  in  Mar.,  1809,  and  Delight.  Delight  (Whit- 
ney) Coffeen  d.  in  July,  1813,  and  Henry  m.  2d,  Feb.  9,  1815, 
Sarah  Henderson,  by  whom  he  had  five  children. 

Elisha  S.  Sill  was  a  merchant  and  broker  in  Watertown,  N.  Y., 
until  1864,  when  he  went  West  with  his  wife  and  son  and  the 
next  year  located  at  Monroe,  Mich.,  and  went  into  the  boot  and 
shoe  trade  in  which  he  was  very  successful.  Trinity  Episcopal 
church  in  Monroe  stands  as  a  monument  to  his  memory.  He  d. 
Sept.  27,  1889 ;  Delight  Sill  d.  Sept.  2,  1897. 

Only  child: 

1687  ■  Frank  Sterling  Sill,  b.  Dec.  17,  1843;    m.  1st,  Alice  A. 

Johnson,  2d,  Elizabeth  Manning. 

674  EMELINE  SILL  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme,  July 
30,  1808;    m.  in  1830,  Clark  Backus,  b.   at  Fort  Ann,  N.  Y., 


506  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Apr.  7,  1807,  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Jemima  (Chandler)  Backus 
of  Fort  Ann. 

Emeline  d.  at  Granville,  N.  Y.,  in  1834,  and  Clark  Backus 
m.  2d,  at  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  14,  1836,  Alpa  Maria  Keeler, 
b.  in  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  in  1815,  who  d.  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  in  1887. 
By  this  second  marriage  there  were  two  children,  Emeline  (Backus) 
Waldby  and  Elinor  Backus,  both  living  (1902)  at  Adrian,  Mich. 
Clark  Backus  d.  at  Adrian,  Mich.,  Mar.  1,  1896. 

Children  of  Emeline  (Sill)   Backus: 

1688  t  Junius   Marvin  Backus,  b.  in   Nov.,   1832;    m.   Caroline 

W.  Cone.     (See  No.  1685.) 

1689  t  George  M.  Backus,  b.  Oct.  19,  1834 ;  m.  Mary  J.  Randall. 

675  PHEBE  STERLING  (Dudley,  William,  Joseph,  Daniel, 
William),  b.  in  Sterling  City  in  1799  (bapt.  there  in  Oct.,  1812)  ; 
m.  there  Feb.  15,  1821,  John  Elmore  (No.  355),  b.  in  Canaan, 
Conn.,  Dec.  17,  1792,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Sterling) 
Elmore  (No.  140).  He  was  a  lawyer  in  East  Canaan,  where 
he  d.  June  11,  1857.    Phebe  d.  Mar.  21,  1852. 

Children : 

1690  tElisha  Sterling  Elmore,  b.  Feb.  4,  1823;    m.  Lucia  W. 

Drake. 

1691  tJohn  D.  Elmore,  b.  Feb.   10,  1825;    m.   1st,  Lydia  A. 

Carrier,  2d,  Oliva  Vermilya. 

1692  tFrederick  W.  Elmore,  b.  May  25,  1827;    m.  Helen  M. 

Drake. 

1693  tHarriette  J.  Elmore,  b.  Aug.  29,  1829;  m.  Henry  Drake. 

1694  t  George   W.   Elmore,   b.   Aug.   24,    1831;    m.    Julia  A. 

Johnson. 

1695  Theodore  Elmore,  b.  Jan.  16,  1839;    m. . 

676  HARRIET  ALMA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Sterling  City  in  1803 ;    m.  about  1840  Bennett  Bates,  who 

m.  1st,  Morgan,  of  Kent,  Conn.,  by  whom  he  had  Adeline, 

b.  at  Owego,  Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  6,  1820  (m.  1st,  Henry  Sim- 
monds  of  Kent,  Conn.,  who  was  mustered  into  the  U.  S.  service 
May  14,  1847,  and  d.  at  Puebla,  Mex.,  in  Aug.,  1847.  She  m. 
2d,  Nov.  3,  1858,  John  A.  Beckley,  who  d.  June  14,  1874;  she 
d.  Nov.  24,  1896)  ;  Leman,  M.D.,  who  lived  in  California;  John  C, 
of  New  Haven;    and  Betsey  A.,  who  m.  Hiram  Cogswell.      (See 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     507 

Cogswell  Gene.)     Mrs.  Harriet  A.  Bates  d.  about  1855.     Bennett 
Bates  d.  June  26,  1878. 

Child : 

1696  Elisha  Sterling  Bates,  b.  in  Canaan,  Conn. ;    enlisted  Oct. 

25,  1861,  in  the  11th  Regt.,  Conn.  Vols.     Killed  at 
the  Battle  of  Antietam,  Sept.  17,  1862. 

681  ERASTUS  SUMNER  STERLING  (Erastus,  William,  Jo- 
seph, Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Lyme  in  1805;  m.  1st,  in  1830,  Flo- 
rilla  Goff,  b.  in  1804,  dau.  of  Daniel  Goff.  She  d.  in  1851.  He  m. 
2d,  in  1852,  Mrs.  Polly  Antisdel,  b.  in  1808,  dau.  of  Daniel  and 
Hannah  (Hicks)  North,  widow  of  A.  Antisdel  of  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
He  was  a  merchant;  d.  in  1868;  she  d.  in  1871. 
Children : 

1697  Henry  Sumner  Sterling,  b.  in  1831 ;    d.  in  1834. 

1698  t William  Alexander   Sterling,  b.   in   1833;    m.   Mary   E. 

Marsh. 

683  FRANCES  CORNELIA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Lyme,  Sept.  29,  1814  ;  m.  Mar.  23,  1833,  Marcellus  Massey,  b. 
in  Watertown,  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  28,  1813,  son  of  Hart 
and  Lucy   (Swain)   Massey,  early  settlers  of  Jefferson  Co. 

Mr.  Massey  rose  from  being  a  farmer's  boy  to  the  presidency 
of  the  Rome,  Watertown  and  Ogdensburg  R.  R.,  an  office  he  held 
many  years.  He  d.  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  June  28,  1890.  Mrs. 
Massey  was  still  living  in  Brooklyn  in  1903. 

Children : 

1699  Robert   D.   Massey,  b.   in  Brownville,  N.  Y.,  Apr.   28, 

1837;  unm. 

1700  tFrederick  Sterling  Massey,  b.  Apr.  8,  1839;    m.  Minnie 

Masson. 

1701  Frank  M.   Massey,  b.   in   Youngstown,  N.   Y.,  Feb.   9, 

1841 ;  d.  Mar.  15,  1846. 

1702  Thompson   Morris    Massey,   b.    in    Brownville,    Jan.    23, 

1844.     He  was  a  banker  in  Brooklyn;    d.  in  1884, 
unm. 

685  ELIZA  ANN  FISH  (Clarissa,  William,  Joseph,  Daniel, 
William),  b.  in  Lyme,  Sept.  11,  1804;  m.  Feb.  17,  1820,  Henry 
Moore,  b.  at  Adams,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  1,  1796.     She  d.  about  1830. 


508  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Children : 

1703  Joliash  Moore,  b.  Sept.  20,  1821. 

1704  tHarriet  Cornelia  Moore,  b.  Oct.  18,  1821;   m.  Lucien  B. 

Leach. 

686  ABBIE  MARIA  FISH  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme, 
June  30,  1806;  m.  Mar.  4,  1822,  Lyman  White,  b.  Apr.  14, 
1800,  son  of  Maj.  George  and  Lydia  (Williams)  White  of  Jeffer- 
son Co.,  N.  Y.  They  settled  at  Pamelia,  N.  Y.,  removed  to 
Rutland,  N.  Y.,  and  afterward  to  Illinois.  Lyman  White  d. 
Aug.  16,  1846,  and  Abbie  m.  2d,  Feb.  3,  1848,  Capt.  Harry 
Boardman,  b.  Feb.  28,  1793,  a  farmer  at  Dupage,  111.  He  had 
been  a  captain  in  the  Black  Hawk  War  in  1832.  He  d.  May 
30,  1876;   she  d.  July  14,  1866. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

1705  tGeorge    C.    White,    b.    Aug.    25,    1825;     m.    Mary    J. 

Chapman. 

1706  Hiram  Morris   White,   b.    at   Pamelia,   N.   Y.,   Nov.    23, 

1827;   d.  unm.  in  California,  Sept.  14,  1851. 

1707  Egbert  Harvey  White,  b.   at  Rutland,  N.   Y.,   Mar.   4, 

1830;  m.  Jan.  12,  1859,  Sarah  E.  Lawrence  of  N.  Y., 
and  d.  at  Joliet,  111.,  Jan.  24,  1860.     No  issue. 

1708  t  Cornelia  Maria  White,  b.  Oct.  28,  1832;  m.  Dr.  Artemus 

Chapel. 

1709  tjohn  Sylvester  White,  b.   Sept.  1,  1835;    m.   1st,  Mary 

A.  Farmer,  2d,  Mrs.  Salvina  R.  Smith. 

687  CLARISSA  STERLING  FISH  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Lyme,  Jan.  21,  1808 ;  m.  Oct.  28,  1830,  Ward  Hubbard,  b.  at  Steu- 
ben, N.  Y.,  Sept.  26,  1797,  2d  son  of  Noadiah  and  Eunice  (Ward) 
Hubbard  of  Champion,  N.  Y.  (See  No.  1662.)  He  came  to 
Champion  with  his  father  in  1799.  He  was  a  prominent  farmer 
there  and  held  several  town  offices;  d.  Oct.  13,  1890.  Clarissa 
Hubbard  d.  Sept.  28,  1901,  at  Watertown,  N.  Y. 

Children,  born  at  Champion : 

1710  Mary  Hedges  Hubbard,  b.  Oct.  16,  1831;    d.  Jan.  20, 

1836. 

1711  Cornelia  Hubbard,  b.  July  30,  1833;   d.  Oct.  3,  1860. 

1712  Emma  Fish  Hubbard,  b.   June  20,   1835;    d.   Oct.   13, 

1858. 


WILLIAM   STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     509 


1713  t Ellen   Sterling  Hubbard,  b.   June   20,   1835    (twin   with 

Emma)  ;    m.  William  L.  Bones. 

1714  Mary  Hubbard,  b.  Oct.  24,  1837  ;  unm. ;  living  in  Water- 

town,  N.  Y.,  1902. 

1715  Augustus  Hubbard,  b.  Nov.  17,  1839 ;   d.  in  June,  1877. 

1716  Clara  Eunice  Hubbard,  b.  Dec.  13,  1846 ;    unm. ;    living 

in  Watertown. 

689  MARY  FISH  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Lyme,  July  10, 
1811 ;  m.  in  Oct.,  1832,  at  Wratertown,  N.  Y.,  Joel  Aldrich  Mat- 
teson,  b.  at  Watertown,  Aug.  2,  1808,  son  of  Elnathan  Matteson. 

Joel  A.  Matteson,  after  some  experience  in  business  and  as 
a  teacher,  in  1831  went  to  southern  California  where  he  was  fore- 
man in  the  construction  of  the  first  railroad  in  that  State.  In 
1834  he  removed  to  near  Joliet,  111.,  where  he  became  a  contractor 
on  the  Illinois  and  Michigan  canal  and  was  also  engaged  in 
operating  a  mill  and  as  a  merchant  at  Joliet.  After  serving 
three  terms  in  the  State  Senate  he  was  elected  governor  of  Illi- 
nois in  1852  and  removed  to  Springfield,  the  capital.  In  Feb., 
1855,  he  was  defeated  by  Lyman  Trumbull  for  the  United  States 
senatorship. 

At  the  close  of  his  gubernatorial  term  he  was  complimented  by 
the  Legislature  and  returned  to  private  life  a  popular  man.  Later, 
there  were  developed  grave  scandals  in  connection  with  the  re- 
funding of  certain  canal  script  with  which  his  name,  unfortunately, 
was  connected.  He  turned  over  to  the  State  property  to  the  value 
of  nearly  $250,000,  for  its  indemnification.  He  finally  took  up 
his  residence  in  Chicago  and  later  spent  considerable  time  in  travel 
in  Europe.  He  was  for  many  years  the  lessee  and  president 
of  the  Chicago  and  Alton  Railroad.  He  d.  in  Chicago,  Jan.  31, 
1873.     (Hist.  Encyclopedia  of  111.,  p.  356.) 

Mrs.  Mary  Matteson  d.  in  Chicago,  Mar.  28,  1894. 

Children : 

1717  tMary  Jane  Matteson,  b.  July  19,  1833;    m.  Roswell  E. 

Goodell. 

1718  t  Charles  Sterling  Matteson,  b.  Apr.  7,  1835;    m.  Eliza- 

beth Maxwell. 

1719  tLydia  Olivia  Matteson,  b.  Jan.  1,  1837;    m.  John  Mc- 

Ginnis,  Jr. 


510  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

1720  Frederick  William  Matteson,  b.  in  Joliet,  111.,  Mar.  11, 

1839;  major  of  battalion  of  Yates  Sharp-Shooters 
in  the  Civil  War;  d.  of  typhoid  fever  in  camp 
Aug.  8,  1862,  at  Corinth,  Miss. ;    unm. 

1721  James  Matteson,  b.  in  Feb.,  1841 ;    d.  in  Apr.,  1842. 

1722  t  Clara  Sterling  Matteson,  b.  July  2,  1844 ;  m.  1st,  Thomas 

P.  Hart,  2d,  James  R.  Doolittle. 

1723  t  Belle    Matteson,   b.    Mar.    19,    1849;    m.    Adolphus   H. 

Powell. 

690  ELIZABETH  BRONSON  FISH  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Champion,  N.  Y.,  May  14,  1813;  m.  in  Joliet,  111.,  about  1840, 
Harvey  Lowe,  b.  in  Essex,  Mass.,  about  1813.  Elizabeth  d.  in 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  about  1875.  Harvey  Lowe  m.  2d  a  Miss  Fenn 
of  Harrisburg,  Penn.,  and  had  one  child,  Harvey,  who  was  living 
in  1902  with  his  mother  in  Washington,  D.  C.  Harvey  Lowe  d. 
in  Chicago,  111.,  in  1893. 

Children,  born  in  Joliet,  111. : 

1724  t  Henry  E.  Lowe,  b.  Feb.  10,  1841 ;   m.  Ellen  M.  Bishop. 

1725  Charles  Lowe,  b.  in  1845;   d.  in  1846. 

1726  James  P.  Lowe,  b.  in  1847 ;  m.  in  1886,  in  Chicago,  Edith 

H.  Evans;  d.  while  on  his  wedding  journey  in  N.  Y. 
City.     No  issue. 

1727  Anna   Kate  Lowe,  b.   in   1850;    m.   in   1887,   in  Kansas 

City,  Herbert  Guthrie,  who  d.  in  1897.  No  issue. 
She  resides  in  Chicago. 


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691  WILLIAM  STERLING  FISH  (brother  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Champion,  July  6,  1816;  m.  1st,  in  1847,  at  Okala,  Fla., 
Elender  Blitch,  b.  in  1831,  who  d.  at  Baxter,  Fla.,  Apr.  12,  1898. 
He  m.  2d,  Nancy  Romaine. 

Children : 

1728  tjohn  Fish,  b.  Oct.  4,  1849;   m.  Sarah  W.  Kemble. 

1729  t  J.  B.  Fish,  b.  in  1855  ;  m. Smith. 

1730  Bronson  Fish,  b.  in  Okala,  Fla. ;   d.  in  Joliet,  111. 

692  EMMA  FISH  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  July  2,  1818;  m. 
1837,  William  Asa  Boardman,  b.  at  Hyde  Park,  Vt.,  Feb.  4, 
1806,  son  of  Alfred  and  Lydia  (Little)  Boardman  of  Morris- 
town,  Vt.,  descendant  in  the  6th  generation  from  Samuel  Boreman 
of  Wethersfield,  Conn.     Mr.  Boardman  was  a  lawyer  at  Joliet, 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     511 

111.     He  was  elected  to  the  office  of  district  attorney  and  was  for 
many  years  a  district  judge.     He  d.   at  Joliet,  Oct.   12,   1872; 
she  d.  at  Waukegan,  111.,  Nov.  12,  1853. 
Children : 

1731  Alfred    Boardman,   b.    in    Joliet,   Aug.    2,    1839;     d.    at 

Quincy,  111.,  Sept.  24,  1903,  unm. 

1732  t  Calvin  F.  Boardman,  b.  Feb.  24,  1841;   m.  Sarah  Griffin. 

1733  t  Clara  M.  Boardman,  b.  Sept.  20,  1843;    m.  William  B. 

Keese. 

1734  t Lilly  C.  Boardman,  b.  May  23,  1850;   m.  1st,  Byron  Van 

Dyke,  2d,  J.  L.  Le  Sieur. 

693  HENRY  FISH  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  at  Rutland,  N.  Y., 
Dec.  19,  1819;  m.  at  Lockport,  111.,  Feb.  1,  1854,  Mary  Virginia 
Manning,  b.  at  Brownville,  111.,  Oct.  19,  1829,  dau.  of  Joel  Man- 
ning (b.  at  Andover,  Vt.,  Oct.  9,  1793;  d.  at  Joliet,  Jan.  8,  1869, 
who  m.  Diza  Jenkins,  b.  in  Tennessee,  Oct.  10,  1806 ;  d.  at  Joliet, 
Nov.  27,1861). 

Henry  Fish  organized  the  Will  Co.  National  Bank  of  Joliet, 
111.,  in  1873,  and  was  its  first  president.  He  afterward  organized 
a  private  bank  which  he  conducted  for  a  number  of  years.  He 
d.  in  Joliet,  June  22,  1899. 

Children,  born  in  Joliet: 

1735  George  Manning  Fish,  b.   Jan.  27,  1855;    unm.;    lives 

at  Joliet. 

1736  Jennie  Clara  Fish,  b.  Mar.  31,  1857;  d.  Sept.  3,  1858. 

1737  t  Charles  Manning  Fish,  b.  Aug.  1,  1859;    m.  1st,  Louise 

Steel,  2d,  Helen  E.  Thompson. 

1738  Henry   Manning  Fish,   b.   Feb.   12,   1862;    graduate   of 

the  University  of  Vienna ;    an  oculist  in  New  York 
City ;    unm. 

696     THE  REV.  GEORGE  AUGUSTINE  STERLING  (Ansel, 

William,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Sharon,  Conn.,  June  12, 
1810;  m.  Flora  Jane  Chamberlain,  dau.  of  Samuel  H.  and  Mary 
(Morgan)  Chamberlain  of  Kent,  Conn. 

George  A.  Sterling  entered  West  Point  Military  Academy 
July  1,  1825,  and  graduated  July  1,  1829.  He  was  promoted 
in  the  army  to  brevet  second  lieutenant,  7th  Infantry,  on  July  1, 
1829,  and  to  second  lieutenant  the  same  day.     Served  on  frontier 


512  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


duty  at  Fort  Gibson,  Indian  Territory  (then  in  the  Territory  of 
Arkansas),  from  1830  to  1832.  This  post  was  then  on  the  remote 
confines  of  civilization  and  the  scene  of  many  conflicts.  He  re- 
signed from  the  army  Dec.  31,  1831,  and  entered  the  ministry 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in  which  he  served  from  1833 
to  1845.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Sharon,  Conn.,  from  1845  until 
the  time  of  his  death,  Oct.  17,  1869.  Buried  at  Sharon.  Mrs. 
Sterling  d.  May  10,  1881,  aged  65. 
Children : 

1739  Mary  Isabella  Sterling,  m.  Walter  M.  Patterson  and  d. 

Feb.  18,  1864;  had  one  dau.,  who  d.  at  the  age  of 
18  months. 

1740  tGeorge  Augustine  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  21,  1843;    m.  Mary 

P.  Havens. 

697  AMBROSE  SPENCER  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  Sharon,  Jan.  4,  1812  ;  m.  1st,  at  Montezuma,  N.  Y.,  in 
July,  1843,  Louisa  Seymour  Clarke,  b.  in  Montezuma,  Aug.  2, 1819, 
dau.  of  Dr.  Peter  and  Maria  (Fisher)  Clarke  of  N.  Y.  City,  who 
d.  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  June  25,  1854 ;  m.  2d,  in  Providence,  R.  L, 
July  6,  1858,  Mrs.  Julia  (Forward)  Williams,  b.  in  Buffalo,  Apr. 
16,  1814,  dau.  of  Judge  Oliver  Owen  and  Sally  (Granger)  For- 
ward, widow  of  Henry  Williams,  who  d.  July  19,  1853,  aged  43. 
Mr.  Sterling  passed  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  where  he  was  a  grain  dealer.  He  was  greatly  interested 
in  the  Buffalo  Public  Library  and  served  on  its  board  of  directors 
at  various  times.  He  d.  in  New  York  City,  July  1,  1880;  buried 
at  Sharon.  Mrs.  Julia  Sterling  d.  in  Albion,  N.  Y.,  June  5, 
1888. 

Children,  born  in  Buffalo : 

1741  Marie  Louise  Sterling,  b.  June  27,  1846;    m.  at  Derby, 

Conn.,  Jan.  29,  1878,  Luman  Hitchcock  Steuart 
of  Morristown,  N.  J.  A  railroad  man  at  Albany, 
N.  Y.    No  issue. 

1742  Pierre  Clarke  Sterling,  b.   Oct.   26,   1848;    m.   Oct.    18, 

1894,  Elma  F.  Broas  of  N.  Y.  Mr.  Sterling  is 
receiving  teller  of  the  Leather  Manufacturers  Na- 
tional Bank,  29  Wall  St.,  N.  Y.     No  issue. 

1743  George  Edward  Sterling,  b.  July  26,  1851 ;    m.  in  Feb., 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     513 


1902,  Irene  Swardts  of  St.  Josephs,  Mo.     A  post 
office  employee  in  Oakland,  Cal. 

1744  Isabella  Laura   Sterling,  b.   June  19,   1854;    d.  aged  6 

weeks. 

698  CHARLES  ANSEL  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Sharon,  Nov.  25,  1814  ;  m.  Oct.  19,  1842,  Augusta  Ann  Shelton, 
b.  May  26,  1811,  dau.  of  George  and  Betsey  ( Wooster)  Shelton 
of  Huntington,  Conn.  A  contemporary  of  Charles  A.  Sterling 
thus  speaks  of  his  life :  "  His  youth  and  early  manhood  were 
spent  in  his  native  town,  with  agricultural  pursuits  as  his  occu- 
pation, until  1854,  when  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Birmingham 
(now  Derby),  Conn.,  since  which  time  he  has  led  a  life  of  busi- 
ness activity.  As  a  reward  of  energy  and  honest  industry,  pros- 
perity attended  him." 

"  As  an  active  member  of  the  firm  of  Shelton  and  Osborne, 
as  president  of  the  Derby  Steamboat  Company  and  later  as  presi- 
dent of  the  prosperous  company  which  bears  his  name  (The  Ster- 
ling Piano  Company),  he  has  shown  himself  wise  and  prudent 
and  a  man  of  unflinching  honesty  and  business  integrity."  Charles 
A..  Sterling  d.  in  Derby,  Nov.  4,  1887;  buried  at  Sharon;  Mrs. 
Augusta  Sterling  d.  there  Apr.  26,  1892. 

Children : 

1745  tCharles   Frederick   Sterling,   b.    Oct.    3,   1846;    m.    1st, 

Mary  C.  Anthony,  2d,  Jeanne  Loreau. 

1746  t Isabella  Canfield  Sterling,  b.  June  6,  1850;    m.  William 

C.  Atwater. 

699  ISABELLA  DORCAS  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Sharon,  Feb.  16,  1817  ;  m.  Oct,  18,  1852,  the  Rev.  George  Ryer- 
son,  b.  at  Maugerville,  New  Brunswick,  Can.,  Mar.  9,  1791,  son 
of  Col.  Joseph  Ryerson  (b.  at  Paterson,  N.  J.,  Feb.  28,  1761 ;  d. 
at  Charlotteville,  Ontario,  Can.,  Aug.  9,  1854)  and  Mehctable 
Stickney  (b.  at  Sheffield,  New  Brunswick,  June  29,  1766;  d. 
at  Charlotteville,  June  10,  1850),  dau.  of  Isaac  Stickney.  George 
Ryerson  m.  1st,  Sarah  Rolph,  m.  May  7,  1799,  dau.  of  Thomas 
Rolph,  M.D.,  of  Charlotteville,  sister  of  the  Hon.  John  Rolph, 
and  had  issue:  Joseph,  b.  1826,  d.  1861,  unm. ;  Frances  Mary,  b. 
Aug.  13,  1822,  m.,  and  d.  Aug.  2,  1873.     Sarah  Rolph  Ryerson 


il4  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


d.  July  10,  1829.  He  m.  2d,  Sophia  Symes  and  had  issue:  Sophia 
Mehetable,  who  m.  the  Rev.  Edward  Gilmore. 

Isabella  Sterling  was  the  3d  wife.  George  Ryerson  served  as 
lieutenant  in  the  1st  Norfolk  Regt.  of  Militia  under  his  father 
in  the  War  of  1812.  He  was  at  the  taking  of  Detroit  by  General 
Brock  and  was  severely  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Fort  Erie  in  1813. 
He  afterward  became  a  Methodist  minister,  was  converted  to 
the  teachings  of  Edward  Irving  and  was  for  many  years  the  head 
of  the  Catholic  Apostolic  Church  in  America.  He  d.  at  Toronto, 
Can.,  Dec.  19,  1882.     Mrs.  Isabella  Ryerson  d.  Dec.  19,  1892. 

Their  only  child  was : 

1747  tGeorge  Ansel  Sterling  Ryerson,  b.   Jan.  21,  1855;    m. 

Mary  Crowther. 

702  THE  REV.  JOHN  CANFIELD  STERLING  (brother  of 
the  above),  b.  in  Sharon,  Dec.  7,  1822 ;  m.  1st,  Nov.  10,  1852,  Ellen 
Harriet  Lattilla,  b.  in  1834,  dau.  of  Eugene  and  Harriet  (Good- 
win) Lattilla  of  Florence,  Italy.  She  d.  at  Sharon,  July  26,  1855. 
He  m.  2d,  June  9,  1857,  Caroline  Sargent  Upson,  b.  at  Hartford, 
Conn.,  Feb.  22,  1825,  only  child  of  William  and  Caroline  (Sar- 
gent) Upson. 

John  C.  Sterling  was  a  graduate  of  Trinity  College  in  1844, 
and  a  well-known  minister  of  the  Catholic  Apostolic  Church.  He 
settled  first  in  New  York,  removed  in  1855  to  Sharon,  and  even- 
tually to  Hartford,  where  he  d.  Dec.  10,  1874 ;  buried  at  Sharon. 

Children  by  second  marriage: 

1748  Isabella  Caroline  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  21,  1858 ;    d.  unm. 

1749  Alice  Upson    Sterling,   m.    Nov.    17,   1887,   Robert   Ed- 

ward Dunston,  2d  son  of  Thomas  W.  Dunston  of 
Donhead,  Salisbury,  Eng.  She  d.  in  Hartford 
about  1899,  without  issue. 

1750  Clarence  Canfield  Sterling,  an  electrical  engineer  and  in- 

ventor in  Hartford;    unm. 

703  EMMA  BRONSON  STERLING  {Micah,  William,  Joseph, 
Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  June  4,  1814;  m.  Aug. 
20,  1839,  Nathaniel  P.  Wardwell,  b.  Apr.  1,  1814,  at  Bristol, 
R.  L,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Dorothy  (Fales)  Wardwell. 

Mr.  Wardwell  graduated  from  Union  College,  Schenectady, 
N.  Y.,  in  1837,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  the  February 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     515 


term  in  Watertown  in  1839.     He  was  elected  to  the  office  of  sur- 
rogate Feb.  28,  1844.    He  d.  in  Watertown,  Feb.  15,  1847.    Emma 
(Sterling)  Wardwell  d.  there  Mar.  22,  1895. 
Children : 

1751  Emma    Sterling    Wardwell,    b.    Aug.    12,    1841;     unm. ; 

lives  in  Watertown. 

1752  William  Henry  Wardwell,  b.  Oct.  21,  1843;    unm.;    lives 

in  Watertown. 

1753  t Nathaniel  Philips  Wardwell,  b.  June  6,  1846;   m.  Ella  T. 

Farwell. 

706  JOHN  CALHOUN  STERLING  {brother  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Watertown,  Mar.  29,  1820;  m.  1st,  June  12,  1844,  Anne  Swan 
Brayton,  b.  at  Western,  N.  Y.,  June  4,  1814,  dau.  of  Hon.  George 
and  Anne  (Swan)  Brayton  of  Western,  who  d.  Oct.  25,  1851; 
m.  2d,  Sept.  3,  1857,  Anne  Maria  Beach,  b.  at  Newark,  N.  J.,  in 
July,  1829,  dau.  of  Ephraim  and  Eliza  Beach. 

Mr.  Sterling  was  educated  at  the  University  of  the  City  of 
New  York.  In  1848  he  established  himself  as  a  retail  dealer  in 
books  and  stationery  in  Watertown,  taking  into  partnership  in 
1862  H.  B.  Mosher  under  the  firm  name  of  Sterling  and 
Mosher. 

John  C.  Sterling  has  taken  an  active  interest  in  the  affairs  of 
his  native  town,  being  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  board 
of  education  in  1865 ;  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  National 
Union  Bank  of  Watertown  organized  June  14,  1852;  assistant 
cashier  of  the  Jefferson  Co.  National  Bank  in  1865,  and  a  director 
of  that  institution ;  one  of  the  first  vice-presidents  of  the  Jeffer- 
son Co.  Historical  Society  and  its  recording  secretary  in  1898. 
He  d.  about  1904. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

1754  Susan   Brayton  Sterling,  b.  Mar.   19,  1845;    unm.;    re- 

sides in  Watertown. 

1755  Edward  Brayton  Sterling,  b.  May  2,  1847 ;    m.  Nov.  13, 

1879,  Mrs.  Maria  M.  (Wright)  Farwell,  b.  Aug.  8, 
1846.  E.  B.  Sterling  is  a  manufacturer  in  Water- 
town,  being  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Ontario 
Paper  Co.,  organized  July  9,  1887;  also  a  director 
of  the  Watertown  National  Bank  and  of  the  Aflrri- 
cultural  Insurance  Co.     No  issue. 


516  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


1756  John  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  24,  1851 ;   m.  Feb.  16,  1889,  Mary 

Goodyear  Upham,  dau.  of  Samuel  Baker  and  Mary 
Allen  (Sawyer)  Upham,  b.  Sept.  14,  1852;  d.  May 
10,  1895.  Mr.  Sterling  is  proprietor  (1901)  of  the 
bookstore  established  by  his  father.     No  issue. 

709  LEWIS  BENEDICT  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Watertown,  Aug.  18,  1836 ;  m.  Oct.  27,  1870,  Belle  Lane,  b. 
Apr.  1,  1844,  dau.  of  William  J.  and  Catharine  (Stephenson)  Lane, 
natives  of  England.  Mr.  Sterling  was  educated  at  Land  Lake, 
N.  Y.,  and  at  Great  Barrington,  Mass.  For  several  years  he 
was  a  superintendent  in  the  paper  mills  of  Knowlton  Brothers. 
In  1862  he  enlisted  in  Co.  A.,  94th  Regt.,  U.  S.  Vols.,  was  pro- 
moted to  color  sergeant,  but  discharged  after  a  year's  service  on 
account  of  poor  health  incurred  in  the  army.  For  the  last  ten 
years  of  his  life  he  was  an  invalid.  He  d.  in  Watertown,  Mar.  17, 
1899. 

Child: 

1757  Mollie    Benedict    Sterling,    b.    Feb.    5,    1872;     lives    in 

Watertown. 

710  EMELINE  STERLING  (Joseph,  William,  Joseph,  Daniel, 
William),  b.  at  Adams,  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  15,  1812;  m. 
there  Sept.  30,  1830,  Julius  Dewey  Morton,  b.  St.  Albans,  Vt.,  Mar. 
10,  1808,  son  of  Abner  and  Sarah  (French)  Morton.  Abner  b. 
at  Athol,  Mass.,  Sept.  7,  1774;  Sarah  b.  at  Pittstown,  N.  Y., 
May  19,  1784,  they  being  m.  July  4,  1806.  Mr.  Morton  was  a 
descendant  of  one  of  the  passengers  of  the  Little  Ann,  the  first 
ship  after  the  Mayflower.  The  following  is  a  portion  of  an  obitu- 
ary notice  of  Mr.  Morton  published  at  the  time  of  his  death  in 
the  Detroit  Commercial  Advertiser : 

.  .  .  When  eight  years  of  age  he  removed  with  his  father's 
family  to  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  his  youth  was  passed.  Being 
the  eldest  of  a  large  family  of  children,  in  rather  straitened  cir- 
cumstances, he  was  early  thrown  upon  his  own  resources  and  be- 
came a  clerk  in  the  store  of  W.  P.  McKinstry  in  the  town  of  Rod- 
man near  his  home.  While  still  a  lad  he  obtained  a  position  in 
the  large  wholesale  house  of  Woolsey,  Poore  &  Converse,  in  N.  Y. 
City,  acquiring  to  an  unusual  degree,  from  his  business  habits 
and  scrupulous  integrity,  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  supe- 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     517 

riors.  .  .  .  Through  the  kindness  of  his  employers  he  obtained  a 
stock  of  goods  and  commenced  business,  when  21  years  old,  at 
Adams,  his  former  home.  After  his  marriage,  in  1831,  he  removed 
with  his  father's  family  to  Michigan. 

He  settled  at  Monroe  and  the  elder  Mr.  Morton  commenced 
the  publication  of  a  newspaper  in  that  city  and  the  son  was  con- 
nected successively  with  two  of  its  banks.  He  soon,  however, 
entered  into  the  produce  and  commission  business  at  that  place, 
the  firm  being  first  Morton,  Burch  &  Co.  then  Morton  &  Wing 
and  subsequently  Morton  &  Walbridge.  He  remained  at  Monroe 
for  some  years,  until  the  completion  of  the  various  railway  lines 
of  our  State  transfered  much  of  the  original  business  of  that  city 
to  Toledo. 

He  then  opened  a  warehouse  there  under  the  firm  name  of 
Morton,  Wing  &  Colton  and  was  also  appointed  agent  of  the 
Michigan  Southern  R.  R.  steamers  at  that  point,  still  however 
residing  at  Monroe. 

In  October,  1853,  he  removed  to  Detroit  and  in  the  following 
June  was  appointed  general  agent  of  the  N.  Y.  C.  R.  R.  at  this 
place.  He  was  shortly  afterward  elected  president  of  the  Farmers 
and  Mechanics  Bank,  and  has  since  filled  various  offices  of  re- 
sponsibility and  trust.  .  .  .  Mr.  Morton  was  a  man  of  strong 
religious  sentiment,  and  has  been  for  years  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Methodist  church.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  a 
trustee  of  the  Central  M.  E.  church  of  Detroit  and  also  president 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Methodist  College  at  Albion. 

The  common  council  and  board  of  trade  of  Detroit  adjourned 
and  adopted  resolutions  at  the  death  of  Mr.  Morton,  which  occurred 
Feb.  14,  1865.  Emeline  Sterling  Morton  d.  at  the  residence  of 
her  eldest  son  at  Arbor  Lodge,  Nebraska  City,  Neb.,  Sept.  19, 
1890. 

Children : 

1758  t  Julius  Sterling  Morton,  b.  Apr.  22,  1832;    m.  Caroline 

Joy. 

1759  Emma  Morton,  b.  Jan.  19,  1835 ;    unm. ;    residence,  Ne- 

braska City,  Neb. 

1760  William  Dudley  Morton,  b.   at  Monroe,   Mich.,  Feb.   8, 

1843;    m.  Nov.  2,  1870,  at  Detroit,  Mary,  dau.  of 
N.  W.  Brooks  of  that  city.     No  issue. 

711  AD  ALINE  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Adams, 
Feb.  21,  1813;    m.  there  Aug.  26,  1836,  Ira  Mayhew,  b.  in  Ellis- 


518  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

burg,  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  22,  1814,  son  of  Wadsworth  and 
Anna  (Cooper)  May  hew. 

Ira  Mayhew,  LL.D.,  was  a  descendant  of  Thomas  Mayhew, 
governor  and  patentee  of  Martha's  Vineyard  about  1647.  At  the 
age  of  18  he  began  teaching  school  and  devoted  the  balance  of 
his  life  to  educational  pursuits.  He  was  superintendent  of  schools 
of  Jefferson  Co.  in  1841.  In  Nov.,  1843,  he  removed  to  Michigan, 
where  he  was  soon  appointed  principal  of  the  Monroe  Branch  of 
the  University  of  Michigan.  Was  appointed  superintendent  of 
public  instruction  for  the  State  of  Michigan,  holding  this  posi- 
tion from  1845  to  1849  and  again  from  1855  to  1859.  In  1853 
he  was  elected  president  of  Albion  College.  In  1851  he  published 
his  first  work  on  "  Practical  Book-keeping,"  which  was  revised  in 
1860  and  has  since  been  used  very  extensively  in  many  states  of 
the  Union.  The  "  University  Book-keeping  "  followed  in  1868, 
and  his  "  Eclectic  Complete  Book-keeping  "  in  1884.  In  the  pro- 
duction of  these  works  he  was  ably  assisted  by  his  daughter 
Emma.  In  1860  Dr.  Mayhew  established  the  Albion  Commercial 
College,  which  he  removed  in  1869  to  Detroit,  where  he  continued 
it  as  Mayhew's   Business  College  until   1883. 

In  1863  President  Lincoln  appointed  him  Collector  of  Internal 
Revenue  for  the  Third  District  of  Michigan,  which  position  he 
held  until  1866. 

The  high  standard  of  excellence  which  the  common  schools 
and  colleges  of  Michigan  attained  is  principally  due  to  the  pio- 
neer work  of  Ira  Mayhew,  in  which  original  methods  were  adopted 
and  which  laid  the  foundation  of  an  educational  system  excelled 
by  none  in  the  United  States. 

Adaline  d.  Oct.  11,  1887.     Ira  Mayhew  d.  Apr.  7,  1894. 

Children : 

1761  Ellen  Sterling  Mayhew,  b.  Mar.  18,  1840;    unm. 

1762  Emma  Mayhew,  b.  Feb.  23,  1842;    unm. 

1763  tFrances  Adaline  Mayhew,  b.  June  10,  1844;    m.  Hiram 

H.  Sutton. 

713  JOSEPH  MARVIN  STERLING  {brother  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Adorns,  Aug.  16, 1818  ;  m.  Jan.  27,  1847,  Abigail  Clark,  b.  Sept. 
8,  1824,  dau.  of  Walter  Palmer  and  Abigail  (Marsh)  Clark  of 
Monroe,  Mich. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     519 

The  following  regarding  the  life  of  Joseph  Sterling  is  a  por- 
tion of  an  obituary  notice  published  in  the  Monroe  (Michigan) 
Democrat  at  the  time  of  his  death: 

Joseph  M.  Sterling  left  Jefferson  Co.  for  Michigan  when  17 
years  old,  making  Monroe  his  home.  Upon  the  waters  of  the  bay, 
upon  the  commerce  of  the  lakes,  upon  the  docks,  upon  the  streets, 
upon  the  homes,  upon  the  schools  and  the  churches  of  our  city 
is  written  the  history  of  his  life.  .  .  .  He  began  life  for  himself 
in  1832  as  a  clerk,  improving  such  opportunities  for  attending 
school  as  were  presented.  In  1833  he  was  sent  by  a  Watertown, 
N.  Y.,  firm  to  open  a  branch  store  in  Clayton  on  the  St.  Lawrence 
River.  After  the  failure  of  another  firm  in  Watertown  for  which 
he  worked,  he  started  for  the  West  without  company  or  pecuniary 
assistance  except  five  dollars  given  him  by  Iris  father.  He  reached 
Monroe,  Oct.  16,  1835.  He  immediately  began  clerking  in  the 
grocery  and  provision  store  of  J.  C.  Cole.  In  1837  he  went  to 
Petersburgh,  returning  to  Monroe  in  1839,  and  in  company  with 
his  brother,  William  C,  and  H.  Lambert  rented  the  La  Plaisance 
Bay  warehouse  and  horse  railroad,  at  the  same  time  buying  the 
stock  of  cars  and  horses.  He  now  entered  upon  a  steadily  increas- 
ing interest  in  the  lake  carrying  trade,  chartering  in  1843  the 
first  vessel  passing  through  the  newly  constructed  canal  at  Monroe. 
In  this  year  he  formed  a  partnership  with  W.  A.  Noble,  adding  to 
other  ventures  a  storage  and  commission  business.  In  18-A4;  this 
firm  built  the  famous  "  black  warehouse  "  known  by  sailor  men 
from  one  end  of  the  lake  to  the  other,  and  became  interested  in 
the  extensive  shipyards  at  the  docks,  beside  purchasing  the 
schooner  Cambridge,  which  opened  trade  between  Monroe  and 
Oswego.  He  afterwards  was  interested  in  a  number  of  other 
steam  and  sail  vessels,  and  notwithstanding  the  loss  of  the  pro- 
peller Sampson  and  schooners  Dazcn  and  Noble  his  boat  property 
was  valuable. 

Besides  being  interested  in  contract  work  for  city  and  govern- 
ment and  rail  and  plank  roads  he  built  many  private  residences 
and  public  buildings  including  the  city  hall  and  the  passenger 
house  at  the  Lake.  He  supplied  most  of  the  coal  trade  for  points 
as  far  west  as  Goshen,  Ind.,  and  since  1861  to  the  time  of  his  death 
was  president  of  the  Monroe  Gas  Light  Co.  At  the  time  of  his 
decease  he  was  also  president  of  the  Monroe  Democratic  Printing 
and  Publishing  Co.  and  of  the  Sterling  Mfg.  Co.  For  many  years 
he  was  connected  with  the  Michigan  State  Agricultural  Society, 
being  twelve  years  chairman   of  the  business  committee. 

His  influence  and  standing  with  the  railroads  of  the  State  did 
much  to  make  the  Society  what  it  was  in  its  palmiest  days. 


520  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


He  was  also  member  of  the  Michigan  Pioneer  Society.  In 
1862  and  '63  he  was  elected  Mayor  of  the  city  on  the  Democratic 
ticket  and  on  several  occasions  was  offered  the  nomination  for 
Governor  which  he  declined.  In  1874  he  was,  without  his  consent, 
placed  upon  the  ticket  for  State  Treasurer  and  made  a  phenomenal 
run,  though  failing  of  election. 

Mrs.  Abigail  Sterling  d.  in  Sept.,  1872.  Mr.  Sterling  m.  2d, 
in  1874,  Mrs.  C.  W.  Rice,  dau.  of  the  Hon.  Elias  Weed  of  Buf- 
falo, N.  Y.     Joseph  Marvin  Sterling  d.  May  18,  1891. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

1764  'Martha  Emelie  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  26,  1848;  m.  Lester  O. 

Goddard. 

1765  t  William   Cadwell  Sterling,  b.    Sept.    17,   1849;    m.   Ada 

Calhoun. 

1766  Joseph  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  27,  1851 ;    unm. 

1767  Frank  Sill  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  7,  1854 ;   m.  May  12,  1886, 

Sarah  Yardley,  b.  May  19,  1849,  dau.  of  Courtland 
and  Hannah  Ann  (Brown)  Yardley.  A  florist  at 
Monroe,  Mich.      No  issue. 

1768  Walter  Palmer  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  29,  1856 ;    unm. 

1769  Abigail  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  17,  1858;   d.  May  28,  1859. 

1770  tEmma  Morton  Sterling,  b.  June  4,  1860;    m.  Austin  E. 

Wing. 

726  MARY  PERKINS  (Elisha  Perkins,  Lydia,  Joseph,  Daniel, 
William),  b.  in  South  Woodstock,  Vt.,  in  1802;  m.  in  1819, 
Horace  Wing.  Removed  to  Troy,  Miss.,  with  her  father's  family, 
where  Horace  engaged  with  him  in  the  tanning  and  shoemaking 
business. 

Children : 

1771  Frederick  Wing,  a  tanner  and  currier. 

1772  Henry  Wing,  a  physician. 

1773  Sarah  Wing,  m.  Charles  P.  Jones,  a  teacher. 

729     CHARLES  ELY  PERKINS  {brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
South  Woodstock,  Vt.,  1812;   m.  Sarah  Ann  Jackson.     Lived  on 
the  Mississippi  River  at  Campagnois,  Mo.,  where  he  kept  a  store 
to  supply  steamboats ;  d.  before  1850. 
Children : 

1774  Mary  Perkins,  b.  in  1842. 

1775  Charles  Perkins,  b.  about  1850 ;    d.  in  infancy. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     521 

727  HENRY  G.  PERKINS  (Francis  Perkins,  Lydia,  Joseph, 
Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Hartland,  Vt.,  Feb.  14,  1797;  m.  1st,  in 
1821,  at  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H.,  Louisa  R.  Dutton,  dau.  of  David  and 
Susan  (Damon)  Dutton  of  Woodstock,  Vt.,  who  d.  in  1853;  m. 
2d,  in  Apr.,  1857,  Charlotte  Porter,  of  Dover,  N.  H.  Henry  was 
a  merchant  at  Cabot,  Vt.,  and  at  Keene,  N.  H.,  until  1833,  when 
he  removed  to  Boston,  Mass.,  where  he  was  for  22  years  cashier 
of  the  Boston  and  Albany  R.  R.  He  d.  Sept.  13,  1857. 
Children : 

1776  Henry  Perkins,  b.  in  Cabot,  Oct.  3,  1822;    graduate  of 

Amherst  College,  1846. 

1777  Ellen  Louisa  Perkins,  b.  in  Cabot  in  May,  1825 ;    m.  in 

1846,   Charles   E.   Parker,   an   architect   of  Boston. 
She  d.  in  Auburndale,  Mass.,  in  Apr.,  1856. 

1778  John  S.  Perkins,  b.  in  Keene  in  Apr.,  1830,  an  artist  in 

Boston. 

1779  Mary  D.  Perkins,  b.  in  Keene  in  Apr.,  1833 ;   m.  Claudius 

B.  Patten  of  Boston. 

1780  Francis  William  Perkins,  b.  in  Boston  in  May,  1840;    m. 

Laura  Simons  of  Fitzwilliam,  N.  H. 

1781  William  Francis  Perkins,  twin  of  above. 

731  ELIZA  D.  PERKINS  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Hartland, 
Sept.  17,  1804;  m.  in  Nov.,  1836,  George  Griswold,  b.  in  East 
Lyme,  Conn.,  in  Nov.,  1808,  son  of  Sylvanus  and  Polly  Griswold  of 
East  Lyme.    He  was  a  farmer  at  East  Lyme.     She  d.  July  11, 1867. 

Children : 

1782  Sarah  P.  Griswold,  b.  Nov.  17,  1837 ;   m.  in  1856,  Enoch 

L.  Beckwith  of  East  Lyme. 

1783  Mary  E.  Griswold,  b.  in  1840;   m.  George  Hall. 

1784  George  D.  Griswold,  b.  in  1843;   m.  in  1880,  Anna  Bush- 

nell. 

1785  Henry  P.  Griswold,  b.  in  1845;   m.  Ella  Smith. 

1786  Frances  Charlotte  Griswold,  b.  in  1849 ;  d.  aged  one  week. 

732  MARY  C.  PERKINS  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Hartland, 
Aug.  19,  1806;  m.  in  1829,  Israel  Putnam  of  Glens  Falls,  N.  Y. 
He  was  a  carriage  maker  by  trade.     She  d.  in  June,  1843. 

Children : 

1787  George  W.  Putnam,  b.  May  8,  1830;   d.  of  consumption. 

1788  Francis  E.  Putnam,  b.  May  8,  1832 ;  m.  in  1852,  Eleanor 

Briggs. 


522  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


734  FRANCES  D.  PERKINS  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Hart- 
land,  June  10,  1810;  m.  1st,  in  Dec,  1833,  Joshua  Snow,  b.  in 
Boston,  Mass.,  in  Oct.,  1808 ;  d.  Jan.  18,  1843,  at  Jacksonville, 
Fla. ;  a  merchant  at  Millbury,  Mass. ;  m.  2d,  in  July,  1850,  Henry 
C.  Drew,  son  of  Dr.  Stephen  and  Elizabeth  (Williams)  Drew  of 
Woodstock,  Vt. 

Child  by  second  marriage: 

1789  Francis  Henry  Drew,  b.  Oct.  4,  1852 ;    m.  Oct.  4,  1876, 

Isabella  J.  Beach  of  N.  Y.  City.  He  was  a  graduate 
of  Yale  Medical  School;  d.  at  South  Salem,  Conn., 
Nov.  20,  1878. 

736  CYRUS  PERKINS  (  William  Perkins,  Lydia,  Joseph,  Daniel, 
William),  b.  in  South  Woodstock,  Vt.,  June  22,  1810;  m.  Mar.  8, 
1836,  Sophronia  Stratton  of  Brookfield,  b.  Oct.  18,  1813,  dau.  of 
Ebenezer  and  Susanna  (Dutton)  Stratton.  Mr.  Perkins  was  a 
farmer  at  South  Woodstock. 
Children : 

1790  Laura  A.  Perkins,  b.  Nov.  17,  1837;  d.  Dec.  16,  1867. 

1791  Harriet  L.  Perkins,  b.  Sept.  30,  1839 ;  d.  Sept.  1,  1880. 

1792  Munroe  W.  Perkins,  b.  Dec.  25,  1841 ;  m.  Kate  Crosby. 

1793  Charlotte  S.  Perkins,  b.  Feb.  23,  1850;  m.  C.  H.  Towne. 

1794  Ella  I.  Perkins,  b.  Jan.  5,  1853. 

738  SAMUEL  FIELD  PERKINS  (Gaius  PerTc'ms,  Lydia,  Jo- 
seph, Daniel,  William),  b.  in  South  Woodstock,  May  12,  1805;  m. 
Sept.  4,  1842,  Mary  Desire  Mclntyre,  b.  in  Hector,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  25, 
1819,  dau.  of  Thomas  and  Desire  (Barker)  Mclntyre. 

Soon  after  reaching  his  majority  Mr.  Perkins  moved  to  Platts- 
burg,  N.  Y.  After  living  here  a  year  or  more  he  removed  to  Lock- 
port,  N.  Y.,  then  again  to  Detroit,  Mich.,  where  he  lived  from  1832 
to  1836.  Removed  again  to  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  where  he  built 
a  tannery  and  engaged  in  the  boot  and  shoe  business.  He  d.  Feb. 
14,  1866. 

Children : 

1795  Frederick  Barker  Perkins,  b.  June  13,  1843. 

1796  Charles  Dunham  Perkins,  b.  Nov.  13,  1845 ;    d.  May  13, 

1847. 

1797  Gaius  William  Perkins,  b.  July  16,  1847. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     523 

740     MARCIA  PERKINS   (sister  of   the  above),  b.  in  South 
Woodstock,  Mar.  1,  1809;   m.  Apr.  30,  1833,  Galo  B.  Ralph,  b. 
Sept.  8,  1808,  son  of  Jonathan  Ralph  of  Reading.     Mr.  Ralph  was 
a  farmer  at  Woodstock. 
Children : 

1798  Edward  Ralph,  b.  Mar.  13,  1834;  d.  Aug.  15,  1874. 

1799  Adeline  Ralph,  b.  Feb.  25,  1836 ;   d.  July  26,  1867. 

742  CHARLES  DUNHAM  PERKINS  (brother  of  the  above),  b. 
in  South  Woodstock,  Mar.  23,  1813 ;  m.  1st,  Dec.  9,  1834,  Mari- 
etta Benjamin,  b.  May  1,  1815,  dau.  of  Samuel  and  Beulah  (Fuller- 
ton)  Benjamin,  who  d.  Mar.  1,  1874;  m.  2d,  Louisa  Johnson,  b. 
Apr.  28,  1835,  dau.  of  Daniel  and  Julia  (Colburn)  Johnson  of 
South  Woodstock.  Mr.  Perkins  was  for  many  years  a  tanner  and 
currier  until  he  became  interested  in  farming  and  in  the  production 
of  maple  sugar.  In  1882  he  removed  to  North  Clarendon,  Vt. 
Children : 

1800  Ellen  Perkins,  b.  Sept.  9,  1835;   m.  F.  P.  Fletcher. 

1801  Marietta  Perkins,  m.  Orlando  A.  Clark. 

(Perkins  Genealogy.) 

747  SAMUEL  BEEBE  STERLING  (Ephraim,  Ephraim,  Jo- 
seph, Jacob,  William) ,  b.  at  New  Milford,  Conn.,  Jan.  30,  1805; 
m.  Nov.  7,  1828,  Minerva  Beard,  b.  Sept.  2,  1800,  dau.  of  David 
Beard  who  came  from  Milford,  Conn.,  to  New  Milford  about  1788 
and  who  m.  Mar.  30,  1790,  Polly  Comstock.  Samuel  Sterling  was 
a  blacksmith  in  early  life.  Later  he  bought  a  farm  on  Sterling 
Heights,  near  his  father's,  where  he  passed  his  life.  From  this 
farm  may  be  seen  the  Catskill  Mountains  seventy-five  miles  away 
on  the  west,  Litchfield,  Conn.,  fifteen  miles  to  the  east,  and  a  wide 
amphitheater  of  distant  hills  north  and  south.  Mr.  Sterling  was 
distinctly  a  home-loving  man,  never  having  been  but  a  few  miles 
away,  and  never  having  ridden  on  the  railway.  He  d.  June  12, 
1880.    Mrs.  Minerva  Sterling  d.  Nov.  24,  1876. 

Children : 

1802  Homer  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  1,  1829  ;  a  farmer.    Enlisted  Dec. 

19,  1863,  as  private  in  Co.  H,  2d  Regt.,  Heavy  Artil- 
lery; discharged  for  disability  Apr.  18,  1864;  d. 
unm.  Jan.  14,  1865. 


524  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


1803  t  Edward  Sterling,  b.  July  29,  1832;    m.  Cornelia  S.  Net- 

tleton. 

1804  t  Martin  Sterling,  b.  June  9,  1834 ;   m.  Susan  L.  Townsend. 

1805  Henry  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  12,  1836  ;  d.  unm.  Apr.  22,  1863. 

1806  Mary  Eliza  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  4,  1839;   m.  Jan.  19,  1879, 

Ambrose  B.  Judy,  b.  in  W.  Va.,  July  31,  1842.  Mary 
was  a  teacher  of  hygiene  and  other  branches  until 
her  marriage.     Residence,  Potomac,  111. 

1807  t  George  Sterling,  b.  July  27,  1842;   m.  Lavinia  Reed. 

749  CYRUS  CURTIS  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above) ,  b.  at 
New  Milford,  Oct.  3,  1808;  m.  1st,  May  23,  1834,  Sarah  Ann 
Beers  of  Washington,  Conn.,  b.  Jan.  13,  1809,  who  d.  Apr.  19, 
1836;  m.  2d,  Oct.  6,  1836,  Julia  Elma  Weaver  of  Washington,  b. 
Apr.  19,  1817,  sister  of  Brice  Weaver,  who  m.  Emily  Sterling. 

Cyrus  C.  Sterling  was  a  farmer  at  Washington,  Conn.  On  his 
farm  was  the  famous  Steep  Rock,  a  great  resort  for  nature  lovers. 
He  was  an  extensive  dealer  in  cattle,  taking  large  droves  to  Hart- 
ford fortnightly.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  church  and  rep- 
resented his  town  in  the  General  Assembly  in  1854.  He  d.  June 
13,  1857.     Mrs.  Sterling  d.  Mar.  19,  1876. 

Child  by  first  marriage: 

1808  t  Albert  Beers  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  9,  1836;    m.  Harriet  C. 

Mygatt. 
Children  by  second  marriage: 

1809  Sarah  Ann  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  15,  1838;   d.  unm.  Sept.  12, 

1858. 

1810  Delia  Alzina  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  13,  1842 ;   d.  unm.  Jan.  16, 

1877. 

1811  tVincent  Buck  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  4,  1844;    m.  Maria  M. 

Nichols. 

1812  Margaret  Arabella  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  27,  1847;    d.  Dec. 

22,  1862. 

753  EMILY  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  New  Mil- 
ford,  June  17,  1817;  m.  June  17,  1839,  Brice  W.  Weaver,  b. 
Apr.  1,  1814.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Weaver  lived  at  Gaylordsville,  Conn., 
where  he  was  a  farmer  and  carpenter.  He  d.  May  23,  1882.  She 
d.  Nov.  26,  1898. 

Children,  born  at  Gaylordsville : 

1813  Lucy  S.  Weaver,  b.  July  6,  1841 ;   m.  Nov.  29,  1875,  An- 

drew J.  Baldwin,  b.  Aug.  1,  1831,  a  farmer  at  Long 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     525 


Mountain,  New  Milford.  She  d.  Jan.  13,  1892.  No 
issue. 

1814  Elizabeth  A.  Weaver,  b.  Oct.  16,  1842;   m.  Oct.  9,  1870, 

Byron  Turrill,  b.  in  1840.  She  d.  Sept.  8,  1871. 
No  issue. 

1815  Margaret  L.  Weaver,  b.  Oct.  26,  1844 ;    unm. ;    resides 

(1902)  with  her  unm.  brother  on  the  old  homestead. 

1816  tCyrus  P.  Weaver,  b.  Jan.  19,  1847;   m.  Rubie  L.  North. 

1817  t  Caroline  E.  Weaver,  b.  May  5, 1852 ;  m.  William  M.  Allen. 

1818  t  Vincent  S.  Weaver,  b.  Apr.  19,  1857;  m.  Jennie  S.  Baker. 

1819  Newton  B.  Weaver,  b.  June   19,  1860;    unm.;    lives  on 

his  father's  farm. 

755  SARAH  STERLING  (David,  Ephraim,  Joseph,  Jacob,  Wil- 
liam), b.  Feb.  24,  1815;  m.  Samuel  Hubbell  Barnes,  b.  June  28, 
1811,  son  of  Andrew  and  Polly  (Giddings)  Barnes.  He  d.  Apr. 
23,  1881 ;    she  d.  Sept.  4,  1884. 

Child: 

1820  Delia   Elizabeth   Barnes,   b.   Nov.   24,   1835;    m.   Nelson 

Bradley  Gorham  (b.  Jan.  4,  1824),  and  d.  Apr.  4, 
1857,  without  issue.  Nelson  B.  Gorham  m.  a  2d 
wife  (d.  Dec.  7,  1892),  by  whom  he  had  a  son,  Nel- 
son B.,  of  Wilton,  Conn. 

756  HOMER  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  Nov.  9, 
1816;  m.  Jane  Camp  of  Danbuiy,  Conn.  Lived  at  New  Canaan, 
Conn.,  and  d.  in  1863-64. 

Children : 

1821  Charles  Sterling,  lived  formerly  in  Danbury,  Conn. 

1822  Delia  Sterling. 

757  CHARLES  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  New 
Milford,  Conn.,  Mar.  9,  1824;  m.  May  25,  1855,  Nancy  Vincent 
Flood,  b.  at  St.  Marys,  Ga.,  Jan.  14,  1830,  dau.  of  Samuel  Fayer- 
weather  and  Rebecca  (Grovenstine)  Flood.  He  settled  at  St. 
Marys,  Ga.,  in  1851,  where  he  ran  a  sawmill.  He  d.  there  June 
22,  1895.     Mrs.  Sterling  d.  there  Aug.  6,  1893. 

Children : 

1823  tDavid  Charles  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  31,  1857;    m.  Lizzie  F. 

Miller. 

1824  t  Samuel  F.  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  6,  1860;  m.  Mary  E.  Hopper. 


526  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


760  CAPTAIN  ELAM  STERLING  (Elijah,  Sylvanus,  Stephen, 
Jacob,  William),  b.  in  Trumbull,  Conn.,  Jan.  6,  1791 ;  m.  Sept.  6, 
1829,  Susan  Hurd,  b.  Dec.  6,  1801,  dau.  of  Frederic  and  Hannah 
(Edwards)  Hurd  of  Trumbull. 

Elam  saw  three  days'  military  service  in  the  War  of  1812,  from 
Apr.  15,  1814,  to  Apr.  17,  1814.  For  fifteen  years  Capt  Sterling 
was  engaged  in  the  coasting  trade  between  Boston,  New  York,  and 
intermediate  points.  He  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life  on  the 
old  home  farm  of  his  father  and  grandfather  in  Trumbull.  He 
served  several  years  as  town  clerk  and  was  a  member  of  the  Trum- 
bull Congregational  church.  He  d.  July  22,  1861 ;  she  d.  Jan.  5, 
1889. 

Children,  born  on  the  old  farm  in  Trumbull: 

1825  tFrederic  Starr  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  12,  1830;  m.  Anna  Mary 

Duckels. 

1826  Lucetta  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  5,  1832;   d.  Nov.  7,  1838,  being 

scalded  to  death. 

1827  Washington  Irving  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  11,  1837;  d.  Nov. 

9,  1855,  from  injuries  received  in  being  run  over  by 
the  cars. 

762  LUCETTA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Trum- 
bull, Nov.  12,  1795 ;  bapt.  in  Mar.,  1796 ;  m.  Dec.  17,  1816,  Albert 
E.  Sherwood,  b.  Sept.  21,  1794.  She  d.  Apr.  27,  1831.  He  d. 
Sept.  22,  1868. 

Children : 

1828  Starr  Sherwood,  b.  Oct.  3,  1817  ;  m.  Maria  Goodsell,  who 

d.  young;  lived  in  N.  Y.  City.    He  d.  Oct.  16,  1885. 
No  issue. 

1829  t  Stephen  Sherwood,  b.  Dec.  9,  1819;   m.  Susan  Brown. 

1830  t  William  Sherwood,  b.  Jan.  19,  1823 ;  m.  Mary  H.  Nichols. 

763  SHERWOOD  E.  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  bapt. 
in  Trumbull,  Oct.  27,  1805  ;  m.  Rebecca  Cornwell.  He  was  clerk  in 
the  Sterling  House  in  Bridgeport  for  a  number  of  years,  then 
removed  to  N.  Y.  City,  where  he  followed  the  same  calling.  He  d. 
July  28,  1856,  aged  51  yrs.     She  d.  Mar.  29,  1871,  aged  64  yrs. 

Children : 

1831  Elnora  A.  Sterling,  b.  July  29,  1834  ;  d.  Aug.  28,  1852. 

1832  William  Cornwell  Sterling,  b.  in  1836;    m.  Temperance 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     527 

Houston,  who  d.  Aug.  24,  1895,  aged  77  yrs.  He 
was  employed  by  an  Express  Co.  in  N.  Y.  City.  He 
d.  Sept.  18,  1896,  aged  60  yrs.,  leaving  no  issue. 

765  GEORGE  STERLING  1  (Philip,  Sylvanus,  Stephen,  Jacob, 
William),  b.  in  Trumbull,  Conn.,  July  21,  1804;  m.  Oct.  6,  1828, 
Emmeline  Hawley,  b.  Dec.  5,  1804,  dau.  of  Abijah  and  Mary  (Sum- 
mers) Hawley.     (See  No.  41.) 

George  Sterling  went  to  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  when  eighteen 
years  of  age  and  worked  in  the  store  of  his  uncle,  Jesse  Sterling. 
Three  years  later  he  entered  into  commercial  partnership  with  his 
cousin,  Sherwood  Sterling.  At  the  establishment  of  the  Bridgeport 
Savings  Bank  he  was  elected  treasurer,  a  position  he  held  until  his 
death.  The  bank  owed  its  prosperity  in  a  large  degree  to  Mr. 
Sterling's  "  prudence,  integrity  and  good  management."  He  was 
closely  identified  with  the  church  of  his  town.  He  united  with  the 
North  Congregational  church  on  Mar.  4,  1827,  and  was  one  of  the 
original  members  of  the  South  Congregational  church,  formed  in 
1830.     In  1847  he  was  chosen  deacon  of  the  latter  church. 

George  Sterling  was  a  man  of  broad,  liberal  mind,  modest  and 
benevolent.  Mrs.  Emmeline  Sterling  d.  Aug.  12,  1868.  George 
Sterling  d.  Sept.  8,  1871. 

Children : 

1833  Henry  Smith  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  10,  1829  ;  d.  July  26,  1841. 

1834  tEdward  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  11,  1831;   m.  Rebecca  Hawley. 

1835  Mary  Jane  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  15,  1834 ;   d.  July  23,  1844. 

1836  Abijah  Hawley  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  8,  1839;    d.  Sept.  17, 

1846. 

766  PAMELIA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Trum- 
bull, June  13,  1806;  m.  Apr.  18,  1833,  Hezekiah  Nichols,  b. 
in  Trumbull,  Nov.  9,  1808,  son  of  Philo  and  Katie  (Curtis) 
Nichols. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nichols  removed  to  Niagara  Co.,  N.  Y.,  imme- 
diately after  their  marriage,  going  by  way  of  the  Erie  canal  from 
Albany,  that  waterway  having  been  recently  completed.  They 
settled  on  a  farm  in  the  town  of  Cambria  where  they  passed  their 

1  George  Sterling's  name  was  perpetuated  in  the  person  of  George  Sterling  Lord 
of  Evanston,  111.,  who  was  named  after  him  and  whose  son  is  Sterling  Lord  of  East 
Aurora,  N.  Y. 


528  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


lives.     Hezeldah  d.  Feb.  21,  1895.    Pamelia  was  still  living  (1902) 
at  Cambria  in  her  96th  year. 

Children : 

1837  tEli  Sterling  Nichols,  b.  June  24,  1835;    m.  Frances  R. 

Harwood. 

1838  George  Nelson  Nichols,  b.  Dec.  24,  1837;    m.  Oct.  20, 

1863,  Alice  Parker.  Resided  in  Kansas,  where  he  was 
a  real  estate  and  loan  agent.  He  d.  there  Nov.  12, 
1901.     No  issue. 

1839  tMary  Frances  Nichols,  b.  Mar.  9,  1840;  m.  Charles  Olds. 

1840  Emeline  Pamelia  Nichols,  b.  Mar.  2,  1845. 

767  MARY  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Trum- 
bull, July  20,  1809 ;  m.  Jan.  9.  1841,  John  M.  Booth,  b.  Jan.  27, 
1808,  son  of  Philo  and  Annie  (Beach)  Booth  of  Trumbull,  who  d. 
Mar.  5,  1888.     Mary  d.  Aug.  14,  1901. 

Children : 

1841  Sterling  H.  Booth,  b.  Sept.  29,  1842 ;   unm.,  living  on  the 

homestead,  White  Plains,  Trumbull,  Conn.  P.  O.  ad- 
dress, Bridgeport,  R.  F.  D.  No.  4. 

1842  t  Frances  E.  Booth,  b.  June  14,  1846;  m.  Reuben  H.  Sher- 

wood. 

1843  Ann  Augusta  Booth,  b.  in  1849;   d.  unm.  Jan.  29,  1876. 

1844  tMary  Louise  Booth,  b.  July  26,  1856 ;  m.  Ezra  B.  Dibble. 

768  ESTHER  ABBY  STERLING  {sister  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Trumbull,  Oct.  23,  1812 ;  m.  Apr.  13,  1833,  Roswell  Starr  Nichols, 
b.  Aug.  11,  1809,  son  of  Nathan  Hubbell  and  Mary  (Nichols) 
Nichols  of  Trumbull.  R.  Starr  Nichols  was  a  farmer  in  Trumbull, 
where  he  d.  Mar.  16,  1873.     Esther  d.  Jan.  12,  1894. 

Children : 

1845  George  Marcus  Nichols,  b.  July  13,  1834;  lived  in  Trum- 

bull;  d.  unm.  July  22,  1897. 

1846  Mary  Frances  Nichols,  b.  Feb.  4,  1840 ;  resides  during  the 

summer  at  the  old  home,  Daniel's  Farms,  Trumbull. 

769  STEPHEN  HAWLEY  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  Trumbull,  Jan.  23,  1816;  m.  Dec.  24,  1845,  Rebecca 
Jane  Brinsmade,  b.  Apr.  25,  1822,  dau.  of  Abraham  and  Betsey 
(Beach)  Brinsmade.  When  young,  Mr.  Sterling  spent  a  short  time 
in  the  store  of  his  brother  George  in  Bridgeport.     The  most  of 


WILLIAM   STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     529 

his  life  was  passed  on  the  old  homestead  in  Trumbull,  part  of  which 
his  father  had  inherited  from  Stephen's  grandfather  Sylvanus. 
Parts  of  this  farm  were  purchased  from  time  to  time  by  him  and 
his  father.  He  d.  Feb.  7,  1893.  Mrs.  Rebecca  Sterling  d.  May  6, 
1868. 

Children : 

1847  t  George  Loomis  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  3,  1855;    m.  Marie  L. 

Doyle. 

1848  t  Arabella  Eliza  Sterling,  b.  June  11,  1858;   m.  George  D. 

Mallett. 

1849  Mary  Rebecca  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  18,  1860;  unm. ;  lives  in 

Trumbull  and  in  Bridgeport. 

770  LUCRETIA  STERLING  (Nathaniel,  Sylvanus,  Stephen, 
Jacob,  William),  b.  in  Trumbull  in  1797;  m.  Ephraim  Thompson 
Edwards,  b.  in  1797. 

Mr.  Edwards  lived  in  Trumbull.  He  was  elected  representa- 
tive to  the  General  Assembly  in  1845  ;  he  d.  Mar.  19,  1859.  She  d. 
May  6,  1875.     Buried  at  Trumbull  Center. 

Child: 

1850  t  Elbert  Edwards,  b.  in  1819,  m.  Anna  Nichols. 

771  GASSFORD  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Trumbull,  Mar.  27,  1800;  m.  Feb.  9,  1841,  Eliza  Post,  b.  in 
Huntington,  Conn.,  dau.  of  Sylvester  and  Dolly  (Birdseye)  Post. 
Gassford  Sterling  was  a  furniture  dealer  in  Bridgeport,  Conn. 
He  d.  there  Sept.  4,  1850. 

Children : 

1851  Emily  Sterling,  unm.;    living  in  Bridgeport  (1903). 
A  son  and  dau.  d.  in  infancy. 

772  LEGRAND  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Trumbull,  June  12,  1802  ;  m.  1st,  May  21,  1826,  Eloise  Burton,  b. 
Oct.  15,  1805,  dau.  of  Ely  and  Naomia  (Summers)  Burton  of 
Trumbull.     Eloise  d.  May  7,  1852.     Legrand  m.  2d,  Harriet  E. 

,  b.  in  1820.    Legrand  d.  Aug.  21,  1877.     Harriet,  his  widow, 

d.  Oct.  17,  1891. 

Children  by  first  marriage : 

1854  John  Burton  Sterling,  b.  in  1828;   d.  unm.  Mar.  9,  1855. 

1855  Emily  Louise  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  6,  1838  ;  m.  Jan.  20,  I860, 

Frank  W.  Smith  of  Chicago;   d.  Apr.  1,  1860. 


530  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


774  CHARLES  NICHOLS  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  May  10,  1808;  m.  Minerva  Beach,  b.  Nov.  15,  1817,  dau. 
of  Ephraim  Wells  and  Dorothy  (Curtis)  Beach  of  Trumbull, 
Conn. 

Charles  N.  Sterling  lived  in  Trumbull.  In  his  young  manhood 
he  was  a  teacher,  a  bright  man  and  a  fine  speaker;  was  also  a 
farmer.  He  was  a  thoroughly  upright  and  temperate  man  and 
personally  resembled  Abraham  Lincoln.  He  d.  Aug.  7,  1877. 
Mrs.  Minerva  Sterling  d.  Oct.  20,  1898;  buried  at  Trumbull 
Center. 

Children : 

1856  Charlotte  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  18,  1840;    m.  1st,  Wakeman 

Buckley,    2d,    George    Henry    Bradley.      Residence, 
Bridgeport.     No  issue. 

1857  Samuel  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  8,  1845 ;    m.  Esther  Richmond, 

wid.  of  Henry  Mansie.     Residence,  Bridgeport.     No 
issue. 

1858  t  George  Curtis  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  3,  1847;    m.  Maria  P. 

Cramsey. 

1859  Charles  Sherwood  Sterling,  b.  June  5,  1851. 

1860  Woolsey    Sterling,   b.    Oct.    31,    1853;     unm. ;     lives    in 

Bridgeport. 

1861  t  John  Tolman  Sterling,  b.  June  5,  1857 ;  m.  Harriet  Peck. 

1862  Emily  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  28,  I860 ;  d.  unm.  July  20,  1884. 

777  MARY  ANN  STERLING  (Jesse,  Sylvanus,  Stephen, 
Jacob,  William),  b.  in  Aug.,  1805;  m.  Oct.  27,  1825,  "Gen." 
Charles  De  Forest,  b.  Aug.  10,  1795,  in  Monroe,  Conn.,  son  of 
Nehemiah  De  Forest  by  his  second  wife  Eleanor  Hicock. 

In  early  manhood  he  taught  school  in  Easton,  Conn. ;  after- 
wards he  settled  in  Bridgeport,  where  he  engaged  in  the  wholesale 
grocery  trade.  His  title  was  one  of  curtesy  rather  than  gained 
from  military  service.  Mrs.  Mary  A.  De  Forest  d.  Apr.  12,  1839. 
He  m.  2d,  Oct.  5,  1842,  Maria  Louise  Hopkins,  b.  in  1820,  and 
had  by  her  Charles  Edward,  b.  Aug.  4,  1843;  d.  Aug.  22,  1843, 
and  Arthur  Hopkins,  b.  Mar.  27,  1857 ;  d.  Nov.  27,  1905.  Gen. 
Charles  d.  in  Bridgeport,  July  28,  1865.  His  widow  m.  2d,  the 
Rev.  Benjamin  L.  Swan  of  Oyster  Bay,  Long  Island,  N.  Y.,  and 
was  living,  again  widowed,  in  Bridgeport  in  1906. 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     531 

Children : 

1863  t  Elizabeth    De   Forest,    b.    Oct.    6,    1826;     m.    Frederick 

Hawley. 

1864  tAnna  Maria  De  Forest,  b.  Aug.  11,  1828;    m.  Lucius  B. 

Boomer. 

1865  Charles  Sterling  De  Forest,  b.  Oct.  25,  1830 ;    d.  Oct.  8, 

1839. 

1866  t  Sarah  Sterling  De  Forest,  b.  Oct.  30,  1834;    m.  Henry 

A.  Rust. 

1867  Edward  Francis  De  Forest,  b.  Feb.  25,  1836;    d.  Sept. 

19,  1839. 

778  SUSAN  E.  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  m.  Jan.  6, 
1836,  Dr.  David  H.  Nash,  b.  Mar.  21,  1811,  son  of  Dr.  William  B. 
and  Ruth  M.  (Eliot)  Nash  of  Bridgeport,  Conn.  He  graduated 
from  Yale,  M.D.,  in  1834,  and  practiced  in  Bridgeport.  She 
d.  in  1888. 

Children : 

1868  William  S.  Nash,  b.  Nov.  7,  1836. 

1869  Andrew  E.  Nash,  b.  Jan.  29,  1837. 

1870  Jesse  E.  Nash,  b.   July  10,  1842;    living  in  Bridgeport 

(1903). 

779  CHARLES  FREDERICK  STERLING  {brother  of  the 
above),  b.  about  1814;  m.  Emeline  Brooks,  dau.  of  Benjamin  and 
Sybil  (Benjamin)  Brooks. 

Mr.  Sterling  was  a  lawyer  and  associated  with  his  wife's  brother- 
in-law,  the  eminent  attorney,  Charles  Thorne  Cromwell.  He  was 
a  writer  of  considerable  repute,  contributing  to  Bridgeport  and 
New  York  newspapers  and  was  the  author  of  several  novels,  among 
them  two  works  relating  to  New  York  and  Long  Island,  named 
respectively  "  Red  Coats  or  the  Sack  of  Unquowa  "  and  "  Buff  and 
Blue."  Mr.  Sterling  d.  in  Bridgeport  in  1851  and  his  wife  d.  the 
same  year. 

Children : 

1871  Gregory  Brooks  Sterling,  d.  in  infancy. 

1872  Jessica  Sterling,  d.  in  infancy. 
Two  sons,  d.  in  infancy. 

1875   t  Bertha  Sterling,  b.  in  1850;   m.  Lucius  S.  Boomer. 

780  SARAH  CAROLINE  STERLING  (sister  of  the  abort), 
m.    the    Hon.    Philo    Clark    Calhoun,    b.    at    Danbury,    Conn., 


532  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Dec.    4,    1810,    son    of   Philo   and    Sally    (McLean)    Calhoun    of 
Danbury. 

Mr.  Calhoun  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  saddlery  in 
Bridgeport,  Conn.,  for  many  years.     He  was  elected  president  of 
the  Conn.  National  Bank  in  Mar.,  1847,  and  continued  as  such 
till  1864,  when  he  was  elected  president  of  the  Fourth  National 
Bank  of  N.  Y.  City.     He  was  an  alderman  of  Bridgeport,  1852, 
mayor  1855,  member  of  the  Legisature  and  State  Senate ;    was  a 
director  of  the  Farragut  Fire  Insurance  Co.,  treasurer  of  New 
Central  Coal  Co.,  trustee  of  the  mortgagees  of  several  railroad 
companies  and  a  member  of  the  Union  League  and  Union  Clubs, 
N.  Y.     He  d.  Mar.  15,  1883.     She  d.  May  15,  1894. 
Children : 
1876     Edward  Sterling  Calhoun,  m.  Alice  Hersey,  of  Taunton, 
Mass. ;    he  d.  in  1889,  leaving  a  dau.,  Mrs.  Robert 
Hackinson  of  Salt  Lake  City,  and  other  children. 
1878     Louise    Caroline    Calhoun,    m.    George    W.    Latham,    of 
Lynchburg,  Va. ;    had  a  son,  Harry  W.,  who  d.  in 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  in  1895.     She  is  a  wid.,  residing 
in  Bridgeport  with  her  son  Calhoun,  the  only  sur- 
vivor of  five  children. 
1881     Julia  Ellsworth  Calhoun,  m.  William  B.  Cragin  of  Rye, 
N.  Y.,  a  merchant  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.    Ch. :  Calhoun, 
Louise  W.,  William  B.,  Arthur  Sterling,  Ellsworth, 
Adele  C,  and  Charles  C. 
1889     Charles  Morrell  Calhoun,  m.  Julia  Sanford  of  Bridgeport, 
where  they  reside.     Ch. :    Philo  C,  Katharine,  and 
John  C. 
1893     Mary  Sterling  Calhoun,  m.  James  S.  Burke  of  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y. ;    have  one  dau.  Florence  C. 

781     EZRA  GREGORY  STERLING   (brother  of  the  above), 
m.   Sarah  E.   Burr,  b.  Feb.  25,  1831,  dau.  of  Jonathan  S.   and 
Mary  (Stevens)  Burr  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.     He  was  a  coal  dealer 
in  New  York.     She  d.  May  19,  1888. 
Children : 

1895  Mary  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  15,  1854 ;   living,  unm.  in  Brook- 

lyn, N.  Y. 

1896  Jessie  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  13,  1856. 

1897  Philo  Calhoun  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  23,  1857. 

1898  John  Henry  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  26,  I860. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     533 

783  STERLING  SHERMAN  (David  Sherman,  Mary,  Stephen, 
Jacob,  William),  b.  Mar.  1,  1776;  m.  Anna  Kirtland. 

Capt.  Sterling  Sherman  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Beach 
(Dr.  James  E.)  and  Sherman  of  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  in  which  he 
was  associated  with  his  brother  Isaac.  They  were  dealers  in  gro- 
ceries, dry  goods,  etc.,  and  ran  a  packet  line  to  N.  Y.  Their  boat 
was  named  The  Bridgeport. 

Children : 

1899  Isaac  Sherman,  m.  Eliza,  dau.  of  F.  C.  Bassett,  and  had 
David,  who  settled  near  Cleveland,  0. ;  Henry,  Jane, 
and  Rebecca  H.,  who  m.  1st,  Marcus  Sterling  (No. 
1920),  2d,  Henry  Seymour. 

1903     Jane  Sherman,  m.  Alexander  Hamilton. 

1901.     Hervey  Sherman,  b.  Apr.  15,  1805;   d.  July  1,  1805. 

788  ISAAC  SHERMAN  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  Sept.  25, 
1788;  m.  Dec.  23,  1810,  Maria  Burroughs,  b.  in  June,  1792, 
dau.  of  Stephen  Burroughs,  Jr.,  and  Mary  Jennings. 

Esquire  Sherman  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  affairs  of  his 
town  and  held  several  town  offices  for  a  long  term  of  years.  He 
collected  considerable  historical  data  regarding  the  early  settlers 
of  Stratfield  which  he  embodied  in  a  manuscript  book  styled  "  Esq. 
Sherman's  Recollections."     He  d.  Nov.  23,  1863. 

Children : 

1905  Mary  Sherman,  d.  young. 

1906  Eliza  Sherman,  m.  Darwin  Warner. 

1907  """Jane  Eleanor  Sherman,  m.  Rowland  B.  Lacey. 

791  ISAAC  EATON  BEACH  (Hidda  Sherman,  Mary,  Stephen, 
Jacob,  William),  b.  in  Bridgeport,  May  23,  1802;  m.  Sept.  11, 
1823,  Eliza  Hawley,  b.  in  Bridgeport,  Apr.  20,  1802,  dau.  of 
Gurdon  and  Ann  (Hawley)  Hawley.  Gurdon  was  a  brother  of 
Ruth,  who  m.  Philip  (No.  320),  son  of  Sylvanus  Sterling  (No. 
131).  Isaac  E.  Beach  d.  Mar.  16,  1877. 
Children : 

1908  John  H.  Beach,  b.  in  Bridgeport,  Aug.  9,  1821;    m.  Nov. 

29,  1869,  Mary  E.,  dau.  of  Orson  and  Pamclia 
(Chapman)  Merchant  of  Redding,  1).  Feb.  18,  18S7. 
John  H.  Beach  was  a  farmer  near  Bridgeport. 

1909  George  Eaton  Beach,  b.  in  Bridgeport,  May   16,  1832; 


534  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


m.  June  1,  1853,  Augusta,  dau.  of  Charles  and  Har- 
riet (Warner)  Edmond,  b.  Aug.  6,  1831.  George  E. 
Beach  was  a  tailor  in  Bridgeport.  He  d.  Apr.  27, 
1877. 

793  CAPT.  JOHN  WILLIAM  STERLING  (David,  Abijah, 
Stephen,  Jacob,  William),  b.  in  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  Sept.  4,  1796; 
m.  1st,  Jan.  18,  1832,  Mary  R.  Judson,  b.  Apr.  10,  1807,  dau.  of 
Daniel  and  Sarah  (Plant)  Judson,  who  d.  June  2,  1838 ;  m.  2d, 
Aug.  20,  1839,  Catharine  T.  Plant,  b.  Jan.  5,  1816,  dau.  of  the 
Hon.  David  and  Catharine   (Tomlinson)  Plant. 

Mr.  Sterling's  intense  love  for  the  sea  was  of  early  develop- 
ment, and  his  father  after  vainly  offering  him  a  college  educa- 
tion as  an  inducement  to  remain  at  home,  shipped  him  before  the 
mast  under  his  uncle  Capt.  Daniel  Sterling,  on  board  the  Aris- 
tomenes,  bound  for  Liverpool  and  Archangel,  in  the  hope  that  the 
length  and  hardship  of  the  voyage  would  cure  him  of  his  boyish 
fancy.  England  was  then  searching  our  decks  for  her  seamen, 
and  the  "  protection  "  which  he  carried  is  still  in  existence.  It 
bears  date  Oct.  15,  1810,  and  describes  him  as  "  an  American 
Seaman,  aged  fourteen  years,  of  the  height  of  four  feet,  eight 
inches  and  a  half,  dark  complexion,  dark  hair,  black  eyes." 

The  ship  lay  at  Liverpool  three  months,  during  which  he  at- 
tended night  school  and  studied  navigation.  Afterwards  at  Ar- 
changel, he  was  enchanted  with  the  wonders  of  the  bursting  Arctic 
summer,  and  his  eleven  months  of  absence  only  served  to  fix  more 
firmly  his  choice  of  "  a  life  on  the  ocean  wave." 

At  eighteen  years  of  age  he  sailed  as  second  mate  on  the  ship 
Fingal,  which  carried  General  Proctor  back  to  England  after  the 
disastrous  defeat  of  the  British  and  Indian  army  at  Tippecanoe. 
It  was  a  stormy  passage,  and  night  after  night  the  old  general 
came  on  deck,  fearful  lest  the  ship  should  founder,  entrusted  to 
the  charge  of  the  "  boy  of  eighteen." 

In  the  summer  of  1817  he  was  offered  the  command  of  a  brig. 
He  accepted  it,  engaged  his  crew,  and  superintended  the  loading 
of  the  cargo ;  but  upon  making  application  at  the  custom  house 
for  clearance  papers,  just  before  the  vessel  was  ready  for  sea, 
it  transpired  that  the  captain  was  but  twenty  years  old,  and  the 


Capt.  John  W.  Sterling 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     535 

underwriters  refused  to  insure  either  vessel  or  cargo.  The  owners 
desired  to  retain  him  as  first  mate,  but  he  declined,  saying  that 
"  where  he  had  once  been  master  he  could  not  be  man,"  and  shipped 
as  mate  on  the  Nestor,  for  another  firm. 

At  twenty-one  years  of  age  Captain  Sterling  was  master  of 
the  ship  Garonne,  between  New  York  and  Havana,  a  post  of 
danger  and  responsibility,  as  that  part  of  the  Atlantic  was  then 
infested  by  pirates.  He  made  many  subsequent  voyages  to 
Europe,  South  America,  the  Philippine  Islands,  and  Canton.  He 
was  in  Buenos  Ayres  during  one  of  the  wildest  outbreaks  of  its 
years  of  revolution,  and  learning  one  day  that  the  mob  was  burn- 
ing and  pillaging  the  business  portion  of  the  city,  he  went  to  the 
banking  house  where  his  ship's  moneys  and  papers  were  deposited, 
withdrew  them  all  and  carried  them,  with  loaded  pistols,  through 
streets  swarming  Avith  an  enraged  populace  to  the  protection  of 
the  United  States  flag  which  floated  from  his  masthead. 

In  1823  he  commanded  the  Splendid,  of  eight  hundred  tons, 
the  largest  ship  which  had  till  then  been  built.  She  sailed  to  New 
Orleans,  thence  to  Havre  de  Grace  and  Canton,  and  at  each  port 
was  visited  by  thousands  and  excited  as  much  wonder  and  admira- 
tion as  the  famous  clippers  and  the  Great  Eastern  of  later 
periods. 

It  was  Captain  Sterling's  rare  fortune  to  witness  several  of 
the  events  which  have  a  place  in  history.  Allowed,  when  a  mere 
child,  to  make  a  pleasure  trip  to  New  York  with  the  elder  Capt. 
John  Brooks,  he  stood  on  the  dock  on  the  memorable  Sunday 
afternoon  in  1807  when  Robert  Fulton's  Clermont  started  on  her 
first  trip  up  the  Hudson.  He  was  at  Harvre  de  Grace  when 
Napoleon  returned  from  Elba,  and  witnessed  the  wild  enthusiasm 
of  the  French  and  the  precipitate  flight  of  the  English  ships  from 
the  harbor.  A  few  days  later  Bonaparte's  sister,  the  Princess 
Bacciocchi,  came  with  her  daughter  on  board  the  Fingal,  and  the 
lively  French  girl  was  charmed  with  the  young  American  sailor, 
who  spoke  with  her  in  her  own  language  and  ran  up  the  masts 
for  her  amusement.  He  was  in  Canton  and  witnessed  the  great 
fire,  Nov.  1,  1822,  and  in  1830  saw  the  first  train  started  on  the 
Liverpool  and  Manchester  railway. 


536  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Captain  Sterling  left  the  sea  in  1835  with  a  reputation  for 
seamanship,  integrity,  and  humanity  unsurpassed  among  the  mer- 
chant captains  of  his  time. 

During  his  twenty-five  years  of  seafaring  he  never  met  with 
a  serious  disaster.  He  sailed  for  the  most  prominent  merchants  in 
the  South  American  and  China  trades,  —  the  Howlands,  Minturns, 
Aspinwalls,  and  Grinnells.  Among  seamen  he  was  known  as  just 
and  generous,  "  the  kindest  hearted  captain  upon  the  seas,"  yet 
his  discipline  was  perfect  and  his  ship  after  months  on  the  ocean 
would  come  into  port  in  splendid  condition,  clean  and  trim  as  a 
man-of-war.  He  was  widely  known  as  a  most  skillful  navigator, 
and  his  magnificent  seamanship  came  into  request  on  both  sides 
the  Atlantic.  He  retired  in  the  prime  of  life  in  full  health  and 
vigor,  and  for  years  after  he  left  the  service  he  was  in  constant 
receipt  of  letters  from  the  wealthiest  merchants  both  of  this 
country  and  England,  offering  him  their  largest  and  finest  ships. 

Captain  Sterling  was  a  man  of  great  mental  power,  fine  lit- 
erary acquirements  and  retentive  memory.  He  not  only  spoke 
French  and  Spanish  fluently,  but  was  well  read  in  the  classics  of 
both  languages,  and  he  possessed  an  unusually  extensive  and 
accurate  knowledge  of  the  best  English  literature  and  a  love  for 
it  rare  even  among  scholars.  Modest  to  a  fault  and  reticent 
among  strangers,  he  was  a  delightful  companion  in  the  circle  of 
his  intimate  friends  and  at  his  own  fireside.  His  love  for  home 
and  country  was  as  deep  as  his  early  passion  for  the  sea.  There 
were  few  who  more  clearly  foresaw  the  Civil  War  or  more  fully 
comprehended  the  magnitude  and  significance  of  the  struggle,  than 
Captain  Sterling.  He  had  been  too  generous  to  his  friends,  too 
ready  to  assist  those  in  need,  and  too  devoted  to  the  interests  of 
his  children,  ever  to  have  accumulated  a  large  fortune;  but  all 
that  he  could  command  he  turned  to  the  service  of  the  govern- 
ment even  when  the  credit  of  the  nation  was  lowest,  saying  that 
"  if    the    Union    were    lost    there    would    be    nothing    left    worth 


saving." 


He  sincerely  regretted  being  too  old  to  enter  the  naval  service 
and  fight  for  the  flag  under  which  he  had  sailed  so  many  years 
and  which  he  loved  with  a  true  sailor's  devotion. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     537 

He  was  four  years,  from  1854,  a  director  of  the  Bridgeport 
Bank. 

In  1836  he  bought  of  the  heirs  of  Abram  Tomlinson  the  corner 
south  of  the  Congregational  church  in  Stratford.  The  spot  is  still 
occupied  by  the  family  and  is  known  as  the  Sterling  Homestead. 
Here  he  spent  the  last  thirty  years  of  his  life  and  died  Feb.  13, 

1866. 

(This  sketch  of  Capt.  Sterling's  life  is  from  Orcutt's  History 
of  Stratford  and  Bridgeport,  1886). 

Mrs.  Catharine  Sterling  was  still  living  in  Stratford  (1902). 
Mr.  Sterling  is  buried  in  the  Congregational  burying  place  in 
Bridgeport,  as  is  the  first  wife,  Mary   (Judson)    Sterling. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

1910  t  Sarah  Sterling,  b.  Oct.   28,  1832;    m.  Robert  H.  Wet- 

more. 

1911  Mary  Judson  Sterling,  b.  in  Feb.,  1838;    d.   Sept.   14, 

1838. 
Children  by  second  marriage: 

1912  t  Catharine  Mary  Sterling,  b.  May  9,  1841;   m.  Rufus  W. 

Bunnell. 

1913  t  John  William  Sterling,  b.  May  12,  1844. 

1914  Cordelia    Sterling,   b.    Mar.    18,    1846;     unm. ;     lives   in 

Stratford,  Conn. 

794  DAVID  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Bridge- 
port, July  9,  1799 ;  m.  Mar.  6,  1822,  Emma  Waterman.  He  was 
a  printer  and  later  a  manufacturer  in  Bridgeport.  He  went  to 
California  in  1848  and  d.  there  Aug.  31,  1849. 

Children : 

1915  tEliza  Coffin  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  27,  1824;    m.  William  C. 

Ellison. 

1916  'Robert    Henry    Sterling,    b.    Feb.    29,    1828;     m.    Jane 

Wheaton. 

796  THE  HON.  SHERWOOD  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  Bridgeport,  May  23,  1803;  m.  Nov.  6,  1825,  Jane 
Elizabeth  Hawley,  b.  Sept.  27,  1805,  dau.  of  Aaron  and  Grissell 
(Summers)  Hawley.  (See  No.  41.) 

Sherwood  Sterling  was  one  of  the  foremost  citizens  of  Bridge- 
port and  of  Fairfield,  where  he  lived  during  the  latter  years  of  his 


538  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


life  on  the  old  homestead  of  his  grandfather,  Joseph  Strong. 
This  home  was  about  a  mile  and  a  half  out  of  the  village  of  Bridge- 
port, in  the  township  of  Fairfield.  He  was  made  deacon  of  the 
South  Congregational  church  of  Bridgeport  in  1833.  He  repre- 
sented Bridgeport  in  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  in  1843, 
and  was  Representative  to  that  body  from  Fairfield  in  1857  and 
from  1860  to  1864  inclusive.  He  was  mayor  of  the  Borough  of 
Bridgeport  in  1847  and  1848.  He  was  the  first  president  of  the 
Bridgeport  City  Bank,  elected  for  one  year  in  1842,  a  trustee  of 
the  institution  and  was  again  made  president  of  the  bank  in  1864 
for  a  term  of  six  years.  He  went  into  partnership  in  1848  with 
Elbert  E.  Hubbell  in  the  wholesale  grocery  trade  and  continued  in 
that  connection  until  1865.  Mr.  Sterling  d.  suddenly  of  apoplexy, 
Oct.  31,  1869.  Mrs.  Sterling  d.  Oct.  31,  1881. 
Children : 

1917  tJohn  William  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  16,  1826;    m.  Mary  C. 

Wade. 

1918  Cornelius  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  18,  1828 ;   m.  Susan  Augusta, 

dau.  of  Gurdon  and  Matilda  (Peck)  Hall.  They 
resided  in  Bridgeport,  where  he  d.  in  1851,  without 
issue. 

1919  ^Frederick   Sterling,   b.    July   3,    1830;     m.    Minerva   L. 

Barnum. 

1920  t  Marcus  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  29,  1831 ;   m.  Rebecca  H.  Sher- 

man. 

1921  Thomas  Waterman  Sterling,  b.  June  24,  1833;    d.  July 

16,  1853. 

1922  Susan   Hawley   Sterling,  b.   Apr.   2,  1835;    m.  in   May, 

1862,  Lewis  B.,  son  of  Cyrus  Silliman.  Residence: 
Bridgeport.     No  issue. 

1923  t  Caroline  Clinton  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  15,  1837;    m.  Stephen 

Burroughs. 

1924  tjane  Elizabeth  Sterling,  b.  July  29,  1838;    m.  William 

E.  Seeley. 

1925  t  Sherwood  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  4,  1840;   m.  Fanny  White. 

1926  David  Sterling,  b.  July  20,  1844 ;    a  soldier  in  the  Re- 

bellion. 

1927  t  Henry   Summers   Sterling,  b.    July   12,   1846;    m.   Julia 

Burr. 

1928  tHenrietta  Day  Sterling,  b.  Sept.   16,  1847;    m.   Julian 

H.  Sterling.     (See  No.  1941.) 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     539 

797  ANN  STRONG  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Bridgeport,  July  23, 1805  ;  m.  Oct.  2,  1826,  Mark  Moore,  a  lawyer 
of  Bridgeport,  and  for  many  years  judge  of  probate  there.  He  d. 
in  1851.    She  d.  Aug.  9,  1859. 

Children : 

1929  Helen  Moore,  b.  Oct.  3,  1830;   d.  unm. 

1930  Mary  Moore,  b.  Oct.  5,  184-0;    d.  unm. 

1931  Annette  Moore,  b.  Aug.  15,  1845;    m.  in  1867,  John  B. 

Russell,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Curtiss)  Rus- 
sell ;  farmer  at  Woodbury,  Conn. ;  removed  later  to 
Bridgeport. 

798  CORNELIA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above) ,  b.  in  Bridge- 
port, Aug.  13,  1806;  m.  Jan.  24,  1838,  William  Rufus  Bunnell, 
b.  at  Meredith,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  6,  1806,  son  of  Rufus  and  Diantha 
(Eitch)  Bunnell.  He  m.  1st,  June  6,  1832,  Sarah  Haight,  b.  in 
Bath,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  28,  1807,  dau.  of  Gen.  Samuel  S.  and  Sarah 
(Matthews)  Haight  of  Angelica,  N.  Y.,  who  d.  Apr.  29,  1835. 
She  was  the  mother  of  Diantha  Fitch,  b.  in  Ossian,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  9, 
1832;  m.  George  W.  Hart;  and  of  Rufus  William,  b.  Feb.  11, 
1835,  who  m.  Catharine  Mary  Sterling  (No.  1912). 

William  R.  Bunnell  lived  from  1828  to  1834  in  the  towns  of 
Ossian  and  Burns,  in  Livingston  and  Allegany  counties,  N.  Y.,  on 
a  track  of  1100  acres,  being  a  breeder  of  fine  sheep.  He  was  super- 
visor for  Ossian  for  two  years,  a  captain  and  major  of  militia  at 
Burns.  He  removed  in  the  fall  of  1833  to  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  and 
exchanged  his  farm  and  stock  for  an  interest  in  "  The  Pequonnock 
Manufacturing  Co.,"  or  Bunnell's  Mills,  makers  of  cotton  and 
woollen  goods.  He  was  for  ten  years  town  and  city  assessor.  He 
d.  Nov.  6,  1872.    Cornelia  d.  Jan.  31,  1883. 

Children,  born  in  Bridgeport : 

1932  David  Sterling  Bunnell,  b.  May  24,  1839;    d.  Oct.  21, 

1840. 

1933  Sarah  Bunnell,  b.  Nov.  10,  1840;   d.  Dec.  2,  1840. 

1934  t  James  Sterling  Bunnell,  b.  Nov.  15,  1843;    m.  Katharine 

T.  Mapes. 

1935  Julia  Haight  Bunnell,  b.  Mar.  29,  1845 ;    unm. 

1936  t  Katharine  S.  Bunnell,  b.  Feb.  11,  1847;    m.  Dr.  George 

F.  Lewis. 

1937  Anne  Strong  Bunnell,  b.  Sept.  16,  1848;  d.  Aug.  5,  1850. 


540  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


1938  Henry  Bunnell,  b.  Feb.  5,  1851 ;    d.  Feb.  7,  1856. 

1939  John  Sterling  Bunnell,  b.   May   11,   1853;    d.  May  15, 

1853. 

1940  Cordelia  Waterman  Bunnell,  b.  June  23,  1855;    d.  June 

25,  1855. 

801  WOOLSEY  G.  STERLING  (Daniel,  Abijah,  Stephen, 
Jacob,  William),  b.  in  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  June  14,  1807;  m.  May 
1, 1834,  Eliza  C.  Quackenbos,  b.  Feb.  25, 1820,  dau.  of  Dr.  Nicholas 
Quackenbos  and  Ann  Neville  of  New  York.  (Talcott's  N.  Y.  and 
N.  E.  Families.)  Woolsey  was  a  wholesale  grocer  in  Bridgeport 
in  company,  first  with  P.  C.  Wheeler,  later  with  his  brother  Daniel 
H.  Sterling.  He  retired  in  1849.  Woolsey  Sterling  d.  Sept.  26, 
1867.     She  d.  Dec.  23,  1896. 

Children  (none  of  whom  married)  : 

1941  Ann  Eliza  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  3,  1835 ;    d.  . 

1942  Henry  Sterling,  b.  May  4,  1838;    d.  Dec.  25,  1883. 

1943  Clarence  Sterling,  b.  June  28,  1843;   member  of  the  city 

council,  Bridgeport. 

1944  Leonard  Sterling,  b.  July  28,  1845  ;   resides  in  Bridgeport 

with  his  brother. 

804  THE  HON.  DANIEL  HENRY  STERLING  (brother  of 
the  above),  b.  in  Bridgeport,  July  10,  1819;  m.  Dec.  6,  1842, 
Maria  M.  Beck,  b.  in  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  Feb.  25,  1820,  dau.  of 
William  C.  and  Matilda  (McCoy)  Beck.1 

Daniel  H.  Sterling  was  fitted  for  college  in  the  school  of  the 
Rev.  Birdsey  G.  Noble  and  entered  Yale  in  the  class  of  1839  but 
changed  to  Union  College,  at  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  and  was  grad- 
uated in  1840.  Soon  after  he  entered  the  firm  of  P.  C.  Wheeler 
and   Company,  wholesale   grocers.      This   firm   consisted   of   Mr. 

1  Ancestry  of  Maria  M.  (Beck)  Sterling 

Paulus  Julianus  Michaelus  Beck,  b.  in  Nuremburg  in  1725,  came  to  Philadelphia, 
Penn.,  Aug.  25,  1752;  m.  Apr.  5,  1757,  in  Philadelphia,  Maria  Magdalena  Schineder, 
b.  Aug.  21,  1728.  They  had  eight  children,  all  of  whom  d.  in  infancy  except  Paul 
Beck,  Jr.,  b.  Sept.  20,  1760,  Anna  Maria  Beck,  b.  Apr.  30,  1766,  and  Maria  Magdalena 
Beck,  b.  July  18,  1772. 

Paul  Beck,  Jr.,  m.  Dec.  3,  1783,  Margaret  Parker.  They  had  five  children.  The 
youngest  was  William  Currie  Beck,  b.  July  5,  1796 ;  m.  May  28,  1819.  Matilda  McCoy, 
dau.  of  Henry  and  Dorcas  McCoy  of  Baltimore.  Their  three  children  were:  Maria 
McCoy  Beck,  b.  Feb.  25,  1820,  m.  Daniel  H.  Sterling;  Julian  Beck,  b.  Dec.  26,  1821 ; 
and  William  Henry  Beck,  b.  Sept.  27,  1823. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     541 

Wheeler  and  Daniel's  brother  Woolsey.  Daniel  soon  became  a 
partner  and  upon  the  decease  of  Mr.  Wheeler  in  May,  1841,  the 
firm  became  D.  H.  Sterling  &  Company.  The  place  of  business 
was  on  Water  street  at  the  foot  of  Wall  street,  and  was  at  the 
time  the  leading  grocery  house  of  the  town.  In  1849  his  brother 
retired  from  the  firm  and  Mr.  Sterling  engaged  in  the  flour 
trade. 

In  1845  and  1846  he  built  his  house,  living  meanwhile  in  the 
Sterling  Hotel  on  Main  street.  This  home  stood  upon  the  trian- 
gular piece  of  ground,  given  him  by  his  father  and  inherited  by 
Daniel,  Sr.,  from  Capt.  Abijah,  his  father.  The  plot  was  bounded 
by  what  is  now  Franklin  street,  Washington  avenue,  and  Main 
street.  This  house  was  for  a  long  time  one  of  the  show  places 
of  Bridgeport,  surrounded  by  ample  grounds,  gardens,  and  groves 
of  trees,  reached  by  wide  drives  from  the  street.  Many  distin- 
guished men  were  entertained  here,  among  them  Bayard  Taylor, 
Wendell  Phillips,  and  Edward  Everett,  and  it  was  for  many  years 
the  social  center  of  the  growing  city.  The  house  was  razed  in 
the  winter  of  1901—2  to  make  room  for  a  business  block. 

Daniel  H.  Sterling  was  elected  a  director  of  the  Connecticut 
Bank,  Sept.  7,  1854,  and  continued  as  such  until  June  5,  1875, 
when  he  was  elected  president  of  that  institution,  which  position 
he  held  until  his  decease.  He  was  also  a  corporator  of  the  City 
Savings  Bank  and  one  of  its  vice-presidents.  He  was  vice-president 
of  the  board  of  education  and  chairman  of  the  finance  committee 
and  was  a  valued  member  of  the  First  Congregational  church, 
acting  as  committeeman  and  treasurer  for  a  number  of  years. 
In  the  years  1848  to  1851  and  1853,  1858,  1870,  and  1871  he  was 
a  member  of  the  common  council  and  in  1855  and  1859  of  the 
board  of  aldermen.  He  was  elected  mayor  of  Bridgeport  in  1860 
and  re-elected  in  1861  and  1862,  and  during  his  occupancy  of 
the  office  was  a  thorough  Union  man,  sustaining  the  efforts  of 
the  "  War  Governor "  William  A.  Buckingham,  with  whom  he 
was  closely  identified. 

Mayor  Sterling  went  to  Washington  several  times  in  the 
interests  of  the  Union's  cause,  once  to  confer  with  Gideon  Wells, 
twice  to  meet  Abraham  Lincoln,  twice  he  went  to  the  front  before 
Gettysburg.     From  his  private  fortune  he  gave  $26,000  toward 


542  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


the  war,  soldiers,  and  their  families.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  war, 
Mayor  Sterling  raised  the  flag  over  his  home  and  this  banner 
floated  from  its  staff  through  winter  and  summer  until  the  fall 
of  Richmond.  The  flag  is  now  in  possession  of  the  G.  A.  R.  of 
Bridgeport. 

During  the  time  of  the  draft  riots  in  New  York  City,  southern 
sympathizers  in  Bridgeport  threatened  to  burn  the  mayor's  house 
and  to  kill  him,  and  it  became  necessary  to  protect  his  life  and 
property  by  detailing  a  detachment  of  soldiers   as   a  guard. 

Mrs.  Daniel  H.  Sterling  was  president  of  the  Soldiers'  Aid 
Society,  organized  May  15,  1861,  many  meetings  of  which  or- 
ganization were  held  in  the  Sterling  parlors.  After  the  close 
of  the  war  it  was  through  the  efforts  of  these  ladies  that  a  sub- 
scription was  raised  to  build  a  soldiers'  monument,  plans  for 
which  were  drafted  at  the  Sterling  homestead.  Mrs.  Sterling  held 
the  trowel  at  the  laying  of  the  corner-stone  in  August,  1866. 
The  monument  was  dedicated  Aug.  17,  1876,  with  the  grandest 
ceremonials  the  city  had  ever  witnessed. 

The  Hon.  Daniel  H.  Sterling  left  a  large  estate  at  his  death. 
This  included  his  home,  a  half  interest  in  his  father's  place  op- 
posite, half  of  the  land  where  now  is  Catharine  street  and  Madi- 
son avenue,  half  of  the  Sterling  Hotel  property,  besides  other 
real  estate  and  personal  property.  Through  litigation  most  of 
this  estate  was  lost  to  the  heirs. 

A  year  after  Mr.  Sterling's  death  the  old  homestead  caught 
fire.  The  blaze  was  extinguished  by  the  fire  engine  "  The  D.  H. 
Sterling,  No.  1."  This  was  the  first  steam  fire  engine  in  the  city 
and  was  acquired  while  Daniel  was  mayor.  The  common  council 
voted  to  name  it  after  him.  The  name  still  remains  over  the  door 
of  the  engine  house. 

Daniel  H.  Sterling  d.  suddenly  in  Bridgeport,  Mar.  1,  1877. 
He  is  buried  near  his  father  in  Mountain  Grove  cemetery.  Mrs. 
Maria  M.  Sterling  was  still  living  in  Bridgeport  (1902)  with  her 
daughter. 

Children,  born  in  Bridgeport : 

1941  t  Julian  Henry  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  14,  1845;    m.  Henrietta 

D.  Sterling  (No.  1928). 

1942  Gertrude  McCoy  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  4,  1847 ;    m.  June  4, 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     543 

1883,   William   E.    Baillie.      Reside   in    Bridgeport. 
No  issue. 

1943  Matilda  McCoy  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  21,  1849;   m.  Feb.  24, 

1881,  Walter  S.  Baillie,  brother  of  William.     Resi- 
dence, South  America.     No  issue. 

805  ALEXANDER  FREDERICK  STERLING  (Frederick, 
Abijah,  Stephen,  Jacob,  William),  b.  in  Huntington,  Fairfield  Co., 
Conn.,  June  21,  1817 ;  m.  June  16,  1849,  Elizabeth  Jordan,  b.  in 
Cooperstown,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  24,  1820,  dau.  of  Ambrose  Lord  Jordan, 
attorney  general  of  N.  Y.  State,  and  Cornelia  C.  (Phillips)  Jordan, 
dau.  of  Capt.  Jacobus  and  Cornelia  (Fonda)  Phillips. 

Mr.  Sterling  came  to  New  York  with  his  parents  when  a  child. 
He  was  a  man  of  scholarly  attainments  and  abundant  resources 
and  led  a  quiet,  uneventful  life.  He  d.  Jan.  31,  1885.  His  wife 
d.  Aug.  15,  1878;  buried  in  Mountain  View  cemetery,  Bridgeport. 

Only  child: 

1944  tMargaret  Vincent  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  14,  1853;    m.  Clar- 

ence A.  Postley. 

806  SUSAN  MATILDA  HUBBELL  (Levi  Hubbell,  Eunice, 
Stephen,  Jacob,  William),  b.  Oct.  19,  1804;  m.  Sept.  21,  1823, 
Monson  Hawley,  b.  Apr.  10,  1803,  son  of  Capt.  Abijah  and  Mary 
(Summers)  Hawley  and  brother  of  Emeline,  who  m.  George,  son  of 
Philip  Sterling.  (See  No.  41.)  Susan  d.  Nov.  25,  1845.  Monson 
m.  2d,  Nov.  4,  1846,  Jane  Kirtland,  dau.  of  S.  C.  and  Harriet 
(Bostwick)  Kirtland,  b.  Aug.  31,  1817,  by  whom  he  had:  Hattie, 
b.  May  31,  1848;  Charles,  b.  Aug.  26,  1851 ;  and  John,  b.  Nov. 
22,  1849. 

Monson  Hawley  began  clerking  in  the  store  of  Jesse  Sterling 
in  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  when  seventeen  years  of  age.  Jesse  Ster- 
ling was  then  postmaster  of  the  Borough  of  Bridgeport  and  it  was 
the  clerk's  duty  upon  the  arrival  of  the  mail  each  day  to  read  pub- 
licly the  addresses  on  the  letters,  that  persons  present  might  know 
if  there  were  letters  for  them. 

He  bought  out  Sterling  in  the  store  in  1825  and  enlarged  his 
sphere  of  mercantile  endeavor.  He  owned  several  stores  in 
Bridgeport  and  elsewhere  and  had  large  interests  in  shipping  in 
the  coasting  and  whaling  trades.    He  was  president  of  the  Pequon- 


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nock  National  Bank  for  several  years  and  was  mayor  of  Bridge- 
port for  the  years  1866,  1867,  and  1869.     He  d.  Oct.  22,  1891. 
The  children  of  Monson  and  Susan  M.  Hawley  were: 
1915     John  M.  Hawley,  b.  June  11,  1824;   d.  Mar.  5,  1849. 

1946  Adeline  Hawley,  b.  Apr.  26,  1827. 

1947  Susan  Hawley,  b.  Dec.  13,  1831. 

1948  Levi  R.  Hawley,  b.  Sept.  30,  1833. 

1949  Amanda  Hawley,  b.  July  15,  1837;    d.  Aug.  3,  1855. 

1950  Fanny  Hawley,  b.  Feb.  14,  1841. 

1951  Louise  Hawley,  b.  Apr.  2,  1842 ;    m.  Feb.  5,  1868,  John 

B.,  son  of  Josiah  and  Charlotte  (Baldwin)  Hubbell. 
All  b.  in  Bridgeport,  except  Levi,  b.  in  California. 

809     ANN  MARIA  HUBBELL  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  May  9, 
1811 ;   m.  June  19,  1833,  Charles  Toucey. 
Children : 

1952  Francis  Henry  Toucey,  b.  Mar.  14,  1834. 

1953  Levi  Hubbell  Toucey,  b.  Aug.  21,  1836;    m.  Esther  M. 

Ayres. 

1954  Harriet  Susan  Toucey,  b.   June  14,  1839;    m.   Sept.  6, 

1870,  the  Rev.  Francis  Tobdell,  and  d.  Apr.  22,  1873. 

1955  Maria  Augusta  Toucey,  b.  Mar.  2,  1841;    d.  Sept.   26, 

1852. 

1956  Edward  Toucey,  b.  July  8,  1844 ;   m.  May  1,  1879,  Rosa 

J.  Mats  on. 

1957  William  Henry  Toucey,  b.  Jan.  31,  1848;    d.  Nov.  26, 

1849. 

812  CHARLES  STEPHEN  STERLING  (Nathaniel,  William, 
William,  William,  Richard,  William),  b.  in  Wilton,  Conn.,  Mar.  24, 
1804 ;  m.  at  Liverpool,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  15, 1835,  Armenia  Hasbrouck, 
b.  in  Duchess  Co.,  N.  Y.,  June  15,  1806,  dau.  of  Benjamin  and 
Hannah  (Green)  Hasbrouck. 

Dr.  Charles  S.  Sterling  removed  from  Connecticut  to  Lafay- 
ette, Onondaga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  with  his  parents.  He  had  an  academic 
education  and  studied  medicine  in  Pompey  in  the  office  of  .a  physi- 
cian and  upon  his  admission  to  practice  moved  to  Euclid,  Onon- 
daga Co.,  and  opened  an  office  in  1832.  The  first  entry  in  his 
account  book  and  diary  is  "  commenced  boarding  with  Wm.  Coon 
at  one  dollar,  fifty^  cents  per  week,  including  room,"  and  his  first 
;'  case "    was    extracting    teeth,    for    which    he    received    thirteen 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     545 

cents.     In   1835  he  removed  to  Liverpool,  on  the  east  shore  of 
Onondaga  Lake,  where  he  continued  in  practice  until  his  death. 
Mrs.  Armenia  Sterling  d.  Mar.  21,  1876.     Dr.  Sterling  d.  Sept. 
9,  1884;   both  buried  at  Liverpool. 
Children,  born  in  Liverpool: 
1958     Charles  Sterling,  d.  in  infancy. 
Two  babies  d.  in  infancy. 

1961  Charles  Nathaniel  Sterling,  b.   Feb.   20,   184-3.      He  en- 

listed in  Co.  F,  12th  Regt.,  N.  Y.  Vol.  Infty.,  Apr. 
24, 1861,  a  company  organized  in  Liverpool,  mustered 
in  at  Elmira,  N.  Y. ;  d.  in  N.  Y.  City,  Aug.  7,  1874 ; 
buried  at  Liverpool. 

1962  Mary  Elizabeth  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  5,  1848,  a  sufferer  from 

epilepsy  since  childhood;  d.  in  Apr.,  1904,  in  Liv- 
erpool, unm. 

814  ELLICE  A.  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Con- 
necticut, Apr.  24,  1816;  m.  May  12,  1841,  Philander  Hasbrouck, 
b.  in  1809  in  Duchess  Co.,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Hannah 
(Green)  Hasbrouck,  brother  of  Armenia  above. 

Mr.  Hasbrouck  when  a  young  man  was  a  tailor,  later  a  farmer. 
He  removed  to  Liverpool,  N.  Y.,  in  1828.  Mrs.  Ellice  Hasbrouck 
d.  in  Wilton,  Conn.,  Sept.  12,  1847,  and  is  buried  there  beside  her 
parents.     Philander  d.  in  Liverpool  in  1895. 

Child: 

1963  Fanny   Nathanelia   Hasbrouck,   b.    in    Wilton,   June   28, 

1844;  unm.;  living  in  1901  in  the  old  home  of  her 
uncle  Charles  Sterling  at  Liverpool. 

815  WILLIAM  WILTSHIRE  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  Lafayette,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  3,  1819;  m.  May  22,  1844, 
Mary  Miller,  b.  in  Marcellus,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  12,  1821,  dau.  of 
Nathaniel  Miller,  a  native  of  Long  Island,  and McClcnthen. 

Mr.  Sterling  removed  to  Wisconsin  in  1845,  to  Connecticut  in 
1848,  and  returned  West  in  1853  and  settled  at  Galesburg,  111., 
where  he  remained  until  1861,  removing  in  that  year  to  Daven- 
port, la.,  and  later  to  Tipton,  la.  Was  for  many  years  engaged 
in  selling  sewing  machines  and  organs  and  more  recently  nursery 
stock.     Living  in  1902  in  Sioux  City,  la. 


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Children : 

1964  Almira  Elisabeth  Sterling,  b.  in  Wilton,  Conn.,  Mar.  3, 

1845 ;    unm. ;    lives  in  Sioux  City. 

1965  tFred  Miller  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  20,  1849;    m.  Sophia  G. 

Daniels. 

1966  William  Nathaniel  Hoyt  Sterling,  b.  at  Conewango,  N.  Y., 

Oct.  20,  1851 ;    unm. ;    an  artist  in  Sioux  City. 

1967  t  Charles  Samuel  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  18,  1858;    m.  Flora  V. 

Wood. 

1968  Mary  Elice  Sterling,  b.   at  Galesburg,  June  30,   1860; 

unm. ;   lives  in  Sioux  City. 

824  CHARLES  STERLING  (Isaac,  William,  William,  William, 
Richard,  William),  b.  in  Wilton,  Conn.,  Oct.  27,  1826;  m.  1st, 
Jan.  1,  1861,  Emily  Caroline,  dau.  of  William  and  Anna  (Lock- 
wood)  Osborn,  who  d.  Nov.  12,  1864;  m.  2d,  Mar.  29,  1868, 
Sarah  Ann  Dickens,  b.  May  12,  1848,  dau.  of  Major  and  Hannah 
(Keeler)  Dickens.     A  farmer  at  Cannon,  Wilton  township,  Conn. 

Child  by  first  marriage : 

1969  Flora  Sterling,  b.  June  28,  1862;   d.  July  14,  1881. 
Children  by  second  marriage: 

1970  t  Albert  Reed  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  3,  1869;    m.  1st,  Ida  A. 

Gilbert,  2d,  Anna  Kelley. 

1971  t Alice  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  10,  1870;    m.  Louis  Kroger. 

1972  Charles  Isaac  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  29,  1872;  m.  1st,  Mar.  1, 

1896,  Louise  Rockwell,  who  d.  Mar.  27,  1899;    one 
ch.,  d. ;  m.  2d,  May  22,  1901,  Carrie . 

1973  tLina  Little  Sterling,  b.  June  5,  1874;   m.  Wilber  Wood- 

ruff. 

1974  Clara  May  Sterling,  b.  May  17,  1878. 

1975  Clarence  Mortimer  Sterling,  b.  May  17,  1878;    living  at 

Spring  Valley,  N.  Y.,  1902. 

1976  tCora  Samantha  Sterling,  b.  Jan.   5,  1881;    m.   Edward 

Batterson. 

1977  William  Knapp  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  1,  1885. 

1978  Walter  Wallace  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  3,  1887. 

826     WILLIAM    STERLING    {brother   of   the    above),   b.    in 
Wilton,  Dec.  2,  1833;  m.  Dec.  25,  1856,  Mary  Tuttle.    He  was  a 
truckman  at  South  Norwalk,  Conn. 
Children : 

1979  Herbert  Sterling,  m.  Minnie  ,  and  has  a  son,  Wil- 

liam I. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     547 

1981  Ida  Sterling,  unm. 

1982  Charles  Isaac  Sterling,  lives  at  South  Norwalk  ;  m.  Fannie 

,  and  has  three  sons,  John,  Arthur,  and  Charles. 

1986  Clara  Sterling,  d.  Dec.  1,  1866,  aged  1  year. 

830  HENRY  STERLING  (Isaac,  Samuel,  Samuel,  William, 
Richard,  William),  b.  in  Pennsylvania,  Mar.  12,  1795;  m.  in  1814, 
Abigail  Murch,  b.  Dec.  28,  1795. 

At  an  early  date  he  removed  from  Pennsylvania  with  his  father 
and  settled  near  Dansville,  N.  Y.  In  1817  they  again  removed  to 
Ontario,  Can.  Henry  took  up  his  residence  near  Stony  Creek, 
township  of  Saltfleet,  Wentworth  Co.,  on  the  mountain  east  of  the 
present  city  of  Hamilton,  where  he  lived  until  1833,  when  he 
settled  in  the  township  of  Townsend,  County  of  Norfolk,  Ontario. 
He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  at  Simcoe,  Ontario,  Oct.  15,  1873.  Abi- 
gail d.  Nov.  30,  1875. 

Children : 

1987  t  William  Sterling  b.  Nov.  12,  1815;   m.  Charlotte  Hutch- 

inson. 

1988  t  Isaac  Brock  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  2,  1818 ;  m.  Mariette  Tullar. 

1989  t  David  M.  Sterling,  b.  May  19,  1820;    m.  Catharine  G. 

Carpenter. 

1990  t  Sarah  Matilda  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  13,  1822;  m.  John  A. 

Carpenter. 

1991  tRachel  Priscilla  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  21,  1825;  m.  1st,  Mc- 

Farland  Woolley,  2d,  John  B.  Carpenter. 

1992  tLoretta  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  29,  1827 ;  m.  Adam  B.  Vrooman. 

1993  t  Whitney  G.  Sterling,  b.  May  6,  1829;   m.  1st,  Louisa  D. 

Widner,  2d,  Minerva  Sipple. 

1994  Margaret  Sterling,  b.  June  28,  1831 ;   d.  July  4,  1831. 

1995  t  Sarah  Ann  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  1,  1832;  m.  Henry  Vrooman. 

1996  t  Benson  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  1,  1834;   m.  Ann  E.  Babcock. 

1997  tDaniel   G.    Sterling,   b.    Oct.    9,    1837;    m.    Caroline  E. 

Hubbard. 

834     MARY  (or  POLLY)   STERLING   (sister  of  the  above), 
b.  Nov.  6,  1801 ;    m.  Mar.  18,  1818,  Bucklin  Alderman,  b.  Aug. 
28,  1799,  who  d.  May  27,  1838.     Mary  d.  at  Lyons,  Ionia  Co., 
Mich.,  Sept.  9,  1883. 
Children : 

1998  Newton  Alderman,  b.  Dec.  2,  1818;   d.  Oct.  28,  1836. 

1999  Major  Alderman,  b.  Dec.   18,  1820;    m.  Dec.   14,  , 


548  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Eliza  Ann  Booth;  d.  at  Fentonville,  Genesee  Co., 
Mich.,  Sept.  14,  1860. 

2000  Lucinda  Alderman,  b.  Mar.  15,  1823 ;   m.  Aug.  18,  1841, 

George  C.  Holmes;  d.  at  Byron,  Shiawasse  Co., 
Mich.,  Mar.  7,  1852. 

2001  William  Alderman,  b.  Nov.   13,  1825;    m.  Emily  Green; 

lived  at  Muir,  Mich. 

2002  Abraham  Alderman,  b.  Apr.  24,  1828;    m.  Jan.  1,  1849, 

Lydia  Maynard ;  d.  at  his  farm  at  Orleans,  Ionia  Co., 
Mich.,  June  11,  1881. 

2003  Curtis  Leroy  Alderman,  b.  Aug.  22,  1830;    d.  Feb.  25, 

1848. 

2004  Lorena  Alderman,  b.  Jan.  19,  1833 ;    d.  Feb.  21,  1842. 

2005  Mary  M.  Alderman,  b.  Oct.  12,  1835 ;   m.  July  26,  1852, 

George  C.  Holmes;  d.  at  Byron,  Mich.,  Nov.  17, 
1860. 

2006  Harriet  Alderman,  b.  Mar.  21,  1838;   m.  Aug.  15,  1859, 

William  P.  Bush,  son  of  Peter  and  Sally  (Earl)  Bush, 
brother  of  Albert  N.,  who  m.  Emily  Kimball.  (No. 
2027.)  Resides  at  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Has,  with 
other  issue,  a  dau.,  Mrs.  W.  T.  Brewer,  of  Ionia, 
Mich. 

847  ELIZA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Dansville, 
N.  Y.,  Feb.  25,  1806;  m.  in  1822,  in  Canada,  John  G.  Kimball,  b. 
in  N.  H.,  Dec.  20,  1794. 

He  settled  on  a  tract  of  160  acres  in  White  Lake,  Oakland  Co., 
Mich.,  which  he  cleared.  He  d.  of  typhoid  fever,  Jan.  11,  1857. 
Eliza  d.  at  Swartz  Creek,  Mich.,  July  12,  1887. 

Children : 

2008  Eliza  D.  Kimball,  b.  Oct.  11,  1824;    m.  Charles  Holmes, 

and  d.  Oct.  11,  1856,  leaving  two  children,  now  dead. 

2009  John  T.  Kimball,  m.  Helen  Wheeler ;  lived  at  Muir,  Mich. ; 

had:  Ada,  Nellie,  Cora,  Albert,  Victor,  Julia,  Kittie, 
John  and  Mabel.     The  sons  live  at  Muir. 

2019  George  Kimball,  d.  aged  3  yrs. 

2020  Margaret  Kimball,  d.  aged  1  yr. 
Two  children  d.  at  birth. 

2023  tMary  Kimball,  b.  Nov.  11,  1831;    m.  1st,  Marcus  Dyer, 

2d,  Matthew  Coleman. 

2024  William  Kimball,  d.  aged  19  yrs. 

2025  t  Simeon  M.  Kimball,  b.  Feb.  16,  1843;    m.  Charlotte  E. 

Wright. 


WILLIAM   STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     549 

2026  Henry  Kimball,  b.  in  1844 ;    d.  in  youth. 

2027  t Emily  Kimball,  b.  Apr.  19,  1850;   m.  Albert  N.  Bush. 

850  CYRENA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  near  Dans- 
ville,  May  8,  1811;  m.  Feb.  26,  1828,  William  McCool,  b.  in 
Talbot  District,  Ontario,  Can.,  Apr.  1,  1807. 

They  removed  from  Canada  to  Indiana  Nov.  3,  1846,  and  set- 
tled on  a  farm  in  Porter  Co.,  near  Valparaiso.  William  d.  there 
Dec.  8,  1884.     Cyrena  d.  there  Nov.  22,  1885. 

Children : 

2028  Eh  McCool,  b.  Feb.  4,  1830;    d.  at  Valparaiso,  May  26, 

1870,  unm. 

2029  Cecilia  McCool,  b.  Aug.  14,  1832;  m.  May  12,  1852,  the 

Rev.  L.  B.  Kent,  and  d.  Nov.  12,  1867,  leaving  two 
daus. ;    he  was  living  at  Jacksonville,  111.,  in  1903. 

2030  tThomas  Walker  McCool,  b.  Nov.  23,  1835;  m.  Frances  E. 

Watson. 

2031  Isaac   Sterling  McCool,  b.   Mar.    10,   1844;    d.    at  Val- 

paraiso, May  2,  1862. 

2032  t  William  McCool,  b.  Nov.  5,  1847;  m.  Marietta  Beebe. 

2033  tJohn  Wesley  McCool,  b.  Sept.  11,  1849;   m.  1st,  Emma 

Watson,  2d,  Luella  F.  Smith. 

2034  Mary  McCool,  b.   June  7,   1854;    m.  George  Clineman ; 

had  a  son  who  d.  aged  6  mos.     She  d.  July  2,  1881. 
Five  children  d.  young. 

851  KEZIAH  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  1816 ;  m. 
Jabez  Sill,  b.  at  East  Windsor,  Conn.,  Jan.  11,  1800,  son  of  Jabez 
and  Mary  (Osborn)  Sill.  He  m.  1st,  Jemima  Barber,  2d,  Olivia 
Lee,  by  whom  he  had:  Byron  Wrashburn,  b.  Aug.  25,  1824,  m. 
Helen  A.  Grinnell,  and  lived  at  Ellsworth,  O. ;  Mason  Mandville, 
b.  Apr.  7,  1827,  d.  Sept.  15,  1840 ;  and  Catharine  Amanda,  b.  Oct. 
26,  1831,  m.  W.  Van  Wagner  of  Avon,  N.  Y.  Jabez  lived  at  Dans- 
ville  and  Lockport,  N.  Y. ;  he  d.  at  the  latter  place  in  Aug.,  1843. 
Keziah  lived  for  some  years  at  East  Saginaw,  Mich. ;  she  d.  at 
Lockport,  Nov.  1,  1902,  and  was  buried  at  Dansville. 

Children: 
2040  Caroline  Loretta  Sill,  b.  May  18,  1833;  m.  Solomon  A. 
Vrooman  of  Queenston,  Can.,  son  of  Solomon  and 
Mary  (Brown)  Vrooman.  (See  Nos.  1992  and  1995.) 
Had  one  eh.,  Ida,  who  m.  C.  M.  Tuttle,  whose  lasl 
known  address  was  Portland,  Ore. 


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2042  Melville  Major  Sill,  b.  Nov.  13,  1835  ;  lived  at  West  Rush, 

N.  Y. 

2043  Frederick  Barton  Sill,  b.  Apr.  4,  1838. 

863  MAJOR  JAMES  STERLING  (Daniel,  Samuel,  Samuel, 
William,  Richard,  William),  b.  in  Braintrim,  Wyoming  Co.,  Penn., 
May  7, 1805;  m.  1st,  May  30,  1824,  Keziah  Miller  Canfield,b.  July 
17, 1804,  in  Tioga  Co.,  N.  Y.,  dau.  of  Enos  and  Polly  Canfield,  who 
d.  Aug.  8,  1830;  m.  2d,  Feb.  3,  1831,  Elizabeth  Passmore,  b.  Aug. 
14,  1809,  dau.  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Overfield)  Passmore. 

James  Sterling,  called  "  Maj  or  "  as  was  his  father,  although 
the  title  had  no  military  significance,  removed  with  his  father  to 
the  Rock  River  country  in  Illinois,  in  1836,  where  they  had  ex- 
tensive state  contracts  for  the  construction  of  canals  and  locks  for 
the  improvement  of  navigation  on  the  Rock  River.  James  Ster- 
ling was  in  charge  of  the  work  at  a  point  where  now  stands  the  city 
of  Sterling.  At  an  early  public  meeting  of  the  settlers  at  this 
place,  called  for  the  purpose  of  selecting  a  name  for  their  village, 
several  names  were  proposed  as  suitable. 

A  native  Pennsylvanian,  a  Mr.  Worthington,  finally  proposed 
the  name  of  "  Sterling,"  from  Maj .  James  Sterling,  who  was  pres- 
ent, and  gave  quite  a  eulogy  upon  the  family,  as  he  had  known  it 
in  Pennsylvania.  So  the  name  was  adopted.  Sterling  is  now  a 
city  of  some  10,000  population. 

After  the  failure  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  by  which  James  Ster- 
ling was  financially  ruined,  he  was  employed  variously  in  different 
parts  of  the  West  and  in  his  native  State.  In  1847  he  removed 
with  his  family  from  Pennsylvania  to  Dixon,  111.,  where  he  con- 
tinued to  live  until  his  death.  He  continued  as  a  general  contrac- 
tor, building  canals,  bridges,  and  other  public  works,  and  was 
largely  engaged  in  merchandising,  milling,  and  lumbering.  He 
subsequently  retired  to  his  farm,  three  miles  west  of  Dixon. 

During  the  time  of  the  State's  insolvency  and  consequent  liti- 
gation, James  Sterling  made  the  acquaintance  of  Abraham  Lincoln 
and  a  friendship  was  formed  which  lasted  throughout  the  remain- 
der of  the  former's  life.  One  of  James's  last  acts,  and  one  in  which 
he  took  the  greatest  pleasure  and  satisfaction,  was  in  voting  for 
his  friend  and  living  to  see  him  elected  to  the  presidency.  James 
Sterling  d.  at  Dixon,  111.,  of  quick  consumption,  Nov.  15,  I860. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     551 


Children  by  first  marriage : 

2044  t  Amanda  M.  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  28,  1827;    m.  Charles  De- 

ment. 

2045  tEdwin   C.   Sterling,  b.   Mar.   16,   1829;    m.   Harriet  L. 

Howlett. 

2046  t Edward   Sterling   (twin   with  the  above),  m.   1st,  Irene 

Bivins,  2d,  Alice  Evans. 
Children  by  second  marriage : 

2047  James  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  30,  1833;   d.  in  his  19th  year. 

2048  Gertrude  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  7,  1837;    m.  June  24,  1858, 

Dr.  Charles  J.  Reynolds,  and  d.  Jan.  7,  1868,  leaving 
one  child,  Mary  E.,  unm.,  living  at  Colorado  Springs, 
Colo.,  with  her  father  in  1902. 

2050  t  Norman   P.    Sterling,   b.   Jan.   23,   1840;    m.   Josephine 

Fredericks. 

2051  Daniel  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  1,  1843;   d.  when  11  years  old. 

2052  John  M.  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  26,  1849;    m.  Dora  Rickey, 

Mar.  1,  1883.  He  is  a  farmer  at  Dixon,  111.  Elected 
county  treasurer  in  1901.  Has  John,  Robert  W., 
and  James  E. 

864  LEWIS  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Brain- 
trim,  Feb.  4,  1807;  m.  at  Sunbury,  Penn.,  Oct.  1,  1829,  Emily  A. 
Donald,  b.  there  June  13,  1811,  dau.  of  Henry  and  Margaret 
(Gobin)  Donald  of  Sunbury,  Northumberland  Co. 

Lewis  Sterling  was  a  carpenter  at  Meshoppen,  Penn.,  where  he 
always  lived.  He  d.  May  25,  1874.  Mrs.  Sterling  d.  Apr.  10, 
1882  ;   buried  at  Meshoppen. 

Children : 

2056  Henry  D.  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  18,  1830;  d.  Nov.  14,  1831. 

2057  Charles  D.  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  6,  1833.     He  served  in  Co. 

D,  141st  Regt.,  Penn.  Vols.,  during  the  Rebellion; 

m.  Louisa  ,  and  removed  to  St.  Joseph,  Mo. ; 

d.  June  21, 1878,  leaving  four  children,  one  d.,  Henry, 
Emily,  and  a  dau.  living.     Residence,  unknown. 

2060  Henry  G.  Sterling,  b.  June  29,  1835  ;   d.  May  24,  1842. 

2061  t  Alice  Sterling,  b.  May  16,  1838;   m.  1st,  Alonzo  Warner, 

2d,  Charles  Lott. 

2062  Edward  G.  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  22,  1840.     He  served  in  Co. 

B,  52d  Regt.,  Penn.  Vols.,  for  three  years  in  the 
Rebellion,  from  Sept.  16,  1862,  to  June  24,  1865. 
Was  a  carpenter  at  Meshoppen,  where  he  d.   Nov. 


552  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


25,  1897.  He  m.  Sept.  23,  1870,  Callie  Burns,  dau. 
of  John  and  Mary  (Valentine)  Burns  of  Meshop- 
pen ;  no  issue.  She  m.  2d,  May  12,  1902,  Mark  B. 
Perigo  of  Rush,  Penn. 

2063  tElmer  Wells  Sterling,  b.  May  16,  1844;  m.  Dora  Barnes. 

2064  t  Irene  Sterling,  b.  May  24,  1847 ;  m.  George  C.  Raymond. 

2065  Susan  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  24,  1849;   d.  unm.  June  25,  1872. 

2066  t  Armenia  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  3,  1852;   m.  Orrin  Blackmar. 

865  WILLIAM  BARKER  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Braintrim,  Apr.  18,  1809;  m.  Myrtle  M.  Snow,  b.  in  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  in  1808,  whose  parents  removed  to  Franklin,  Penn., 
and  d.  there  about  1820.  He  was  a  shoemaker  in  Binghamton, 
N.  Y. ;  was  commonly  called  Barker.  He  d.  in  Binghamton, 
Nov.  19,  1873.     She  d.  there. 

Children,  born  in  Binghamton : 

2067  t  George  R.  Sterling,  b.  in  1831 ;   m.  1st,  Eliza  McGarvey, 

2d,  Isabelle  McGarvey. 

2068  Malvin  F.  Sterling,  b.  in  1832;    m.  in  1864  Eliza  Clark. 

He  was  among  the  first  to  enlist  from  Binghamton 
and  served  throughout  the  Civil  War.  He  was  a 
shoemaker;  d.  in  Binghamton,  May  2,  1893.  Had 
two  daus.,  Alma,  m.  Robert  Galloway,  live  at  Newark, 
N.  J. ;  and  Jennie,  who  lives,  unm.,  with  her  mother 
in  Binghamton. 
2071  James  H.  Sterling,  b.  in  1833;  m.  in  1868,  Mariette 
Brown  of  Montrose,  Penn. ;  he  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Civil  War.  His  wife  d.  Jan.  2,  1903,  leaving  one 
dau.,  Martha.    He  is  a  shoemaker  at  Springfield,  Mo. 

2073  tMary  L.  Sterling,  b.  in  1835;    m.  John  Newton. 

2074  Theodosia   Sterling,   b.   in    1840;    m.    in    1864,   Warren 

Travis;  lived  in  Binghamton;  he  d.  in  1872;  she  d. 
Sept.  4,  1875  ;  no  issue. 

2075  Ellen  Sterling,  b.  in  1843;    m.  in  1868,  John  Ackerman, 

a  farmer  at  Franklin,  Penn.,  who  d.  Dec.  25,  1899. 
Had  one  son,  George,  b.  in  1873,  who  lives  with  his 
mother  in  Chicago,  111. 

2077  Amanda  Sterling,  b.  in  1847 ;    d.  in  Binghamton,  unm., 

June  7,  1872. 

2078  Annie  E.  Sterling,  b.  May  11,  1854 ;  m.  in  1878,  William 

Harty,  b.  June  29,  1852,  son  of  Edward  and  Mary 
Harty.  He  is  a  grip  man  on  the  Chicago  city  rail- 
way.    No  issue. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     553 


2079  Harriet  Overfield  Sterling,  b.  in  1856 ;    m.  Jacob  Fess  of 

Binghamton  in  1890,  and  d.  there  June  23,  1897, 
without  issue. 

869  DANIEL  THEODORE  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  Feb.  15,  1815  ;  m.  Sept.  23,  1841,  Susan  Ashley  Loomis, 
b.  Dec.  20,  1820,  dau.  of  Jasper  and  Sallie  (Choate)  Loomis.  Daniel 
settled  at  Sterlingville  (now  Meshoppen),  Wyoming  Co.,  Penn., 
where  he  ran  a  store  and  a  sawmill  and  did  a  large  business  in  lum- 
bering. He  acquired  most  of  the  land  where  the  town  now  lies  and 
in  1850  he  built  a  large  gristmill.  He  sold  many  thousand  bushels 
of  oats  to  the  government  during  the  Rebellion.  In  1861  he  built 
a  larger  building  to  accommodate  his  store,  in  which  he  held  an 
interest  until  his  death.  His  eldest  son,  Addison,  was  his  partner 
from  1868  to  1874.  Daniel  d.  Apr.  26,  1883;  Mrs.  Sterling  d. 
May  13,  1895. 

Children : 

2080  Addison  Alexander  Sterling,  b.  July  1, 1842 ;  m.  Mary  H. 

Beardsley.  Cashier  of  the  People's  Bank  in  Wilkes- 
Barre,  Penn.     No  issue. 

2081  George  Hollenbeck  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  8,  1844 ;   enlisted  in 

the  Union  army  Oct.  11,  1861 ;  promoted  from  ser- 
geant major  to  adjutant,  May  19,  1863;  transferred 
to  Co.  K  (from  52d  Regt.),  Oct.  10,  1864;  pro- 
moted from  (Co.  B,  52d  Regt.)  sergeant,  Nov.  14, 
1862;  first  lieutenant,  Co.  K,  52d  Regt.;  trans- 
ferred from  adjutant,  Oct.  10,  1864;  confined 
several  months  in  rebel  prisons;  d.  at  Meshoppen, 
Jan.  10,  1865. 

2082  t  Arthur  Hamilton  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  21,  1847;    m.  Sarah 

E.  Sine. 

2083  t  Sarah  Mandane  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  21,  1848;    m.  Charles 

F.  Cross. 

2084  tAriana  Godwin  Sterling,  b.  July  25,  1854;    m.  Gordon 

T.  Ellis. 

2085  Theodore  McDonald  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  24,  1857;   d.  Apr. 

19,  1858. 

2086  t  Jennie  Hart  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  24,  1859;  m.  Joseph  Pettit. 

870  JOHN  WHELAN  STERLING,  A.M.,  Ph.D.,  LL.D. 
(brother  of  the  above),  b.  at  Black  Walnut,  Wyoming  Co.,  Penn., 
July  17,  1816;  m.  Sept.  3,  1851,  Harriet  Dean,  b.  June  21,  1824, 


554  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

dau.  of  Eliot  By  ram  and  Charlotte  (Williams)  Dean  of  Raynham, 
Mass. 

John  W.  Sterling's  earliest  education  was  such  as  could  be 
obtained  in  common  schools,  but  aspirations  for  a  more  liberal 
instruction  determined  him  to  attend  an  academy  at  Hamilton, 
N.  Y.  At  this  institution  and  at  a  similar  one  in  Homer,  N.  Y.,  he 
received  the  necessary  preparation  for  entering  college.  However, 
he  now  turned  his  attention  to  the  law,  reading  one  year  in  the 
office  of  Judge  WoodAvard  of  Wilkes-Barre,  Penn. ;  but  he  did  not 
enter  upon  the  practice  of  the  profession. 

In  the  fall  of  1837  his  desire  for  broader  culture  induced  him 
to  enter  the  sophomore  class  at  the  College  of  New  Jersey.  He 
completed  the  regular  course  in  that  institution,  graduating  with 
honor  in  the  class  of  1840.  Before  this  he  had  been  elected  prin- 
cipal of  Wilkes-Barre  Academy,  and  he  now  engaged  as  instructor 
therein.  He  continued  in  that  office  very  successfully  for  one  year, 
when  he  resigned  to  enter  upon  another  course  of  study,  this  time 
in  the  theological  Seminary  in  Princeton,  N.  J.  This  occupied 
three  years.  He  completed  the  course  in  the  spring  of  1844.  He 
now  spent  a  year  or  more  in  missionary  labors  in  Pennsylvania. 

Prof.  Sterling  went  to  Wisconsin  in  July,  1846.  Soon  after 
his  arrival,  he  was  elected  professor  of  mathematics  in  Carroll 
College,  Waukesha.  He  occupied  the  chair  for  one  year,  when  he 
resigned  his  office  —  "  the  sinews  of  war  "  were  wanting.  He  then 
engaged  in  teaching  a  private  school  at  that  place,  continuing 
until  called  to  the  University  of  Wisconsin. 

Prof.  Sterling  was  the  first  professor  of  mathematics  of  that 
institution,  a  chair  to  which  he  was  elected  Oct.  7,  1848,  and  which 
he  held  for  many  years.  As  an  instructor  he  was  conscientious, 
prompt,  painstaking  and  accurate.  His  methods  and  manner  of 
teaching  had  this  important  characteristic  —  they  produced  re- 
sults. Of  his  ability  in  the  class  room,  hundreds  of  students  who 
have  had  the  benefit  of  his  instruction  are  witnesses. 

But  not  alone  as  teacher  was  the  career  of  Prof.  Sterling  for 
so  many  years  an  honorable  one.  During  the  administration  of 
Chancellor  Barnard  of  the  University,  from  July,  1858,  to  July, 
1860,  Prof.  Sterling  was  the  virtual  head  of  the  institution  and 


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from  the  latter  date  until  June,  1867,  he  was  acting  chancellor,  by 
authority  of  the  regents.  Having  previously  acted  as  dean  of  the 
faculty,  he  was,  in  1860,  continued  by  the  regents  in  that  office 
until  1865.  In  1865  he  was  elected  vice-chancellor,  and  vice- 
president  in  1869,  which  office  he  held  until  his  death. 

During  his  years  as  head  of  the  University,  Prof.  Sterling 
proved  himself  a  wise  councilor,  a  faithful  friend  to  the  students, 
extending  encouragement  and  generous  aid  to  all  who  were  in  need, 
ruling  the  affairs  of  the  institution  with  a  firm  but  kindly  hand, 
and,  by  precept  and  example,  stimulating  all  the  classes  to  a  higher 
culture  and  nobler  manhood.  Throughout  all  these  years,  beside 
the  care  and  numerous  duties  connected  with  his  office,  he  was 
engaged,  most  of  the  time,  five  hours  daily  in  the  class  room. 

In  1866  Prof.  Sterling  received  from  his  alma  mater  the  hon- 
orary degree  of  doctor  of  philosophy,  and  the  same  year  from 
Lawrence  University,  at  Appleton,  Wis.,  that  of  doctor  of  laws; 
honors  worthily  bestowed,  not  only  upon  an  earnest  and  faithful 
teacher,  an  intelligent  and  high-minded  citizen,  but  upon  a  con- 
scientious Christian  gentleman ;  for  as  a  man  Prof.  Sterling  was 
above  reproach.  His  integrity  of  character,  unscrupulous  fidelity, 
and  exalted  sense  of  honor  were  never  questioned.  Accounts  of 
Professor  Sterling's  life  may  be  found  in  "  The  Hist,  of  Uni. 
of  Wis.,"  C.  W.  Butterfield,  Madison,  '79 ;  "  Biog.  Review  of 
Dane  Co.,"  Chicago,  Biog.  Review  Pub.  Co.,  '93,  and  in  the  "  Nat. 
Encyclopedia  Am.  Biog." 

John  W.  Sterling  d.  Mar.  9,  1885.  Mrs.  Harriet  Sterling  d. 
July  11,  1900. 

Children : 

2087  t  Grace  Fairchild  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  24,  1857;    m.  George 

L.  Lindsley. 

2088  Susan  Adelaide  Sterling,  b.  in  Madison,  June  16,  1858. 

Miss  Sterling  graduated  from  the  University  of  Wis- 
consin in  1879  with  the  degree  of  B.L.  She  took 
graduate  work  in  Latin  at  Wellesley  College,  1880- 
81  ;  taught  English  at  Ferry  Hall,  Lake  Forest,  111., 
1881-83;  traveled  and  studied  in  Europe,  1883-84, 
returned  to  Ferry  Hall,  where  she  taught  Gorman  in 
1885-86.  She  joined  the  faculty  of  the  University 
of  Wisconsin   in   1886.      Took  graduate   studies   in 


556  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


German  and  Teutonic  Philology  at  Bryn  Mawr  Col- 
lege, 1895-96,  and  received  the  degree  of  M.L.  from 
Wisconsin  University  in  1896.  She  has  edited,  with 
notes  and  vocabulary,  "  Walther's  Allgemeine  Mee- 
reskunde"  (D.  C.  Heath  and  Co.,  Boston,  1899). 
Miss  Sterling  was  elected  assistant  professor  of  Ger- 
man in  June,  1900,  at  Wisconsin  University.  She 
returned  to  Europe  in  June,  1902,  for  further  study; 
unm. 

2089  t  Charles  Gordon  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  29,  1859;    m.  Lulu  M. 

Fisher. 

878  WALTER  GREEN  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b. 
at  Black  Walnut,  Nov.  20,  1821 ;  m.  1st,  in  1860,  Mary  Simpson 
Elder,  b.  in  1832,  dau.  of  David  Elder  of  Paxtauc,  Penn.,  and  his 
wife  Jean,  dau.  of  Col.  Bertram  Galbraith.  Mary  d.  in  1871.  He 
m.  2d  her  sister,  Emma  Elder,  b.  Dec.  31,  1853.  Walter,  in  1835, 
entered  the  office  of  George  M.  Hollenback;  in  1849  he  went  to 
California,  remaining  there  two  years  then  returning  to  Wilkes- 
Barre,  Penn.,  where  in  connection  with  Mr.  Hollenback  he  estab- 
lished a  private  bank ;  subsequently  assisting  in  organizing  the 
Second  National  Bank  and  became  its  vice-president.  He  was 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Wilkes-Barre  Bridge  Company  and 
associated  himself  with  every  progressive  movement  which  entered 
into  the  welfare  of  the  city.  He  d.  Apr.  12,  1889.  His  widow  has 
lived  much  in  Europe  since  his  death ;  address,  Wilkes-Barre. 
Children  by  first  marriage: 

2090  Mary  Scott  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  14,  1861 ;  m.  Jan.  30,  1895, 

Capt.  George  F.  Gladstone-Wildes,  of  the  British 
army,  who  d.  in  Algiers,  Africa,  Nov.  27,  1897.  She 
lives  in  Colorado  Springs,  Colo. 

2091  Emily  Sterling,  d.  in  infancy. 

2092  Florence  Sterling,  d.  in  infancy. 
Children  by  second  marriage: 

2093  Margaret  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  7,  1873. 

2094  Walter  Carleton  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  15,  1876;   a  lawyer  in 

Wilkes-Barre. 

2095  Knight  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  11,  1877;   d.  June  17,  1899. 

2096  Paul  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  22,  1879 ;   a  graduate  of  Yale  Uni- 

versity. 

2097  Leila  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  19,  1882. 


WILLIAM   STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     557 

880  HARADON  G.  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  Jan. 
4,  1825 ;  m.  Jan.  15, 1857,  Anna  M.  Rex,  b.  Nov.  16,  1829,  dau.  of 
George  and  Mary   (Cress)   Rex  of  Willow  Grove,  Penn. 

Haradon  G.  Sterling  engaged  in  the  dry-goods  trade  in  N.  Y. 
City  until  1846,  when  he  removed  to  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  where  he 
entered  the  firm  of  James,  Kent,  Santee  &  Co.,  in  which  he  was  a 
partner  from  1852  until  his  death,  Oct.  6,  1880.  He  left  a  large 
estate.     His  widow  was  living  in  Philadelphia  in  1902. 

Children : 

2098  Walter  H.  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  7,  1858;    m.  Oct.  3,  1882, 

Anne  E.  McCurdy,  b.  in  Aug.,  I860,  dau.  of  Robert 
Kirk  and  Hannah  Keen  (Yard)  McCurdy.  Resi- 
dence, Philadelphia.      No   issue. 

2099  Ralph  T.  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  11,  1862;   unm. ;    a  banker  in 

Philadelphia. 

881  HAMILTON  BOWMAN  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  June  7,  1826;  m.  Jul}r  24,  1850,  Armenia  E.  Fortner, 
dau.  of  Lewis  B.  Fortner  of  Danby,  N.  Y.  (b.  Oct.  15,  1790),  who 
m.  Nov.  29,  1812,  Lavinia  Baldwin  (b.  Aug.  8,  1795).  Hamilton 
was  in  partnership  with  his  brother  Daniel  at  Meshoppen,  Penn.. 
under  the  firm  name  of  D.  T.  &  H.  B.  Sterling.  He  was  killed  while 
going  down  the  Susquehanna  river  with  a  fleet  of  rafts,  Apr.  15, 
1855.     Armenia  m.  2d,  June  25,  1856,  John  R.  Woodruff. 

Child : 

2100  tFrederic    Hamilton    Sterling,    b.    May    30,    1852;     m. 

Frances  I.  Keating. 

885     JULIUS  C.  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  Nov.  30, 
1830 ;  m.  Aug.  9,  1857,  Susan  English,  b.  July  25,  1842,  dau.  of 
Clement  and  Susan  (Poulson)  English.     Mr.   Sterling  resided  in 
Philadelphia,  Penn.,  where  he  d.  Aug.  17,  1895. 
Children : 

2101  Sallie  Irene  Sterling,  b.  July  4,  1860. 

2102  Georgiana  H.  Sterling,  b.  in  1866;    d.  May  21,  1890. 

2103  Lizzie  Poulson  Sterling,  b.   Nov.   28,   1870. 

2104  Lucius  Fairchild  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  10,  1872. 

2105  Anna  Rex  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  10,  1879. 

2106  Florence  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  26,  1881,  living  in  Philadelphia 

with  her  mother  and  brother. 


558  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


886  KEZIAH  C.  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  Aug. 
4,  1832;  m.  Aug.  22,  1855,  Duncan  McDonald,  son  of  Gregor  and 
Margaret  McDonald,  who  d.  at  Sioux  City,  la.,  Nov.  19,  1882. 
Keziah  d.  Aug.  14,  1891. 

Children : 

2107  t  Flora  McDonald,  b.  Sept.  12,  1856;   m.  Hiram  Wood. 

2108  Virginia  McDonald,  b.  Feb.  6,  1860;   m.  Alfred  M.  God- 

frey, who  d.  Oct.  5,  1884.  Virginia  d.  Jan.  1,  1884, 
leaving  a  dau.,  Elizabeth  Conway,  b.  Oct.  20,  1883, 
who  lives  with  her  aunt  Flora. 

887  JOSIAH  ADAMS  (Elizabeth,  Samuel,  Samuel,  William, 
Richard,  William),  b.  in  Northmoreland  township,  Wyoming  Co., 
Penn.,  Dec.  23,  1795 ;  m.  Amelia  Jenks,  dau.  of  a  Dr.  Jenks,  a 
drummer-boy  in  the  Revolutionary  army.     Josiah  d.  Aug.  4,  1857. 

Children : 
2110     Seymour  Adams,  m.  Sarah  Long;   had  3  ch. :    Alice  (m. 
C.  J.  Flanders,   res.   Chicago),  Edwin   (drowned  in 
the  Mississippi  River),  and  Walter  of  Chicago. 

2114  Elizabeth  Adams,  m.  Brown;   removed  to  Nebraska. 

2115  Lewis  Adams,  m.  Jane  Fairchild;    lived  at  White  Haven, 

Penn. ;  had  6  ch. ;  William,  a  son,  living  at  White 
Haven,  1903. 

2117  Ellen  Adams,  m. Barnes  ;  lives  at  Burdick,  Ind. 

2118  James  B.  Adams,  unm. ;    lives  at  Burdick. 

891  DAVID  ADAMS  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Northmore- 
land, Mar.  3,  1804 ;   m.  Deborah  Dillevan  of  Factoryville,  Penn. 

They  removed  to  Wisconsin  from  Lynn,  Penn.,  in  1856,  and 
settled  near  Fennimore.  He  was  a  farmer.  In  his  latter  years  he 
was  a  sufferer  from  epilepsy  and  insanity.  David  d.  in  May,  1859. 
Deborah  d.  Mar.  5,  1879,  aged  68  yrs. 

Children : 

2119  t  Adah  Adams,  b.  Apr.  19,  1831 ;  m.  Melford  P.  Smith. 

2120  tHenry  Adams,  b.  July  27,  1833;   m.  Achsah  C.  Hilliard. 

2121  t  Theodore  L.  Adams,  b.  Dec.  9,  1835;    m.  Susan  S.  Bie- 

siecker. 

2122  tMary  E.  Adams,  b.  Aug.  25,  1837 ;  m.  John  F.  Gregory. 

2123  t Harriet  A.  Adams,  b.  Oct.  5,  1839;   m.  the  Rev.  Erastus 

Quick. 

2124  Charles  D.  Adams,  b.  Jan.  26,  1842;    m.  Lucinda  Saxe; 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     559 

lives  at  Aleva,  Wis.     Had  3  sons,  eldest  d.  young, 
William,  and  Reuben. 

2127  Daniel  O.  Adams,  b.  May  9,  1844 ;  d.  unm.  July  22,  1865, 

as  the  result  of  exposure  in  the  Union  service  in  the 
War  of  the  Rebellion. 

893  ELIZABETH  ADAMS  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  North- 
moreland,  May  24,  1808;  m.  Nov.  14,  1840,  Horatio  Porter 
Loomis  (formerly  Lummus),  b.  in  Portland,  Me.,  Jan.  22,  1801, 
son  of  Horatio  Porter  and  Susanna  (Ashley)  Lummus. 

Horatio  P.  Loomis  was  a  farmer  and  contractor  of  public 
works ;  lived  in  Springville,  Susquehanna  Co.,  Penn.  He  d.  at 
Tunkhannock,  Penn.,  in  1881.  Elizabeth  d.  in  Wilkes-Barre, 
Penn.,  Apr.  6,  1900. 

Children : 

2128  Ashley  Sterling  Loomis,  b.  in  Springville  in  1844  ;  d.  Oct. 

15,  1859. 

2129  t  Gertrude  Elizabeth  Loomis,  b.  July  20,  1846;   m.  Edgar 

D.  Van  Slyke. 

2130  tHarriet  Rowena  Loomis,  b.   Jan.   23,   1849;    m.   Felix 

Ansart. 

896  HARRIET  ADAMS  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Northmore- 
land,  Feb.  14,  1816 ;  m.  Daniel  H.  Corbin,  b.  in  Warren  Co.,  Penn., 
May  31,  1816,  son  of  Oliver  Corbin.  Daniel  was  a  shoemaker  in 
Bradford  Co.,  Penn. ;  later  was  a  farmer  at  Gibson  City,  Ford  Co., 
111.  He  d.  there  in  Dec,  1875,  being  accidentally  poisoned.  She 
d.  there  in  Aug.,  1877. 

Children,  born  in  Bradford  Co.,  Penn. : 

2131  Orlando  Corbin,  enlisted  in  the  Union  army  in  1861 ;    d. 

while  at  home  on  a  furlough  in  Sept.,  1863,  unm. 

2132  John  D.  Corbin,  b.  in  1845 ;    enlisted  in  the  Union  army 

in  1862,  wounded  in  the  Battle  of  Chancellorsville, 
served  until  the  close  of  the  war;  m.  and  lives  at 
Peoria,  111. ;  is  a  bridge  builder ;   has  a  son  and  dau. 

2133  Lucy  Corbin,  m.  in   1870,  Timothy  Roberts,  and  d.   at 

Xenia,  O.,  in  1877,  leaving  a  son  and  dau. 

2134  Douglas  J.  Corbin,  b.  in  1852;   m.  in  1886,  Laura  Worn- 

bold,  b.  in  Montgomery  Co.,  O.,  of  Dunker  Dutch 
parentage.  He  is  a  deputy  in  the  county  auditor's 
office  at  Dayton,  O. ;   no  issue. 


560  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


2135     Josephine  Corbin,  was  a  missionary  in  South  America  for 
seven  years.     Now  working  for  the  Woman's  Home 
Missionary  Society  of  N.  Y.  City ;   unm. 
Three  children  d.  in  infancy. 

897  SAMUEL  STERLING  ADAMS  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  Apr.  16,  1818;  m.  Feb.  2,  1846,  Lovina  Lott,  b.  Feb.  17,  1821, 
dau.  of  Isaac,  granddau.  of  Zepheniah  Lott,  who  enlisted  as  an 
ensign  in  the  Bucks  Co.  Militia  in  1775  and  18  mos.  later  re-enlisted 
as  captain  of  the  Fifth  Co.,  First  Battalion,  Bucks  Co.  Militia. 

Samuel,  commonly  called  Sterling,  Adams  was  a  farmer  at  Me- 
hoopany,  Wyoming  Co.,  Penn.  He  d.  Aug.  29,  1901.  She  d. 
Feb.  18,  1899. 

Children : 

2139  t  Sarah  Elizabeth  Adams,  b.  Mar.  22,  1847;   m.  Byron  G. 

White. 

2140  Oscar  Sterling  Adams,  b.  Sept.  2,  1848 ;  d.  Oct.  17,  1867. 

2141  t  Charles  Elmer  Adams,  b.  Mar.  7,  1852;   m.  1st,  Mary  M. 

Packer,  2d,  Marion  S.  Packer. 

2142  Edgar  Adelbert  Adams,  b.  Oct.  4,  1854 ;    unm. ;    a  tele- 

graph operator. 

2143  Emily  Adelia  Adams  (twin  with  Edgar),  unm.;    lives  at 

Mehoopany. 

2144  George  Lott  Adams,  b.  Oct.  4,  1864  ;   unm. ;   a  telegraph 

operator. 

898  MARY  ADAMS  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  Sept.  28, 
1821 ;  m.  in  Jan.  1841,  Robert  Craig,  b.  in  Belfast,  Ireland,  in 
1815,  son  of  John  and  Agnes  (Alexander)  Craig,  natives  of  Scot- 
land. Mr.  Craig  was  a  farmer  and  lumber  dealer  at  Peru,  111.  He 
d.  in  Princeton,  111.,  Apr.  21,  1892.  Mary  was  living  in  Indianap- 
olis, Ind.,  in  1903. 

Children : 

2145  William  H.  Craig,  b.  Nov.  9,  1841 ;    enlisted  in  Co.  K, 

104th  111.  Vols.,  and  was  killed  at  Atlanta,  Ga.,  Aug. 
7,  1864. 

2146  Robert  Craig,  b.  in  Jan.,  1843 ;  d.  at  Peru,  Oct.  24,  1856. 

2147  tjohn  Alexander  Craig,  b.  Dec.  31,  1846;    m.  Mary  H. 

Hanna. 

2148  Mary  Elizabeth  Craig,  b.  Apr.  15,  1849;   1st, Ber- 

ner,  2d,  Apr.  18,  1889,  James  Ross,  who  d.  Nov.  20, 
1895.     Has  a  dau.,  Harriet  M.  Berner,  unm. 


WILLIAM   STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     561 

2150  Emma  Craig,  b.  Nov.  9,  1851 ;  d.  at  Peru,  Oct.  17,  1856. 

2151  Helen  Craig,  b.  in  1853 ;   d.  at  Peru,  Dec.  3,  1856. 

2152  Edwin  Sterling  Craig,  b.  June  22,  1856 ;    unm. ;    lives  in 

Chicago. 

2153  t  Charles  Wesley  Craig,  b.  Nov.  6,  1858;   m.  Eva  Degner. 

900  MARY  ANN  STERLING  (Samuel,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Wil- 
liam, Richard,  William),  b.  in  Duchess  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  18,  1807; 
m.  in  May,  1838,  John  Carroll,  b.  in  Penn.,  June  27,  1795,  son  of 
William  Carroll,  a  native  of  Ireland  (d.  June  21,  1824,  aged  69) 
and  a  soldier  of  the  American  Revolution,  and  his  wife  Phebe  Gre- 
gory. 

John  Carroll  m.  1st,  Nov.  23,  1820,  Melinda  Haskins,  of  Al- 
mond, N.  Y.,  who  d.  Jan.  20,  1837.  He  removed  to  Burns,  Alle- 
gany Co.,  N.  Y.,  with  his  parents  when  twelve  years  old  where  he 
resided  until  his  death,  Aug.  23,  1873.    Mary  Ann  d.  Mar.  7,  1896. 

Children : 

2154  Sarah  M.  Carroll,  m.   Isaac  L.  Buylau  and  d.  Nov.   12, 

1887.     Had  eight  children,  three  of  whom  survive. 

2155  Linda  L.  Carroll,  m.  1st,  Fred  H.  Bacon  (b.  July  5,  1836 ; 

d.  July  8,  1869),  2d,  July  15,  1877,  Thomas  P.  Ter- 
bush ;  live  at  Nunda,  N.  Y.  One  dau.  by  first  mar- 
riage, Nettie  Bacon,  b.  May  22,  1866,  who  m.  June 
8,  1892,  Emerson  J.  Smith,  auditor  of  Portage  Co., 
O. ;  residence  Ravenna,  O. 
Three  sons  d.  in  infancy. 

901  HARRIET  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Duchess 
Co.,  Sept.  4,  1809 ;  m.  1st,  in  her  eighteenth  year,  James  Johnson 
Summers,  b.  in  Maryland,  Jan.  16,  1804,  son  of  John  (b.  Nov.  11, 
1771 ;  d.  Apr.  22,  1833)  and  Rebecca  (Scarce)  (b.  Jan.  25,  1768; 
d.  Jan.  9,  1839)  Summers,  natives  of  Maryland. 

They  removed  to  Michigan,  arriving  there  Aug.  10,  1842. 
James  was  a  farmer  near  Niles.  He  d.  Jan.  8,  1849.  Harriet  m. 
2d,  James  Wilson  of  Beady,  Mich.,  and  d.  at  Vicksburg,  Mich., 
May  27,  1883.     Her  2d  husband  d.  some  years  later  in  California. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

2160  William  Summers,  d.   aged  two  years. 

2161  James  Lewis  Summers,  b.  Jan.  29,  1831 ;  m.  1852,  Eleanor 

Smith,  and  d.  Aug.   3,  1853;    a  child,  Alice,  d.   in 
infancy. 


562  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


2163  John  Rollins  Summers,  b.  Mar.  24,  1833 ;  m.,  supposed  to 

be  living  in  California. 

2164  Samuel  Sterling  Summers,  b.  Aug.  14,  1835;    served  on 

board  an  English  man-of-war  during  the  Crimean 
War;  was  a  member  of  the  9th  111.  Cavalry  during 
Civil  War.     Supposed  to  be  living  in  California. 

2165  Daniel  G.  Summers,  b.  Mar.  15,  1838;   d.  Oct.  17,  1841. 

2166  Melissa  D.  Summers,  b.  June  15,  1840;  d.  Aug.  10,  1842. 
216T  t  Sarah  Maria  Summers,  b.  Sept.  21,  1843;    m.  Alden  B. 

Huntley. 

2168  Mary  Ann  Summers,  b.  Apr.  15,  1846;  d.  Aug.  29,  1847. 

2169  Harriet  Jane  Summers,  b.   Sept.   14,   1848;    d.   July  3, 

1849. 

903  SARAH  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above) ,  b.  at  Black  Wal- 
nut, Penn.,  May  21,  1813 ;  m.  Jan.  1,  1839,  William  Finley  Reese, 
b.  in  Columbia  Co.,  Penn.,  Nov.  29,  1816,  son  of  John  Reese,  b.  in 
Columbia  Co.,  Feb.  4,  1790,  of  German  descent,  a  soldier  of  the 
War  of  1812;  d.  Apr.  16,  1878,  who  m.  May  20,  1812,  Catharine 
Hunt,  who  d.  Mar.  27,  1881,  aged  85  yrs. 

Mr.  Reese  removed  to  Dansville,  N.  Y.,  with  his  parents  in 
1822,  and  was  a  lifelong  resident  of  the  town.  He  was  a  carpenter 
and  a  book-binder.  He  d.  at  Dansville,  Sept.  8,  1897.  His  widow 
was  living  with  her  dau.,  Mrs.  Williams,  in  1903. 

Children : 

2170  tHarriet  Jane  Reese,  b.  Oct.   3,  1839;    m.   1st,  the  Rev. 

Samuel  D.  Berry,  2d,  Henry  M.  Williams. 

2171  Samuel  William  Reese,  b.  Dec.  1,  1841;   m.  Mary  ; 

served  three  years  in  the  Civil  War.  Residence,  Den- 
ver, Colo. 

2172  tMary  Lorene  Reese,  b.  Apr.  17,  1844;  m.  James  R.  Cun- 

ningham. 

2173  Sarah  Tamson  Reese,  b.  Oct.  20,  1846 ;  m.  Dec.  21,  1897, 

Theodore  L.  Bennett,  b.  Apr.  15,  1846.  Residence, 
Binghamton,  N.  Y.     No  issue. 

2174  Daniel  Finley  Reese,  b.  Apr.  19,  1849 ;   d.  Apr.  24,  1850. 

2175  Theodore  Albert  Reese,  b.  June  11,  1851 ;  d.  Feb.  7,  1852. 

2176  Emma  Elisabeth  Reese,  b.  Feb.  4,  1855  ;  d.  July  19,  1855. 

2177  Orville  Eugene  Reese,  b.  June  7,  1856 ;  d.  Sept.  29,  1865. 

905  DANIEL  GREGORY  STERLING,  M.D.  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  at  Dansville,  N.  Y.,  May  28, 1819 ;  m.  1st,  July  4,  1842, 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     563 

Catherine  S.  Day,  b.  Jan.  2,  1825,  dau.  of  Robert  G.  and  Eliza- 
beth (Mapes)  Day.  About  1860  she  procured  a  divorce  from 
Daniel.  She  lived  at  Wellsville,  N.  Y.,  where  she  d.  May  21,  1902, 
at  the  home  of  her  dau.  He  m.  2d,  in  Portsmouth,  Va.,  Aug.  12, 
1865,  Lucy  Fitchett,  b.  in  Gloucester  Co.,  Va.,  Mar.  7,  1848,  dau. 
of  Daniel  Fitchett,  a  native.  She  d.  of  consumption,  Aug.  12, 
1880.  He  m.  3d,  Aug.  13,  1884,  at  Washington,  D.  C,  Harriet 
M.  Bridgman,  b.  June  8,  1864,  near  Hamilton,  Ontario,  Can.,  dau. 
of  Arza  A.  and  Marilda  (McCollom)  Bridgman  of  Zimmerman, 
Ontario. 

Daniel  lived  at  Dansville,  N.  Y.,  until  1862,  when  on  Sept.  3, 
he  enlisted  in  the  148  Regt.,  N.  Y.  Vols.,  at  Canandaigua,  N.  Y. 
He  was  discharged  for  disability,  at  Portsmouth,  Va.,  July  26, 
1863,  and  resumed  the  practice  of  medicine  for  which  he  had  al- 
ready qualified  himself.  He  practiced  at  Portsmouth  and  Norfolk 
until  1866,  removed  to  Williamsburg,  Va.,  and  in  1867  to  Rich- 
mond, Va.,  where  he  practiced  until  1884,  when  he  returned  to 
Norfolk,  Va.,  where  he  resided  until  his  death.  He  was  the  owner 
of  the  Sterling  Pharmacy  in  Norfolk.  He  d.  Jan.  7,  1907.  Mrs. 
Sterling  resides  in  Norfolk. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 
2178     Harriet  Adelia  Sterling,  b.  Apr.   12,  1843;    m.  Dec.   1, 
1862,  John  H.  Davis ;    present  residence,  if  living, 
unknown.      Had   one   son,   Fred   Sterling   Davis,   b. 
Dec.  7,  1863 ;    living  in  North  Carolina. 

2180  Catharine  Maria  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  24,  1845;    d.  May  4, 

1846. 

2181  Mary  Rosina  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  1,  1847 ;  d.  Apr.  26,  1849. 

2182  tElizabeth  Emma  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  30,  1849;    m.  Frank 

K.  Richards. 

2183  Isabella  Tamson  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  9,  1851 ;   unm. ;    living 

in  Wellsville,  N.  Y. 

2184  Mary  Adelaide  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  22,  1852;    d.  July  18, 

1875,  unm. 

2185  Frederick  Louis  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  18,  1854;   d.  July  28, 

1855. 
Children  by  second  marriage: 

2186  A  son,  still  born,  in  1866,  at  Portsmouth,  Va. 

2187  A  daughter,  still  born,  in  1868,  at  Richmond,  Va. 

2188  tFrankie  Sterling,  b.  May  15,  1871 ;   m.  Charles  F.  Rawls. 


564  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


2189  Harriet  Virginia  Sterling,  b.  in  Richmond,  Nov.  5 ;    d. 

Nov.  9,  1873. 

2190  A  son,  still  born,  1875,  at  Richmond. 
Children  by  third  marriage: 

2191  Hattie  May  Sterling,  b.  June  10,  1885. 

2192  Herbert  Gregory  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  16,  1889. 

2193  Helen  Marilda  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  13,  1897. 

906     TAMSON  FREELOVE  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above), 
b.  Apr.  11,  1822;    m.  William  McKinney  Marshall,  b.  Aug.   12, 
1817,  who  d.  at  Jackson,  Mich.,  Apr.  28,  1848.     Tamson  d.  at 
Dansville,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  3,  1848. 
Only  Child: 

2194  tjohn  William  Marshall,  b.   Nov.   19,   1847;    m.   Laura 

Stark. 

908  SAMUEL  HAINES  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b. 
Aug.  12,  1826 ;  m.  Betsey  Ann  Elwood.  He  d.  at  Dansville,  N.  Y., 
Feb.  28,  1848.     She  m.  again Hollister  of  Dansville. 

Child: 

2195  tLewis  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  22,  1846;   m.  Sarah  E.  Beebe. 

909  SARAH  STERLING  (Josiah,  Samuel,  Samuel,  William, 
Richard,  William),  b.  in  Luzerne  Co.,  Penn.,  Aug.  10,  1801;  m. 
1st,  in  1820,  William  Jones,  who  d.  She  m.  2d,  Jan.  26,  1823, 
John  Gregory,  b.  Apr.  25,  1792,  who  d.  Feb.  4,  1865.  Sally  d. 
Apr.  2,  1888. 

Child  by  first  marriage: 

2196  tWilliam   (Jones)   Gregory,  b.   June   13,   1821;    m.   Joy- 

anna  Mowry. 
Children  by  second  marriage : 

2197  John  Gregory,  b.  Mar.  13,  1827;    m.  Conger. 

2198  "Levi  Gregory,  b.  May  8,  1828;   m.  Nancy  Fisk. 

2199  Sarah  Ann  Gregory,  b.   Sept.   28,   1830;    m.    Jonathan 

Brewer. 

2200  tRebecca    Gregory,    b.    Dec.    25,    1832;    m.    Harry    N. 

Kellogg. 

2201  t  Emily  Gregory,  b.  June  14,  1836;   m.  Nelson  Doolittle. 

2202  t  Irene  Gregory,  b.  June  22,  1838;   m.  Edward  Doolittle. 

2203  George  Gregory,  b.   Sept.   4,  1840;    served  in  the  Civil 

War,  went  to  Missouri ;    m.  and  had  two  children. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     565 

2204  Eleanor  Gregory,  b.  Apr.  25,  1843;    d.  Feb.  26,  1861. 

2205  Betsey  Gregory,  b.  Sept.  4,  1846;   d.  Aug.  27,  1848. 

910  MARIA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  m.  David  Black- 
mar  of  Wyoming  Co.,  and  had  a  large  family,  one  of  whom 
was: 

2206  t William  Blackmar,  m.  Emeline  Hankinson. 

914  SUSAN  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  June  1,  1809 ; 
m.  Thomas  Newman,  b.  Jan.  4,  1807.  She  d.  Jan.  25,  1880. 
He  d.  July  24,  1893. 

Children : 

2207  t  Josiah  S.  Newman,  b.  Sept.  22,  1831 ;  m.  Mary  E.  Finney. 

2208  t  Calvin  H.  Newman,  b.  Mar.  27,  1833;  m.  Ollie  A.  Taylor. 

2209  t Margaret  E.  Newman,  b.  July  25,  1834;    m.  Theodore 

Silvara. 

2210  Mary  A.  Newman,  b.  July  22,  1836 ;   m.  . 

2211  t  James  D.  Newman,  b.  Sept.  24,  1842;    m.  . 

2212  Laura  J.  Newman,  b.  Apr.  12,  1846;  d.  Aug.  22,  1851. 

2213  Lucinda  P.  Newman,  b.  Oct.  30,  1852 ;  d.  Jan.  19,  1863. 

915  LEVI  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  near  Erie, 
Penn.,  in  1810 ;  m.  in  Sept.,  1846,  Elizabeth  Allen,  b.  in  Coopers- 
town,  N.  Y.,  May  7,  1824,  dau.  of  Jeremiah  and  Elizabeth  Allen. 
He  was  a  laborer  in  and  around  Meshoppen,  Penn. ;  d.  in  Mar., 
1877.     His  widow  was  living  with  her  son  William  in  1903. 

Children : 

2214  t  Josiah  Sterling,  b.  in  1848;   m.  Kate  M.  . 

2215  t William  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  10,  1850;    m.  Ella  Jayne. 

2216  t  Jeremiah  H.   Sterling,  b.  Mar.  22,  1857;    m.  Elizabeth 

Bush. 

2217  '''Elizabeth  Sterling  (twin  with  the  above),  m.  Dillis  Koons. 

920  JOSIAH  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  m.  Octavia 
Bruner,  dau.  of  Isaac  and  Annie  (Cochran)   Bruner  of  Indiana. 

Immediately  after  his  marriage  Josiah  settled  in  Mechanics- 
burg,  Yazoo  Co.,  Miss.  Octavia  d.  in  1860,  and  is  buried  at 
Mechanicsburg.  Josiah  d.  a  year  or  so  later  and  is  buried  at 
Lebanon,  Hinds  Co.,  Miss. 

Children : 

2218  Frank    Sterling,   b.    about    1850   in    Mechanicsburg;     m. 

Ella   Cook;    have   one   dau.,    Clara    Belle,   b.    about 
1882.     Supposed  to  be  living  in  Texas. 


566  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


2220  George    Sterling,   b.    about   1856   in   Mechanicsburg ;     a 

widower  without  issue.  His  last  known  residence 
was  in  South  Africa. 

2221  Thomas  Francis  Marion  Sterling,  b.  Feb.   15,   1860,  in 

New  Orleans,  La. ;  m.  a  dau.  of  Charles  P.  and 
Lizzie  (Caulit)  Harkiness  of  N.  Y.  Mr.  Sterling  at 
one  time  controlled  the  bill  posting  business  of  San 
Francisco  and  Oakland ;  a  saloon  keeper  in  San 
Francisco,  Cal.,  1903.     No  issue. 

921     RACHEL  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  1832 ;  m. 
1st,  in  1849,  George  Allen,  a  manufacturer  in  Wilkes-Barre,  Penn. ; 
m.  2d,  Daniel  Downing,  a  soldier  of  the  Rebellion.     She  was  living 
in  destitution,  in  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  1903. 
Children  by  first  marriage: 

2222  Jeremiah  Allen,  killed  at  the  age  of  15. 

2223  George  Allen,  d.  aged  6. 

2224  Georgianna  Allen,  b.  July  22,  1864;   m.  Aug.  23,  1891, 

Irving  Allsop  of  Geneva.  Ch. :  Viola,  b.  June  5, 
1893,  d.  aged  5  mos.,  and  Lena,  b.  July  23,  1888, 
living  with  Thomas  Allsop  in  Geneva. 

923  LUCY  KEELER  (Eleanor,  Samuel,  Samuel,  William,  Rich- 
ard,  William),  b.  at  Towanda,  Bradford  Co.,  Penn.,  Apr.  25,  1806  ; 
m.  Sept.  18,  1826,  Cornelius  Judson,  b.  at  Derby,  Conn.,  Apr. 
11,  1805,  2d  son  of  Capt.  Abel  Judson  of  Derby,  who  served 
on  a  revenue  cutter  in  the  War  of  1812,  b.  at  Derby,  Oct.  8, 
1780,  son  of  Ezekiel  and  Martha  (Wilcox)  Judson;  m.  June 
25,  1800,  at  Derby,  Aurelia  Birdsey,  b.  Dec.  27,  1784;  d.  at 
Winslow,  111.,  Sept.  27,  1845.  Of  a  family  of  seven,  Capt.  Abel's 
2d  sister  was  the  mother  of  Hon.  Lyman  Judson  Gage,  ex-secre- 
tary of  the  U.  S.  Treasury. 

They  removed  from  Towanda,  Penn.,  to  Wysox,  Penn.,  about 
1833,  and  to  La  Salle,  111.,  in  1838;  from  thence  to  Winslow 
and  Dixon,  where  he  was  head  assistant  of  the  general  land  office. 
He  then  settled  at  Nora,  111.,  where  he  conducted  a  store.  He 
d.  there  Apr.  14,  1873.     She  d.  there  Aug.  28,  1871. 

Children : 

2225  Ellen  R.   Judson,  b.   at  Towanda,   Sept.   18,   1827;    d. 

July  8,  1829. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     56? 


2226  Philo  Judson,  b.  at  Towanda,  May  4,  1829;    d.  at  Win- 

slow,  Oct.  12,  1847. 

2227  t  Charles  Overfield  Judson,  b.  Mar.  5,  1831 ;   m.  1st,  Chloe 

L.  Rust,  2d,  Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Tracy. 

2228  Amelia  Judson,  b.   at  Wysox,  May   9,   1833;    d.   May 

17,  1833. 

2229  t  William  Edwin  Judson,  b.  Sept.  1,  1834;    m.  Margaret 

Quill. 

2230  Horace  Judson,  b.    at  Wysox,   Mar.   31,   1837;     served 

in   the   Civil   War ;     living   at    Correctionville,   la. ; 
m.  Sept.  18,  1858,  Rebecca  Packer. 

2231  Jesta  Adelia   Judson,   b.    at   Winslow,   May    17,    1843; 

unm. ;    a  teacher  at  Freeport,  111. 

2232  tEUen  Matilda  Judson,  b.  Aug.  17,  1845;    m.  Henry  A. 

Briggs. 

2233  tGuilema  Judson,  b.  Nov.  4,  1850;    m.  Walter  S.  Young. 

924  ELLEN  KEELER  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  Towanda, 
June  14,  1808;  m.  1st,  in  1822,  William  Flatt;  2d,  Ozias 
Wheeler,  who  was  sheriff  of  Lee  Co.,  111.,  in  1860.  Ellen  d.  at 
Dixon,  EL,  May  3,  1870.     Mr.  Wheeler  d.  there  in  1872. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

2234  Montravill  Flatt,  b.  in  Penn.  Oct.  3,  1823 ;   d.  at  Dixon, 

111. 

2235  Cornelius   Judson  Flatt,  b.    Mar.   22,   1825;    living  at 

Azusa,  Cal. 
2235a  Dr.  William  Flatt,  b.  Aug.  2,  1827;    living  in  Duluth, 
Minn.,  1903. 

925  ELEANOR  STERLING  (John,  Samuel,  Samuel,  William, 
Richard,  William),  b.  in  Windham,  Luzerne  (now  Wyoming) 
Co.,  Penn.,  Oct.  24,  1813;  m.  in  Auburn,  Penn.,  Apr.  12,  1831, 
the  Rev.  John  F.  Deans,  b.  in  Aug.,  1808. 

He  was  a  farmer  and  a  local  minister  at  Bridgewater,  Sus- 
quehanna Co.,  Penn.  Eleanor  d.  in  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Feb. 
23,  1870.     He  d.  in  May,  1892. 

Children : 

2236  tCharles  Woodbury  Deans,  b.  Feb.   11,  1833;    m.  Pris- 

cilla  L.  Williams. 

2237  t  Phoebe    A.    Deans,    b.    in    July,    1834;     m.    Simon    G. 

Barker. 

2238  tMary   E.   Deans,  b.    in   March,    1844;     m.    Judson   W. 

Parker. 


568  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


2239  t  William  W.  Deans,  b.  Aug.  22,  1845  ;  m.  Mary  M.  Bower. 

2240  Henry  W.  Deans,  b.  in  Jan.,  1847 ;    m.   in  Dec,  1868, 

Hattie  E.  Strickland  of  Springville,  Penn.,  b.  in 
Feb.,  1848,  who  d.  in  Jan.,  1895,  without  issue. 
He  resides  in  N.  Y.  City. 

2241  Willard  W.  Deans,  b.  in  Feb.,   1850;    d.  unm. 

926  MARGARET  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Braintrim,  Penn.,  Aug.  22,  1815 ;  m.  in  Auburn,  Penn.,  Sept.  30, 
1834,  Benjamin  Bunnell,  b.  Mar.  31,  1813.  He  was  a  farmer  resid- 
ing variously  in  Braintrim,  Washington  township,  and  Meshoppen, 
Wyoming  Co.,  Penn.,  and  in  Auburn,  Susquehanna  Co.,  Penn. 
He  d.  Mar.  2,  1894.    Margaret  d.  Mar.  2,  1888. 

Children : 

2242  t Amanda  M.   Bunnell,  b.    Sept.   30,   1835;    m.  James  P. 

Bowman. 

2243  Judson  W.  Bunnell,  b.  in  Braintrim,  Nov.  4,  1837;    d. 

Jan.  7,  1852. 

2244  Solomon   Bunnell,  b.   in    Braintrim,   Feb.   25,   1839;    m. 

Adelaide  Lyman,  who  d.  Aug.  30,  1882,  aged  40. 
He  d.  May  17,  1889.  Had  one  child,  Minnie,  who 
m. ;    residence  (1903)  unknown. 

2246  tDoyle  A.   Bunnell,   b.    Jan.    3,    1841;    m.    1st,  Deborah 

Depew,  2d,  Mrs.  Emma  Briggs. 

2247  tLaura    H.    Bunnell,    b.    Nov.     14,    1842;     m.    Charles 

Capwell. 

2248  Margaret  E.  Bunnell,  b.  in  Auburn,  Dec.  22,  1844;    d. 

Oct.  28,  1846. 

2249  tSarah  E.  Bunnell,  b.   Mar.   7,  1847;    m.   1st,  Benjamin 

Corwin;    2d,  Peter  Ace;    3d,  Truman  Baker. 

2250  tEmatury    Bunnell,    b.    Sept    14,    1848;     m.    Joseph    A. 

Lyman. 

2251  Calvin  S.  Bunnell,  b.  in  Braintrim,  July  3,  1850 ;   d.  Apr. 

14,  1857. 

2252  t  Sterling  Walker  Bunnell,  b.  July  15,  1858;    m.  Ettie  L. 

Owen. 

927  DANIEL  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Brain- 
trim, May  26,  1817 ;  m.  in  Auburn,  Penn.,  Nov.  11,  1834,  Sarah  A. 
Seeley,  b.  in  Brooklyn,  Susquehanna  Co.,  Penn.,  Jan.  17,  1814, 
dau.  of  Alden  Seeley  (b.  Aug.  28,  1783;  d.  July  19,  1838),  who 
m.  Dec.  25,  1813,  Nancy  Tewksbury  (b.  Sept.  7,  1793;    d.  Jan. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     569 


1,  1874).  Nancy  Tewksbury  was  a  dau.  of  Jacob  by  his  2d 
marriage  and  sister  of  Elizabeth,  who  m.  James  William  Sterling 
(No.  5733)  of  Brooklyn,  Penn. 

Daniel  was  a  farmer  in  Auburn,  Penn.     He  d.  there  June  14, 
1874. 

Children : 

2253  t  Norman  P.  Sterling,  b.  June  19,  1836;   m.  Delphine  L. 

Dunmore. 

2254  tHarry  Sterling,  b.  May  30,  1838;   m.  Sarah  A.  Marshall. 

2255  t Olive    Sterling,    b.    in    Apr.,    1842;      m.     1st,    Wesley 

McMicken,  2d,  William  Dunmore. 

2256  tlra  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  19,  1847;    m.  Mary  Whitaker. 

2257  tAravesta  N.  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  22,  1852;  m.  Samuel  Mead. 

2258  Cinthia   Sterling,  m.   Asa  R.   Cowel  of  Dunmore,  Penn. 

Have  Charlotte  (m.  Fred  Reber  of  Scranton,  Penn.), 
Clyde,  and  Hazel. 

2262  tjohn  G.  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  22,  1857;  m.  Emma  C.  West. 

928  CALVIN  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Brain- 
trim,  Feb.  12,  1819;  m.  in  Providence,  Penn.,  May  4,  1843, 
Hannah  M.  Bond,  b.  Aug.  27,  1820,  dau.  of  Peter  Bond,  a  soldier 
of  the  Mexican  War,  and  Rebecca  Campbell. 

Calvin  was  a  farmer  and  miller  at  Meshoppen,  Penn.     He  d. 
there  May  22,  1897.     His  widow  was  living  there  in  1902. 
Child: 

2263  tMary  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  15,  1844;  m.  Lewis  E.  Hewitt. 

929  NICHOLAS  OVERFIELD  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  Braintrim,  Feb.  18,  1821 ;  m.  1st,  in  Meshoppen,  by 
the  Rev.  J.  Sterling,  May  26,  1845,  Laura  J.  Baker,  who  d.  Jan. 
10,  1853,  aged  33  years;  m.  2d,  in  Mt.  Pleasant,  Penn.,  Sept. 
1,  1858,  Angeline  Kennedy,  b.  July  1,  1828,  dau.  of  Nathan 
and  Pamelia  (King)  Kennedy  of  Mt.  Pleasant.  He  was  a  farmer 
near  Meshoppen,  where  he  d.  Sept.  12,  1901.  She  d.  Feb.  25, 
1901. 

Child  by  first   marriage: 

2264  A  son,  b.  May  12,  1846;    d.  Aug.  1,  1855. 
Children  by  second  marriage: 

2265  tKate    Ann    Sterling,    b.     July    22,    1862;     m.    Rienzi 

Stansbury. 


570  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


2266  Laura  Mabel  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  13,  1866 ;    unm. ;    lives  at 

Meshoppen. 

2267  tjohn   Calvin  Sterling,  b.   Sept.   16,   1868;    m.  Lizzie  J. 

Jones. 

2268  Alma  Angie  Sterling,  b.   Sept.   14,   1870;    unm. 

930  JOHN  GREGORY  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Braintrim,  Jan.  28,  1823;  m.  in  Auburn,  Penn.,  Nov.  4,  1846, 
Betsy  Osborne,  b.  Nov.  21,  1824,  dau.  of  Nathan  and  Eunice 
(Sturdevant)  Osborne.  John,  commonly  called  Gregory,  was 
a  stock  and  produce  buyer  at  Meshoppen ;  d.  May  28,  1883. 
Betsy  d.  Nov.  2,  1895. 

Children : 

2269  Clara  J.   Sterling,  b.   Oct.    14,   1847;    m.    1st,  Jan.    1, 

1868,  Gideon  Winans,  b.  Dec.  21,  1841,  a  hardware 
merchant  in  Meshoppen,  who  d.  Nov.  18,  1895 ;  m. 
2d,  Feb.,  1898,  Julius  Kintner.      No  issue. 

2270  t  Harriet  Sterling,  m.  John  Alden. 

2271  Lucy  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  4,  1855;    d.  Sept.  15,  1862,  of 

diphtheria. 

2272  Ida  Sterling,  b.  July  15,  1856;    d.  Sept.   16,  1862,  of 

diphtheria. 

2273  tMary  Sterling,  b.  July  13,  1866;   m.  George  McElhone. 

931  MARY  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Auburn, 
May  5,  1825;  m.  Dec.  22,  1844,  George  R.  Cornell,  b.  at  Forest 
Lake,  Susquehanna  Co.,  Penn.,  Feb.  20,  1824,  son  of  Zephaniah 
Cornell  of  Forest  Lake. 

He  was  a  farmer  in  Susquehanna  and  Wyoming  counties, 
Penn.  He  kept  a  boarding  house  in  Tunkhannock,  Penn.,  during 
the  last  years  of  his  life.  Saw  two  years  service  in  the  Rebellion 
as  a  petty  officer.  Mary  d.  Oct.  12,  1879,  in  Auburn;  George 
m.  2d,  about  1884,  Hannah  Squiers,  who  lived  at  Tunkhannock 
in  1902.     He  d.  there  Sept.  3,  1895. 

Children : 

2274  t  Sterling    B.    Cornell,    b.    May    2,    1850;     m.    Deborah 

Simsabaugh. 

2275  tLois   M.   Cornell,  b.    Aug.    7,   1852;    m.    Benjamin   B. 

Lowe. 

2276  t  Jerome   B.  V.    Cornell,   b.    July   16,    1855;    m.   Eunice 

Patterson. 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     571 

2277  tCalvin    S.    Cornell,    b.    Aug.    24,    1857;     m.    Janette 

Garretson. 

932  PAUL  OVERFIELD  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Auburn,  May  23,  1827 ;  m.  at  New  Milford,  Penn.,  Aug.  30, 
1851,  Hannah  Fessenden,  b.  Sept.  22,  1830. 

Paul,  commonly  called  Overfield  Sterling,  lived  on  Bunnell 
Hill,  Wyoming  Co.,  Penn.,  until  the  spring  of  1862,  when  he 
migrated  to  Canada.  He  d.  at  London,  Ontario,  Apr.  23,  1862. 
She  d.  Sept.  20,  1882. 

Children : 

2278  Asa  Judson  Sterling,  unm. ;    lives  at  Green  Bay,  Wis. 

2279  Esther  Sterling,  b.  June  8,  1854 ;   d.  Aug.  18,  1884. 

2280  Frederick  Sterling,  d.  young. 

2281  Sarah  Rosetta  Sterling,  m.  Hendrickson ;    lives  at 

North  Jackson,  Penn.     Has  ten  ch.,  the  eldest  being 
Judson  of  Susquehanna,  Penn. 

2283  Elizabeth  Gertrude  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  28,  1860;   m.  Wil- 

lard  J.  Briggs,  b.  in  Wayne,  Mich.,  May  28,  1859, 
a  tinner  at  Muncie,  Ind.     No  issue. 

933  THE  REV.  ALFRED  LESLLE  STERLING  (brother  of 
the  above),  b.  in  Auburn,  Apr.  26,  1829  ;  m.  at  Mehoopany,  Penn., 
Oct.  11, 1858,  Emily  A.  Aumick,  b.  in  Eaton,  Penn.,  June  25,  1827. 
He  saw  three  years'  service  in  the  Signal  Corps  of  the  U.  S.  Army 
during  the  Rebellion.  He  was  a  minister  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church ;  was  connected  with  the  Hartford  Soldiers'  Orphan 
School  for  a  number  of  years.  Alfred  was  an  invalid  the  last 
half  decade  of  his  life,  seven  years  of  which  he  was  confined  to 
his  bed.  The  last  three  years  he  was  totally  blind.  He  d.  July 
14,  1884.    Emily  d.  Aug.  14,  1901. 

Children : 

2284  Nellie  Sterling,  b.  in  Meshoppen,  Feb.  10,  1860;    d.  at 

Fairfax  Courthouse,  Va.,  Apr.  16,  1865. 

2285  Adaline  Sterling,  b.   in  Meshoppen,  Mar.   11,  1861 ;    d. 

at  Fairfax  Courthouse,  Va.,  May  7,  1865. 

2286  tLydia  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  21,  1874;   m.  Fred  M.  Swetland. 

935  SARAH  R.  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Auburn, 
July  24,  1833;    m.  in  Bridgewater,  Penn.,  Feb.  23,  1856,  James 


572  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


E.  Beebe.  She  d.  in  Meshoppen,  Perm.,  June  7,  1898.  He  d.  in 
Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  20,  1903. 

Child: 

2287  Charles  Beebe,  b.  Jan.  24,  1857 ;    d.  Nov.  1,  1862. 

937  HARRIET  E.  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  Apr. 
27,  1863;  m.  June  17,  1882,  John  F.  Elliott,  b.  May  10,  1861,  son 
of  George  W.  and  Lois  L.  (Pickett)  Elliott  of  Camptown,  Penn. 
He  is  a  physician  in  Denver,  Colo. 

Children : 

2288  George  S.  Elliott,  b.  Jan.  5,  1884. 

2289  Leona  Elliott,  b.  May  15,  1885 ;   d.  July  22,  1887. 

2290  Ida  Lois  Elliott,  b.  Apr.  27,  1887. 

2291  Nina  Elliott,  b.  Mar.  21,  1890;    d.  Sept.  10,  1890. 

2292  John  Maynard  Elliott,  b.   Dec.   7,   1893;    d.   July   11, 

1894. 

2293  Sterling  Elliott,  b.  Sept.  3,  1898. 

938  GEORGE  STERLING  (John,  Thaddeus,  Samuel,  Wil- 
liam, Richard,  William),  m.  Mary  Maltzberger.  His  descend- 
ants live  in  Reading  and  Pottstown,  Penn. 

Children : 

2294  Charles  Sterling. 

2295  Benjamin  Sterling. 

2296  Wilson  Sterling. 

2297  George  Sterling. 

2298  John  Sterling. 

939  JOHN  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  m.  Mary 
Medlar. 

Children : 

2299  Mary  Sterling. 

2300  Elizabeth  Sterling. 

940  WILLIAM  SHERMAN  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  Lebanon  Co.,  Penn.,  in  Dec,  1818;  m.  May  23, 
1839,  Margaret  Ulrich,  dau.  of  Adam  and  Ann  Ulrich. 

Mr.  Sterling  settled  in  Whitley  Co.,  Ind.,  in  1840,  and  was, 
consequently,  one  of  the  early  pioneers  of  that  state.  He  was 
a  farmer  and  acquired  a  comfortable  estate.     He  enlisted  in  Co. 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     573 

I,   100th  Ind.  Vol.   Infty.,  in   1862,   and   served  throughout   the 
Civil  War;    d.  in  May,  1882. 
Children : 

2301  tJohn  F.   Sterling,  b.   Sept.  7,  1840;    m.   1st,  Marie  E. 

Manning;    2d,   Flora   Tippy;    3d,   Mary   Lewis. 

2302  t  Ann  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  7,  1845 ;   m.  Omer  Alley. 

2303  Mary   Sterling,  b.   Feb.   22,   1846;    m.   Feb.   22,  1865, 

James  Sallust,  and  d.  in  1874,  leaving  a  child  now 
dead. 

2304  Elizabeth  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  25,  1848 ;   m.  Nov.  29,  1874, 

Frederick  W.  Hartson.     Residence,  Larwell,  Whit- 
ley Co.,  Ind. 

2305  tHenry    Sterling,    b.    Feb.     14,    1851;     m.     Sarah    A. 

Geithman. 

2306  t  George  Sterling,   b.   Jan.   5,   1854;    m.   Alice  Young. 

2307  t  Sarah  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  1,  1856;    m.  1st,  Albert  Ober- 

chain,  2d,  Samuel  Woods. 

2308  tEd.  Sterling,  b.  May  1,  1859;    m.  Nora  M.  Hilliard. 

2309  tHarriet  Sterling,  b.  July  11,  1862;    m.  Samuel  Deeter. 

941  JAMES  SHERMAN  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Cornwall,  Lebanon  Co.,  in  Mar.,  1824;  m.  at  Annville,  Leb- 
anon Co.,  Nov.  20,  1842,  Sarah  Mace.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Penn.  Militia  for  three  weeks  in  1863 ;  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade ; 
lived  at  Pottsville,  Penn.,  where  he  d.  Mar.  5,  1882. 

Child: 

2310  t  James  Sterling,  b.  in  1851;    m. . 

942  MARY  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  Wom- 
elsdorf,  Penn.,  Feb.  28,  1825;  m.  at  Pottsville,  Penn.,  in  1842, 
Isaac  May,  b.  at  Cornwall,  Eng.,  Mar.  18,  1820,  son  of  Joseph  1 
and  Anne  (George)  May  of  Toronto,  Can. 

Mr.  May  was  a  coal  operator  at  Shamokin,  Penn.,  and  ac- 
cumulated a  fortune.  He  d.  there  Jan.  27,  1901.  Mrs.  May 
was  a  devout  Roman  Catholic,  a  woman  who  gave  largely  to  char- 
ity;   she  d.  at  Shamokin,  Apr.  29,  1904. 

Children : 

2311  t  James  May,  b.  Dec.  4,  1843;    m.  Mary  G.  Snyder. 

2312  tElizabeth  May,  b.  Sept.  1,  1845;   m.  Henry  W.  Morgan. 

1  Joseph  May  was  b.  in  England  and  m.  there  Anne  George,  b.  at  Cornwall, 
Dec.  25,  1794,  who  d.  at  Toronto,  Can.,  June  20,  1876.  They  had  Isaac,  John, 
Thomas,  Joseph,  Mary  Ann,  and  Elizabeth. 


574  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


2313  tlsaac  May,  b.  Oct.  16,  1847;   m.  Margaret  A.  Magee. 

2314  t Emily  Rebecca  May,  b.  Jan.  27,  1849;    m.   1st,  Albert 

D.  Allen,  2d,  Martin  Markle. 

2315  'George  May,  b.  June  20,  1850;    m.  Mary  E.  Duttinger. 

2316  Mary  Ann  May,  b.  Nov.  25,  1852 ;   bapt.  Feb.  23,  1853 ; 

d.  Nov.  8,~1854. 

2317  t  Sarah    Jane    May,    b.    Feb.    15,    1855;     m.    Albert    A. 

Heizmann. 

2318  tMary  Ida  May,  b.  May  7,  1857;    m.  Jacob  F.  Graeber. 

2319  t  Susan  Ann  May,   b.   Mar.    29,    1859;    m.   William  W. 

Ryon. 

2320  t  Joseph  A.  May,  b.  Jan.  6,  1861 ;   m.  Harriet  Kendrick. 

2321  Clara  May,  b.  Aug.  4,  1863;    bapt.  July  10,  1864;    d. 

Sept.  6,  1864. 

2322  Caroline  May,  b.  Apr.  10,  1865;    bapt.  Oct.  12,  1865; 

unm. 

2323  t  Laura  May,  b.  June  1,  1868;    m.  Daniel  J.  DriscolL 

2324  William  May,  b.  Mar.  27,  1870;    d.  May  31,  1870. 
Those  deceased  are  buried  at  Shamokin. 

943  JOSEPH  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Berks 
Co.,  Penn. ;  m.  1st,  at  Coalbrook  Dale,  Berks  Co.,  Catherine 
Koble,  whose  ancestors  were  among  the  earliest  Dutch  settlers 
of  New  York  and  whose  grandmother  Koble,  at  the  age  of  13, 
was  a  maid  to  Mrs.  George  Washington.  She  d.  about  1848. 
Joseph  went  to  Wisconsin  and  there  m.  2d,  Harriet  E.  La  Bar, 
b.  in  Rockford,  Penn.,  Apr.  18,  1828.  He  was  a  tailor  in 
Womelsdorf  and  in  Goshenhoppen,  Penn. ;  a  soldier  in  the  Union 
army  during  the  Rebellion  and  d.  in  the  service  July  7,  1862. 
Children  by  first  marriage: 

2325  Elizabeth  Sterling,  m.  P.  E.  Buck  of  Ashland,  Penn. 

2326  Sarah  Sterling,  m.  John  Ellsesser  of  York,  Penn. 

2327  Catherine  Sterling,  m.   A.  Krick   of  Hamburg,  Penn. 

2328  t  William  A.    Sterling,   b.    Oct.    27,    1841;    m.    Susan   A. 

Taylor. 

2329  Harriet  Sterling,  unm.,  lives  in  Shamokin,  Penn. 

2330  Joseph  Sterling. 

2331  Henry  Sterling. 

Children  by  second  marriage: 

2332  Martha  J.   Sterling,  m.  Steele;    a  wid.   at  Ripon, 

Wis. 

2333  Daniel  L.  Sterling,  of  St.  Charles,  111. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     575 


2334  tFrank  Hughes  Sterling,  b.   Sept.  23,  1857;    m.  Mabel 

A.  Patterson. 

2335  tEllsworth  B.   Sterling,  b.   Aug.   10,  1861;    m.  Carolyn 

M. . 

944  CAROLINE  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at 
Robesonia,  Berks  Co.,  Penn.,  Apr.  10,  1830;  m.  in  Pottsville, 
Penn.,  Apr.  10,  1850,  John  H.  Gable  b.  in  Orwigsburg,  Schuyl- 
kill Co.,  Penn.,  Sept.  16,  1825.  Resided  at  Shamokin,  Penn. 
He  was  a  coal  operator  in  the  Garfield  and  Gimlet  Colleries ; 
promoter  of  the  Shamokin  Street  Railway ;  member  of  the  board 
of  health;  d.  in  Shamokin  Nov.  20,  1903. 
Children : 

2336  Cecilia  Gable,  b.  in  Pottsville,  Penn.,  Jan.  20,  1853 ;    d. 

Oct.  10,  1855. 

2337  Ida  Gable,  b.  in  Pottsville,  Aug.  15,  1854. 

2338  William  Gable,  b.  in  Pottsville,  Mar.  5,  1856. 

2339  Louisa  Gable,  b.  in  Shamokin,  June  30,  1859;    d.  Sept. 

6,  1862. 

2340  Joseph  Gable,  b.  in  Shamokin,  June  30,  1861 ;  d.  June 

30,  1861. 

2341  Alfred   Gable,  b.   in   Shamokin,  Feb.   7,   1864. 

2342  Frank  Gable,  b.  in  Shamokin,  Oct.   18,  1869. 

2343  Charles  Gable,  b.  in  Shamokin,  July  7,  1871. 

945  MARGARET  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  m.  John 
Brown,  a  foundryman  of  Pottsville,  Penn. 

Children : 

2344  Ellen    Brown,   m.    James    Gordon    of   Phila. 

2345  Doll  Brown,  m.  John  Gordon  of  Phila. 

2346  Mary  Brown,  m.  John  Stichter  of  Reading,  Penn. 

2347  John    Brown,    a  baker   in   Shamokin,   Penn. 

2348  David  Brown,  a  captain  in  the  Union  army  in  the  Civil 

War.     Killed  at  the  Battle  of  Petersburg. 

946  SARAH    STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  m.  John  Null. 

Child: 

2349  Frank  Null,  m.,  and  has  Caroline  and  Ida. 

948  ELIZABETH  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  m.  Ed- 
ward McTee  of  Pottsville,  Penn.  She  d.  in  an  insane  asylum  at 
Harrisburg,  Penn. 


576  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Children : 

2352  Mary  McTee. 

2353  Ellen  McTee. 

2354  James  McTee. 

949  CATHERINE  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Robesonia;  m.  at  Pottsville,  Penn.,  Dec.  9,  1841,  John  W.  Taylor 
of  Philadelphia.  Residence,  Shamokin,  Penn.  He  was  by  occupa- 
tion a  painter. 

Children : 

2355  William  Taylor,  b.  at  Pottsville,  Nov.  13,  1848 ;   d.  Dec. 

21,  1902. 

2356  Emily  Alice  Taylor,  b.  at  Pottsville,  Dec.  16,  1850;    d. 

there,  Oct.  16,  1851. 

2357  Appolonia  Cecilia  Taylor,  b.   at  Pottsville  in  1852;    d. 

there,  Jan.  28,  1856. 

2358  Mary  Ellen  Taylor,  b.  at  Pottsville,  Mar.  20,  1854 ;   d. 

there,  Feb.  16,  1856. 

2359  Francis    Joseph   Taylor,   b.    in   Northumberland,   Penn., 

July  25,  1857;    d.  in  Harrisburg,  Penn.,  Feb.  16, 
1865. 

2360  Maria  Josephine  Taylor,  b.  at  Pottsville,  Jan.  6,  1859. 

2361  Enos  Charles  Taylor,  b.  in  Harrisburg,  Mar.  21,  1861 ; 

d.  there  Mar.  15,  1865. 

2362  Alfred  Eugene  Taylor,  b.  in  Harrisburg,  July  24,  1863. 

2363  Katharine  Taylor,  b.  at  Shamokin,  Mar.  25,  1867. 

2364  Ida  Isabella  Taylor,  b.  at  Shamokin  in  1869;    d.  there 

in  1870. 

2365  Louis  Alphonso  Taylor,  b.  at  Shamokin,  Nov.  18,  1871. 

2366  Thomas  James  Taylor,  b.  at  Shamokin,  Nov.  20,  1873. 

952  EDWARD  STERLING  SOULLARD  (Lydia,  Thaddeus, 
Samuel,  William,  Richard,  William),  b.  July  19,  1800;  m.  1st, 
Feb.  4,  1829,  Fanny  Crapo,  b.  Mar.  15,  1803 ;   2d,  Julia . 

Child  by  first  marriage: 

2367  Fanny  Soullard,  b.  July  14,  1835 ;   d.  Apr.  20,  1838. 
Child  by  second  marriage: 

2368  Fanny  C.  Soullard;   m.  Carve;    live  in  Vermont. 

953  SALLY  MELISSA  SOULLARD  (sister  of  the  above),  b. 
Nov.  20,  1802;  m.  Jan.  12,  1819,  Hiram  Collamer,  b.  Mar.  31, 
1799.    She  d.  Dec.  24,  1869. 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     577 


Children : 
2369     Mary  Ann  Collamer,  b.  June  3,  1819;   m.  Daniel  Eddy; 
has  son  Daniel. 

2371  Nelson  C.  Collamer,  b.  Apr.  30,  1821. 

2372  t  Warren   Barnabus   Collamer,   b.   Feb.    2,   1823;    m.   1st, 

Eliza  A.  Cole  (No.  990)  ;  2d,  Sally  Cole  (No.  985). 
(See  No.  985.) 

2373  Lydia  Jane  Collamer,  b.  July  16,   1825;    d.  Sept.   24, 

1826. 

2374  Emily  Jane  Collamer,  b.  Oct.  20,  1828 ;  d.  Mar.  2,  1829. 

2375  Edwin  J.  Collamer. 

2376  Harriet  Lucilla   Collamer,  b.   in   1832;    m.   ,   and 

had  issue;    all  deceased. 

954  ALMIRA  HESTER  SOULLARD  (sister  of  the  above), 
b.  June  8,  1805  ;  m.  Oct.  28,  1824,  John  Holman,  b.  July  28,  1796. 
She  d.  Dec.  24,  1837.    He  d.  in  1886. 

Children : 

2377  t Catharine  M.  Holman,  b.  Oct.  23,  1825;  m.  Jacob  Norn- 

hauser. 

2378  John  Henry  Holman,  b.  Aug.  25,  1828 ;    d.  unm. 

2379  tLydia    Ann    Holman,    b.    Mar.    20,    1831;     m.    Henry 

Waring. 

2380  Samuel  A.  Holman,  b.  in  July,  1834;    d.  unm. 

2381  Almira  Soullard  Holman,  b.  in  May,  1837;    m.   and  d. 

without  issue. 

955  ELIZA  CAROLINE  SOULLARD  (sister  of  the  above),  b. 
Aug.  24,  1809  ;  m.  in  Jan.,  1829,  her  step-brother  Samuel  Pearsall, 
b.  Nov.  18,  1799,  son  of  Henry  and  Phoebe  (Pearsall)  Pearsall. 
He  was  a  farmer.     She  d.  Oct.  25,  1863.     He  d.  Dec.  8,  1886. 

Children : 

2382  tHenry  Barnabus  Pearsall,  b.   Nov.   2,   1829;    m.  Lucy 

Rich. 

2383  t  Samuel  J.  Pearsall,  b.  May  18,  1833;   m.  Caroline  Smith. 

2384  Lydia   Celia  Pearsall,  b.   Sept.    11,   1835;    m.  Dec.   31, 

1874,  Albert  Nash,  b.  Sept.  25,  1843,  son  of  Ed- 
mund and  Samantha  (Wetherell)  Nash.  Residence, 
Saratoga  Spa,  N.  Y. ;    no  issue. 

2385  Edward  Soullard  Pearsall,  b.  Nov.  2,  1837;    June  14, 

1871,  Ellen  Miller,  b.  Mar.  25,  1843,  dau.  of  Har- 
riet (Merrill)  Miller.  Residence,  Saratoga,  N.  Y. ; 
no  issue. 


578  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


2386  tphebe  E.  Pearsall,  b.  Feb.  1,  1840;   m.  John  Groesbeck. 

2387  t George  Pearsall,  b.  in  July,  1847  ;   m.  Melinda  Hoffman. 

2388  tjohn     A.     Pearsall,    b.     Aug.     10,     1851;      m.     Emma 

McChesney. 

2389  Emma  C.  Pearsall,  b.  in  Feb.,  1854 ;   d.  in  Aug.,  1858. 

957  CURTIS  M.  STERLING  {Thaddeus,  Thaddeus,  Samuel, 
William,  Richard,  William),  b.  July  13,  1801 ;  m.  Jan.  1,  1823, 
Anna  Stevens,  b.  Aug.  16,  1799,  dau.  of  Ephrian  (b.  Mar.  24, 
1756;  d.  Aug.  29,  1855)  and  Hannah  Stevens  (b.  Mar.  5,  1756; 
d.  Feb.  28,  1855). 

Curtis  and  his  wife  settled  at  Dunnings  (now  Elmhurst), 
Penn.,  on  what  came  to  be  called  Sterling's  Hill,  immediately 
after  their  marriage  and  lived  there  the  remainder  of  their  lives. 
He  was  a  farmer.  He  d.  at  1  a.m.,  Oct.  31,  1875;  Anna  d. 
Jan.  24,  1893. 

Children : 

2390  tEphraim  Eliphalet  Sterling,  b.  at  12  m.,  July  25,  1832; 

m.   Catherine  E.  Beavers. 

2391  Samuel  Sterling,  b.  at  12.15  a.  m.,  Aug.  1,  1837 ;   d.  unm. 

Feb.  4,  1894. 

2392  tDavid  Sterling,  b.  at  4  a.  m.,  Sept.  15,  1839;   m.  Janett 

M.  Roberts. 

958  MARY  ANN  STERLING  {sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  Am- 
sterdam, N.  Y.,  July  21,  1803;  m.  Oct.  17,  1824,  Ransom  Lyon, 
b.  Apr.  4,  1803,  son  of  Eliphalet  Lyon  by  his  first  wife,  Mary 
Perry.  Eliphalet  m.  2d,  Eleanor  (Ogden)  Sterling,  mother  of 
Mary  Ann.     Hence,  Mary  Ann  m.  her  step-brother. 

Ransom  Lyon  was  a  carriage  maker  at  Easton,  Conn.     He 
d.  Mar.  21,  1874.     She  d.  Sept.  11,  1893. 
Children : 

2393  Ransom  Perry  Lyon,  b.  Sept.  29,  1825  ;  m.  in  Feb.,  1854, 

Sophia  Blackman,  and  had  Frederick,  d.  in  infancy, 
and  Eddie  Blackman  Lyon,  M.  D.,  of  Bethel,  Conn., 
who  d.  a  young  man,  without  issue.  Ransom  was 
a  physician  at  Bethel,  Conn.     He  d.  Aug.  6,  1864. 

2396  tFrederick   Sterling   Lyon,   b.    June   21,    1827;    m.    1st, 

Mary  C.  Woolley,  2d,  Lottie  C.  Downs. 

2397  t  Wesley    Lyon,    b.    Apr.    22,    1829;     m.    Charlotte    A. 

Williams. 


WILLIAM   STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     579 

2398  Mary  Eleanor  Lyon,  b.  Sept.  2,  1831 ;   d.  Nov.  1,  1866, 

unm. 

2399  Fletcher  Lyon,  b.   May  25,   1833;    m.   May   21,   1854, 

Sarah  M.  Nichols.  Had  a  dau.,  Eugenia,  who  d. 
young.  Fletcher  was  a  carriage  builder.  He  d. 
Oct.  15,  1858. 
2401  Adam  Clarke  Lyon,  b.  Feb.  26,  1840;  m.  Sarah  Sher- 
wood. Had  a  dau.  Minnie  who  d.  young.  He  was 
a  carriage  maker ;    d.  Jan.  3,  1901. 

959  DAVID  L.  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Am- 
sterdam, Mar.  2,  1805;  m.  in  Redding,  Conn.,  Aug.  30,  1829, 
Cornelia  Tillou  of  Reading,  b.  in  N.  Y.  City,  July  15,  1804. 

David  was  a  farmer.  He  lived  for  a  time  at  Fairfield  and 
Greenfield,  Conn.,  and  then  removed  to  Illinois,  settling  first  at 
Milo  and  later  moving  to  Bradford. 

He  d.  there  June  23,  1882.  Cornelia  d.  of  consumption,  Oct. 
12,  1864. 

Children : 

2403  Thaddeus  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  4,  1834;    moved  to  Oregon; 

address  unknown. 

2404  Charles  Sterling,  b.  Aug.   17,  1837;    enlisted  in  Co.  I., 

47th  111.  Vol.  Infty.,  and  d.  at  Selma,  Ala.,  Oct.  2, 
1865. 

2405  tjane  Ann  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  29,   1844;    m.  William  H. 

Conibear. 

960  SALLY  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above) ,  b.  in  Amsterdam, 
Mar.  17,  1810;  m.  Nov.  27,  1830,  Uriah  Hubbell,  b.  Aug.  27, 
1806,  son  of  Moses  and  Susannah  (Silliman)  Hubbell  of  Green- 
field, Conn. 

Uriah  was  a  farmer  at  Greenfield  Hill,   Conn.,  where  he   d. 
July  14,  1871.    Sally  d.  there  May  9,  1895. 
Children : 

2406  tAugustus  Sterling  Hubbell,  b.  Feb.   11,  1831;    m.  Abi- 

gail  B.    Morehouse. 

2407  tjohn  C.  Hubbell,  b.  Aug.  7,  1832;  m.  Julia  Ann  Wheeler. 

2408  Adelia  W.  Hubbell,  b.  Oct.  2,  1833;    living  on  the  old 

homestead  at  Greenfield  Hill,  unm.,  1901. 

2409  Marv  Ann  Hubbell,  b.  Mar.  1,  1838;    d.  Apr.  14,  1840. 

2410  Charles  Hubbell,  b.  Feb.  7,  1840;    d.  Aug.  26,  1842. 


580  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


2411  t  Arthur  Sterling  Hubbell,  b.  Oct.  4,  1842;    m.  Helen  L. 

Reid. 

2412  Rufus  Hubbell,  b.  Aug.  26,  1844;    d.  Feb.  28,  1845. 

2413  Rufus  W.  Hubbell,  b.  Nov.  18,  1846;   d.  July  10,  1867. 

2414  Perry  Beach  Hubbell,  b.   Sept.   23,   1847;    d.   Sept.   10, 

1868,  at  Albany,  N.  Y. 

2415  tpriScilla    Hubbell,    b.    Dec.    17,    1849;     m.    George    T. 

Parrack. 

965  MARY  STERLING  (Lockzvood,  Thaddeus,  Samuel,  Wil- 
liam, Richard,  William),  b.  Mar.  5,  1815;  m.  July  4,  1836, 
Paul  Doughty,  b.  Mar.  12,  1812,  d.  May  3,  1871.  She  d.  Dec. 
29,  1890.     Both  buried  at  Amenia,  N.  Y. 

Children : 

2416  t  Charles  True  Doughty,  b.  in  1836;    m.   Julia  . 

2417  Sterling  Doughty,  b.  Mar.  18,  1847;    m.  Mary  Harris; 

has    two    daus.,    Harriet    and    Mary.      He    is    sup- 
posed to  be  living  in  Texas. 

2420  Frances   Elizabeth   Doughty,   b.   Oct.    11,   1850;    unm. ; 

a  teacher  in  Drew  Seminary,  Carmel,  N.  Y. 

966  JOHN  WESLEY  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Norwalk,  Conn.,  Oct.  20,  1817;  m.  Mar.  21,  1841,  Em- 
eline  Wheeler,  b.  in  Dover,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  13,  1821,  dau.  of  Hiram 
and  Sabina  (Edmunds)  Wheeler  of  Dover.  He  was  a  blacksmith 
and  farmer  at  Amenia,  N.  Y.  He  d.  at  Dover,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  21, 
1897.    His  widow  resides  at  South  Dover  (1903). 

Children : 

2421  Sarah  Louisa   Sterling,  b.  Aug.   20,   1842;    m.   1st,  in 

1867,  Abram  R.  Couch,  who  d.  in  1882;  m.  2d, 
in  1887,  Charles  R.  Olds.  Had  three  children  who 
d.  young.     Residence,  Somers,  Conn. 

2422  Electa   Jane   Sterling,  b.   Dec.   20,    1844;    d.    May    13, 

1847. 

2423  tMary  Elizabeth  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  15,  1846;    m.  Eugene 

B.  Anson. 

2424  tEstella  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  17,  1851 ;    m.  George  E.  Cole 

(No.  2439). 

2425  Helen  Adilla  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  13,  1854;    unm.  Oct.  18, 

1895. 

2426  tCarrie    Sterling,    b.    Nov.    15,    1857;     m.    Charles    E. 

Dutcher. 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     581 

967  SARAH  ANN  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  Mar. 
13,  1820;  m.  Dec.  18,  1841,  Joseph  Jones,  b.  Feb.  4,  1821,  son  of 
Stephen  and  Amy  (Elliot)  Jones.  They  lived  at  Dover,  N.  Y., 
where  she  d.  in  1901. 

Children : 

2427  t William  S.  Jones,  b.  Nov.  23,  1843;   m.  Mary  J.  Webb. 

2428  tTheodore  F.   Jones,  b.   Sept.   21,  1846;    m.   Olivine  O. 

Brady. 

2429  tLydia  A.  Jones,  b.  Jan.  24,  1851 ;   m.  Edward  A.  Brush. 

2430  Jarvis  C.  Jones,  b.  Apr.  12,  1854 ;   d.  Mar.  14,  1856. 

2431  Helen  E.  Jones,  b.  Oct.  29,  1859. 

968  BENJAMIN  POWERS  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  May  13,  1823;  m.  1st,  Oct.  3,  1847,  Caroline  Conklin, 
b.  in  Dover,  N.  Y.,  dau.  of  David  and  Margaret  (Doty)  Conklin, 
who  d.  Sept.  28,  1856;  m.  2d,  in  1857,  Harriet  E.  French,  who 
d.  Feb.  8,  1863 ;  m.  3d,  Aug.  30,  1863,  Mary  E.  Merchant.  Mr. 
Sterling  was  a  wagon  maker.  He  d.  at  Salisbury,  Conn.,  Jan. 
18,  1871.    His  widow  m.  again. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

2432  Jarvis    Congdon   Sterling,   b.   Aug.   20,   1849;    lives   in 

N.  Y.  City ;    has  six  children. 

2433  George  Conklin  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  10,  1852;   m.  Mar.  17, 

1874,  Estella  A.  Ashley,  b.  Feb.  26,  1846,  dau.  of 
Abram  and  Lydia  A.  (Young)  Ashley  of  Chatham, 
N.  Y.  He  is  a  tobacco  merchant  in  New  York.  No 
issue. 

2434  Sherman  Sterling,  b.  July  17,  1854;  d.  Jan.  18,  1857. 

Children  by  second  marriage: 

2435  Carrie  E.  Sterling,  b.  May  7,  I860;    d.  Jan.  6,  1863. 

2436  Charles  E.   Sterling,  b.  Apr.  9,  1862;    d.   at  Seymour, 

Conn.,  in  youth. 

Child  by  third  marriage: 

2437  Ida  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  27,  1867 ;   d.  Dec.  12,  1868. 

970  WILLIAM  JEW^ETT  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  Apr.  23,  1828;  m.  Helen  Browning.  He  lived  at  Pawl- 
ing, N.  Y.,  where  he  d. ;  his  widow  was  living  there  in  1903. 

Child: 

2438  William  S.  Sterling  m.  Jennie  Wesley.     He  was  a  prom- 

inent contractor  and  builder  at  White  Plains,  N. 
Y. ;    d.  in  1903,  leaving  six  children. 


582  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


983  EMERY  COLE  (Eliza,  Thaddeus,  Samuel,  William,  Rich- 
ard, William),  b.  in  Wilton,  Conn.,  Apr.  19,  1811;  m.  1st,  May 
10,  1841,  Mary  Ann  Sutton,  b.  Mar.  11,  1819,  dau.  of  Gabriel 
Sutton,  who  d.  June  23,  1856;  m.  2d,  May  9,  1860,  Frances 
Mary  Stevens,  b.  Apr.  3,  1832,  fifth  child  of  David  W.  and  Nancy 
A.    (Giddings)    Stevens  of  South  Dover,  N.  Y. 

Emery  Cole  has  been  a  prominent  business  man  of  Pawling, 
N.  Y.,  for  many  years;  the  owner  of  the  Harlem  Valley  Roller 
Mills,  wagon  factory,  plaster  mills  and  considerable  real  estate 
in  Duchess  Co.     Living  at  Pawling,  1903. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

2439  t  George  E.   Cole,  b.  Dec.  5,   1843;    m.  Estella  Sterling 

(No.  2424),  q.  v. 

2440  Francis  Eugene  Cole,  b.  in  Pawling,  Sept.  19,  1848 ;    m. 

1st,  Helen  Wanzer,  2d,  Emma  Marsh.  (See  No. 
987.)  Has  two  ch.,  Emery  and  Esther.  He  is  in 
partnership  with  his  father  at  Pawling. 

2443  Edward  Charles  Cole,  b.  in  Pawling,  July  20,  1850,  an 

insurance  man  in  New  Haven,  Conn. 

2444  Mary  Eliza  Cole,  b.  in  Pawling,  May  1,  1856;    m,  1st, 

Augustus  Pendley,  2d,  Myron  Andrews. 

Children  by  second  marriage: 

2445  t  Albert   Stevens   Cole,   b.    May   21,    1863;   m.    Clara   B. 

Thomas. 

2446  William  Wallace  Cole,  b.   in  Pawling,   Sept.    15,   1864; 

m.  Laura  Dennis  of  Newton,  la.  He  is  a  traveling 
salesman.     Residence,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. ;    no  issue. 

2447  Alidabelle  Cole,  b.  in  Pawling,  Jan.  27,  1870;    m.  Wil- 

liam J.  Davis  from  Virginia,  now  of  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y. ;    no  issue. 

984  GEORGE  COLE  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  Feb.  14,  1813; 
m.  Dec.  31,  1840,  Melissa  Bloomfield  Townsend,  b.  Oct.  22,  1821, 
dau.  of  Charles  and  Phoebe  (Crosby)  Townsend  of  South  East, 
N.  Y.  Mr.  Cole  was  a  carriage  maker  at  South  East.  He  d. 
July  24,  1900.  His  widow  was  living  at  Brewster,  N.  Y.,  in 
1903. 

Children : 

2448  Estella  Jane  Cole,  b.  Apr.  1,  1850;    m.  Oct.  18,  1888, 

Frank  Pierce  Brush;    no  issue. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     583 

2449  Frank  Charles  Cole,  b.  Apr.  3,  1852 ;   m.  Sept.  24,  1879, 

Jessie  Howes  Crosby.     Residence,  Brewster,  N.  Y. ; 
no  issue. 

2450  Willis  Hine  Cole,  b.  Jan.  5,  1857 ;   d.  Mar.  9,  1861. 

985  SALLY  COLE  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  Feb.  15,  1817;  m. 
Apr.  3,  1859,  Warren  Barnabus  Collamer,  b.  Feb.  2,  1823  (No. 
2372),  son  of  Hiram  and  Sally  M.  (Soullard)  Collamer.  She  d. 
Mar.  17,  1864.  Warren  m.  1st,  May  17,  1857,  Sally's  sister, 
Eliza  Ann  Cole  (No.  990),  b.  Feb.  1,  1828;  d.  Oct.  21,  1858. 
They  resided  at  Wilton,  N.  Y. 
Child  by  second  marriage: 

2451  Mary  Ella  Collamer,  m.  Edgar  Smith.     Reside  at  Sara- 

toga Springs,  N.  Y.,  and  have  four  boys  and  two 
girls. 

993     MARY  STERLING  (Sherman,  Thaddeus,  Samuel,  William, 
Richard,  William),  m.  Fritz  Brose;  both  d.  soon  after. 
Children : 

2452  Henrietta  Marie  Brose,  m.   Heywood  C.  Broun,  a  wine 

dealer  in  N.  Y.     Have  Walton,  Irving,   Heywood, 
and  Virginia. 

2457  Fritz  Brose. 

996  CHARLES  A.  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  m.  Aug. 
12,  1864,  Mary  Lydia  Green,  b.  in  East  Haddam,  Conn.,  Oct. 
30,  1841,  dau.  of  Frederick  W.  and  Mary  G.  (Morgan)  Green 
of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Charles  A.  Sterling  is  a  prominent  financier  and  capitalist, 
with  offices  on  lower  Broadway,  N.  Y.  He  is  president  of  the 
Orange  and  Passaic  Valley  R.  R.  Co.,  director  of  the  Jersey 
City,  Hoboken  and  Paterson  Street  Railway  Co.,  the  National 
Storage  Co.,  the  National  Docks  Co.,  etc.  Residence,  East 
Orange,  N.  J. 

Children : 

2458  Ella  Green  Sterling,  b.  in  Brooklyn,  Dec.  15,  1865. 

2459  Harry  Sherman  Sterling,  b.  in  1868. 

2460  Edith  Warren    Sterling. 

2461  Eleanor  Augusta  Sterling. 

1004  MARTHA  ELIZABETH  STERLING  (Hawley,  Thad- 
deus, Samuel,  William,  Richard,   William),  b.   in  Wilton,  Conn., 


584  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Mar.  8,  1829;  m.  there  Apr.  30,  1854,  Harvey  Bedient,  b.  in 
Wilton,  Mar.  31,  1816,  son  of  David  Bedient  and  Mary  Dann, 
widow  of  John  Stuart. 

They  resided  in  Wilton,  where  he  d.  Sept.  25,  1887.     She  d. 

there  Nov.  2,  1897. 

Children,  born  in  Wilton: 

2462  Katharine  Sterling  Bedient,  b.  Apr.   15,  1855;    d.   Dec. 

4,  1864. 

2463  Nellie  Elizabeth  Bedient,  b.  Sept.  10,  1856 ;    m.  Feb.  16, 

1876,  Frank  Marcellus,  son  of  Marcellus  and  Susan 
(Patrick)   Green.     She  d.  Nov.  22,  1883. 

2464  Lucy  Ann  Sterling  Bedient,  b.  Dec.  14,  1857 ;    m.  Nov. 

6,  1876,  Rufus  Bennett  (b.  Mar.  16,  1846;  d.  June 
4,  1902),  son  of  Edwin  and  Susan  (Youngs)  Dis- 
brow.  He  was  a  hat  manufacturer  at  Mt.  Vernon, 
N.  Y. 

2465  Frederick   Harvey    Bedient,   b.    Mar.    16,    1861;    m.    in 

1888,  Electa,  dau.  of  Charles  Gregory.  A  carpenter 
at  Norwalk. 

2466  David  Francis  Bedient,  b.  Dec.  31,  1862;    m.  1st,  June 

20,  1883,  Carrie,  dau.  of  Stephen  and  Sarah  James, 
who  d.  in  Mar.,  1896,  aged  30;  m.  2d,  Apr.  5, 
1898,  Mabel  Whitlock.  An  undertaker  at  Ridge- 
field,  Conn. 

2467  James  Barbour  Bedient,  b.  May  10,  1865;    m.  at  New- 

town, Conn.,  Feb.  25,  1886,  Charlotte  Nichols  (b. 
Apr.  30,  1867),  dau.  of  William  G.  and  Sarah  E. 
(Irwin)   Hard.     A  merchant  in  Wilton. 

2468  Charles  Hawley   Bedient,  b.   Oct.   26,   1866;    m,   Lucy, 

dau.  of  Edward  Chapman.  A  carpenter  at  Broad 
River,  Conn. 

2469  Carrie  May  Bedient,  b.  May  6,   1872;    unm. ;    lives   at 

Mt.  Vernon,  N.  Y. 

1024  MARY  ANN  DUNNING  (John  Dunning,  Mary,  Sam- 
uel,  William,  Richard,  William),  b.  in  Wilton,  Conn.,  Oct.  7, 
1811;  m.  Apr.  23,  1830,  Russell  Mead,  b.  Dec.  2,  1805,  son 
of  Nehemiah  Mead  of  Ridgefield,  Conn.  They  lived  at  Ridge- 
field.  He  d.  Jan.  3,  1877.  She  d.  Aug.  2,  1877. 
Children : 

2470  George  Comstock  Mead,  b.  Dec.  19,  1830;    m.  Harriet 

V.  Quintard.  He  was  proprietor  of  the  Hamilton 
Hotel;    d.  in  Bermuda,  May  20,  1883. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     585 

2471  Mary  Ann  Mead,  b.  Mar.  22,  1833;    m.  a  Mr.  Jelliff; 

d.  Aug.  15,  1873. 

2472  Sylvester  Mead,  b.  Feb.  25,  1836 ;   m.  Anna  A.  Kippen ; 

served  in  the  Fifth  Regt.,  N.  Y.  Cavalry,  during  the 
Civil  War;  superintendent  of  a  water  company  in 
Waterbury,  Conn. 

2473  Franklin  Mead,  b.  Jan.  27,  1838 ;   a  confectioner  in  Nor- 

walk, Conn. 

2474  John  Dunning  Mead,  b.  Feb.  27,  1841 ;   m.  Julia  Wester- 

velt;  served  for  three  years  in  the  Union  army 
during  the  Civil  War;  was  a  policeman  in  N.  Y. 
for  nine  years  prior  to  his  death,  Sept.  7,  1876. 

2475  Pauline  A.  Mead,  b.  Oct.  12,  1847 ;    m.  Edwin  M.  Par- 

ker of  Bridgeport. 

2476  Frederick  St.  John  Mead,  b.  Dec.  10,  1849;   m.  Hannah 

M.  Avery,  b.  Apr.  16,  1849.  In  partnership  with 
his  brother  Frank  in  Norwalk. 

1025  RICHARD  DUNNING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wil- 
ton, Oct.  19,  1814 ;  m.  Dec.  20,  1855,  at  Ridgefield,  Mary  Hen- 
rietta Olmstead,  b.  in  Wilton,  Oct.  15,  1834,  dau.  of  William  and 
Clara  (Nash)  Olmstead.  He  was  a  music  teacher  in  Wilton ; 
d.  in  1888.     His  widow  resided  with  her  dau.  in  1903. 

Children : 

2477  Kate  Jessup  Dunning,  b.  Oct.  9,  1856;  m.  Nov.  10,  1875, 

Lewis  D.  Keeler,  son  of  Lewis  and  Eliza  (Purdy) 
Keeler ;  lived  on  the  homestead  at  North  Wilton : 
removed  to  East  Norwalk,  Conn.  Have  Florence 
Dunning,  b.  Aug.  25,  1879,  d.  in  Feb.,  1889;  Maude 
Purdy,  b.  Jan.  5,  1884 ;  and  Louie  Dunning,  b.  Jan. 
22,  1891. 
2481  John  Irving  Dunning,  b.  Apr.  21,  1859;  m.  Julia  Gris- 
wold  ;  reside  at  Norwalk,  Conn.  Have  Blanche  B.,  b. 
Sept.  22,  1881 ;  Mabel  Gertrude,  b.  in  1885 ;  and 
Richard,  b.  in  1889. 

2485  Mary  Estelle  Dunning,  b.   Feb.   26,   1862;    d.   Oct.   7, 

1865. 

2486  Richard  Olmstead  Dunning  (twin  with  above),  d.   July 

6,  1878. 

1026  WILLIAM  DUNNING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wil- 
ton, Feb.  6,  1821 ;  m.  May  23,  1838,  Paulina  Benedict,  b.  May  10, 
1822,  dau.  of  Caleb  and  Ellis  (St.  John)  Benedict  of  New  Canaan, 


586  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Conn.     He  was  a  merchant  in  New  York,  resided  in  Brooklyn ;   d. 
in  1890. 

Children : 

2487  Lydia  A.  Dunning,  b.  Aug.   22,  1839;    unm. ;    lives  in 

Brooklyn. 

2488  James  Dunning,  b.  Oct.   26,  1842;    m.  Dec.  14,  1867, 

Mouira  Duncan ;    residence,  Brooklyn. 

2489  Mary  E.  Dunning,  b.  Sept.  19,  1844 ;    m.  Dec.  5,  1866, 

John  N.  Sayre,  Jr. 

2490  Charles  Jessup  Dunning,  b.  Feb.  24,  1848;    m.  Feb.  7, 

1871,  Caroline  A.  Elmendorf ;  d.  at  Albany,  N.  Y., 
June  28,  1877. 

2491  William  B.  Dunning,  b.  Feb.  6,  1855 ;  m.  Helen  Frasier. 

1036  CATHARINE  M.  SHELP  (Mary  A.  Cone,  Anna,  Nathan, 
John,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Genesee  Co.,  N.  Y.,  June  12,  1819; 
m.  Feb.  19,  1848,  Aaron  Dewey,  son  of  Aaron  Dewey  of  Ashtabula, 
Ohio.  He  was  a  farmer  at  West  Shelby,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.;  d. 
there  Sept.  21,  1872.  She  d.  Oct.  24,  1898. 
Children : 

2492  John  Adolphus  Dewey,  b.  Aug.  22,  1849;    m.  June  26, 

1879,  Jennie  Fuller,  dau.  of  Erastus  and  Lydia 
(Travis)  Fuller  of  West  Shelby.  He  is  a  farmer  at 
West  Shelby.     No  issue. 

2493  t  George  William  Dewey,  b.  Sept.  23,  1851 ;  m.  1st,  Martha 

Fuller,  2d,  Helen  Fuller. 

2494  tElsie    Anjelica    Dewey,    b.    July    24,    1859;    m.    John 

Gould. 

1038  MARY  ANN  SHELP  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Shelby, 
N.  Y.,  Dec.  18,  1821;  m.  Oct.  1,  1845,  Russel  G.  Weaver,  son  of 
Russel  Weaver,  a  local  preacher  and  farmer  at  Cambria,  Niagara 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  Lydia,  his  wife.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Hartland, 
N.  Y. ;  d.  there  Oct.  6,  1862,  aged  37.  She  lived  at  West  Shelby 
in  1903. 
Children : 

2495  John  Russel  Weaver,  b.  Aug.  30,  1847 ;  d.  Oct.  12,  1848. 

2496  t  Susan   Arietta  Weaver,   b.    June   31,    1849;    m.    Henry 

Gilbert. 

2497  tMary  Florine  Weaver,  b.  Mar.  28,  1851 ;   m.  Robert  W. 

Colman. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     587 

2498  tlda  Sophia  Weaver,  b.  Aug.   14,  1855;    m.  Francis  J. 

Albright. 

2499  tAdelbert  Weaver,  b.  Oct.  29,  1857;    m.  Frances  Liddle. 

1040     ANGELINE  A.  SHELP  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Shelby, 
June  30,  1826;    m.  Simon  S.  Warner,  b.  in  Memphis,  Onondaga 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  27,  1817,  son  of  Amos  H.  Warner.     He  was  a 
farmer;    d.  Feb.  18,  1859;   he  resided  at  West  Shelby,  1903. 
Children : 

2500  t  Charlton  Warner,  b.  Aug.  21,  1848;    m. . 

2501  t  William  Warner,  b.  May  12,  1854;   m.  Jennie  Greene. 

2502  tMary  A.  Warner,  b.  Sept.  12,  1851;   m.  Henry  Strouse. 

2503  Alice  Warner,  b.  Oct.  11,  1858;   d.  Aug.  10,  1877. 

1042  STERLING  MARSENA  CONE  (Marsena  Cone,  Anna, 
Nathan,  John,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Genesee  Co.,  N.  Y.,  July  13, 
1819;  m.  1st,  at  Portland,  Wis.,  Jan.  22,  1848,  Harriet  Adelaide 
Doolittle,  b.  in  Kenosha,  Wis.,  Dec.  18,  1829,  d.  in  Portland,  Sept. 
17,  1857;  m.  2d,  Oct.  27,  1858,  Mary  Jane,  dau.  of  Henry  and 
Jane  Woodbridge,  b.  in  Kenosha,  Feb.  3,  1841.  He  was  a  lawyer, 
a  representative  in  the  Wisconsin  Legslature;  d.  at  Waterloo, 
Wis.,  May  18,  1888.    She  resides  at  Oshkosh,  Wis. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

2504  Sterling  D.  Cone,  b.  Aug.  4,  1848 ;   m.  Martha  Morris ; 

d.  June  29,  1901. 

2505  t Adelaide    L.    Cone,    b.    May    30,    1852;    m.    Joseph    S. 

Thompson. 
Children  by  second  marriage: 

2506  t  Nellie  G.  Cone,  b.  July  19,  1860;   m.  George  Bussey. 

2507  t  Aimer  G.  Cone,  b.  Apr.  23,  1864;   m.  Martha  Douke. 

2508  t  Minnie  M.  Cone,  b.  Nov.  21,  1868;    m.  Henry  Cone. 

2509  Marshall  M.  Cone,  b.  Apr.  7,  1870 ;   res.  Marshall,  Wis. 

2510  James  A.  Cone,  b.  Dec.  23,  1880;   res.  Oshkosh,  Wis. 

1043  GEORGE  HEALING  PURPLE  CONE   (brother  of  the 

above),  b.  Oct.  14,  1820;   m.  1st, ;  2d,  Feb.  22,  1866, 

Mary  Ann  Roth,  a  native  of  Germany.  He  was  a  lawyer  at  Water- 
loo, Wis. ;  a  member  of  the  Legislature  in  1861-62,  and  a  justice 
of  the  peace  for  many  years.     He  d.  at  Waterloo,  Feb.  10,  1900. 

Children  by  second  marriage: 

2511  Merrill  Azro  Cone,  b.  Mar.  9,  1869;  d.  Dec.  11,  1869. 

2512  Jay  Wilkes  Cone,  b.  Jan.  31,  1871 ;   d.  Dec.  29,  1891. 


588  THE   STERLING  GENEALOGY 

2513  Clive  Sterling  Cone,  b.  July  23,  1873 ;   m.  Dec.  29,  1896, 

Laura  Anna  Peters ;    res.  Wausau,  Wis. ;    no  issue. 

2514  Glen  A.  Cone,  b.  Dec.  3,  1874 ;   res.  Waterloo,  Wis. 

1045  ELIZABETH  CONE  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  Sept.  13, 
1824;  m.  Sept.  1,  1842,  John  Ramsey,  b.  in  Ohio,  Aug.  14,  1821. 
He  was  a  merchant  in  Dane  and  Dodge  counties,  Wis. ;  d.  Apr. 
14,  1866. 

Children : 

2515  tCaroline  Sophia  Ramsey,  b.  July  12,  1843;    m.  Willard 

P.  Carr. 

2516  t  James  Francis  Ramsey,  b.  May  22,  1845;   m.  Eudora  M. 

Surdaim. 

2517  Elias  Ramsey,  b.  Aug.  29,  1846;    d.  at  Fort  Atkinson, 

Kan.,  June  8,  1848. 

1046  CORDELIA  D.  CONE  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  May  24, 
1827;  m.  1st,  in  Jan.,  1847,  Warren  W.  Lawton,  a  tanner,  who 
d.  in  1850;  m.  2d,  the  Rev.  Enos  Collins,  Dec.  25,  1851,  b.  at 
Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  2,  1813.  He  was  a  United  Brethren  preacher; 
resides  at  Colona,  Wis. 

Child  by  first  marriage: 

2518  Charles  W.  Lawton,  b.  Oct.  26,  1849;   m.  Mary  Gray. 
Child  by  second  marriage: 

2519  Wilber  Collins,  b.  Oct.  24,  1853;    m.,  and  d.  Aug.  18, 

1882. 

1048  OLD7ER  CONE  (Augustus  A.  Cone,  Anna,  Nathan,  John, 
Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Indiana,  Apr.  25,  1819;  m.  1st  in  Iowa, 
Feb.  5,  1841,  Eliza  Jane  Drake,  b.  in  Ohio  in  1823 ;  d.  while  on 
the  overland  journey  to  California  in  1853  and  was  buried  on  the 
plains;  m.  2d,  in  Oregon  in  1855,  Sarah  Jane  Wade,  who  m.  2d, 
his  brother  Anson  Cone.  He  d.  at  the  Salmon  River  gold  mines, 
California,  in  1863. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

2520  William  Henry  Harrison  Cone,  b.  Nov.  24,  1841. 

2521  Sarah  Jane  Cone,  b.  Sept.  13,  1843 ;   d.  in  infancy. 

2522  Mary  Ellen  Cone,  b.  June  25,  1846;   d.  in  1861. 

2523  Isaac  U.  Cone,  b.  Feb.  13,  1849;   d.  in  1891. 

2524  Anson  Sterling  Cone,  b.  Nov.  4,  1851;   d.  in  1861. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     589 

Children  by  second  marriage: 

2525  Abrella  Melvina  Cone,  b.  Sept.  5,  1856. 

2526  Eliza  Jane  Cone,  b.  Apr.  5,  1858 ;   m.  Joseph  Graham. 

2527  Oliver  O.  Cone,  b.  Feb.  6,  1860. 

2528  Everett  A.  Cone,  b.  Dec.  4,  1861. 

1050  GUSTAVUS  ADOLPHUS  CONE  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Indiana,  Nov.  21,  1823 ;  m.  1st,  at  Oregon  City,  Ore.,  Dec.  5, 
1850,  Emma  Her,  b.  in  Clermont  Co.,  Ohio,  in  1824,  who  d.  in 
Butteville,  Ore.,  Feb.  13,  1879 ;  m.  2d,  near  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in 
1882,  Maria  McColm.  He  crossed  the  plains  in  1847  with  his 
brother  Oscar  and  in  1850  settled  at  Butteville,  Ore. ;  a  farmer 
and  hop  grower;  resides  at  Butteville. 
Children  by  first  marriage: 

2529  t Benjamin  T.  Cone,  b.  Sept.  24,  1851 ;  m.  Nancy  J.  Jones. 

2530  Louisa  M.  Cone,  b.  May  1,  1853;   m.  James  Murray. 

2531  Lewis  M.  Cone,  b.  Nov.  27,  1855  ;  d.  in  1876. 

2532  Laura  B.  Cone,  b.  Nov.  17,  1861 ;  m.  John  W.  Long. 

2533  Herman  B.  Cone,  b.  Sept.  7,  1863 ;   m.  Louisa  Lewis. 

2534  Mary  A.  Cone,  b.  Apr.  16,  1868;   m.  A.  L.  Rice. 

2535  Gustavus  A.  Cone,  b.  Sept.  19,  1872. 

1054     OSCAR  HINMAN  CONE  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  In- 
diana, Oct.  3,  1831 ;    m.  in  1853,  Margaret  Jane  Strong,  b.  in 
Butteville,  Ore.,  Jan.  22,  1838.     He  crossed  the  plains  in  1847 
and  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  in  Oregon. 
Children : 

2536  George  W.  Cone,  b.  July  22,  1854  ;  m.  Dollie  Dallas. 

2537  Harriet  J.  Cone,  b.  Jan.'  12,  1857  ;  m.  Franklin  Eberhart. 

2538  Arthur  Cone,  b.  Feb.  19,  1862. 

1059  LEWIS  ANSON  STONE  (Sabrina  Cone,  Anna,  Nathan, 
John,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Royalton,  Niagara  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Apr. 
23,  1825;  m.  in  Marshall,  Mich.,  Aug.  24,  1857,  Martha  Aurelia 
Hotchkiss,  b.  in  Paris,  N.  Y.,  May  22,  1830,  dau.  of  Freeman 
and  Lydia  (Tompkins)  Hotchkiss.  He  has  been  a  farmer  in 
Ohio,  Tennessee,  Illinois,  and  Kansas.  Present  residence,  Boling, 
Kan. 

Children : 

2539  Abraham  Lincoln   Stone,  b.  Oct.   16,   I860;    m.   Albina 

Smith,  a  banker  at  Dillon,  Mont. 

2540  tEva  Louisa  Stone,  b.  Feb.  21,  1862;   m.  John  M.  Gilman. 


590  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


1065  ADNA  BOWEN  (Anna  S.  Cone,  Anna,  Nathan,  John, 
Daniel,  William),  b.  Nov.  15,  1829;  m.  Eunice  Post.  He  was  a 
lawyer  in  Medina,  N.  Y. ;  d.  there  June  20,  1883. 

Children : 

2541  Kate  Bowen,  m.  Volney  A.,  son  of  Volney  A.  and  Char- 

lotte C.  (Peck)  Acer  of  Shelby  Center,  N.  Y. ;   reside 
there ;    have  two  ch. 

2542  Morton  A.  Bowen,  b.  Nov.  7,  1859 ;   m.  in  1882,  Harriet 

Green ;   editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Medina  (N.  Y.) 
Tribune;    have  two  ch. 

1066  GEORGE  BOWEN  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Shelby, 
N.  Y.,  Sept.  28,  1831 ;  m.  Dec.  17,  1856,  Emerette  A.  Walker,  b. 
in  Byron,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  23,  1831.  Mr.  Bowen  is  a  lawyer  at 
Batavia,  N.  Y.  He  has  been  town  clerk,  corporation  clerk,  and 
district  attorney  of  Genesee  Co.,  N.  Y.,  postmaster,  trustee  of 
the  N.  Y.  State  Institution  for  the  Blind,  State  Senator  1870-74, 
president  of  the  Holland  Purchase  Insurance  Co.  for  thirteen 
years,  director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Batavia  from  1864 
to  the  present  time,  is  vice-president  of  that  institution,  and  a 
director  and  vice-president  of  the  Baker  Gun  and  Forging  Co. 

Child: 

2543  Anna  Cone  Bowen,  b.  in  Batavia,  Sept.  8,  1857;    unm. ; 

res.  Batavia. 

1067  ABIEL  BOWEN  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  Nov.  20,  1834 ; 
m.  Helen  Guernsey.     He  was  a  dentist  in  Medina,  N.  Y. 

Children : 

2544  Adna  Bowen,  a  lawyer  in  N.  Y. 

2545  George  C.  Bowen,  employee  of  the  N.  Y.  C.  &  H.  R.  R.  R. 

2546  Sterling  A.  Bowen,  d.  in  Feb.,  1893. 

1073  STEPHEN  PARKER  STERLING  (Stephen,  Stephen, 
Stephen,  John,  Daniel,  William),  b.  at  Sterling  Cit}r,  Lyme,  Conn., 
Oct.  15,  1842;  m.  Oct.  15,  1868,  Annie  Warner,  b.  Oct.  4,  1848, 
dau.  of  Thomas  Jefferson  and  Sarah  Buckingham  (Lay)  Warner. 

Mr.  Sterling  lives  on  the  old  farm  at  Sterling  Heights,  Lyme, 
near  Hamburg,  Conn.  He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Grange 
in  his  section,  being  master  of  Grange  No.  8. 

Stephen,  the  4th  of  the  name  in  succession,  is  the  last  one  of 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     591 

the  Sterling  family  still  residing  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  old 
"  Sterling  City."     His  home  is  the  one  built  about  1740  by  John, 
son  of  Capt.  Daniel,  and  has  always  been  occupied  by  the  family. 
Child: 

2547  Sarah  (Sadie)  W.  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  19,  1870;    unm. 

1074  JOHN  RANDALL  STERLING  {John,  Stephen,  Stephen, 
John,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Sterling  City,  Oct.  18, 1841 ;  m.  Nov. 
5,  1867,  Lizzie  Geer  Bill,  b.  on  Bill  Hill,  Lyme,  Apr.  30,  1841, 
eldest  dau.  of  the  Hon.  James  Alexander  and  Ann  (Lord)  Bill  of 
Bill  Hill,  Lyme,  Conn. 

Mr.  Sterling  received  a  common  and  academic  school  educa- 
tion, after  which  he  entered  Fort  Edward  Institute,  where  he 
remained  two  years. 

He  followed  teaching  for  several  years  until  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  company  running  the  Hartford  and  New  York 
line  of  boats,  which  he  served  as  clerk  until  his  death.  During 
the  time  he  was  thus  connected  he  conducted  a  successful  and 
profitable  commission  business  with  the  merchants  along  the  Con- 
necticut River  from  Hartford  to  Saybrook. 

He  was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  board  of  school  visit- 
ors and  was  elected  to  the  General  Assembly  in  Nov.,  1884,  but 
was  prostrated  by  illness  and  d.  at  his  home  on  Bill  Hill  (which 
he  had  built  a  few  years  before),  Dec.  20,  1884,  before  the  con- 
vening of  the  Legislature.  Mrs.  Sterling  was  living  in  1908  at 
Ivoryton,  Saybrook,  Conn. 

Children : 

2548  tJohn  Randall  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  23,  1868;   m.  Minnie  A. 

Marvin. 

2549  t  James  Alexander  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  9,  1870;   m.  Mandana 

M.  Reynolds. 

2550  tGilbert  Lafayette  Bill  Sterling,  b.  Mar.   31,   1872;    m. 

Florence  M.  Ely. 

2551  Simon  Smith  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  9,  1876;    unm.   (1906); 

living  in  Ivoryton  with  his  mother. 

1079  SARAH  GAMBLE  CONE  {Benjamin  G.  Cone,  Rachel, 
Daniel,  John,  Daniel,  William),  b.  Oct.  10,  1824;  m.  in  Green  Co., 
111.,  Apr.  15,  1844,  William  Robert  Boyles,  b.  in  Athens  Co.,  Ohio, 


592  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


May  9,  1817;  d.  Jan.  19,  1855.  She  removed  to  Gentry  Co.,  Mo., 
and  to  Oregon  in  1884,  and  d.  in  Portland,  Jan.  31,  1897. 

Children : 

2552  Martha  Frances  Boyles,  b.  Mar.  31,  1845 ;    d.  May  25, 

1860. 

2553  Lovina  Jane  Boyles,  b.  Mar.  27, ;   m.  John  Alexan- 

der McKinna. 

2554  tBenjamin  F.  Boyles,  b.  Mar.  6,  1849;   m.  Rachel  Corbin. 

2555  Mary  Sophia  Boyles,  b.  Mar.  25,  1851 ;   unm. ;   res.  Port- 

land, Ore. 

2556  t  Isaiah  M.  Boyles,  b.  Jan.  30,  1854;  m.  Mary  E.  Gehrett. 

1085  ALBERT  WATSON  CONE  (Albert  B.  Cone,  Rachel, 
Daniel,  John,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Athens,  Ohio,  Aug.  12,  1843; 
m.  Feb.  26,  1865,  Mary  A.  Mohler,  b.  at  Hawkins,  Ohio,  Oct.  8, 
1845,  dau.  of  David  and  Sarah  (Spooner)  Mohler.  He  served  dur- 
ing the  Civil  War  in  the  13th  Kan.  Cav. ;  is  a  carpenter,  a  Social- 
ist, and  an  Adventist;   resides  in  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Children : 

2557  John  Leslie  Cone,  b.  July  30,  1867  ;  m.  Jessie  C.  Martin ; 

resides  at  Sedalia,  Mo. ;  has  two  ch. 

2558  Walter  H.  Cone,  b.  May  8,  1869  ;  m.  May  Phelps  ;  resides 

at  Texas  Junction,  Mo. 

2559  Charles  A.  Cone,  b.  Apr.  9,  1873. 

1086  ELVIRA  BLAIR  (Lydia,  Daniel,  Daniel,  John,  Daniel, 
William),  b.  in  Middlesex,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  1,  1817;  m.  July  28, 
1853,  Merritt  Brownell,  and  d.  July  15,  1865,  in  Rushville,  N.  Y. ; 
buried  at  Pine  Corners,  N.  Y. 

Children : 

2560  William  Blair  Brownell,  b.  May  31,  1854 ;    d.  Aug.  27, 

1854. 

2561  Albert  Fremont  Brownell,  b.  Feb.  5,  1856 ;  d.  in  1858. 

1087  AMANDA  BLAIR  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Middlesex, 
Feb.  24,  1819;  m.  Dec.  25,  1849,  Ezekiel  Dayton.  He  was  a 
farmer  on  West  Hill,  Middlesex,  N.  Y.,  where  he  d. ;  she  d.  in 
Echo,  Ore.,  Oct.  11,  1893. 

Children : 

2562  Emma  Dayton. 

2563  Ophelia  Dayton. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     593 

2564  Oliver  Dayton.    These  three  d.  unra. 

2565  t  Judson  Dayton,  b.  Mar.  24,  1859  ;  m.  Minnie  Underwood. 

1088  SALLY  BLAIR  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Middlesex,  Mar. 
13,  1821 ;  m.  Oct.  6,  1841,  Eri  Ingraham,  b.  Mar.  9,  1820.  He 
was  a  carpenter;  d.  Apr.  11,  1873.  Sally  d.  at  Worcester,  Mass., 
Mar.  11,  1904. 

Children  (all  but  Lydia  and  Herbert  b.  in  Yates  Co.,  N.  Y. ; 
they  were  b.  at  Ft.  Atkinson,  Wis. )  : 

2566  Charles  E.  Ingraham,  b.   Sept.  24,  1842;    d.  Mar.  29, 

1865,  unm. 

2567  Cassus  C.  Ingraham,  b.  Aug.  23,  1844 ;  d.  Dec.  5,  1856. 

2568  Eugene  R.  Ingraham,  b.  Dec.  21,  1846;   d.  May  3,  1869, 

unm. 

2569  Sterling  Blair  Ingraham,  b.  Nov.  18,  1848;    d.  July  11, 

1855. 

2570  Asa  Ingraham,  b.  July  15,  1850 ;   d.  Apr.  15,  1868. 

2571  Lydia  Fidelia  Ingraham,  b.  Mar.  8,  1853;    d.  June  19, 

1863. 

2572  Herbert  Ingraham,  b.  Mar.  23,  1855 ;   d.  Sept.  22,  1855. 

2573  Frank   Ingraham,   b.    Apr.    15,    1858;     m.    and   lives   in 

Worcester,  Mass. ;    no  issue. 

2574  Arthur  L.  Ingraham,  b.  Dec.  11,  1862;    m.  and  lives  in 

Texas ;   has  issue. 

1089  STERLING  NATHAN  BLAIR  (brother  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Middlesex,  Apr.  17,  1824;  m.  Dec.  9,  1852,  Lucina  Bates  of 
Middlesex.  He  lived  at  Rushville,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  justice  of 
peace  and  supervisor.  He  d.  there  Sept.  18,  1890.  She  d.  July 
23,  1904 ;  buried  at  Pine  Corners. 
Children : 

2575  Mettie  Alley  Blair,  b.  Apr.  13,  1858;    residence,  Rush- 

ville, N.  Y. ;   unm. 

2576  tMyron  E.  Blair,  b.  Feb.  1,  1860;  m.  Lizzie  M.  Delvin. 

2577  tOren  Chester  Blair,  b. 31,  1862  ;  k  Effie  McComber. 

1092  BETSEY  ANN  BLAHl  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Middle- 
sex, Aug.  23,  1832;  m.  Jan.  25,  1859,  Charles  H.  Green,  b.  May 
5,  1820.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Gorham,  N.  Y.  She  d.  there  Feb. 
7,  1887 ;  he  d.  June  20,  1891. 

Children,  born  at  Italy  Hollow,  N.  Y. : 

2578  Mittie  A.  Green,  b.  in  Apr.,  1860  ;  m.  Louis  Fitch  Fowier  ; 


594  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


have  two  ch.,  Edith,  b.  June  30,  1881 ;  Lulu  Belle,  b. 
in  July,  1887.     Residence,  Lima,  N.  Y. 

2581  Fannie  A.  Green,  b.  Dec.  23,  1864 ;   d.  Jan.  25,  1883. 

1093  FANNIE  BLAIR  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Middlesex, 
May  8,  1837;  m.  Oct.  23,  1855,  Walter  D.  Green,  b.  in  Italy 
Hollow,  Oct.  3,  1833.  He  has  been  connected  with  educational 
matters  during  the  greater  part  of  his  life;  living  in  1904  at 
Jennings,  La.     She  d.  at  Italy  Hollow,  Oct.  1,  1864. 

Children : 

2582  tTheodocia  Lydia  Green,  b.  Sept.  5,  1856;   m.  George  W. 

Wickham. 

2583  tLillian  Belle  Green,  b.  Aug.  3, 1858  ;  m.  Frank  L.  Wykoff. 

2584  Ella  Adell  Green,  b.  Apr.  26,  I860;    m.   Nov.   3,  1881, 

George  W.  Price,  b.  Aug.  20,  1855 ;    residence,  Jen- 
nings, La. ;   no  issue. 

2585  tLucy  Pamelia  Green,  b.   Feb.   14,   1862;    m.  George  B. 

Alcock. 

1097     WILLIAM  FRANKLIN  STERLING   (William,  Daniel, 
Daniel,  John,  Daniel,   William),  b.  Mar.   16,  1833;    m.  Jan.  7, 
1863,  Margaret  Collister.     Residence,  Louisville,  Ivy. 
Children : 

2586  Ruby  Helen  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  5,  1865 ;   m.  Edward  Bask- 

ingwaite ;   live  at  Escanaba,  Mich. 

2587  Mary  Alice  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  19,  1873 ;   d.  about  1899. 

2588  Julia  Etta  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  12,  1875. 

2589  George  A.  E.  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  9,  1877  ;  m.  June  26,  1902, 

Ethlyn  Warner  Bronson.     Resides  at  Louisville. 

1153     JOHN  JAMES  DEMING  (Deborah,  Simon,  Simon,  John, 
Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Indiana,  Feb.  29,  1816  ;  m.  Sarah  Fly,  dau. 
of  Jesse  and  Delana  (Whitford)  Fly.    He  was  a  farmer  in  Illinois ; 
d.  Dec.  15,  1890. 
Children : 

2590  Sarah  Ann  Deming,  m.  Riley  S.  Rice. 

2591  tJohn    Treat    Deming,    b.    Jan.    14,    1843;    m.    Minerva 

Giles. 

2592  William  Jasper  Deming,  m.   and  has  two   ch. ;    lives  at 

Murphysboro,  111. 

2593  Minerva  Deming,  m.  William  Cochran. 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     595 

1156  WILLIAM  MOUNT  DEMING  (brother  of  the  above) ,  b. 
in  Dayton,  Ohio,  Oct.  8,  1826 ;  m.  Belle  Collins,  dau.  of  Martin  and 
Katherine  (Gentry)  Collins.    He  d.  in  the  army  Dec.  4,  1864. 

Children : 

2594  Matilda  Deming. 

2595  Katherine  Deming. 

2596  t  James   Martin  Deming,   b.   Feb.   2,   1858;    m.   Mary  J. 

Kesler. 

2597  tCyrenus  Deming,  b.  Jan.  26,  1860;   m.  Rosella  Cox. 

2598  t Alfred  Deming,  b.  Jan.  10,  1863;  m.  Lucinda  J.  Willis. 

1157  JEFFERSON  DEMING  {brother  of  the  above),  b.  Aug. 
21,  1828;  m.  Eliza  Norris,  dau.  of  James  and  Lethe  (Crain) 
Norris. 

Child : 

2599  Eveline    Deming;     m.    William    Sanders;     res.    Cottage 

Home,  111. 

1158  CYRUS  NEWTON  DEMING  {brother  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Ohio,  Sept.  10,  1830;  m.  Mar.  14,  1855,  Mary  Farmer,  b.  Dec. 
14, 1837,  dau.  of  Benjamin  and  Keziah  (Valentine)  Farmer.  He  d. 
in  Makanda,  111.,  Dec.  6,  1870. 

Children,  born  in  Makanda: 

2600  William  Jefferson  Deming,  b.  Apr.  6,  1856;    res.  Wolf 

Creek,  111. ;   unm. 

2601  tLeroy  Hamilton  Deming,  b.  Dec.  2,  1860;    m.  Frances 

Gist. 

2602  tLouis  Franklin  Deming,  b.  Nov.  29,  1862;   m.  Mary  E. 

Cox. 

2603  t  Ulysses   Sheridan  Deming,  b.   Jan.   8,   1865;    m.   Cassie 

Moulton. 

2604  t  James  Edward  Deming,  b.  May  18,  1867;  m.  Ida  Weiss. 

1162  WILLIAM  WLLLIAMS  MATHER  (Eleazer  Mather, 
Irene,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Brooklyn,  Conn., 
May  24,  1804;  m.  1st,  June  20,  1830,  Emily  Baker,  who  d.  Nov. 
19,  1850;   m.  2d,  Aug.  21,  1851,  Mrs.  Mary  Curtiss. 

William  W.  Mather  entered  West  Point  Military  Academy  in 
1823,  and  was  graduated;  promoted  to  2d  lieutenant,  7th  Infty.* 
July  1,  1828;  was  acting  assistant  professor  of  chemistry,  min- 
eralogy, and  geology  at  Wrest  Point  from  June  29,  1829,  to  June 


596  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


1,  1835 ;  was  promoted  to  1st  lieutenant  Dec.  4,  1834 ;  resigned 
from  the  service,  Aug.  31,  1836. 

He  was  professor  of  chemistry  at  the  University  of  Louisiana 
in  1836;  geologist  of  the  southeastern  quarter  of  N.  Y.  State 
from  1836  to  1844;  geologist  of  Ohio,  1837  to  1840;  of  Ken- 
tucky, 1838  to  1839,  and  professor  of  natural  sciences  at  the 
University  of  Ohio,  1842  to  1845,  and  vice-president  and  acting 
president  of  the  university  in  1845.  He  was  geological  surveyor 
and  mining  engineer  in  the  service  of  mining  companies  on  Lake 
Superior,  1845  to  1847;  secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Agri- 
culture, 1848  to  1852 ;  LL.D.  from  Brown  University,  1855,  and 
was  appointed  by  the  President  a  member  of  the  board  of  visitors 
of  West  Point,  1854.  A  sketch  of  Prof.  Mather's  life  is  given  in 
the  New  Eng.  Hist.  Gene.  Register,  1883.  He  d.  at  Columbus, 
Ohio,  Feb.  25,  1859.    Mrs.  Mary  Mather  d.  July  16,  1888. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

2605  t  Richard  Mather,  b.  May  30,  1831;    m.  Harriet  Stimson. 

2606  t  Frances  L.  Mather,  b.  Feb.  7,  1833;  m.  1st,  J.  Hamilton 

Rickey,  2d,  Thomas  Archer. 

2607  Elizabeth  Baker  Mather,  b.  Apr.  1,  1838;   unm. 

2608  t  Hannah  Putnam  Mather,  b.  June  20,  1843;    m.  Thomas 

F.  Dunham. 

2609  t  William  Increase  Mather,  b.  July  10,  1846;  m.  Susannah 

F.  Broadwell. 

Children  by  second,  marriage : 

2610  George  Cotton  Mather,  b.  Mar.  19,  1853 ;  d.  July  9,  1890. 

2611  Increase  Mather,  d.  in  infancy. 

2612  Cotton  Mather,  d.  in  infancy. 

1163  FANNY  MATHER  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Brooklyn, 
Mar.  12,  1806;  m.  Nov.  5,  1821,  David  C.  Bolles,  and  d.  Feb.  6, 
1871. 

Children : 

2613  Julia  Ann  Bolles,  b.  Feb.  12,  1823;    m.  Sept.  5,  1850, 

Robert  S.  Lewis. 

2614  Charles  Bolles,  d.  in  1846. 

2615  William  Mather  Bolles,  b.  Feb.   28,  1827;    m.  Oct.  21, 

1852,  Amaryllis  Lond. 

2616  Frances  Bolles,  b.  Jan.  19,  1831 ;  m.  May  5,  1852,  Henry 

W.  McConn. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     597 

2617  Hannah  Williams  Bolles,  b.  Sept.  5,  1833 ;    m.  Apr.  28, 

1852,  D.  W.  E.  Loudon,  and  d.  Apr.  17,  1889. 

2618  John  Bolles,  b.  Feb.  26,  1837 ;   d.  in  June,  1862. 

2619  Asa  Bolles,  b.  June  20,  1840;   d.  Apr.  21,  1863. 

1164  ELIZABETH  MATHER  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Brooklyn,  Apr.  27,  1816;   m.  Sept.  4,  1838,  James  Hughes. 

Children : 

2620  Eleazer  Mather  Hughes,  b.  May  23,  1839 ;   m.  Nov.  26, 

1876,  Matilda  Warner. 

2621  George  Robert  Hughes,  b.  Sept.   4,  1840;    m.  Oct.  20, 

1868,  A.  H.  Knowles. 

2622  Edwin  Pendleton  Hughes,  b.  July  31,  1842;   m.  Oct.  19, 

1870,  Cecelia  Andrews. 

2623  James  Simon  Hughes,  b.  Jan.  1,  1844;  m.  Dec.  15,  1871, 

D.  R.  Marsh. 

2624  Emily  Virginia  Hughes,  b.  Feb.  22,  1846. 

2625  Ellen  Cora  Hughes,  b.  Dec.  3,  1848;    m.  Feb.   1,  1872, 

Charles  A.  Andrews. 

2626  Ida  Eugenia  Hughes,  b.  Nov.  20,  1850 ;  d.  May  23,  1851. 

2627  Charles  Edgar  Hughes,  b.  May  8,  1852. 

2628  Fanny  Williams  Hughes,  b.  Aug.  8,  1854;    m.  Sept.  17, 

1877,  Charles  H.  Steele. 

2629  John  Marshall  Hughes,  b.  Sept.  1,  1856. 

2630  Lucius  Augustus  Hughes,  b.  Nov.  28,  1859. 

2631  Elizabeth  Hughes,  b.  Dec.  21,  1861. 

1165  MARTHA  ANN  MATHER  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  Jan. 
9,  1827;  m.  1st,  May  30,  1848,  Simon  L.  Cotton,  who  d.  Apr.  30, 
1857;  2d,  Mar.  30,  1858,  Dr.  Hiram  Holt.  Residence,  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.    Dr.  Holt  d.  Nov.  30,  1870. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

2632  t  John  Cotton,  b.  May  15,  1849;  m.  Persis  S.  Storrs. 

2633  tWilliam  Mather  Cotton,  b.  July  18,  1851;   m.  Flora  M. 

Milne. 

1177  WILLIAM  T.  MATHER  (Watrous  Mather,  Irene,  Sam- 
uel, Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Vermont,  Jan.  12,  1812;  m.  in 
1834,  Sarah  Chapman. 

William  T.  Mather  lived  in  Chicago,  111.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Chicago  Board  of  Trade ;  owned  and  sent  the  sec- 
ond and  third  vessels  that  sailed  direct  from  Chicago  to  Europe 


598  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


and  was  an  extensive  traveler  in  Europe  and  Africa.  He  d.  Oct. 
5,  1887. 

Children : 

2634  t  Sarah  M.  Mather,  b.  Dec.  29,  1835;  m.  C.  H.  Spencer. 

2635  t  Elvira  D.  Mather,  b.  Aug.  2,  1837  ;  m.  Lucian  T.  Barclay. 

1178     ELVIRA  R.  MATHER  (sister  of  the  above),  m.  in  1835, 
John  H.  Crawford.    Resided  at  Akron,  Ohio. 
Children : 

2636  Julia  Ann  Crawford,  b.  Aug.  16,  1836 ;    m.  William  H. 

Barclay. 

2637  Susan  Eliza  Crawford,  b.  Feb.  13,  1839. 

2638  Clara  Jane  Crawford,  b.  July  19,  1841. 

2639  Mary  Alice  Crawford,  b.  July  12,  1844. 

2640  George  Lindsey  Crawford,  b.  Oct.  3,  1851. 

1182  HENRY  H.  MATHER  (Seth  Mather,  Irene,  Samuel,  Jo- 
seph, Daniel,  William),  b.  at  Macena,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  18,  1804;  m. 
Sept.  30,  1825,  Lemisa  Blinn.  Resided  at  Keesville,  Essex  Co., 
N.  Y.    He  d.  Apr.  8,  1886. 

Children,  born  in  Keesville: 

2641  tMarietta  Mather,  b.  Oct.  5,  1826;   m.  F.  J.  Clark. 

2642  Eliza  Mather,  b.  Apr.  22,  1828  ;  m.  Oct.  31,  1854,  George 

M.  Carlton,  and  d.  Sept.  10,  1855. 

2643  Henry  Coit  Mather,  b.  Dec.  17,  1829 ;  d.  Jan.  15,  1852. 

2644  t  Harriet  A.   Mather,  b.  Feb.   22,   1833;    m.    Charles   E. 

Kelsey. 

2645  t  Edward  B.  Mather,  b.  Jan.  22,  1835 ;  m.  Emily  J.  Kitton. 

2646  t  Charles  F.  Mather,  b.  Mar.  24,  1837;   m.  Mary  Bell. 

2647  Emma  B.  Mather,  b.  Apr.  12,  1839 ;    m.  Nov.  15,  1856, 

Ezra  Rust. 

1184     SAMUEL  WILLIAMS  MATHER   (Samuel  S.  Mather, 
Irene,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  at  Claremont,  N.  H., 
May  25,  1819 ;   m.  Feb.  5,  1850,  Fanny  Ayers  Jones.     Resided  at 
Manchester,  Green  Lake  Co.,  Wis. ;   d.  Sept.  19,  1885. 
Children : 

2648  Albert  Douglas  Mather,  b.  Jan.  8,  1851. 

2649  Fanny  Louise  Mather,  b.  Mar.  21,  1852. 

2650  Edward  Joseph  Mather,  b.  in  1855. 

2651  Edwin  Jones  Mather,  b.  Mar.  14,  1857. 

2652  Roger  Alonzo  Mather,  b.  in  Sept.,  1860. 

2653  Mary  Eleanor  Mather,  b.  Mar.  3,  1863. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     599 

1185     CATHARINE  JANE  MATHER  (sister  of  the  above),  b. 
at  Claremont,  Mar.  15,  1823;    m.  Dec.  20,  1848,  Cyrus  Nelson 
Holbrook.     Residence,  Markesan,  Green  Lake  Co.,  Wis. 
Children : 

2654  Walter  Sterling  Holbrook,  b.  Aug.  29,  1850. 

2655  Mabel  Mather  Holbrook,  b.  Apr.  30,  1862. 

1189  ELIZABETH  LEE  CHAMPLIN  (Bet set/  Lee,  Sarah, 
Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Lyme,  Conn.,  May  6,  1814  ; 
m.  1st,  in  1831,  Benjamin  Milton  Morey,  who  d.  at  Knoxville,  111., 
about  1890.  His  parents  lived  in  Rome,  Ashtabula  Co.,  Ohio.  He 
was  a  school  teacher  and  farmer.  Elizabeth  and  he  were  divorced 
about  1838. 

Elizabeth  m.  2d,  June  20,  1842,  Isaiah  Strawn,  b.  in  Perry 
Co.,  Ohio,  Oct.  7,  1808,  son  of  Joel  and  Sarah  (Tannhill)  Strawn. 
He  d.  at  Ottawa  III,  Sept.  15,  1880.     She  d.  there  Nov.  10,  1892. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

2656  t  Maria  Lee  Morey,  b.  June  3,  1832  ;  m.  David  Selleck. 

2657  tAnn  Jeanette  Morey,  b.  May  29,  1834;    m.  James  W. 

Calkins. 

2658  Louise  Victoria  Morey,  b.  in  1836 ;   d.  young. 

Children  by  second  marriage: 

2659  John    Champlin    Strawn,    b.    July    22,    1843;    living    in 

Ottawa. 

2660  tLouise  Strawn,  b.  Nov.  18,  1845;   m.  Ross  R.  Wallace. 

2661  Edgar  L.  Strawn,  b.  in  1847.     Residence,  Beloit,  Kan. 

2662  Elizabeth  Lee  Strawn,  b.  in  1850 ;  m. Taylor.    Resi- 

dence, Bement,  111. 

2663  Mary  Ella  Strawn,  b.  Dec.  3,  1853 ;   unm. 

1195  CORDELIA  ELIZA  DILL  CHAMPLIN  (sister  of  the 
above),  b.  at  Rome,  Ohio,  Dec.  8,  1823;  m.  at  Ottawa,  111.,  Jan.  6, 
1842,  Joel  West  Armstrong,  b.  in  Licking  Co.,  Ohio,  Jan.  6,  1817, 
son  of  Joseph  and  Elsie  (Strawn)  Armstrong  of  La  Salle  Co.,  111. 

Mr.  Armstrong  was  a  farmer  and  stock  raiser  at  Deer  Park, 
111.  He  d.  Dec.  2,  1871.  Mrs.  Cordelia  Armstrong  d.  in  Cincin- 
nati, Dec.  6,  1904. 

Children : 

2664  Mulford  Champlin  Armstrong,  b.  Apr.  12,  1843  ;  d.  Sept. 

14,  1867. 


600 


THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


2665  t  Nellie  Armstrong,  b.  Sept.  17,  1850 ;  m.  Edward  C.  Lewis. 

2666  t  Julia  Armstrong,  b.  May  8,  1853;  m.  Isaac  D.  Smead. 

2667  Cora  Armstrong,  b.  Aug.  19,  1861 ;    m.  Nov.  12,  1896, 

William  D.  Underhill,  a  real  estate  agent  of  Duluth, 
Minn. 

2668  Walter  Lee  Armstrong,  b.  July  23,  1863 ;  unm.  in  1902  ; 

living  at  Toledo,  Ohio. 

2669  Hart  Champlin  Armstrong,  b.  Sept.  27,  1865  ;  unm. ;  liv- 

ing at  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Several  children  d.  in  infancy. 

1219  EUSEBIUS  LEE  (Lemuel  Lee,  Sarah,  Samuel,  Joseph, 
Daniel,  William),  b.  at  New  Lyme,  Ohio,  Aug.  6,  1819;  m.  Dec. 
21,  1855,  Sarah  J.  Vernon,  b.  Apr.  1,  1834,  dau.  of  Henry  Hayes 
and  Elizabeth  (Wright)  Vernon  of  West  Williamsfield,  Ohio. 

Eusebius  Lee  commenced  reading  law  at  the  age  of  21  at 
Jefferson,  Ohio.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1843  and  prac- 
ticed his  profession  in  his  native  town  until  1874,  when  he  removed 
to  Ashtabula,  Ohio.  He  entered  into  partnership  in  1876  with 
Judge  (later  Senator)  John  Sherman,  but  a  dissolution  took  place 
in  1877,  when  the  latter  became  Secretary  of  the  U.  S.  Treasury. 

Eusebius  Lee  was  a  very  popular  man,  and  the  only  man  whom 
the  Democrats  in  the  days  of  pro-slavery  and  Free  Soil  times  could 
pit  with  any  show  of  success  against  that  old  war  horse  of  aboli- 
tion, the  Hon.  Joshua  R.  Giddings.  He  was  a  war  Democrat,  con- 
tributing largely  to  the  raising  and  furnishing  of  troops  from 
northern  Ohio.  He  served  some  time  under  appointment  from  a 
Democratic  governor  as  judge  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  but 
was  unseated  at  the  ensuing  election.  At  the  time  of  his  death  and 
for  many  years  previous  he  was  an  attorney  for  the  Lake  Shore  and 
Michigan  Southern  railroad.  He  d.  Apr.  10,  1883.  Mrs.  Sarah 
J.  Lee  lives  (in  1901)  at  Central  City,  Neb. 

Children : 

2670  Mary  Vernon  Lee,  b.  Sept.  30,  1856  ;   unm. 

2671  Caroline  Isabella  Champlin  Lee,  b.  Apr.  9,  1861 ;  unm. 

1220  EMLLY  LEE  (Samuel  Lee,  Sarah,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Dan- 
iel, William),  b.  Apr.  22,  1824;  m.  1st,  in  Jan.,  1841,  George 
Tuttle,  b.  June  19,  1815,  son  of  Eri  and  Harriet  (Phillips)  Tuttle, 
natives  of  Connecticut,  residents  of  Colebrook,  Ohio.     Mr.  Tuttle 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     601 

was  admitted  to  the  practice  of  law  in  Jefferson,  Ohio,  in  1841 ;  he 
removed  shortly  afterward  to  Warren  in  the  adjoining  county  of 
Trumbull  where  he  has  resided  up  to  the  present  time  (1901). 
Has  served  as  judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas.  Emily  Tuttle 
m.  2d,  Aug.  1,  1856,  Albert  S.  Mershon.  She  d.  of  yellow  fever  in 
Donaldson,  La.,  Sept.  26,  1856.  Mr.  Mershon  d.  in  Shreveport, 
La.,  a  few  years  later. 

Child  by  first  marriage: 

2672  t  Harriet  G.   Tuttle,  b.   July  81,   1849;    m.  Dr.   Ira  N. 

Noland. 

1221  ORRILLA  LEE  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  Sept.  28,  1826; 
m.  1st,  Oct.  8,  1844,  Henry  H.  Hatch,  b.  Mar.  7,  1821 ;  m.  2d, 
May  22,  1865,  David  Colby,  b.  in  Enfield,  Grafton  Co.,  N.  H., 
May  11,  1807,  son  of  David  and  Naomi  (Johnson)  Colby,  natives 
of  New  Hampshire. 

Mr.  Hatch  was  a  successful  lawyer.  Mr.  Colby,  who  d.  at 
North  Madison,  Ohio,  July  30,  1893,  was  a  teacher  and  later  a 
farmer.    Mrs.  Orrilla  Colby  lives  (1901)  at  North  Madison,  Ohio. 

Child  by  first  marriage: 

2673  Alice  B.  Hatch,  b.  Nov.  12,  1845 ;  d.  Jan.  17,  1863. 
Child  by  second  marriage: 

2674  Samuel  Lee  Colby,  b.  Aug.  7,  1869;   unm.  (1901)  ;   lives 

at  North  Madison,  Ohio. 

1223  CHRISTOPHER  CHAMPLIN  LEE  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  New  Lyme,  Ohio,  Nov.  15,  1833;  m.  1st,  Nov.  15, 
1857,  Charlotte  E.  Williams,  b.  Nov.  15,  1837,  dau.  of  George  and 
Aurelia  (Moses)  Williams  of  Gustavus,  Ohio,  who  d.  Jan.  3,  1868; 
m.  2d,  Nov.  22,  1871,  Elizabeth  S.  Bassnett,  dau.  of  Thomas,  a 
native  of  England,  resident  of  Ottawa,  111. 

Mr.  Lee  was  for  many  years  a  commercial  traveler  for  Cleve- 
land wholesale  grocery  houses  and  later  engaged  in  business  at 
Coldwater,  Mich.,  to  which  place  he  removed  in  1871.  He  retired 
from  active  commercial  life  in  1886;  d.  in  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
Apr.  9,  1900. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

2675  t  Emily  A.  Lee,  b.  July  3,  1860;   m.  Frederick  D.  Thomp- 

son. 


602  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


2676  tCora  L.  Lee,  b.  Nov.  15,  1864;   m.  Willis  H.  Osborn. 

2677  t  George  Sterling  Lee,  b.   Sept.   5,   1866;    m.   Maud  M. 

Paddock. 

Children  by  second  marriage: 

2678  Thomas  Bassnett  Lee,  b.   Sept.   1,   1872,  a  graduate  of 

Ann  Arbor  University ;  civil  engineer  for  the  Pressed 
Steel  Car  Co.,  Pittsburg,  Penn. ;  d.  of  tubercular 
meningitis  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  Aug.  5,  1902,  leav- 
ing a  widow  and  a  dau.,  Lorene. 
2680  Robert  E.  Lee,  b.  June  25,  1878;  student  (1901)  at  Ann 
Arbor  University. 

1226  COLONEL  GEORGE  ABBOTT,  M.D.  {Sarah  Lee,  Sarah, 
Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  at  Palmyra,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  2, 
1826 ;  m.  Apr.  19,  1857,  Julia  C.  Church,  b.  in  Bolton,  N.  Y.,  Oct. 
6,  1831,  dau.  of  Asa  Porter  and  Amanda  S.  (Avery)  Church, 
granddaughter  of  Ephraim  Church  (a  soldier  of  the  Revolution 
and  one  of  the  prisoners  confined  by  the  British  in  the  prison  ship 
Jersey)  and  Polly  (Blair)  Church  of  Charlemont,  Mass.  Her 
maternal  grandparents  were  Jonathan  and  Pamelia  (Fox)  Avery 
of  Charlemont. 

Colonel  Abbott  attended  two  terms  of  lectures  in  the  Geneva 
Medical  College  and  one  at  the  Buffalo  Medical  University,  taking 
his  degree  of  M.D.  from  the  latter  institution  in  Feb.,  1852.  In 
Apr.,  1853,  he  opened  an  office  at  White's  Corners,  now  Ham- 
burg, N.  Y.,  where  he  has  been  in  continuous  practice  of  medicine 
and  surgery  ever  since.  In  1872  he  was  elected  school  commis- 
sioner of  the  second  district  of  Erie  Co.,  and  served  two  terms. 
He  was  treasurer  of  the  N.  Y.  State  Grange  in  1879  and  devised 
and  drafted  the  scheme  for  the  County  Farmers'  Mutual  Fire 
Insurance  Companies,  so  extensively  adopted  throughout  the 
State. 

In  1854  he  was  appointed  surgeon  of  the  67th  Regt.,  N.  G., 
S.  N.  Y.,  and  with  that  regiment  was  mustered  into  the  U.  S. 
service  at  Harrisburg,  Penn.,  in  June,  1863.  In  September  fol- 
lowing his  return  from  that  service,  at  the  solicitation  of  Maj. 
Gen.  Randell,  he  accepted  an  appointment  offered  him  by  Gov. 
Horatio  Seymour  to  raise  a  regiment  of  National  Guards  in  his 
district.      This  work  he   successfully   accomplished   and   he   was 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     603 

commissioned  colonel.  In  Aug.,  1864,  this  regiment  was  desig- 
nated as  a  part  of  the  N.  Y.  State  quota  of  12,000  100-day  men 
called  for  by  the  President  and  was  sent  to  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  to  take 
the  place  of  veterans  who  were  wanted  at  the  front.  Colonel 
Abbott  resided  (1901)  at  Hamburg. 
Children,  born  in  Hamburg: 

2681  tGeorge  Burwell  Abbott,  b.  May  28,  1858;    m.  H.  May 

McLaury. 

2682  Eliza  Maria  Abbott,  b.  Feb.  18,  1861 ;   unm.  in  1901. 

2683  Arthur    Lee    Abbott,    b.    July    21,    1864;    d.    Aug.    26, 

1865. 

2684  Carrie  Amanda  Abbott,  b.   Oct.   8,   1866;    d.   Aug.   3, 

1868. 

2685  Charles  Church  Abbott,  b.  Sept.  28,  1869 ;    d.  Nov.  28, 

1870. 

1228  JULIA  ABBOTT  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  Lewiston, 
Niagara  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  31,  1831 ;  m.  at  Geneseo,  111.,  Oct.  6, 
1858,  William  Emory  Foster,  b.  Sept.  15,  1821,  son  of  John  and 
Ruth  (Cone)  Foster  of  Henry,  111. 

Mr.  Foster  was  by  occupation  a  farmer.  He  was  elected  to 
fill  various  local  offices  of  trust  and  during  his  life  contributed  to 
the  building  of  fifty  churches,  he  being  a  zealous  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  removed  in  1869  to  Santa  Bar- 
bara, Cal.,  where  he  d.  Feb.  17,  1888.  Mrs.  Julia  Foster  resides 
(1901)  with  her  son. 

Child: 

2686  tGeorge  Emory  Foster,  b.  Aug.  28,  1861;    m.  1st,  Hattie 

E.  Cook,  2d,  Cora  L.  Cook ;   3d,  Flora  R.  Young. 

1230  ORRIN  LEE  ABBOTT  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  at  Me- 
dina, Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  1,  1834;  m.  at  La  Porte,  Ind., 
Aug.  7,  1866,  Louisa  Elvira  Stanton,  b.  at  La  Porte,  Nov.  30, 
1841. 

Mr.  Abbott  is  a  lawyer,  living  (1901)  at  Selma,  Fresno  Co., 
Cal. 

Children : 
2686a    Stanton  Bond  Abbott,  b.  at  La  Porte,  Nov.  4,  1867. 

2687  Milton  Orrin  Abbott,  b.  at  Santa  Barbara,  Cal.,  Feb.  21, 

1869. 


604 


THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


2688  William  Abbott,  b.  at  Santa  Barbara,  Mar.  8,  1871 ;   d. 

Dec.  25,  1871. 

2689  Myron  Abbott,  b.  at  Santa  Barbara,  Dec.  22,  1872;    d. 

Sept.  9,  1880. 

1234  SOPHRONIA  ABBOTT  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  May  14, 
1840;  m.  1st,  May  3,  1864,  Dana  Boardman  Clark,  b.  Apr.  2, 
1831,  son  of  Samuel  and  Martha  (Stevens)  Clark  of  Parkman, 
Me.,  a  nurseryman  at  Santa  Barbara,  Cal. ;  m.  2d,  June  8,  1880. 
James  Montegue  Smith,  b.  Nov.  25,  1818,  son  of  Asa  and  Martha 
(Stage)  Smith  of  Monroe,  N.  Y.,  a  ranchman  at  Orange,  Cal. 
Residence,  Villa  Park,  Cal. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

2690  Abbott  Beals  Clark,  b.  Apr.  23,  1866. 

2691  Cady  Cutting  Clark,  b.  Oct.  20,  1869;   d.  Mar.  25,  1877. 

2692  Orange  Irving  Clark,  b.  Oct.  29,  1876. 
Child  by  second  marriage : 

2693  Willard  Smith,  b.  Mar.  24,  1882. 

1236  MARY  ELIZABETH  ABBOTT  (sister  of  the  above),  b. 
at  Akron,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  23,  1847 ;  m.  Nov.  15,  1866,  William  Fen- 
ton  Spring,  b.  in  Muskingum  Co.,  Ohio,  July  23,  1837,  son  of 
G.  W.  and  Susan  (Story)  Spring. 

Mr.  Spring  enlisted  in  July,  1861,  in  the  44th  U.  S.  Infty., 
and  served  until  May,  1865.     He  was  twice  wounded. 

He  conducted  a  drug  store  and  was  postmaster  and  express 
agent  at  Lostant,  La  Salle  Co.,  Ill,  until  1873,  when  he  removed 
with  his  family  to  Montecito,  Santa  Barbara  Co.,  Cal.,  where  they 
now  reside.  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Spring  has  been  for  a  number  of  years 
president  of  the  Summerland  Spiritualist  Ass'n,  and  is  secretary 
of  the  Santa  Barbara  Co.  Horticultural  Soc. 

Children : 

2694  Arthur  Lee  Spring,  b.  Oct.  2,  1867;    m.  Mar.  1,  1896, 

Emma   Scherer,  who   d.    July   2,   1897.      Residence, 
Montecito. 

2695  Charles  Martin  Spring,  b.   Oct.   18,  1871;    m.   Sept.  6, 

1896,  Elsie  Higbee. 

2696  Roland  Fenton  Spring,  b.  Apr.  1,  1873 ;  m.  Jan.  3,  1899, 

A.  Blanche  Glenn  of  Pennsylvania. 

2697  tCora  Luella  Spring,  b.  Apr.   9,  1876;    m.  William  A. 

Phillips. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     605 

1237  LUCY  ANN  LORD  (Isaiah  Lord,  Caroline,  Samuel,  Jo- 
seph, Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Pitcher,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  5,  1811;  m. 
Sept.  28,  1832,  John  C.  Head,  b.  at  Lebanon,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  20, 
1809.  John  C.  Head  lived  at  Lebanon,  N.  Y.,  until  1868,  when 
he  removed  to  Earlville,  N.  Y.,  where  Lucy  Ann  d.  Mar.  12,  1875. 
He  d.  at  Hamilton,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  24,  1885.  Both  buried  at 
Earlville. 

Children,  born  at  Lebanon : 

2698  Isaiah  S.  Head,  b.  Nov.  27,  1837;   lives  at  Lebanon. 

2699  Loraine  Head,  d.  in  infancy. 

2700  tAnn    Eliza    Head,    b.    May    12,    1842;    m.    Albert    E. 

Root. 

2701  t  Julia  Esther  Head,  b.  Nov.  13,  1844;    m.  Addison  B. 

Baker. 

2702  Charles  W.  Head,  b.  Dec.  20,  1849;   m.  in  fall  of  1877, 

Minnie  E.  Gilbertson.  He  was  a  telegraph  operator; 
d.  June  8,  1893.  No  issue.  His  widow  m.  2d,  H.  J. 
Eccleston,  and  lives  at  Norwich,  N.  Y. 

1246  BETSEY  (or  ELIZABETH)  STEWART  {Caroline 
Lord,  Caroline,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  German 
(now  Pitcher,  N.  Y.),  May  10,  1813;  m.  Aug.  13,  1834,  Lester 
Tinker,  b.  Oct.  6,  1811,  son  of  Phineas  and  Olive  (Cooledge) 
Tinker.  Lester  Tinker  was  a  carpenter.  He  d.  May  17,  1891. 
Mrs.  Betsey  Tinker  d.  Jan.  1,  1894. 
Only  child: 

2703  tEllen  E.  Tinker,  b.  May  6,  1835;   m.  Daniel  S.  Baldwin. 

1250  WILLIAM  R.  STEWART  {brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
German,  Jan.  19,  1821 ;  m.  Jan.  19,  1843,  Betsey  Baldwin,  b.  Oct. 
23,  1821,  dau.  of  Elisha  and  Patty  (Spaulding)  Baldwin  of 
German,  sister  to  Eunice,  who.  m.  William's  brother  Erastus,  and 
to  Daniel  S.,  who  m.  William's  niece,  Ellen  E.  Tinker. 

William  Stewart  was  a  farmer.  Lived  in  Pitcher  until  1866, 
then  removed  to  Hulberton,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.  He  d.  in  Ridge- 
way,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  20,  1901. 

Children : 

2704  tCordelia  B.  Stewart,  b.  Mar.  22,  1845;    m.  Russell  M. 

Green. 

2705  Ellen  V.  Stewart,  b.  Mar.  23,  1847 ;   m.  in  1866,  Walter 


606  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Crawford,  a  farmer  of  Albion,  N.  Y.     Had  one  son, 
Frederick.     Residence,  Medina,  N.  Y. 

2707  tRussell    Stewart,    b.    Oct.    26,    1849;    m.    1st,    Frances 

Hewitt,  2d,  Nellie  B.  Smith. 

2708  Mary  Stewart,  b.  Sept.  5,  1854 ;    m.  1st,  Charles  Dunn, 

2d,  Marshal  Dibble.  Had  two  ch.  by  first  m.,  Grace 
who  m.  Clark  Banker  of  Albion,  N.  Y.,  and  Clifford, 
who  lives  in  Gaines,  N.  Y. 
2711  Martha  Stewart,  b.  Sept.  5,  1854  (twin  with  Mary)  ;  m. 
Edward  Howe  of  Kendall,  N.  Y. ;  have  two  ch., 
Bertha  (m.  John  Buckner)  and  William. 

2714  Juvenelia  Stewart,  b.  July  25,  1859;    m.  Robert  Alder- 

son  ;  have  five  ch. ;  live  in  Medina,  N.  Y. 

2715  Eddie  B.  Stewart,  b.  Nov.  12,  1862 ;   d.  Mar.  7,  1864. 

2716  Gennie  Bell  Stewart,  b.  Jan.  1,  1866;    m.  in  Mar.,  1886, 

William  Bell  of  Murray  N.  Y.     Have  one  son,  Kirke, 
b.  about  1888. 

1252  AMANDA  H.  STEWART  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Ger- 
man, July  1,  1827;  m.  Feb.  17,  1847,  James  D.  Willmarth,  b. 
in  Parrington,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  25,  1827,  son  of  Galon 
and  Esther   (Brown)   Willmarth. 

Mr.  Willmarth  was  a  painter.  He  served  three  years  in  the 
76th  Regt.,  N.  Y.  S.  V.,  during  the  Rebellion.  He  d.  at  Cort- 
land, N.  Y.,  Aug.  7,  1894.     Amanda  d.  Mar.  16,  1900. 

Children : 

2718  tDe  Ette  Amanda  Willmarth,  b.  Feb.  5,  1850;    m.  Frank 

P.  Hakes. 

2719  tEmogene  H.  Willmarth,  b.  Aug.  31,  1853;    m.  Herbert 

H.  Wells. 

2720  R.  Emmet  Willmarth,  b.  Oct.  2,  1859,  at  Pitcher;    m. 

Nov.  19,  1884,  May  Fenner.    Lived  at  Homer,  N.  Y. ; 
d.  Mar.  11,  1900.     No  issue. 

2721  t  Jay  E.  Willmarth,  b.  Sept.  12,  1866;  m.  Florence  Allen. 

1281  JAMES  S.  LORD  (Samuel  Lord,  Caroline,  Samuel,  Jo- 
seph, Daniel,  William),  b.  at  Pharsalia,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  29,  1834; 
m.  1st,  at  Lincklaen,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  16,  1856,  Kasiah  Gillespie,  b. 
May  9,  1835,  dau.  of  David  Gillespie,  of  Irish  descent.  Kasiah 
d.  at  Lincklaen,  May  7,  1872.  James  m.  2d,  at  Rome,  N.  Y.,  May 
15,  1873,  Eleanor  Bennett,  b.  at  Lincklaen,  Apr.  1,  1836,  dau.  of 
Rufus  Bennett,  b.  in  Connecticut,  Apr.  17,  1799  (son  of  a  Revo- 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     607 

lutionary  soldier),  who  m.  Clarissa  Joslin,  b.  in  Rhode  Island, 
Dec.  4,  1805. 

Mr.  Lord  was  a  member  of  the  12th  Regt.  for  two  years 
during  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  when  he  enlisted  in  a  cavalry 
regiment  for  two  years  longer.  Passed  seven  years  in  the  Western 
gold  mines,  then  returned  to  Lincklaen,  where  he  remained  until 
1886,  when  he  removed  to  Little  York,  Cortland  Co.,  N.  Y.,  his 
present  residence.     Is  a  farmer. 

Child  by  first  marriage: 

2722  David    S.   Lord,   b.   at   Pharsalia,   Jan.   4,   1857;    m.   at 

Union  in  Feb.,  1880 ;    d.  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Oct. 
11,  1898. 

Child  by  second  marriage: 

2723  Bessie  P.  Lord,  b.  Nov.  11,  1875;   m.  May  9,  1899;   re- 

sides at  Little  York. 

1285  JOSEPH  EDW7IN  LORD  (David  Lord,  Caroline,  Samuel 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Pharsalia,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  6,  1825; 
m.  Jan.  28,  1858,  Martha  Ann  McFall,  b.  in  Indiana,  May  9,  1838, 
dau.  of  Samuel  McFall,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  and  Elizabeth 
Barbee,  b.   in  Indiana. 

Mr.  Lord  removed  to  Iowa  and  settled  at  Oskaloosa.  He  was 
a  miller  for  many  years.  Held  several  local  offices ;  latterly  was 
a  farmer.  Removed  in  the  fall  of  1901  to  Irving,  Lane  Co.,  Ore., 
where  he  resides  with  his  son  Rufus,  a  farmer. 

Children : 

2724  tMary  Alice  Lord,  b.  July  13,  1859;   m.  C.  C.  Myers. 

2725  George  Orin  Lord,  b.  Mar.  11,  1862;    d.  Oct.  8,  1877. 

2726  tElizabeth  Livonia  Lord,  b.  Aug.    10,  1865;    m.  Edgar 

K.  Taylor. 

2727  Charles  Sterling  Lord,  b.  June  30,  1870 ;  d.  Jan.  8,  1875. 

2728  Rufus  Winifred  Lord,  b.  May  27,  1877;   unm.  (1902). 

2729  Lucy  Ann  Lord,  b.  May  27,  1882. 

1288  POLLY  MARIA  LORD  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Phar- 
salia, Sept.  11,  1831;  m.  Mar.  19,  1854,  Delos  Luther,  b.  Apr. 
5,  1829,  son  of  William  Pitt  and  Eliza  (Kingsley)  Luther  of 
Pharsalia. 

Mr.  Luther  was  a  teacher  for  many  years.  For  the  last  ten 
years  of  his  life  he  was  a  farmer  in  Pharsalia.     Mrs.  Luther  d. 


608  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

at  Richmond,  Mo.,  Nov.  26,  1873.     Delos  d.  in  Pharsalia,  Nov. 
12,  1899. 

Children,  born  in  Pharsalia: 

2730  Mary  Eliza  Luther,  b.  Apr.  15,  1856;    d.  June  4,  1861. 

2731  tAlma  Genevieve  Luther,  b.  Jan.  7,  1858;    m.  Albert  B. 

Faunce. 

2732  Carrie  Luther,  b.  Jan.  7,  1860;    d.   at  Richmond,  Mo., 

Jan.  13,  1874. 

2733  David  Lord  Luther,  b.  July  22,  1865;    m.  and  lives  at 

Pleasant  Valley,  N.  Y. ;    has  four  ch. 

1289  THE  REV.  ISAIAH  LORD  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Pharsalia,  July  16,  1834;  m.  in  Summerhill,  N.  Y.,  July  16,  1856, 
Angeline  Maltbie,  b.  there  Sept.  27,  1833,  dau.  of  Daniel  and 
Desire  (Howland)  Maltbie. 

Isaiah  Lord  was  a  Methodist  Episcopal  clergyman.  He  d. 
of  typhoid  fever  at  Georgetown,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  21,  1870;  Mrs. 
Angeline  Lord  d.  at  Moravia,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  22,  1899. 

Children : 

2734  tHerman  Andrew  Lord,  b.  Apr.  17,  1861;    m.  Minnie  A. 

Purdy. 

2735  Alice  Elnora  Lord,  b.  Mar.  23,  1862 ;  d.  Mar.  31,  1864. 

2736  tEsther  Lord,  b.  Jan.  3,  1864 ;    m.  Sidney  J.  Steele. 

1295     FRANCIS  DELAY  LORD  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Pharsalia,  Dec.   23,   1845;    m.   there   Dec.   23,    1869,   Jennie   L. 
Wheeler,  b.  at  Augusta,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  9,  1852.     Mr. 
Lord  was  living  in  1902  at  Newton,  Kan. 
Children : 

2737  tGeorge  F.  Lord,  b.  Nov.  19,  1870;   m.  Augusta  Classen. 

2738  tEmma  Eliza  Lord,  b.  Jan.  12,  1872;   m.  Edward  Young. 

2739  EUa  May  Lord,  b.  in  Pharsalia,  Aug.  10,  1874 ;    d.  Dec. 

9,  1874. 

2740  Warren  DeLay  Lord,  b.  in  Pharsalia,  Oct.  27,  1876 ;    d. 

Aug.  9,  1877. 

2741  Eva  Lavonia  Lord,  b.   at  East  Branch,  Kan.,  July  25, 

1879;  d.  Aug.  26,  1879. 

2742  Bertha  Lulu  Lord,  b.  at  East  Branch,  June  13,  1885. 

1298  ABEL  LORD  (Roswell  Lord,  Caroline,  Samuel,  Joseph, 
Daniel,  William),  b.  June  22,  1827;  m.  Nov.  12,  1850,  Rhoda 
Breed.     Residence,  Georgetown  Station,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     609 


Children : 

2743  tRodolph    M.    Lord,    b.    Oct.    10,    185- ;      m.    Julia   A. 

Partello. 

2744  tOscar  C.  Lord,  b.  Oct.  19,  1854;  m.  Eva  M.  Westcott. 

2745  Arthur  R.  Lord,  b.  Mar.  9,  1859;    d.  Aug.  2,  1877. 

2746  tEUa  M.  Lord,  b.  May  23,  1861 ;   m.  Ira  E.  Westcott. 

2747  tEmma  E.  Lord,  b.  Dec.  24,  1864;    m.  Charles  Isbell. 

2748  t  Carrie  P.  Lord,  b.  Sept.  23,  1868;    m.  Frank  Isbell. 

1299  AD  ALINE  P.  LORD  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  Aug.  15, 
1829;  m.  1st,  Feb.  28,  1854,  Cranston  P.  Harvey,  who  d.  Sept. 
12,  1877;  m.  2d,  Aug.  7,  1887,  Nelson  L.  Gowin.  She  d.  Aug. 
25,  1895. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

2749  tAdella  Harvey,  b.  May  23,  1856;   m.  Edwin  W.  Crumb. 

2750  tArvilla    J.    Harvey,    b.    Sept.    9,    1858;     m.    Estus    L. 

Dwight. 

2751  t  Ralph  R.  Harvey,  b.  Feb.  8,  1861 ;   m.  Ella  D.  Beckwith. 

1300  MARY  H.  LORD  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  July  13,  1832 ; 
m.  July  11,  1854,  Edward  Harvey,  a  farmer.  Mrs.  Mary  Harvey 
d.  Mar.  7,  1880. 

Children : 

2752  Elmer    S.    Harvey,    b.    Feb.    18,    1857;    d.    July    23, 

1858. 

2753  tCarrie  E.  Harvey,  b.  Oct.  14,  1864;  m.  William  Hawkins. 

2754  t Arthur  E.  Harvey,  b.   July  9,   1866;    m.   Arminta  E. 

Ouser. 

2755  Edith  B.  Harvey,  b.  Dec.  3,  1875;    m.  Feb.  19,  1902, 

De  Ell  Caldwell. 

1301  HARRIET  E.  LORD  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  July  25, 
1834;  m.  1st,  Sept.  5,  1854,  Christopher  Burdick,  who  d.  Apr. 
9,  1858;   m.  2d,  Dec.  25,  1860,  Horace  Place. 

Children  by  second  marriage: 

2756  tMerton  Place,  b.  Jan.  29,  1860;    m.  Mattie  Austin. 

2757  tClara  Place,  b.  July  16,  1866;  m.  John  Fralic. 

1302  JULIA  A.  LORD  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  July  28,  1836; 
m.  1st,  Jan.  15,  1856,  David  Harvey,  who  d.  May  20,  1865;  m. 
2d,  Mar.  13,  1869,  Milton  Lane,  a  farmer  at  Chariest  !wn,  Mont- 
gomery Co.,  N.  Y. 


610  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Children  by  first  marriage: 

2758  Ameresta  Harvey,  b.  Mar.  21,  1857;   d.  Feb.  9,  1863. 

2759  Willard  Harvey,  b.  Apr.   3,   1859;    d.   Feb.   7,   1863. 

2760  Franklin  Harvey,  b.  May  17,  1861 ;    d.  Feb.  10,  1863. 

2761  Minnie  A.  Harvey,  b.  May  19,  1863. 

2762  Mary  J.  Harvey,  b.  May  17,  1865 ;   d.  July  27,  1888. 

Children  by  second  marriage: 

2763  tHattie  L.  Lane,  b.  Mar.  27,  1872;   m.  Henry  Voorhees. 
2764s     Ella  Lane,  b.  Nov.  20,  1875. 

2765  Frank  F.  Lane,  b.  Apr.  11,  1880. 

1304  PHEBE  E.  LORD  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  July  12,  1845; 
m.  Oct.  28,  1867,  Albert  Harvey.  Residence,  Blodgett  Mills, 
Cortland  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Children : 

2766  Grace  M.  Harvey,  b.  Sept.  2,  1872;    m.  Dec.  1,  1896, 

Erving  W.  Haight;    d.  Jan.  27,  1902. 

2767  L.  Pearl  Harvey,  b.  Aug.  22,  1880 ;    d.  Sept.  5,  1896. 

2768  Maud  M.  Harvey,  b.  June  1,  1884. 

1305  EMERY  R.  LORD  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  Aug.  20, 
1850;  m.  Mar.  10,  1871,  Alice  Mayhue.  Resided  at  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.    Emery  R.  Lord  d.  Feb.  1,  1893. 

Children : 

2769  Charlie  Lord,  b.  Jan.  16,  1874;    m.  Oct.  30,  1899;    re- 

sides at  Grand  Rapids. 

2770  Arthur  Lord,  b.  Feb.  7,  1891. 

1306  AD  ALINE  ALMIRA  STERLING  (  William,  Samuel,  Sam- 
uel, Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Gaines,  Orleans  Co.,  N.  Y., 
Dec.  14,  1818;  m.  Sept.  18,  1843,  Dewey  Southwick,  b.  Dec.  12, 
1800,  son  of  Nathan  and  Hannah  (McWaters)  Southwick  of 
Whitehall,  Washington  Co.,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Southwick  m.  previously 
Dorcas  Bigelow,  a  native  of  Whitehall,  who  d.  in  1840.  By  her 
he  had  (b.  in  Whitehall)  :  Jerome,  b.  in  1823,  m.  in  1842,  Minerva 
Hulburt  of  Boonville,  N.  Y.,  d.  in  Conneautville,  Penn.,  in  1856 ; 
Esther,  b.  in  1825,  m.  1st,  Jacob  Boyce  of  Boston,  who  d.  in 
1862,  m.  2d,  in  1865,  a  Mr.  Hoyt,  who  was  killed  on  the  Penn. 

R.  R.;    Hannah,  b.  in  1829,  m.  in  1847  Hoyt;    Diadema, 

b.   in    1831,   m.   in    1845,   Arant   De   Peyster   of   Constableville, 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     611 

N.  Y. ;  Amoretta,  b.  in  1833,  m.  in  18-19,  Emery  0.  Freeman; 
Myron  H.,  b.  in  1837,  m.  Almira  Britton  of  Stark  Co.,  Ohio. 

Dewey  Southwick  was  a  millwright  by  trade  and  a  farmer. 
Lived  in  Summerhill,  Crawford  Co.,  Penn.,  until  1868,  when  he 
removed  to  Downstown,  N.  J.,  with  his  family.  He  d.  June  5, 
1887;   Adaline  d.  Nov.  23,  1891. 

Children,  born  in  Crawford  Co. : 

2771  Isabella  Kelso  Southwick,  b.  June  12,  1845 ;    m.  Oct.  12, 

1865,  Hiram  J.  Holcomb,  b.  Sept.  10,  1838,  son  of 
Asa  and  Fanny  (Orcutt)  Holcomb,  natives  of  Wash- 
ington Co.,  N.  Y.,  who  early  removed  to  Crawford  Co. 
Mr.  Holcomb  was  a  farmer  at  Rundells,  Penn.,  where 
he  d.  Oct.  21,  1896.  His  wife,  "  Belle  "  Holcomb,  is 
a  clairvoyant,  clairaudient,  and  psychometrist.  Resi- 
dence, Rundells,  Crawford  Co.,  Penn.     No  issue. 

2772  tLaverne   F.    Southwick,   b.   Nov.    30,    1851;     m.    George 

Pancoast. 

2773  t  William  B.  Sterling  Southwick,  b.  Oct.  3,  1852;   m.  1st, 

Rebecca  Duffield,  2d,  Jennie  Dixson. 

2774  t  Clara    L.    Southwick,    b.    Feb.    22,    1855;    m.    William 

Sine. 

2775  Blanche  M.  Southwick,  b.  Apr.  27, 1864  ;  m.  July  3,  1885, 

Edward  Nelson  Hubbard,  b.  in  Stanstead,  Can.,  July 
3,  1853,  son  of  Moses  G.  Hubbard,  a  French  Cana- 
dian, and  Lydia  Ann  Fish,  a  native  of  Vermont.  Mr. 
Hubbard  is  a  carpenter.  Residence,  Vineland,  N.  J. 
No  issue. 

2776  t  Flora   Southwick,  b.    July   20,   1858;    m.   Elvy  Joseph 

Flowers. 

1307     ELOUISA  JANE   STERLING,  b.   in  Gaines,  Mar.   31, 
1821 ;  m.  Jan.  27,  1841,  Joseph  Bloomfield,  who  d.  Dec.  14,  1842. 
Elouisa  d.  July  9,  1852. 
Child: 

2777  Joseph  Jay  Bloomfield,  b.  Dec.  8,  1842 ;   served  for  three 

years  in  the  16th  Penn.  Cavalry  during  the  Civil  War. 

1310  WILLIAM  WHITTLESEY  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  Gaines,  Mar.  24,  1827;  m.  Apr.  14,  1850,  Mary  E. 
Holt,  b.  Feb.  3,  1832,  dau.  of  Jonathan  and  Ruth  (Dauchy)  Holt 
of  Conneautville,  Penn.  Mr.  Sterling  went  to  the  township  of 
Sparta,  Crawford  Co.,  Penn.,  with  his  father  when  but  one  year  old 


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and  has  always  lived  there,  save  for  seven  years,  from  1883  to  1890, 
when  he  resided  in  Colorado. 

Children,  born  in  Crawford  Co. : 

2778  Morrell  L.  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  1,  1852. 

2779  tjean  F.  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  23,  1854;   m.  Annie  M.  Taylor. 

2780  t  William  K.  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  2,  1864;  m.  Alice  G.  Gabriel. 

2781  Kearney  C.  Sterling,  b.  May  1,  1866. 

2782  Mary  A.  Sterling,  b.  July  7,  1862. 

1320  GEORGE  HORTON  STERLING  (Alphonso,  Samuel 
Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Gaines,  Orleans  Co., 
N.  Y.,  Feb.  8,  1829;  m.  at  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Aug.  17,  1855, 
Ellen  Fitzgibbons,  b.  in  County  Limerick,  Ireland,  Jan.  20,  1832, 
dau.  of  John  and  Ellen  (Gleason)  Fitzgibbons. 

George  H.  Sterling  migrated  to  Scott  Co.,  la.,  when  twenty 
years  of  age,  where  he  remained  for  two  years,  removing  thence 
to  Muscatine.  He  went  to  Minnesota  in  Apr.,  1853,  made  a  trip 
from  St.  Paul  to  St.  Louis  on  a  raft  and  returned  to  the  former 
town  in  1854.  He  operated  the  first  buzz  saw  used  in  what  is  now 
the  city  of  St.  Paul.  He  removed  to  Elysian,  Minn.,  in  1856, 
finding  but  one  family  there  before  him.  Here  he  has  been  a 
farmer  ever  since.     Mrs.  Sterling  d.  Aug.  14,  1895. 

Children,  born  in  Elysian: 

2783  Emmra  Eugene  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  9,  1856;   res.  Elysian, 

unm. 

2784  tEmily  Eugenia  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  24,  1858;    m.  Robert 

W.  Holcomb. 

2785  Leila  Lettia   Sterling,  b.    Jan.   29,   I860;    d.    Nov.    29, 

1863. 

2786  George  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  11,  1861 ;    d.  Nov.  10,  1863. 

2787  tMary  Jane  Sterling,  b.   Sept.   2,  1863;    m.   Charles  H. 

Nichols. 

2788  Maryess  J.  Sterling,  b.  July  26,  1865 ;  d.  Apr.  30,  1895, 

unm. 

2789  Effie  May  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  8,  1867  ;  res.  Elysian,  unm. 

2790  Albert  Alphonso  Sterling,  b.  June  23,  1869 ;    d.  Oct.  8, 

1870. 

2791  tGeorge  Horton  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  20,  1871 ;   m.  Amy  L. 

Wilcox. 

2792  Lillian  Frances  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  21,  1874;    d.  Sept.  12, 

1895. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     613 

1324  WILLIAM  ALPHONSO  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  Gaines,  May  31,  1834;  m.  1st,  in  Wabasha  Co., 
Minn.,  in  Aug.,  1857,  Caroline  B.  Moelgee,  b.  in  Canisteo,  N.  Y., 
in  1838.  She  d.  in  Minnesota  in  Mar.,  1871 ;  m.  2d,  in  Sept., 
1872,  Mary  J.  01msted(?),  b.  in  Ohio  in  1840;  d.  at  Peabody, 
Feb.  12,  1905. 

Mr.  Sterling  left  Gaines  in  Oct.,  1853,  and  went  to  St.  Paul, 
Minn.  Remained  in  Minnesota  until  Apr.,  1871,  when  he  removed 
to  Peabody,  Marion  Co.,  Kan.,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  has 
been  engaged  for  thirty  years  in  the  commission  business,  dealing 
in  coal,  feed,  grain,  hay,  and  fruits. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

2793  Minnie  Sterling,  b.  in  Aug.,  1858 ;   m.  . 

2794  Edward  M.  Sterling,  b.  in  Sept.  1868;   m.  ;    a  res- 

taurant keeper  in  St.  Charles,  111.,  1906. 

1325  EUGENE  SPENCER  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  Gaines,  Dec.  6,  1837;  m.  Jan.  1,  1868,  Ellen  Eliza- 
beth Mack,  b.  in  Brooklyn,  Penn.,  Sept.  6,  1835,  dau.  of  Alfred 
Wolcott  and  Elizabeth  (Jewett)  Mack  of  Barre,  N.  Y.,  both  de- 
scendants of  Jonathan  Mack,  b.  in  1711,  brother  of  Sarah  Mack 
who  m.  Joseph  Sterling  (No.  38),  Eugene's  ancestor.  Save  for 
a  year  or  more,  when,  as  a  young  man,  he  assisted  his  brother 
Albert  in  indexing  the  records  of  St.  Louis  Co.,  Mo.,  Eugene  has 
always  lived  upon  the  farm  of  his  father  in  Gaines,  N.  Y.  Mrs. 
Sterling  d.  at  Gaines,  Mar.  24,  1904;  buried  at  Mt.  Albion. 
This  work  is  dedicated  to  her  memory  by  her  son,  the  compiler,  as 
a  slight  testimonial  to  her  mother  love  and  care;  the  sweetest, 
strongest,  most  enduring  influence  he  can  ever  know.  God  give 
her  rest  and  joy! 

Children,  born  in  Gaines: 

2795  t  Bessie  Mary  Sterling,  b.  June  22,   1869;    m.   the  Rev. 

Louis  A.  Pickett. 

2796  t  Albert  Mack  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  3,  1874;    m.  Lillian  W. 

Burbank. 

1326  WALLACE  MYRON  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Gaines,  June  26,  1840;  m.  at  Medina,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  22,  1865, 
Mary  R.  Parker,  b.  July  14,  1846,  dau.  of  John  C.  and  Anor 
(Connant)  Parker. 


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Mr.  Sterling  was  among  the  first  to  volunteer  for  the  defense 
of  his  country,  responding  to  the  first  call  for  troops,  being  a  mem- 
ber of  the  28th  N.  Y.  Vol.  Infty.,  1st  Brigade.,  1st  Division,  12th 
Corps,  mustered  in  May  22,  1861,  captured  at  Winchester,  Va., 
May  25,  1862,  paroled  at  same  place ;  discharged  June  2,  1863. 
Participated  in  the  battles  of  Shenandoah  Valley,  Cedar  Mountain, 
Antietam,  Chancellorsville,  and  engagements  of  lesser  importance. 

It  was  while  on  a  furlough  home  in  June,  1862,  that  he  acci- 
dentally shot  and  killed  his  sister  Mary  Jane,  which  tragedy  sad- 
dened his  whole  life.  In  1870  Mr.  Sterling  removed  to  Elysian, 
Le  Sueur  Co.,  Minn.,  where  he  served  as  postmaster  and  as  justice 
of  the  peace  a  number  of  years.  He  was  a  farmer;  d.  Nov.  4, 
1896. 

Children : 

2797  t  Starr  King  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  25,  1866;   m.  Stella  Tiffany. 

2798  tBryam  Dickenson  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  14,  1868;    m.  Edith 

Anderson. 

2799  Willis  DeWitt  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  1,  1872. 

2800  Eka  Annie  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  22,  1874 ;    d.  in  Dec,  1902. 

2801  Clara  Anor  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  14,  1876 ;    m.  at  Elysian, 

Jan.  22,  1906,  Emil  L.  Hofmann. 

2802  Charles  Parker  Sterling,  b.  May  25,  1878. 

1340  MARY  ELIZA  BADGER  (Eliza,  Samuel,  Samuel,  Joseph, 
Daniel,  William),  b.  Nov.  17,  1829 ;  m.  Aug.  19,  1849,  Christopher 
C.  Davison,  b.  in  Lyme,  Conn.,  July  25,  1823,  son  of  Jonathan  L. 
and  Maria  (Miller)  Davison. 

Christopher  Davison's  father  was  a  builder  and  constructed 
the  Erie  Canal  aqueduct  over  Oak  Orchard  creek  at  Medina,  N.  Y. 
Later  he  became  a  farmer,  resident  of  Lima,  N.  Y.,  still  later  mov- 
ing to  Foy  Lake,  Wis.,  where  he  d.  Maria  Miller  was  the  daughter 
of  a  merchantman,  who  early  in  the  century  sailed  between  New 
London,  Conn.,  and  Charleston,  S.  C.  He  was  of  French  and 
Welsh  descent. 

Mr.  C.  C.  Davison  was  educated  at  the  Genesee  Wesleyan 
Semimary  at  Lima,  N.  Y.,  and  taught  school  for  six  winters  after. 
He  read  law,  and  began  practice  at  Honeoye  Falls  in  1850.  In 
1864  he  went  to  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  for  the  purpose  of  arguing  a 
case  in  court,  but  the  board  of  supervisors,  by  their  committee,  re- 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     615 

quested  him  to  raise  a  regiment  for  the  war  and  complying  with 
their  invitation  was  appointed  lieutenant  and  afterward  major  of 
the  108th  N.  Y.  Vols.,  winch  office  he  held  until  the  close  of  the  war. 
He  returned  July  11,  1865,  and  in  the  following  November  was 
elected  district  attorney  of  Monroe  Co.  He  was  long  known  as  an 
earnest  advocate  and  brilliant  public  speaker.  He  still  lives  in 
Rochester  (1901)  at  the  home  of  his  daughter.  Mrs.  Mary  E. 
Davison  d.  Mar.  24,  1865.  He  m.  2d,  June  20,  1867,  Sarah  E. 
Clark  of  Honeoye  Falls,  who  d.  in  1891. 
Child : 

2803  tEugenia  Badger  Davison,  b.  Mar.   1,  1851;    m.  Henry 

Barnard. 

1341  THE  REV.  HENRY  CLAY  BADGER  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  at  Honeoye  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  10,  1833;  m.  Aug.  31, 
1859,  Ann  Adaline  Shepard,  b.  May  4,  1835,  dau.  of  Otis  and  Ann 
(Pope)  Shepard. 

Mrs.  Ann  A.  Badger  graduated  from  Antioch  College  in  its 
first  class.  Went  to  Europe  and  spent  some  time  in  the  family  of 
Nathaniel  Hawthorne  preparing  herself  for  the  professorship  of 
modern  languages  at  her  alma  mater,  which  position  she  filled  on 
her  return.  After  her  marriage  she  had  a  private  school  in  Boston 
and  was  one  of  the  four  ladies  chosen  on  the  school  committee  in 
the  city  the  first  time  women  were  elected  to  that  office.  She  d. 
Jan.  6, 1874.  The  Rev.  Henry  Clay  Badger  was  latterly  connected 
with  the  Library  of  Harvard  University.     He  d.  Aug.  4,  1892. 

Children: 

2804  tTheodore  Badger,  b.  June  22,  1863;   m.  Minnie  Smith. 

2805  Frederic  Badger,  b.  Dec.  27,  1866,  m. . 

2806  Ernest  Badger,  b.  July  8,  1869;  d.  Aug.  31,  1888. 

2807  Katharine  Badger,  b.  Aug.  30,  1871 ;   d.  Dec.  14,  1892. 

1342  COLONEL      WILLIAM      WHITTLESEY      BADGER 

(brother  of  the  above),  b.  at  Mendon,  Monroe  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  1, 
1835;  m.  in  N.  Y.  City,  June  3,  1897,  Elisa  Adams  Hall,  b.  in 
N.  Y.  City,  Sept.  12,  1854,  dau.  of  John  Baley  Hall,  b.  at  Canan- 
daigua,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  10,  1821,  who  d.  in  N.  Y.  City,  Nov.  23,  1886; 
m.  Lucy  Adelina  Sackctt,  b.  at  Providence,  R.  L,  Feb  23,  1828,  d. 
in  N.  Y.  City,  Feb.  20,  1900. 


616  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


W.  W.  Badger  graduated  from  Harvard  College,  A.B.,  1855 ; 
Harvard  Law  School,  1856,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  New 
York  City  in  Dec,  1856,  and  began  the  practice  of  law  at  No.  10 
Wall  Street.  He  took  the  first  prize  of  his  class  for  oratory  in 
1855,  the  Boyleston  Gold  Medal,  and  wrote  the  parting  song  of 
his  class,  a  poem  entitled  "  Washington,  or  a  Vision  of  Liberty," 
which  attracted  much  attention.  This  poem  was  originally  written 
for  a  celebration  of  Washington's  birthday,  in  the  preparatory 
school,  where  he  fitted  for'  college,  the  Genesee  Wesleyan  Seminary 
at  Lima,  N.  Y.,  and  was  repeated  on  many  occasions  and  pub- 
lished with  additions  and  corrections  many  times,  the  last  being 
under  the  title  "  Columbia,"  in  the  New  York  M ail  and  Express, 
July  18,  1898,  but  a  few  months  before  his  death.  Charles  Sum- 
ner, William  Lloyd  Garrison,  and  others  wrote  complimenting  it 
and  William  H.  Seward  said,  "  It  is  as  full  of  genius  as  it  is  of 
patriotism  and  humanity."  He  also  wrote  many  fugitive  pieces  in 
prose  and  verse,  chiefly  under  the  nom  de  plume  of  William  Whit- 
tlesley,  titles  to  some  of  which  are :  "  The  Burn's  Rescue,"  "  Sculp- 
ture," "  The  Greek  Slave,"  "  God's  Almoner,"  "  Be  true  to  the 
Dreams  of  thy  Youth,"  "  American  Bards,"  "  Confession,"  "  Gen- 
ius in  Chains,"  "  The  Garden,"  "  The  Cherry  Tree,"  "  The  Foun- 
tain," "  Sweet  Thoughts  of  Thee,"  and  "  The  Royal  Wreath." 

His  first  important  business  after  entering  practice  was  in 
settling  up  the  affairs  of  Antioch  College,  an  educational  institu- 
tion in  Ohio,  under  the  presidency  of  Horace  Mann.  In  March, 
1857,  he  defended  the  celebrated  murder  case  in  Brooklyn  of  John 
Wesley  Layman,  and  secured  an  acquittal  for  the  accused  on  the 
ground  of  insanity.  This  was  the  beginning  of  an  extensive  and 
important  practice,  which  included  many  cases  of  note  in  the  an- 
nals of  the  law,  among  them  the  suit  for  libel  brought  against 
James  Gordon  Bennett,  in  which  he  secured  for  his  client  the 
second  largest  verdict  ever  recovered  for  libel  in  the  State  of  New 
York,  $10,000;  and  numerous  cases  before  the  Court  of  Appeals, 
which  often  on  his  presentation  overruled  the  decisions  of  the  Su- 
preme and  Superior  Courts. 

In  Apr.,  1861,  he  joined  the  famous  71st  regiment  of  New 
York  Militia  as  a  private  and,  after  serving  five  weeks  on  picket 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     617 

duty  in  and  around  Washington,  returned  to  New  York  with 
authority  to  raise  a  company  which  in  May,  1862,  he  did  at  his 
own  expense.  This  company,  of  which  he  was  commissioned  cap- 
tain, numbered  105  men  and  was  assigned  to  what  afterward  be- 
came the  145th  Regt.,  N.  Y.  Vols.  After  being  held  in  reserve 
at  the  battles  of  Bolivar  Heights,  Winchester,  and  Fredericksburg, 
where  it  suffered  much  from  exposure,  the  company,  a  portion  of 
the  12th  Army  Corps,  received  its  first  baptism  of  blood  at  Chan- 
cellorsville  in  May,  1863,  where  it  was  directly  in  front  of  Stone- 
wall Jackson,  at  the  end  of  the  second  day.  The  next  morning 
the  Union  line  was  assaulted  with  terrific  force  by  superior  numbers 
and  after  fearful  slaughter  compelled  to  fall  back,  Capt.  Badger 
and  his  second  lieutenant,  David  Palmer,  being  the  last  two  officers 
to  leave  the  line.  The  Company  lost  one  fourth  its  number  but 
saved  the  colors  of  the  regiment  which  they  afterward  bore  safely 
through  Gettysburg  and  many  terrible  battles. 

Captain  Badger  was  court-martialed  and  discharged  from  ser- 
vice in  Sept.,  1863,  for  presenting  charges  of  cowardice  against 
the  colonel  who  commanded  the  regiment  at  Chancellorsville.  These 
charges  were  afterward  fully  sustained  and  Captain  Badger,  by  a 
personal  interview  with  President  Lincoln,  obtained  his  honorable 
restoration  to  the  service  and  accepted  a  new  commission  as  cap- 
tain in  the  176th  Regt.,  N.  Y.  Vols.,  then  at  New  Orleans,  where 
he  joined  it  in  Dec,  1863.  Captain  Badger  served  with  his  com- 
pany in  the  Red  River  Campaign  under  General  Banks  and  par- 
ticipated in  the  battles  of  Alexandria,  Pleasant  Hill,  and  Mansura. 
In  the  fall  of  1864  he  returned  with  his  regiment  to  Virginia  in 
time /to  help  save  Washington  from  Early's  raid  and  to  take  an 
active  part  in  Sheridan's  campaign  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley.  Af- 
ter this  he  was  detailed  on  the  staff  of  Major  General  Emory  as 
judge  advocate  general  of  the  19th  Army  Corps,  which  position 
he  held  till  the  Corps  was  disbanded  in  Apr.,  1865.  He  conducted 
many  trials  by  court-martial  near  Winchester,  Va.  He  then  re- 
joined his  regiment  and  went  with  it,  by  sea,  to  Savannah,  Ga., 
where  in  May  it  was  distributed  in  small  garrisons  through  several 
counties  in  the  heart  of  the  State.  Capt.  Badger  was  a  provost 
marshal  of  Jefferson  Co.,  for  three  months  and  administered  the 


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oath  of  renewed  allegiance  to  most  of  its  citizens  and  maintained 
such  a  degree  of  order  that  the  leading  citizens  petitioned  the 
department  to  have  him  retained  there.  He  was  transferred  to 
Macon  in  Oct.  and  afterward  to  Americus,  Sumter  Co.,  Ga., 
where  he  had  charge  of  the  Andersonville  ground  and  the  cemetery 
of  13,000  graves. 

At  Macon  he  was  judge  advocate  during  the  winter  of  1865- 
66  and  conducted  a  military  commission  there,  before  which  was 
held  many  prominent  trials.  After  having  been  mentioned  for 
promotion  a  number  of  times  during  his  years  of  service  Captain 
Badger  was  promoted  to  be  lieutenant  colonel  of  his  regiment  in 
Nov.,  1865,  "  for  long,  faithful  and  meritorious  services  of  a  high 
character."  He  was  mustered  out  with  his  regiment,  the  very  last 
of  the  New  York  regiments  to  return  from  the  field,  in  Nov., 
1865.  He  contributed  many  news  articles  to  the  New  York  papers, 
chiefly  to  the  Tribune,  during  his  service  as  captain.  After  his 
return  to  New  York,  he  reopened  his  law  office  at  178  Broadway 
and  continued  in  practice  until  his  death.  He  was  stricken  with 
heart  disease  at  the  corner  of  Eighty-fifth  Street  and  the  Boule- 
vard and  d.  in  a  few  minutes,  Dec.  14,  1898,  without  issue.  At  his 
expressed  desire  Colonel  Badger's  body  was  cremated  and  his  ashes 
interred  in  Kensico  cemetery,  New  Jersey. 

1346  WILLIAM  WHITTLESEY  FROST  (Almira,  Samuel, 
Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Bloomfield,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  16, 
1825 ;  m.  Nov.  20,  1883,  Effie  Belle  Clayton,  b.  Apr.  26,  1863. 
He  was  a  wealthy  farmer,  living  in  1906  at  Verdi,  Kan.,  having  been 
for  several  years  totally  blind. 
Child: 
2808     Mary  Esther  Frost,  b.  Sept.  30,  1884. 

1351  MARY  A.  FROST  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  Pierpont, 
Ohio,  Feb.  14,  1839;  m.  May  1,  1856,  Adrastus  Newell,  b.  in 
Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  25,  1831,  son  of  Origin  and  Sarah 
(Baker)  Newell  of  Houndsfield,  Jefferson  Co.  Mr.  Newell  was 
commissary  sergeant  of  Co.  A,  1st  Wis.  Cav.  during  the  last 
year  of  the  Rebellion.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Glasco,  Cloud  Co., 
Kan. 


WILLIAM   STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     619 


Children : 

2809  tMary  Alice  Newell,  b.  Feb.  2,  1857;   m.  Gilbert  Fuller. 

2810  tHelen  Ayres  Newell,  b.  Oct.  18,  1859;   m.  James  Pilcher. 

2811  Frances   Almira  Newell,  b.   Jan.   18,   1861;    m.   June   1, 

1885,  D.  F.  Sheffield,  b.  May  20,  1861 ;   a  farmer  at 
Glasco ;   no  issue. 

2812  t  Harriet  Hope  Newell,  b.  July  30,  1868;  m.  L.  Ellsworth 

Woodward. 

2813  Seth  P.  Newell,  b.  Jan.  5,  1870;    unm. 

1352  ELMIRA  FROST  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  Pierpont, 
July  11,  1841 ;  m.  at  Solomon,  Kan.,  Nov.  7,  1861,  Luther  Hall, 
b.  in  Sept.,  1838,  son  of  Joshua  and  Mary  (Ellsworth)  Hall  of 
Wrhitby,  Ontario,  Can. 

Luther  Hall,  M.D.,  was  a  graduate  of  Bellevue  Hospital  Medi- 
cal College,  N.  Y.  They  settled  at  Junction  City,  Kan.,  where  he 
practiced  his  profession  and  conducted  a  wholesale  drug  business. 
Removed  in  1875  to  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  and  in  1879  to  Pasadena, 
Cal.,  where  Dr.  Hall  d.  in  Mar.,  1880.  Mrs.  Hall  resides  in  Berke- 
ley, Cal. 

Children : 
2811     Bertie  Hall,  b.  Aug.  7,  1862  ;   d.  in  Apr.,  1863. 

2815  t  Mabel  Lorena  Hall,  b.  Jan.  9,  1861 ;  m.  John  W.  Forsyth. 

2816  Lilian  Ellsworth  Hall,  b.  Dec.  10,  1865;   unm. 

2817  Bertha  Luther  Hall,  b.  July  9,  1869;   unm.  (1902). 

2818  tGertrude  Hall,  b.  Dec.  18,  1873;  m.  Edmond  J.  Clinton. 

1356  MINTA  MARIA  STERLING  (Samuel,  Samuel,  Samuel, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William), b.  in  Honeoye  Falls,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  19, 1852 ; 
m.  May  7,  1873,  in  Lyons,  la.,  George  Washington  Ashton,  b.  in 
Argyle,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  12,  1816,  son  of  William  S.  Ashton.  As  a 
young  man  Mr.  Ashton  engaged  in  the  express  business,  first  in 
Racine,  Wis.,  later  at  Leavenworth,  Kan.  In  the  spring  of  1870 
he  removed  to  Lyons,  la.,  where  he  now  resides.  He  is  a  dry-goods 
merchant  in  Lyons. 
Children : 

2819  Jane  Lowell  Ashton,  b.  Feb.  11,  1871 ;   d.  Dec.  7,  1895. 

2820  George   Sterling  Ashton,  b.   Jan.    1,   1876;    m.   May   9, 

1900,  at  Lyons,  Blanche  Crapser. 

1360     LOWELL  ALLEN  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Honeoye  Falls,  June  29,  1857;    m.  Jan.  20,  1898,  Elizabeth 


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McKean  Barbot,  b.  in  N.  Y.  City,  Feb.  19,  1857,  dau.  of  Alphonse 
Barbot  (b.  in  New  Orleans  in  1824,  lieutenant  commander  of  the 
U.  S.  Navy)  and  Caroline  (McKean)  Barbot  (b.  in  Philadelphia, 

Penn.,  in  1826). 

Mr.  Sterling  went  to  Iowa  in  1869.  In  1878  he  went  to  work 
on  the  Mississippi  River.  He  became  captain  of  a  steamboat 
in  1883  and  a  year  later  bought  one  in  company  with  the  Lyons 
Lumber  Co.  In  1893  he  retired  from  the  river.  No  issue 
(1901). 

1361  AMELIA  WHITTLESEY  STANTON  (Mehitable,  Sam- 
uel, Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Lima,  N.  Y.,  July  16, 
1840 ;  m.  at  Marion,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  27,  1876,  Van  Rensselaer  Durfee, 
b.  in  Marion,  Nov.  19,  1829,  son  of  Benjamin  Bordon  and  Mary 
Ann  (Haslett)  Durfee;  Benjamin,  b.  in  Palmyra,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  19, 
1801 ;  Mary  Ann,  b.  in  Montgomery  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  16,  1805. 
Van  Rensselaer  had  m.  previously  in  Marion,  Mar.  28,  1855,  Jane 
E.  Hollister,  who  d.  July  25,  1873.  By  her  he  had  two  children, 
Charles  Fremont  and  Mary  Augusta.  Mr.  Durfee  moved  to 
Howell,  Mich.,  with  his  parents  when  about  twelve  years  old.  He 
was  a  partner  in  a  sash,  door,  and  blind  factory  at  Fenton,  Mich., 
and  later  owned  a  lumber  yard  there.  In  Oct.,  1887,  he  removed  to 
California  where  he  lived  on  a  fruit  ranch  at  Villa  Park,  Orange 
Co.,  until  his  death  Oct.  7,  1900.  Mrs.  Durfee  resides  (1907)  at 
Orange,  Cal. 

Children,  born  in  Fenton,  Mich. : 

2821  Stanton  Eugene  Durfee,  b.  June  16,  1878;    d.  Sept.  22, 

1882. 

2822  Ralph  Van  Rensselaer  Durfee,  b.  Apr.  20,  1882. 

2823  Mary  Harriet  Durfee,  b.  June  14,  1884. 

1363  ORVILLE  HERBERT  STANTON  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  Marion,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  14,  1849;  m.  1st,  Mar.  15, 
1884,  Algenia  A.  Howell,  b.  Aug.  18,  1856,  dau.  of  Zephinah 
Howell  of  Marion  and  Ann  Culver  of  Palmyra,  N.  Y.,  who  d.  in 
Alhambra,  Cal.,  Nov.  1,  1890;  m.  2d,  Dec.  24,  1891,  Lucy  M. 
Cook,  b.  Aug.  11,  1856,  dau.  of  Dr.  Eli  Cook  of  Mason,  Mich.,  and 
Olive  Humphryville  of  Delphi,  N.  Y. 

From  1870  to  1872  Mr.  Stanton  was  in  the  general  merchan- 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     621 

dise  business  at  Marion.  From  1873  to  1884  was  clerk  for  a  dry- 
goods  and  produce  firm  at  Lyons,  N.  Y.  In  the  spring  of  1884s 
he  formed  the  firm  of  Newman,  Stanton  &  Co.,  wholesale  woolens, 
shawls,  and  dress  goods,  located  at  148  and  150  Wabash  Avenue, 
Chicago,  111.  Two  years  after  he  sold  out  and  removed  to  Orange, 
Cal.,  purchasing  a  raisin  vineyard  which  he  sold  the  following 
year  and  moved  to  Alhambra,  Cal.,  where  he  did  a  real  estate  and 
insurance  business,  settling  eventually  in  Cucamonga,  Cal.,  where 
he  has  since  resided. 

Mr.  Stanton  is  an  extensive  grower  of  citrus  fruits  and  grapes. 
For  five  years  he  served  as  president  of  the  Cucamonga  Citrus 
Fruit  Growers'  Association,  resigning  in  Apr.,  1900,  and  has  since 
acted  as  secretary  and  manager.  The  Ontario-Cucamonga  Ex- 
change, of  which  his  Association  is  a  part,  handled  in  the  season  of 
1901  more  than  $1,000,000  worth  of  oranges  and  lemons. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

2824  Sterling  Stanton,  b.  Dec.  21,  1884;   d.  Jan.  22,  1891. 

2825  Robert  Howell  Stanton,  b.  Nov.  22,  1886 ;   d.  . 

2826  Donald  Eugene  Stanton,  b.  Feb.  18,  1888;    d.  June  21, 

1890. 

Child  by  second  marriage : 

2827  Henry  Orville  Stanton,  b.  Mar.  22,  1894. 

1365  CORALIN  IOLA  STERLING  (George,  Samuel,  Samuel, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  Aug.  7,  1839 ;  m.  Apr.  21,  1874,  Reu- 
ben Putnam  Tobey,  b.  at  Mendon  Center,  N.  Y.,  June  17,  1845,  son 
of  Zenas  Tobey,  and  Ruth  Mariah  (Putnam)  Tobey,  a  descendant 
of  Gen.  Israel  Putnam;  residents  of  Mendon.  Mr.  Tobey  is  a 
farmer  at  Mendon. 
Children : 

2828  Charles  Everett  Tobey,  b.  June  16,  1876;  unm,  (1902). 

2829  Arthur  Sterling  Tobey,  b.  Oct.  23,  1880;    unm. 

1370  CHARLES  WARD  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  June  7,  1856  ;  m.  1st,  May  4, 1877,  Nellie  Adell  Tuttle,  b.  Dec.  8, 
1857;  who  d.  May  16,  1898;   m.  2d,  Sept.  19,  1900,  Anna  Belle 

Gaaskjolen,  b.  Jan.  7,  1872,  dau.  of  and  Johwine  (Strste) 

Gaaskjolen  of  Blair,  Wis.  Mr.  Sterling  is  a  printer  in  Chicago, 
111. 


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Children  by  first  marriage: 

2830  Frank  Ward  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  5,  1881 ;   entered  Annapo- 

lis Naval  Academy,  Sept.  14,  1898,  and  graduated  in 
1902,  "  with  distinction,"  at  the  head  of  his  class 
of  sixty-eight  members. 

2831  Charles  Walter  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  3,  1886;    d.  Nov.  14, 

1888. 

2832  Mark  Percy  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  6,  1892 ;   d.  May  12,  1892. 

2833  Edna  May  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  12,  1894. 

1371  WILLIAM  ROSS  MAFFET  (Caroline  A.  Ross,  Elizabeth, 
Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  Mar.  29,  1817;  m.  1st,  Mar. 
18,  1847,  Martha  Washington  Adelia  West,  b.  Sept.  7,  1825,  dau. 
of  George  Gustavus  and  Martha  (Kessler)  West,  who  d.  Aug.  29, 
1864 ;  m.  2d,  Jan.  22,  1867,  Mrs.  S.  Anna  (Middleton)  Roberts. 
Mr.  MafFet  was  educated  as  a  civil  engineer  but  became  a  coal  oper- 
ator.   He  d.  June  14,  1890. 

Children  by  first  marriage  only : 

2834  tAnn  Eliza  MafFet,  b.  Jan.  2,  1848;  m.  Trustrim  Connell. 

2835  t  Rosalie  West  Maffet,  b.  Dec.  5,  1849;    m.  Latham  W. 

Jones. 
2835a  Martha  Adelia  Maffet,  b.  Mar.  22,  1852 ;    unm. ;    resides 
in  Wilkes-Bar  re,  Penn. 

2836  Ruth  Ross  Maffet,  b.  July  15,  1854 ;    m.  Feb.  20,  1879, 

Horace  See,  b.  at  Philadelphia,  Penn.,  July  16,  1835, 
son  of  Richard  Calhoun  and  Margaretta  (Hilyard) 
See.  Mr.  See  is  an  eminent  engineer,  having  been  at 
the  head  of  the  engineering  department  of  Cramp 
and  Sons,  shipbuilders,  Philadelphia,  for  19  years. 
He  has  designed,  superintended  the  construction  of, 
planned  the  remodeling  of  and  added  improvements 
to  the  engines  of  several  score  ocean-going  steamers, 
ranging  from  the  private  yacht  to  the  ocean  liner. 
He  also  planned  the  engines  of  the  U.  S.  cruisers 
Philadelphia  and  Newark,  the  gunboats  Yorktown, 
Concord,  and  Bennington  and  the  dynamite  cruiser 
Vesuvius.  He  was  also  a  factor  in  the  change  from 
wooden  to  iron  vessels.  Residence,  New  York  City. 
No  issue. 

2837  t  George  Gustavus  West  Maffet,  b.   June  10,   1850;    m. 

Lizzie  C.  Kable. 

2838  Adalaide  West  Maffet,  b.  July  1,  1858  ;  m.  Oct.  28,  1882, 

George  W.  Ramage. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     623 

2839  t Sarah  Covell  Maffet,  b.   May  27,  I860;    m.   Charles  J. 

Stevens. 

2840  t  William  Ross  Maffet,  b.  May  22,  1863;    m.  Xenia  E. 

Johnson. 

1372  ELIZA  ROSS  ATHERTON  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at 
Wyoming,  Penn.,  Mar.  10,  1831 ;  m.  at  Wilkes-Barre,  Penn.,  Jan. 
19,  1853,  Charles  Abbott  Miner,  b.  at  Plains,  Wyoming  Valley, 
Penn.,  Aug.  30,  1830,  son  of  Robert  Miner,  b.  Aug.  17,  1805 ;  m. 
Jan.  3,  1826,  Eliza  Abbott  (b.  Oct.  22,  1806,  d.  Aug.  18,  1846), 
and  d.  Dec.  9, 1842.  Robert  was  son  of  Asher  Miner,  who  m.  Mary, 
dau.  of  Thomas  Wright,  and  a  descendant  of  Thomas  Miner 
(1608-30)  of  Stonington,  Conn.  (See  Hist,  of  Stonington,  Conn., 
R.  A.  W7heeler,  1900.) 

The  Hon.  Charles  A.  Miner  represented  the  city  of  Wilkes- 
Barre  in  the  State  Legislature  for  two  terms ;  was  a  member  of  the 
city  council  for  a  number  of  years,  part  of  the  time  its  president ; 
has  been  president  of  the  Wilkes-Barre  City  Hospital ;  eleven  years 
president  of  the  W7ilkes-Barre  Academy  ;  twenty-one  years  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Wyoming  National  Bank  and  in  1901  its  vice-president; 
was  honorary  commissioner  of  Pennsylvania  at  the  Exposition  at 
Vienna  in  1873,  and  delegate  to  the  National  Republican  Conven- 
tion in  1900.  He  is  president  of  the  Miner-Hillard  Milling  Com- 
pany, a  trustee  of  the  Wyoming  Historical  and  Geological  Society, 
and  a  warden  of  St.  Stephen's  Protestant  Episcopal  church.  The 
principal  mill  of  the  Miner-Hillard  Milling  Company  is  built  upon 
the  foundation  of  the  original  mill  built  by  Thomas  Wright  (Mr. 
Miner's  great-grandfather)  in  1795.  This  mill  was  run  succes- 
sively by  his  son-in-law,  Asher  Miner,  his  grandson  Robert,  his 
great-grandson,  Charles  A.,  and  his  great-great-grandson,  Asher 
Miner,  present  manager. 

Children : 

2841  Elizabeth  Miner,  b.  at  Plains,  Dec.  18,  1853;   unm. ;    liv- 

ing at  Wilkes-Barre. 

2842  Robert  Miner,  b.  at  Plains,  Oct.  31,  1855;    d.  Nov.  28, 

1856. 

2843  William  Ross  Miner,  b.  at  Wilkes-Barre,  July  30,  1858; 

d.  Aug.  28,  1867. 

2844  t Asher  Miner,  b.  Nov.  3  4,  I860;  m.  Hetty  McN.  Lonsdale. 

2845  Sidney  Roby  Miner,  b.  at  Wilkes-Barre,  July  28,  1864; 


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graduate,  A.B.  Harvard ;  attorney-at-law  in  Wilkes- 
Barre  ;  recording  secretary  of  the  Wyoming  Histor- 
ical and  Geological  Society ;    unm. 

2846  Charles  Howard  Miner,  b.  at  Wilkes-Barre,  July  5,  1868 ; 

unm. ;   living  at  Wilkes-Barre. 

1375  EDWARD  STERLING  LOOP  (Eliza  Ross,  Elizabeth, 
Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  at  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  11, 
1823;  m.  1st,  Cornelia  French,  2d,  Harriet  Lander.  Mr.  Loop 
was  for  a  long  period  cashier  of  the  Wyoming  National  Bank  at 
Wilkes-Barre,  Penn. ;  now  retired. 
Child  by  first  marriage: 

2847  Estelle  Loop,  m.  Charles  F.  Larrabee. 

1377  SARAH  ELIZA  LOOP  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at  Elmira, 
Sept.  30,  1834 ;  m.  Sept.  30,  1858,  Sidney  B.  Roby,  a  merchant 
of  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Children : 

2848  Margaret  Breese  Roby,  b.  Oct.  31,  1864;    m.  in  1885, 

Wendell  J.   Curtis. 

2849  Samuel  Sidney  Breese  Roby,  b.  Mar.  10,  1866. 

2850  William  Sterling  Roby,  b.   July  2,   1868.      Samuel   and 

William  are  hardware  merchants  in  Rochester. 

2851  Joseph  Roby,  b.  Aug.  19,  1871 ;   a  physician. 

2852  Catharine  Graves  Roby,  b.  Sept.  11,  1874. 

1378  DANIEL  LEACH  STERLING  (John,  James,  Samuel, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Lima,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  5,  1823; 
m.  at  Ossian,  Allegany  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  26,  1849,  Fidelia  Annie 
Fort,  b.  Nov.  11,  1831,  at  Smithfield,  Madison  Co.,  N.  Y.,  dau. 
of  John  and  Annie  (Bump)  Fort  (John,  b.  Sept.  29,  1805;  m. 
Jan.  5,  1836,  Annie  Bump,  b.  Mar.  25,  1808). 

Mr.  Sterling  removed  in  1855  to  Lowell,  Kent  Co.,  Mich., 
where  he  has  since  resided.  He  enlisted  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  in 
the  Engineering  Corps,  Dec.  19,  1863,  as  a  member  of  Co.  D,  1st 
Regt.,  Mich.  Vol.  Was  with  Sherman's  army  in  the  great  raid 
"  from  Atlanta  to  the  Sea,"  discharged  from  service  at  Nash- 
ville, Sept.  22,  1865.  Mr.  Sterling  has  been  a  farmer,  although 
for  forty  years  he  has  held  a  local  preacher's  license  in  the  M.  E. 
church  and  has  been  offered  charges  under  the  presiding  elder  of 
his  district.    Mrs.  Sterling  d.  Dec.  12,  1887. 


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Children : 

2853  tEllen  Lucretia  Sterling,  b.  May  31,  1850;    m.  Lewis  H. 

Merriman. 

2854  tMary  Elizabeth  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  18,  1852;   m.  Thomas 

Stowe. 

2855  t  Wellington  D.  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  6,  1857;    m.  Mary  C. 

Kiel. 

2856  Emily  Matilda  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  6,  1860;    m.  Apr.  30, 

1881,  David  P.  Merriman,  b.  Feb.  20,  1854,  son  of 
Chauncey  and  Susan  (Porter)  Merriman.  He  is  a 
collector  at  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  No  issue.  Have 
adopted  her  cousin  Chester  (No.  2871),  son  of 
Joseph  M.  Sterling,  also  a  dau.,  Bernice,  b.  Nov.  22, 
1888. 

2857  t  Milton  J.  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  21,  1866;    m.  Belle  Bower- 

sox. 

1379  CHESTER  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  at 
Northeast,  Penn.,  Aug.  11,  1826;  m.  1st,  at  Nottawa,  St.  Joseph 
Co.,  Mich.,  Apr.  3,  1856,  Jane  M.  McKee,  b.  in  1833,  dau.  of  Sam- 
uel and  Mary  (Woods)  McKee,  of  Centerville,  Mich.  She  d.  July 
2,  1858.  Chester  m.  2d,  at  Constantine,  Mich.,  Mar.  21,  1861, 
Mary  Elizabeth  Murdock,  b.  in  Milton,  Penn.,  Mar.  4,  1836,  dau. 
of  Robert  and  Sarah  (Housel)  Murdock  of  Milton. 

Mr.  Sterling  lived  at  Three  Rivers,  Mich.,  upon  the  farm  left 
him  by  his  uncle  Joseph.  In  1892  he  removed  to  Escondido,  San 
Diego  Co.,  Cal.,  where  he  d.  Oct.  23,  1901. 

Children,  born  in  Three  Rivers,  by  first  marriage : 

2858  Jennie  M.  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  25,  1858 ;   d.  at  Three  Rivers, 

unm.,  Dec.  1,  1885. 

By  second  marriage: 

2859  t  Myron  J.  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  9,  1862;   m.  Laura  Bowersox. 

2860  Minnie  M.  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  9,  1865  ;  unm. 

2861  Emily  L.  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  25,  1868;    d.  at  Escondido, 

June  10,  1894. 

2862  John  C.  Sterling,  b.  Apr.   30,  1871;    d.  at  Escondido, 

Aug.  23,  1893. 

2863  May  E.  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  30,  1877 ;    d.  at  Three  Rivers, 

Dec.  15,  1884. 

2864  Etta  S.  Sterling,  b.  May  5,  1879 ;   d.  at  Escondido,  May 

28,  1893. 


626  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


1380  THE  REV.  JAMES  GORDON  STERLING  (brother 
of  the  above),  b.  at  Northeast,  Penn.,  Sept.  13,  1829;  m.  at 
Springwater,  N.  Y.,  Lucy  M.  Johnson,  b.  June  8,  1836.  Soon 
after  marrying  Mr.  Sterling  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  later  changed  to  the  Christian  denomination. 
At  the  time  of  his  death  and  for  some  years  previous  he  was  a 
minister  in  the  Seventh  Day  Adventist  Church.  He  lived  at 
Springwater,  N.  Y.,  until  1865,  when  he  removed  with  his  family 
to  Watson,  Allegan  Co.,  Mich.,  where  he  remained  four  years, 
when  he  again  removed  to  Otsego,  Mich.,  where  he  d.  in  the  winter 
of  1872.  Mrs.  Sterling  d.  Oct.  10,  1890-91. 
Children : 

2865  t  Emily  Jane  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  22,  1859 ;  m.  John  B.  Buck. 

2866  tHarvey  E.  Sterling,  b.  in  Feb.,  1860;   m.  Ellen  Markillis. 

2867  t  Harriet  E.    Sterling,   b.    Nov.    3,   1862;    m.   George  L. 

Hadden. 

2868  tAltha  Orletta  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  11,  1865;   m.  Thomas  O. 

Lewis. 

2869  Ellen  G.  Sterling,  b.  in  Watson,  Mich.,  in  Sept.,  1868; 

unm. ;  address  unknown.  She  is  a  musician  and  is 
believed  to  be  connected  with  the  theatrical  pro- 
fession. 

1381  JOSEPH  MARCUS  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  at  London,  Monroe  Co.,  Mich.,  Aug.  19,  1831 ;  m.  1st, 
June  1,  1874,  Mrs.  Sophia  Green,  b.  in  Pennsylvania,  May  22, 
1841 ;  dau.  of  Alexis  and  Elizabeth  (Jones)  Day  of  Lowell,  Mich., 
and  widow  of  Dr.  Chauncey  Green  of  Birmingham,  Ohio ;  who  d. 
in  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  Apr.  15,  1885 ;  m.  2d,  Mrs.  Almira  (Kelly) 
Gibson,  May  15,  1886,  widow  of  Josiah  Gibson  (who  d.  in  1882). 

Mr.  Sterling  resided  at  Odessa,  Ionia  Co.,  Mich.,  for  some  time. 
After  his  second  marriage  he  lived  at  Lowell,  Mich.,  until  1896, 
when  he  removed  to  Cocoanut  Grove,  Dade  Co.,  Fla.,  his  present 
residence.     He  is  a  farmer. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

2870  Herschel  Day  Sterling,  b.  at  Odessa,  Mich.,  Aug.  9,  1877 : 
m.  at  Mobile,  Ala.,  Dec.  18,  1900,  Bessie  Norwood 
Hazard,  b.  in  Paris,  Texas,  Mar.  21,  1882,  dau.  of 
Oliver  Hazard,  a  native  of  New  York,  and  Nellie  Nor- 
wood.    Residence,   Bessemer,  Ala. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     627 


2871  Chester  Augustus  Sterling,  b.  in  Odessa,  July  7,  1883; 

adopted  by  his  cousin,  Mrs.  Emily  Merriman  (No. 
2856)  ;    assumed  the  name  Merriman. 

1386  LUCY  JANE  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in 
London,  Mich.,  Sept.  30,  1837 ;  m.  at  Fallsburg,  Mich.,  Aug.  4, 
1866,  Lemi  B.  Bartholomew,  b.  July  26,  1831.  Mr.  Bartholomew 
was  a  farmer  at  Evart,  Osceola  Co.,  Mich.,  where  Mrs.  Lucy  Bar- 
tholomew d.  Jan.  7,  1901. 
Children : 

2872  tArtemas  D.   Bartholomew,  b.  Apr.   17,  1868;    m.   Cora 

E.  Fellows. 

2873  tEsli  H.  Bartholomew,  b.  Oct.  11,  1871;    m.  Nettie  A. 

Speaker. 

2874  t Emily  E.   Bartholomew,  b.  Mar.   19,  1874;    m.   Albert 

McLauchlin. 

2875  John   C.   Bartholomew,  b.   Mar.   9,   1877;    d.   in   Sept., 

1877. 

2876  Marcus  L.  Bartholomew,  b.  Mar.  10,  1879 ;  unm.  (1901)  ; 

a  farmer  at  Evart. 

2877  Clarence  C.  Bartholomew,  b.  July  7,  1880;  unm.  (1901)  ; 

a  surveyor. 

1389  JAMES  STUART  STERLING  (James,  James,  Samuel, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Lima,  N.  Y.,  May  2,  1822 ;  m.  Apr. 
30,  1846,  at  Rockford,  111.,  Juliette  Cecelia  Pennock,  b.  in  Cale- 
donia, N.  Y.,  Oct.  19,  1825,  dau.  of  Russel  and  Fannie  (Holmes) 
Pennock. 

Mr.  Sterling  took  to  the  sea  until  he  was  twenty-two.  Resided 
in  early  life  for  short  periods  in  Ohio,  Michigan,  Illinois,  and  Cali- 
fornia, going  to  the  latter  state  in  1851  during  the  "  gold 
fever."  Took  up  his  residence  in  Benton  Co.,  la.,  in  1856,  where 
he  still  resides  at  Blairstown ;  a  farmer.  Mrs.  Sterling  d.  Sept.  2, 
1884. 

Children : 

2878  George  Justin  Sterling,  b.  Apr.  29,  1847  ;  d.  at  Rockford, 

111.,  Apr.  21,  1858. 

2879  t  Carrie  Fanny  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  11,  1855;    m.  James  D. 

Shuck. 

2880  tFrank  Pennock  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  25,  1862;    m.  Emma 

Frantz. 


628  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


1390  CAROLINE  A.  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Lima,  Sept.  1,  1825 ;  m.  Aug.  5,  1847,  Stephen  Henry  Benedict 
of  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  b.  Feb.  4,  1826,  son  of  Levi  and  Alice  (Greg- 
ory) Benedict  of  Danbury,  Conn.  Mr.  Benedict  was  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  fine  furs  and  fur  garments  all  his  life,  suc- 
ceeding his  father,  who,  under  the  firm  name  of  "  L.  Benedict," 
engaged  in  business  in  Schenectady  from  1815  to  1846.  The  vari- 
ous changes  in  the  firm  since  its  transfer  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  in 
1846,  are  as  follows:  "  L.  Benedict  and  Son,"  1846-67;  "  S.  H. 
Benedict  and  Co.,"  1867-71 ;  "  Benedict,  Ruedy  and  Perkins," 
1871-77;  "Benedict  and  Ruedy,"  1877-97;  "  The  Ruedy  Co.," 
1897-1900.  Mr.  Benedict's  son  succeeds  him  in  the  present  firm 
of  "  Benedict  and  Mueller." 
Children : 

2881  Levi  Benedict,  b.  Sept.  24,  1853 ;  d.  Nov.  24,  1859. 

2882  t  Harriet  Wright  Benedict,  b.  Sept.  1,  1855;    m.  Charles 

C.  Paine. 

2883  t  George  W.  Benedict,  b.  Feb.  24,  1862;   m.  Minette  Sey- 

mour. 

2884  Henry  E.  Benedict,  b.  Oct.  20,  1869;   d.  July  7,  1870. 

1393  HENRY  H.  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Lima,  Mar.  9,  1840;  m.  Mar.  25,  1863,  Sarah  Crooker,  b.  Jan. 
26,  1843,  at  Bristol  Center,  N.  Y.,  dau.  of  Jonathan  and  Jane 
(Cater)  Crooker  of  Farmington,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Sterling  is  a  farmer 
at  Milaca,  Millelacs  Co.,  Minn.  Sarah  Sterling  d.  in  Kansas, 
Mar.  26,  1880.  Henry  m.  2d,  June  27,  1900,  Mrs.  Tirrie  (Crow) 
Bishop,  b.  in  Waverly,  Ohio,  May  8,  1847,  dau.  of  John  and 
Marie  C.  (Smith)  Crow  of  Waverly,  and  widow  of  Martin  Bishop. 

Children : 

2885  t  Carrie  W.  Sterling,  b.  May  29,  1864;  m.  Jacob  Sanders. 

2886  tAnna  M.  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  13,  1867;   m.  Jasper  Malison. 

2887  t  Delia  G.  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  12,  1870;    m.  William  Yerkes. 

2888  Charles  H.  Sterling,  b.  June  16,  1876 ;   m.  Peck. 

2889  Tirrie  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  5,  1878 ;  m.  Charles  McGintis. 

1394  MARY  STERLING  (Samuel,  James,  Samuel,  Joseph, 
Daniel,  William),  b.  Dec.  22,  1829;  m.  in  Geneva,  111.,  Nov.  18, 
1849,  Dr.  Samuel  Ewers,  b.  in  Winchester,  Mass.,  Sept.  7,  1816, 
son  of  Samuel  Ewers,  Sr.,  of  Scotch  descent,  b.  Feb.  6,  1784,  d. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     629 

Dec.  17,  1820,  who  m.  May  30,  1805,  Dolly  Wilder,  b.  May  18, 
1T88,  who  d.  Feb.  15,  1858. 

Dr.  Ewers  was  educated  at  the  Boston  Seminary.  After  com- 
pleting his  course  he  removed  to  Canada  and  from  there  to  Geneva, 
Kane  Co.,  111.,  where  he  practiced  as  a  physician  until  1864,  when 
he  again  removed  to  Minonk,  Woodford  Co.,  111.,  and  there  prac- 
ticed. In  1866  he  retired  from  professional  duties  and  entered 
the  lecture  field,  speaking  upon  astronomy.  In  1883  he  removed 
with  his  family  to  Diller,  Jefferson  Co.,  Neb.,  where  he  d.  Dec.  21, 
1888.     Mrs.  Mary  Ewers  resides  at  Diller  (1902). 

Children : 

2890  t  Isabella  Caroline  Ewers,  b.  Sept.  14,  1852;  m.  Louis  P. 

Raymond. 

2891  Bertha  May  Ewers,  b.  June  16,  1856 ;  d.  Aug.  31,  1887. 

2892  t  Charles   Adelbert  Ewers,   b.    May   27,    1868;    m.    Edith 

Conery. 

1395  LUCY  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Ply- 
mouth, Wayne  Co.,  Mich.,  May  1,  1831 ;  m.  in  Geneva,  111.,  Apr. 
25,  1852,  John  B.  Moore,  b.  in  College  Hill,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y., 
July  26,  1815,  son  of  Shubel  and  Betsy  (Watson)  Moore. 

Mr.  Moore  m.  1st,  at  College  Hill,  Sophia  Todd,  b.  there  May 
6,  1819;  d.  in  Grundy  Co.,  111.,  Nov.  25,  1851.  By  her  he  had 
two  children,  Albert  B.,  b.  Dec.  26,  1839,  m.  Feb.  15,  1866,  Matty 
Hanna ;  and  Adelaide  A.,  b.  Sept.  6,  1841,  m.  Dec.  8,  1863,  Andrew 
Schofield. 

In  1844  Mr.  Moore  went  to  Illinois  by  way  of  the  Erie  canal 
to  Buffalo,  and  on  the  Great  Lakes  to  Chicago.  Moving  on  West, 
he  settled  in  Grundy  Co.,  111.,  and  there  entered  one  hundred  and 
forty  acres  of  land  which  he  commenced  to  improve.  As  his*  means 
increased  he  bought  more  land  and  at  one  time  owned  one  thousand 
acres,  comprising  the  farm  on  which  he  lived.  After  the  death  of 
Mrs.  Moore's  father,  Samuel  Sterling,  his  farm  was  purchased  by 
Mr.  Moore,  who  subsequently  added  three  adjoining  farms,  making 
one  of  about  seven  hundred  acres. 

Mr.  Moore  was  one  of  the  prime  movers  in  the  establishment  of 
the  butter  factory  at  Geneva,  and  also  the  one  at  St.  Charles,  111. 
He  later  purchased  the  Geneva  factory,  but  soon  made  it  co-opera- 
tive.   He  d.  at  Geneva,  Oct.  9,  1900. 


G30  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Children : 

2893  Sterling  Moore,  b.  Aug.  4,  1853;   d.  Dec.  23,  1853. 

2894  George  Lathrop  Moore,  b.  Sept.  27,  1854;    d.  Mar.  3, 

1867. 

2895  tShubel  Moore,  b.  June  22,  1856;   m.  Hannah  Tresige. 

2896  t  Arabella  Moore,  b.  Apr.  24,  1857;   m.  Heiko  Feldkamp. 

2897  tFrederick  Moore,  b.  Jan.  5,  1859;    m.  1st,  Ella  Fellows, 

2d,  Caroline  Hartman. 

2898  t  Maria  T.  Moore,  b.  Apr.  30,  1863;   m.  Harry  Fellows. 

2899  t  Delia  S.  Moore,  b.  Mar.  14,  1865;  m.  John  C.  Strader. 

2900  Emery  H.  Moore,  b.  May  18,  1870;   unm.  (1901). 

2901  tJohn  S.  Moore,  b.  Feb.  22,  1873;   m.  Nellie  M.  Lawrence. 

1396  JULIA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Gen- 
eva, 111.,  Mar.  10,  1840;  m.  there  May  1,  1867,  Stephen  L.  Taylor, 
b.  in  Vermont,  Dec.  21,  1842;  son  of  Reuben  L.  and  Morilla  E. 
(Upham)  Taylor  of  Vermont. 

Mr.  Taylor  served  in  the  Union  army  in  1861-62,  but  was  com- 
pelled by  poor  health  to  leave  the  service.  He  graduated  from  the 
University  of  Michigan  and  entered  journalism.  At  the  time  of 
his  marriage  he  was  associate  editor  of  the  Western  Rural  in 
Chicago,  residing  during  that  time  at  Elmhurst,  111.  Later  he 
removed  to  Geneva,  111.,  where  he  purchased  the  Geneva  Repub- 
lican and  later  founded  the  St.  Charles  Transcript.  Finding  the 
field  in  these  smaller  towns  somewhat  limited  he  removed  with  his 
family  in  1871  to  Elgin,  111.,  where  he  commenced  the  publication  of 
The  Elgin  Advocate,  which  he  owned  and  operated  until  the  time 
of  his  death,  Nov.  16,  1880.  Mrs.  Julia  Taylor  lives  with  her  son 
at  Elgin. 

Children : 

2902  tLucien  S.  Taylor,  b.  July  22,  1868;   m.  Bessie  E.  Farrel. 

2903  Morilla  Taylor,  b.  in  Elgin,  111.,  Mar.  10,  1872  ;  a  student 

at  Ann  Arbor  University,  Mich. ;  d.  Apr.  8,  1898. 

1397  JAMES  LORD  STERLING  (Lord,  James,  Samuel,  Jo- 
seph, Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Willoughby,  Lake  Co.,  Ohio,  Apr. 
2,  1838;  m.  at  Ashland,  Ohio,  Apr.  12,  1864,  Longastus  Marian 
Ruth,  b.  at  Ashland,  Jan.  8,  1838,  dau.  of  Henry  D.  and  Rachel 
Ruth. 

After  receiving  a  common  school  education,  Mr.  Sterling  served 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     631 


an  apprenticeship  as  a  civil  engineer.  He  was  engaged  with  a 
corps  surveying  the  N.  Y.,  P.  &  0.  Railroad  during  its  construction 
from  Salamanca  to  Mansfield  and  from  Brocton,  N.  Y.,  to  Oil  City, 
Penn.  He  also  surveyed  the  Cleveland,  Lorain  &  Wheeling  Rail- 
road. With  both  of  these  Mr.  Sterling's  uncle,  Dr.  W.  S.  Streator, 
was  intimately  connected.  The  thriving  village  of  Sterling,  Wayne 
Co.,  Ohio,  at  the  junction  of  the  N.  Y.,  P.  &  O.  and  the  C,  L.  &  W. 
railroads  was  named  after  him. 

In  1870  Mr.  Sterling  removed  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  during 
the  greater  part  of  the  time  since  then  has  been  engaged  as  a 
paving  contractor.  In  Cleveland  he  has  paved  some  of  its  finest 
thoroughfares.  He  has  also  laid  pavements  in  Columbus,  Toledo, 
and  Fremont,  Ohio,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  and  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

In  1878  Mr.  Sterling  went  to  Pueblo,  Colo.,  and  from  there  to 
Arkansas  City,  where  he  made  the  plans  and  built  one  of  the  larg- 
est filtering  wells  in  the  country.  He  then  went  to  Toras  Co., 
N.  Mex.,  and  returned  after  three  years  to  Cleveland  where, 
in  partnership  with  his  son,  he  continued  in  business  as  a  paving 
contractor  for  a  number  of  years  until  his  removal  to  Missouri, 
where  he  engaged  in  zinc  and  lead  mining.  In  1901  he  removed  to 
Springfield,  Mo.,  to  resume  the  business  of  general  contracting. 

Child: 

2904  t  Harry  Locke  Sterling,  b.  July  30,  1868;   m.  Florence  A. 

Livingston. 

1398  MARY  E.  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  June, 
1842;  m.  Steele,  who  d.  Feb.  8,  1889.  She  showed  de- 
cided musical  talent  at  an  early  age;  has  been  a  church  organ 
player  in  Painesville  and  Cleveland,  Ohio,  for  over  forty  years. 
Resides  at  Glenville,  Ohio    (1902). 

Child: 

2905  Albertus    H.    Steele,   b.    in    Painesville,    Ohio,    in    Sept., 

1871;    m. 

1399  WILLIAM  A.  BRISTOL  (Lucy,  James,  Samuel,  Joseph, 
Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Lima,  N.  Y.,  July  31,  1830;  m.  Nov. 
11,  1856,  Clarissa  I.  Daniels,  b.  May  31,  1829,  dau.  of  John  and 
Julia   (Clark)   Daniels   of  Southfield,  Mich.     John  Daniels  b.  in 


632  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


Rutland,  Vt. ;  Julia  b.  in  Connecticut;  m.  in  Lima  in  1824; 
moved  to  Michigan.     He  d.  Sept.  4,  1855 ;   she  d.  in  1894. 

Mr.  Bristol  has  been  a  farmer  in  Franklin,  Oakland  Co.,  Mich. 
Has  held  a  number  of  town  offices. 

Child: 

2906  tEzra  C.  Bristol,  b.  Mar.  13,  1865 ;  m.  Adelaide  Bingham. 

1400  JAMES  STERLING  BRISTOL  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Lima,  Aug.  22,  1832;  m.  in  Troy,  Mich.,  Sept.  1,  1858, 
Julia  Stone,  b.  Dec.  8,  1831,  dau.  of  William  G.  and  Harriet 
(Morris)  Stone.  She  d.  July  14,  1880;  he  m.  2d,  Apr.  6,  1881, 
Sarah  A.  (Wells)  Covert,  widow  of  Augustus  Covert. 

Mr.  Bristol  is  a  farmer  at  St.  John's,  Clinton  Co.,  Mich. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

2907  Edward  Burton  Bristol,  b.  July  17,  1859;    d.  Sept.  26, 

1863. 

2908  t Eli  Morris  Bristol,  b.  Jan.  27,  1861 ;  m.  Lillian  Weather- 

head. 

2909  Jay  Sterling  Bristol,  b.  Feb.  5,  1863;   m.  Apr.  8,  1891, 

Clara  Murray ;  is  an  engineer  at  Midland  City,  Mich. 
No  issue. 

2910  Edward   Stone  Bristol,  b.   Oct.   21,  1871;    m.  June  24, 

1896,  Viola  May  Kittle;  have  Dorothea  Louisa,  b. 
Sept.  2,  1898.  Edward  is  a  druggist  at  Ypsilanti, 
Mich. 

1401  MELANCTON  B.  BRISTOL  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Lima,  July  11,  1834;  m.  in  Iowa,  Aug.  3,  1869,  Mary  J. 
Nesbitt,  b.  in  Wooster,  Ohio,  Mar.  11,  1848,  dau.  of  George  W. 
and  Mary  (Blackburn)  Nesbitt  of  Wooster,  Ohio,  formerly  Har- 
per's Ferry,  Md.  Melancton  enlisted  in  1863  in  the  4th  Iowa 
Cavalry  and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  settled  in  St. 
Louis  in  1879 ;  is  now  connected  with  the  "  Christian  Publishing 
Co."  of  St.  Louis.  Lives  in  Webster  Grove,  Mo.,  a  suburb. 
Children,  born  in  Oskaloosa,  la. : 

2912  George  S.  Bristol,  b.  Feb.  17,  1874;   d.  Nov.  11,  1900. 

2913  Harry  H.  Bristol,  b.  June  21,  1877;   telegraph  operator 

in  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

2914  A.  Eloise  Bristol,  b.  July  18,  1878. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     633 

1406  MARY  E.  MEAD  (Mabel,  James,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Dan- 
iel, William),  b.  in  Gorham,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  10,  1834;  m.  June  8, 
1857,  Dr.  Henry  Martyn  Lilly,  b.  in  Hamilton,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  4, 
1831,  son  of  Alvah  Lilly,  a  Presbyterian  minister,  and  Catharine 
(Headley)  Lilly  of  Whitewater,  Wis.  Catharine  Headley  was  a 
sister  of  the  Rev.  Joel  S.  and  Rev.  Phineas  C.  Headley,  writers  of 
numerous  works  on  religious,  historical,  and  biographical  subjects. 

Dr.  Lilly  served  four  years  in  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  the 
last  two  years  as  acting  assistant  surgeon  of  Volunteers  and  finally 
as  surgeon  in  chief  of  Missouri,  Arkansas,  and  Indian  Territory. 
In  1867  he  returned  home  with  impaired  health  and  d.  at  Fond  du 
Lac,  Wis.,  Nov.  8,  1870.  Mrs.  Mary  Lilly  lives  (1906)  in 
Beloit,  Wis. 

Children : 

2915  t  Charlotte  Lockwood  Lilly,  b.  May  11,  1858;   m.  Forrest 

A.  Marsh. 

2916  tEmma  Louise  Lilly,   b.    Mar.    28,   1860;    m.    John   N. 

Chamberlin. 

2917  Henry  Lilly,  b.  Feb.  25,  1865;   drowned  July  21,  1883, 

in  the  Neosho  River,  Kansas. 

1407  JAMES  MEAD  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Gorham, 
Apr.  30,  1836 ;  m.  Feb.  18, 1864,  Mary  Ann  Dickerson,  b.  Jan.  21, 
1842,  dau.  of  Selah  and  Lucy  Ann  (Holton)  Dickerson  of  Gor- 
ham. Selah  was  the  son  of  David,  who  early  came  from  Pennsyl- 
vania to  Gorham.  Selah  b.  in  Gorham,  Aug.  27,  1806;  d.  Sept. 
16,  1869;  m.  Lucy  A.  Holton,  b.  July  10,  1811,  d.  Feb.  1,  1888, 
dau.  of  Francis  Holton,  b.  June  9,  1781. 

Mr.  Mead  lives  on  the  farm  of  his  father.  Is  interested  in 
the  Gorham  Agricultural  Society,  having  been  its  vice-president 
a  number  of  years.  Has  served  several  terms  as  town  assessor  and 
has  been  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church  for  thirty  years. 
Address :    Stanley,  Ontario  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Children,  all  unm.  (1901): 

2918  William  M.  Mead,  b.  Dec.  29,  1865. 

2919  Lucy  I.  Mead,  b.  Nov.  7,  1870. 

2920  Jennie  L.  Mead,  b.  Oct.  16,  1874. 

2921  Mabel  Sterling  Mead,  b.  Nov.  15,  1877. 


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1408  LEWIS  MEAD  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Gorham, 
Feb.  8,  1838;  m.  Sept.  24,  1864,  Sarah  Marks,  b.  Nov.  2,  1844, 
dau.  of  Adam  and  Sarah  (Adriance)  Marks  of  N.  Y.  City.  Lewis 
removed  to  Kansas,  where  he  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  for 
about  ten  years.  He  was  then  elected  county  treasurer,  which 
office  he  held  two  terms.  Beside  owning  hotel  property,  Mr.  Mead 
is  president  of  the  Council  Grove  National  Bank.  Residence, 
Council  Grove,  Kan. 
Children : 

2922  t Elizabeth  A.  Mead,  b.  Mar.  4,  1867;   m.  Glenn  Miller. 

2923  Nellie  Mead,  m.  Howard  Hettinger. 

1415  ADELAIDE  STERLING  (Adoniram,  James,  Samuel, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Lima,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  5,  1840;  m. 
Sept.  24,  1869,  Henry  Dewey  Barnard,  b.  in  Mendon,  N.  Y.,  July 
5,  1842,  son  of  Ebenezer  Henry  and  Sophia  (Griswold)  Barnard, 
grandson  of  Judge  Timothy  and  Phebe  (Dewey)  Barnard.  He  is 
a  farmer  at  Pittsford,  N.  Y.     Mrs.  Barnard  d.  July  24,  1885. 

Children : 

2924  t  Sterling  Elwell  Barnard,  b.  Mar.  4,  1871;   m.  Mary  D. 

Stone. 

2925  Adelaide  Sophia  Barnard,  b.  in  Pittsford,  Nov.  28,  1875. 

1416  GEORGE  ADONIRAM  STERLING  {brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  Chester,  Ohio,  Feb.  18,  1845;  m.  in  Lima,  Sept.  20, 
1871,  Hannah  Duffield  Jenks,  b.  in  Lima,  Mar.  28,  1848,  dau.  of 
Eri  S.  and  Elizabeth  Snyder  (Egert)  Jenks  of  Lima.  Eri,  son  of 
Stephen  and  Clarissa  (Ballou)  Jenks,  b.  in  Smithfield,  R.  L, 
July  20,  1822 ;  m.  in  Lima,  Sept.  20,  1842,  Elizabeth,  b.  May  10, 
1817,  dau.  of  Philip  and  Hannah  (Duffield)  Egert  of  Trenton, 
N.  Y.    He  is  a  cab  driver  in  Batavia,  N.  Y. 

Children,  born  in  Lima: 

2926  George  Duffield  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  30,  1873;    d.  July  9, 

1880. 

2927  Roie  Franklin  Sterling,  b.  June  24,  1883. 

1417  JOHN  CLARK  STERLING  {brother  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Chester,  Mar.  8,  1847;  m.  in  Ripley,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  3,  1872, 
Elizabeth  Jane  Dawson,  b.  Nov.  10,  1851,  dau.  of  John  W.  and 
Emeline  (Ross)  Dawson.     John  was  son  of  Thomas,  a  native  of 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     635 


Ireland,  and  Emeline  the  dau.  of  Perrin  and  Hannah  (Utley) 
Ross,  natives  of  Connecticut,  who  came  to  western  Pennsylvania 
at  an  early  day.  The  father  of  Perrin  was  killed  in  the  Massacre 
of  Wyoming.     {See  No.  216.) 

After  his  marriage,  Mr.  Sterling  went  to  Minnesota  and,  Sept. 
1,  1873,  went  to  Owatonna  to  teach  in  the  graded  school.  Thence 
he  went  to  act  as  principal  of  a  newly  organized  independent  school 
at  Garden  City.  The  following  two  years  he  was  principal  of  the 
Pleasant  Grove  school  at  Mankato.  A  position  in  the  State 
Normal  school  was  offered  him  but  was  declined  in  favor  of  the 
superintendency  of  public  schools  at  St.  Peter.  This  position  he 
held  two  years,  when  he  went  into  the  retail  marble  business  in 
Mankato.  He  removed  to  Minneapolis,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
real  estate  business  in  which  he  has  since  continued. 

In  1887  Mr.  Sterling  was  elected  to  the  city  council  for  a  two- 
year  term.  His  fellow  members  chose  him  as  vice-president, 
and  upon  the  resignation  of  the  president  he  was  promoted  by  the 
council  to  fill  the  vacancy.  In  the  absence  of  the  mayor  Mr.  Ster- 
ling acted  in  that  capacity. 

Children : 

2928  Thayer  Dawson  Sterling,  b.  in  Garden  City,  Sept.  20, 

1874 ;    res.,  Minneapolis. 

2929  Ruth  Sterling,  b.   in  St.  Peter,  Minn.,  May  31,   1878; 

unm.  (1906)  ;   res.  Minneapolis. 

2930  John  Adoniram  Sterling,  b.  in  Minneapolis,  May  29,  1885. 

2931  Faith  Sterling,  b.  in  Minneapolis,  Mar.  15,  1887. 

1418  CHARLES  L.  STERLING  {brother  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Willoughby,  Ohio,  June  24,  1850;  m.  at  Richmond,  N.  Y., 
May  10,  1876,  Alice  M.  Reed,  b.  in  Richmond,  May  17,  1851,  dau. 
of  John  and  Charlotte  (Hoppough)  Reed.  John  b.  in  Richmond, 
Dec.  9,  1818,  d.  at  Gordon,  Neb.,  Aug.  9,  1886;  Charlotte  b.  in 
N.  J.,  Aug.  24,  1823,  d.  in  Richmond,  Mar.  10,  1901.  Mr.  Ster- 
ling is  a  farmer  at  Fairfield,  Jefferson  Co.,  la. 
Children,  born  in  Lima,  N.  Y. : 

2932  Charlotte  B.  Sterling,  b.  May  14, 1877  ;  m.  Jan.  12,  1898, 

Lester  P.  Stedman  of  Utica,  la. 

2933  J.  Reed  Sterling,  b.  June  14,  1879;    m.  Feb.  14,  1900, 

Lizzie  Pratt  of  Winchester,  la. 


636  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


1419  ANNA  HARRIET  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Willougby,  Nov.  8,  1852;  m.  in  Lima,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  24,  1878, 
Myron  Edwin  Hall,  b.  in  West  Bloomfield,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  21,  1851, 
son  of  Myron  S.  and  Harriet  (Wakelee)  Hall.  Mr.  Hall  is 
engaged  in  fruit  culture  at  Santa  Clara,  Cal. 

Children : 

2934  Anna  Gertrude  Hall,  b.  Feb.  9,  1882,  in  West  Bloom- 

field. 

2935  Helen  Amanda  Hall,  b.   July   3,   1884,  in  Deep   Creek 

Falls,  Wash. 

2936  Ada  Sterling  Hall,  b.  Oct.  6,  1886,  in  Saratoga,  Cal. 

1421  JAMES  STERLING  COGGESHALL  (Eliza  AtweU, 
Ruth,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  at  Pharsalia,  N.  Y., 
June  27,  1817,  m.  May  20,  1840,  Deidama  Rurey,  b.  Dec.  26, 
1824. 

Mr.  Coggeshall  was  a  physician  of  wide  and  honorable  re- 
pute. He  d.  at  Knoxville,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  20,  1873;  Mrs.  Cogge- 
shall d.  July  8,  1882. 

Children : 

2937  Eliza  Coggeshall,  b.  Feb.  8,  1841 ;    d.  Jan.  18,  1844. 

2938  t  Henry  James  Coggeshall,  b.  Apr.  28,  1845;    m.  Lillian 

A.  Terry. 

2939  William  Turner  Coggeshall,  b.    Sept.    20,   1854;    living 

in  N.  Y.  in  1902. 

1422  GEORGE  BENJAMIN  ATWELL  (James  Atwell,  Ruth, 
Samuel,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Pharsalia,  N.  Y.,  July 
4,  1817;  m.  in  Nov.,  1838,  Mary  Ann  Peck,  dau.  of  the  Rev. 
Luther  H.  Peck  and  Mary  Kenyon,  sister  of  Jonathan  Kenyon, 
who  m.  Sukey  Lord;  and  of  Asa  Kenyon,  who  m.  Eliza  Lord. 
(See  No.  476.) 

He  was  a  farmer  at  Martinsburg,  Lewis  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he 
d.  Sept.  7,  1900. 
Children : 

2940  George  Wesley  Atwell,  b.  in  Feb.  1840 ;   enlisted  in  Nov., 

1861,  in  Co.  H.,  8th  N.  Y.  Cavalry;    d.  in  army 
hospital   at  Manassas   Junction,   July   31,    1862. 

2941  Wilber  Atwell,  b.  in  1842;   d.  Aug.  3,  1844. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     637 

2942  Sophia  Jane  Atwell,  b.  in  Sept.  1845;    resides   (1901) 

at  Martinsburg. 

2943  tWilHam    James   Atwell,   b.    June   11,    1847;    m.    Nettie 

Brown. 

2944  tFrancis  Emory  Atwell,  b.  in  1852;   m.  Ella  F.  Taylor. 

2945  Anna  Maria  Atwell,  b.  in  1853 ;    m.  William  0.  La  Van- 

chard.     No  issue. 

2946  Elsie  C.  Atwell,  b.  in  Pharsalia,  Jan.  31,  1861 ;    resides 

(1901)  at  Martinsburg. 

1425  JOSEPH  ATWELL  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Phar- 
salia, Nov.  12,  1822;  m.  Apr.  14,  1853,  Mary  Beach,  b.  Jan. 
24,  1830,  dau.  of  Charles  Brewster  Beach  of  Barker,  N.  Y., 
of  the  Beach  family  of  Stratford,  Conn. 

Mr.  Atwell  removed  to  Jefferson  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in  1848,  and 
began  general  merchandising  at  Theresa,  continuing  until  1862, 
in  which  year  he  was  appointed  commissioner  of  public  accounts 
for  the  State  of  New  York  by  Gov.  E.  D.  Morgan,  removing 
in  1869  to  Watertown,  N.  Y.  He  served  as  supervisor  of  Theresa 
in  1860  and  was  deputy  collector  of  customs  at  Cape  Vincent  from 
1879  until  1887,  and  an  active  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  for  many  years.  He  d.  in  Watertown,  Dec.  5,  1892. 
Mrs.  Mary  Atwell  was  living  in  1901. 

Children : 

2947  t  Charles  Beach  Atwell,  b.  Apr.   11,  1855;    m.  Mary  J. 

Kellogg. 

2948  t  Joseph  Atwell,  b.  June  7,  1858;    m.  Lillian  D.  Bond. 

2949  t  William   Groo  Atwell,  b.   May   9,   1863;    m.   Mary  E. 

Peck. 

1426  FANNY  ELIZA  ATWELL  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at 
Guildford,  N.  Y.,  in  1827 ;  m.  in  1855  Ambrose  E.  Gorton.  She 
was  a  graduate  of  Cazenovia  (N.  Y.)  Seminary;  d.  at  Chitten- 
ango  in  1896. 

Child: 

2950  tFannie  Eva  Gorton,  b.  June  5,  1858;  m.  I.  B.  A.  Taylor. 

1427  JAMES  STERLING  ATWELL  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Pharsalia,  July  22,  1831;  m.  in  1856  Sophia  L.  Osborn. 
Mr.  Atwell  was  a  merchant  for  fifteen  years  in  Chittenango,  N.  Y. ; 


638  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


removed  to   Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  in  1872,  and  was  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  grocery  trade  there  until  his  death,  Apr.  24,  1888. 
Children,  born  in  Chittenango: 

2951  James  Atwell,  b.  Jan.  1,  1857;    m.  in  June,  1897. 

2952  tjohn  Atwell,  b.  Oct.  8,  1862;    m.  Mary  S.  Farrar. 

2953  Jeannette  Atwell,  b.  Aug.   4,   1870;    unm.   (1901);    re- 

corder in  the  county  clerk's   office,   Syracuse. 

1430  CYRUS  G.  WIDGER  (Mariam  Atwell,  Ruth,  Samuel, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  at  Preston,  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y., 
Dec.  18,  1826;  m.  1st,  at  Hector,  Schuyler  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Nov.  5, 
1856,  Lucy  Gibson,  who  d.  in  Aug.  1887;  m.  2d,  in  Apr.,  1888, 
Fanny  Adams,  a  native  of  Ireland.  Mr.  Widger  was  a  farmer 
at  Appleton,  Hortonville,  and  Black  Creek,  Wis.,  for  35  years. 
Retired  (1901)  and  living  at  Appleton,  Outagamie  Co. 

Child: 

2954  Frank  Widger,  b.  at  Appleton,  Aug.   20,  1857. 

1431  ALMEDA  ELIZA  WIDGER  (sister  of  the  above),  b. 
at  Preston,  Oct.  10,  1828;  m.  on  shipboard  in  Honolulu  Har- 
bor, Sandwich  Islands,  Mar.  13,  1857,  David  Howard  Hitchcock, 
b.  May  30,  1831,  son  of  Harvey  Rexford  and  Rebecca  (Howard) 
Hitchcock. 

Mr.  Hitchcock  was  an  attorney-at-law  in  Hawaii.  She  d.  at 
Hilo,  Hawaii,  Sandwich  Islands,  Oct.  30,  1895 ;  he  d.  there  Dec. 
12, 1899. 

Children : 

2955  tElla  Miriam  Hitchcock,  m.  Albert  B.  Loebenstein. 

2956  tCora  Etta  Hitchcock,  m.  Henry  S.  Townsend. 

2957  t  David  Howard  Hitchcock,  m.  Hester  Dickson. 

2958  Almeda  Eliza  Hitchcock,  m.  May  24,  1893,  Dr.  William 

Levi  Moore  of  Michigan.  She  graduated  as  a  law- 
yer from  Ann  Arbor  (Mich.)  University  in  1888; 
practiced  in  Hilo,  Hawaii;  d.  there  May  3,  1895. 
No  issue. 

2959  Charles  Henry  Wetmore  Hitchcock,  b.  Sept.  4,  1868;   m. 

May  16,  1901,  at  Hilo,  Margaret  Ann  Murphy  of 
Toledo,  Ohio,  b.  Jan.  28,  1870.  He  is  an  ac- 
countant at  Havana,  Cuba  (1906). 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     639 


1434  ELBERT  L.  WIDGER  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  at  South 
Otselic,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  21,  1843;  m.  Apr.  28,  1875,  at  Black  Creek, 
Wis.,  Kate  May  WiUiams,  b.  Nov.  20,  1856. 

Elbert  Wridger  enlisted  in  the  Union  Army;  was  confined  in 
the  Chestnut  Hill  Hospital  in  Philadelphia,  after  two  years'  ser- 
vice, for  eight  months  when  he  was  discharged  in  Apr.,  1865. 
He  was  a  farmer  at  Black  Creek  and  at  Little  River  (now  Lena), 
Wris. ;    d.  at  the  latter  place  Apr.  2,  1893. 

Children : 

2960  Marion  Almeda  W7idger,  b.  at  Black  Creek,  Apr.  27,  1877. 

2961  George  Elmer  Widger,  b.  at  Black  Creek,  May  20,  1878. 

2962  Cyril  Orville  Widger,  b.  at  Lena,  Feb.  10,  1881. 

2963  Van  Lora  Ottie  Widger,  b.  at  Lena,  Oct.  26,  1884. 

2964  Hazel  Elberta  Widger,  b.   at  Lena,  Sept.   9,  1888. 

1436  ALEXANDER  B.  ATWELL  (Daniel  Atwell,  Ruth,  Sam- 
uel, Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  m.  Mary  Bailey.  He  is  a  physician, 
living  in  1901  at  Visalia,  Cal. 

Children : 

2965  Henrietta  Atwell,  m.  John  T.   Brown,  dec'd. 

2966  Mary  Atwell,  m.  Theodore  Stone,  dec'd. 

2967  Emma  Atwell,  m.  W.  T.  Smith. 

2968  William  Atwell. 

2969  Clara  AtweU,  dec'd. 

1437  ALLEN  JEFFREY  ATWELL  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Pharsalia,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  16,  1836;  m.  Apr.  9,  1861,  Mary 
M.  Van  Epps. 

Mr.  Atwell  was  a  lawyer  at  Visalia,  Cal.  He  graduated  from 
Lawrence  University,  Wisconsin;  district  attorney,  1872;  mem- 
ber of  State  Assembly,  1882 ;   d.  at  Visalia,  Nov.  21,  1890. 

Children : 

2970  Mary  Atwell,  b.  Jan.  10,  1862;    m.  Feb.  25,  1883,  F. 

M.  Creighton. 

2971  Martha  Atwell,  b.  Sept.  1,  1863;    d.  Oct.  18,  1864. 

2972  Arthur  James  Atwell,  b.  Nov.   30,  1865. 

2973  Helen  M.  Atwell,  b.  Dec.  5,  1867 ;  m.  Apr.  3,  1887,  Guy 

Gilmer. 

2974  Washington   Irving  Atwell,   b.   June   27,    1872. 

2975  Charles  Clarence  Atwell,  b.  May  18,  1875. 


640  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


2976  Allen  Lee  Atwell,  b.  Nov.  2,  1877. 

2977  Paul  Francis  Atwell,  b.   Nov.   28,   1879. 

2978  Ethel  Pauline  Atwell,   b.    Sept.    1,    1881. 

2979  Lizzette  B.  Atwell,  b.  May  9,  1884. 

1441  SARAH  E.  SAGE  (Caroline  Atwell,  Ruth,  Samuel,  Jo- 
seph, Daniel,  William),  b.  Feb.  1,  1838;  m.  Nov.  11,  1862,  James 
E.  Garner,  b.  May  19,  1837,  son  of  Abram  and  Phoebe  (Brown) 
Garner  of  Mt.  Upton,  N.  Y. 

Mr.  Garner  was  a  farmer  at  South  New  Berlin,  N.  Y.     He  d. 
July  13,  1901. 
Only  child: 

2980  Mary  R.  Garner,  b.  Mar.  30,  1869;    m.  Oct.  5,  1893, 

Jared  A.  Bailey,  b.  Feb.  14,  1863;    a  carpenter  at 
South  New  Berlin.    No  issue. 

1442  JOSEPH  ERASTUS  SAGE  (brother  of  above),  b.  Dec. 
22,  1842 ;  m.  Jan.  18,  1865,  Delia  Isbell.  Mr.  Sage  is  a  grocery 
man  at  Wilkinsburg,  Penn. 

Child: 

2981  Caroline  H.  Sage,  b.  Dec.  20,  1868 ;    m.  Nov.  17,  1885, 

Isaac  Cole,  and  have  Fred,  b.  Dec.   16,  1889,  and 
Raymond,  b.  Feb.  3,  1898. 

1443  BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN  SAGE  (brother  of  above),  b. 
Mar.  17,  1847;  m.  Jan.  2,  1869,  Amanda  Bristol;  reside  at 
Wilkinsburg. 

Children : 

2984  William  Orville  Sage,  b.  Sept.  25,  1870;  m.  Apr.  1, 
1897,  Mary  Ellen  Bales.  Have  one  dau.,  Kath- 
arine Alice,  b.  Oct.  18,  1898. 

2986  Marion  Elizabeth  Sage,  b.  Aug.  13,  1874;  m.  Mar.  1, 
1900,  Edward  Scott. 

1444  JULIA  M.  PEIRCE  (Mary  Ann,  Lord,  Samuel,  Joseph, 
Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Pitcher,  Chenango  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  9,  1826 ; 
m.  Sept.  3,  1846,  Charles  L.  Mark,  b.  in  Fredonia,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  12, 
1822,  son  of  James  and  Lucy  (Woodcock)  Mark. 

He  was  a  merchant  in  Hamlet,  N.  Y.,  until  1860.  In  1861  the 
family  removed  to  Fredonia,  N.  Y.,  where  they  have  since  resided. 
During  the  winter  Mr.   and  Mrs.   Mark  live   at   Winter  Park, 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     641 

Fla.     Mr.   Mark  has  been  for  a  number  of  years  a  member  of 

the  local  board  in  charge  of  the  Fredonia  State  Normal  School. 

Child: 

2987  tEdward  Laurens  Mark,  b.  May  30,  1847;    m.  Lucy  T. 
King. 

1445  WILLIAM  PALMER  PEIRCE  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Villenova,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  25,  1830;  m.  Dec.  18,  1856,  Mary 
Helen  Florence  Rood,  dau.  of  Levi  H.  Rood  of  Sheridan,  111., 
who  d.  June  28,  1878,  without  issue;  m.  2d,  July  4,  1879,  Ella 
Anderson. 

Mr.  Peirce  was  graduated  from  the  University  of  the  City  of 
New  York  in  March,  1852,  immediately  after  which  he  began 
the  practice  of  medicine  in  Marshall  Co.,  Miss.,  where  he  remained 
until  the  spring  of  1856  when  he  returned  north  to  Lisbon, 
Kendall  Co.,  111.,  where  he  married.  On  the  breaking  out  of  the 
War  he  raised  a  volunteer  company  which  was  mustered  into 
service  as  Co.  D,  36th  Regt.,  111.  Vols.  After  eighteen  months 
service  as  captain  he  applied  in  the  winter  of  1862-63  for  exam- 
ination for  transfer  to  the  medical  staff,  in  which  he  received 
a  commission  in  Feb.,  1863,  as  surgeon  of  the  88th  111.  Vol.  Inft. 
As  such  he  served  until  the  close  of  the  war.  In  1868  he  settled 
at  Minooka,  111.  Was  a  member  of  the  lower  house  of  the  Illi- 
nois Legislature  of  1869  and  of  the  Constitutional  Convention  of 
1870,  as  a  delegate  from  Grundy  and  Will  counties,  in  which  latter 
body  he  had  the  honor  of  proposing  and  carrying  the  provision 
of  the  State  Constitution  limiting  the  capacity  of  counties,  cities, 
and  municipal  corporations  to  incur  indebtedness.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  State  of  Senate  of  1872,  after  which  he  removed  to 
Lamont,  111.,  and  resumed  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  re- 
moved again  to  Hoopeston,  111.,  in  the  spring  of  1880,  where  he 
has  since  resided.  Mr.  Peirce  was  one  term  mayor  of  the  city  of 
Hoopeston  and  four  years  president  of  the  Board  of  Medical 
Examiners  of  Eastern,  111.,  for  the  Pension  Department  of  the 
U.  S.,  also  president  and  treasurer  of  the  Cuban  Colonization  Co. 
Children  by  second  marriage: 

2988  William  Palmer  Peirce,  Jr.,  b.  June  26,  1880. 

2989  James  Garfield  Peirce,  b.   Sept.  12,  1881. 


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THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


2990  Gurdon  Lamartine  Peirce,  b.   July  5,   1884. 

2991  John  Logan  Peirce,  b.  May  5,  1887. 

1446  ELLEN  ELIZABETH  PEIRCE  (sister  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Villenova,  Dec.  13,  1831 ;  m.  at  Hamlet,  N.  Y.,  July  15,  1858, 
George  Hinckley  White,  b.  in  Fredonia,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  11,  1829, 
son  of  Dr.  Squire  White  (b.  in  Vermont,  the  first  licensed  physi- 
cian in  Chautauqua  Co.)    and  his  wife,  Lydia  Cook  Cushing. 

Mr.  White  has  been  a  grower  and  shipper  of  fruits,  and  a 
vintner  at  Fredonia,  N.  Y. 

Children : 

2992  t  Squire  White,   b.    June    11,    1859;    m.    Mrs.    Mary   E. 

Crowell. 

2993  Austin   Peirce  White,   b.    May   16,   1864;   d.    Mar.    22, 

1865. 

1447  LUCIUS  G.  C.  PEIRCE  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Hamlet,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  5,  1836;  m.  Sept.  27,  I860,  Esther  Snow. 
Removed  to  Grinnell,  la.,  where  they  have  since  resided. 

Children : 

2994  Pearley  A.  Peirce,  b.  July  7,  1861. 

2995  Byron  B.  Peirce,  b.  Nov.  24,  1862. 

2996  Edna  L.  Peirce,  b.  July  18,  1864. 

2997  Mary  G.  Peirce,  b.  Sept.  12,  1866. 

2998  Lucia  E.  Peirce,  b.  July  25,  1868. 

2999  Gurdon  D.  Peirce,  b.  June  14,  1870. 

3000  Helen  Theresa  Peirce,  b.  Sept.  27,  1874. 

3001  William  S.  Peirce,  b.  Sept.  1,  1876. 

1448  TERESA  M.  PEIRCE  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Hamlet, 
Sept.  2,  1838 ;  m.  Mar.  3,  1858,  Fayette  S.  Hatch,  b.  in  Chenango 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  9,  1832,  son  of  Jethro  and  Minerva  (Peirce) 
Hatch  of  Aurora,  111. 

Mr.  Hatch  was  educated  at  Beloit  College ;  enlisted  May  12, 
1864,  in  the  141st  Regt.,  111.  Vols. ;  served  with  the  regiment 
until  its  discharge.  Removed  to  Kankakee,  111.,  in  1866,  where 
he  engaged  in  the  furniture  business.  From  1886  to  1890  Mr. 
Hatch  was  superintendent  of  schools  of  Kankakee  Co.,  since  then 
has  been  connected  with  the  office  of  county  treasurer.  Mrs. 
Hatch  d.  Aug.  13,  1892. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     643 


Children : 

3002  Mary   Sterling  Hatch,  b.    Nov.    30,    1858;    m.   Arthur 

B.  Holt,  b.  July  4,  1851,  son  of  Charles  and  Ellen 
(Field)  Holt  of  Kankakee.  Residence,  Kankakee. 
Is  editor  of  the  Kankakee  Gazette. 

3003  tLawson   W.    Hatch,    b.   Feb.    26,    1861;   m.    Minnie   R. 

Shinier. 

3004  Austin  S.  Hatch,  b.  Dec.  19,  1870. 

1450  HENRY  A.  PEIRCE  {brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Ham- 
let, N.  Y.,  Oct.  11,  1843;  m.  June  22,  1865,  Sarah  E.  Sessions,  b. 
Dec.  22,  1845,  dau.  of  Henry  C.  and  Mahala  (Rider)  Sessions  of 
Hamlet. 

Mr.  Peirce  removed  to  Wessington,  Beadle  Co.,  South  Dakota, 
in  1893,  where  he  organized  the  Bank  of  Wessington,  of  which 
institution  he  is  president. 

Child: 

3005  Julia  L.  Peirce,  b.  July  28,  1876;    a  graduate  of  the 

University  of  Chicago,  June,   1900. 

1454  ELLEN  LOUISA  STERLING  {Samuel,  Lord,  Samuel, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  at  Park,  St.  Joseph's  Co.,  Mich., 
Oct.  16,  1840;  m.  in  Three  Rivers,  Mich.,  Oct.  11,  1864,  Sidney 
F.  Mullin,  b.  Apr.  15,  1839,  son  of  Isaiah  and  Mary  A.  G.  (Boyd) 
Mullin  of  Lawton,  Mich. 

Mr.  Mullin  served  during  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  in  Co. 
E,  11th  Michigan  Infty.  At  Paris,  Mich.,  in  Jan.,  1875,  he 
lost  all  his  possessions  by  fire,  after  which  he  removed  to  Chase, 
Mich.,  where  he  ran  a  store  and  was  postmaster  from  1877  to 
1881.  He  was  again  burned  out  in  Aug.,  1878,  and  still  again 
in  Jan.,  1882.  He  then  removed  to  North  Dakota,  settling  at 
Forman,  where  he  is  a  storekeeper.  Mrs.  Mullin  d.  at  Forman, 
North  Dakota,  Aug.  27,  1898. 

Children : 

3006  tMabel    Mullin,    b.     Sept.    23,    1868;     m.    William    E. 

Patterson. 

3007  Vera   Mullin,    b.    Mar.    13,    1872;     d.    at   Chase,    Mich. 

Jan.  13,  1882. 

3008  Edith   Mullin,  b.    Jan.   3,   1875;    d.   at  Chase,  Jan.    3, 

1882. 


644  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


3009  Percy  Sterling  Mullin,  b.  Apr.  22,  1877.     Percy  was  shot 

through  the  thigh  by  the  accidental  discharge  of 
a  revolver  in  the  hands  of  Miss  Stella  Bingham, 
Sept.  19,  1897.  The  ball  severed  an  artery  and  he 
d.  from  loss  of  blood,  six  days  later,  Sept.  25. 

1459  LUCY  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Park,  July 
17,  1849 ;  m.  May  14,  1874,  John  Henry  Knevels,  b.  in  Sullivan 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  July  12,  1845,  son  of  Granville  Knevels,  b.  in  Fish- 
kill,  N.  Y.,  and  Margaret  Phillips,  b.  in  Sullivan  Co.,  who  migrated 
to  Michigan  in  1855. 

Mr.    Knevels   enlisted   Feb.   22,   1863,   in    Co.   B,   11th   Regt., 
Mich.  Vol.  Infty. ;    discharged  Sept.  16,  1865.     Residence,  Chase, 
Lake  Co.,  Mich. 
Children : 

3010  Madge  U.  Knevels,  b.  in  Three  Rivers,  Mich.,  Nov.  10, 

1875. 

3011  Ned  Knevels,  b.  in  Chase,  Oct.  20,  1879 ;  d.  Aug.  9,  1900. 

1461  ALBERTUS  LORD  STERLING  (Oliver,  Lord,  Samuel, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  at  Cincinnatus,  Cortland  Co.,  N.  Y., 
Nov.  19,  1835;  m.  Feb.  5,  1858,  Mary  E.  Lounsbury,  b.  at 
Niles,  Mich.,  Feb.  6,  1838,  dau.  of  Martin  and  Thankful  (Severy) 
Lounsbury  of  Royalton,  Mich. 

Mr.  Sterling  has  traveled  in  the  State  of  Michigan  for  twenty- 
five  years  as  a  wholesaler  of  whips.     Residence,  Plainwell,  Mich. 

Children : 

3012  Lydia  L.  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  10,  1859;   d.  Feb.  11,  1862. 

3013  t  Laura  Annetta  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  17,  1861;    m.  William 

S.    Canfield. 

3014  Charles  Oliver  Sterling,  b.  Nov.  18,  1866;   m.  ;    re- 

sides  in  Washington,  D.   C. 

3015  Willard  Warner  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  17,  ;    m.  , 

a  whip  salesman  at  Elkhart,  Ind. 

3016  Frank  Moore  Lord  Sterling,   m.   Elizabeth  Colward;    a 

whip  salesman  at  Elkhart,  Ind.     One  child,  Donald 
Lord  Sterling. 

3018  Fred  W.  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  2,  1875 ;   d.  Sept.  12,  1893. 

3019  Mary  Genevieve  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  21, ,  unm. 

3020  Bertha  May  Sterling,  b.  May  10,  1882;    m.   1st,  

Baker,  from  whom  she  separated;   m.  2d,  Deo 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     645 

Vaughn  of  Otsego,  Mich.  One  child  by  1st  mar- 
riage, b.  1898. 

1462  MARY  JEANNETTE  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above), 
b.  at  Lima,  N.  Y.,  Apr.  28,  1837;  m.  Aug.  29,  1855,  Elbert 
Irving  Baldwin,  b.  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  May  13,  1829,  son  of 
Silas  and  Eliza  E.  (Newton)  Baldwin. 

In  Oct.,  1853,  Mr.  Baldwin  removed  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and 
in  partnership  with  his  father  established  himself  in  the  retail 
dry  goods  business.  The  firm  prospered  and  increased  in  scope 
until  it  became  the  leading  house  in  the  city.  Mr.  Baldwin  was 
the  pioneer  in  erecting  fine  business  structures,  his  firm  erecting 
at  a  cost  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  the  first  extension 
building  raised  in  Cleveland  to  accommodate  a  retail  mercantile 
concern.  He  d.  in  Cleveland,  Jan.  27,  1893.  Mrs.  Baldwin 
still  claims  Cleveland  as  her  home  although  since  her  husband's 
death  she  has  resided  in  Europe. 

Children : 

3021  tElbert  Francis   Baldwin,  b.  Mar.   10,  1857;    m.   Mary 

Washburn. 

3022  Ellen  Sterling  Baldwin,  b.  May  28,  1861 ;    d.  Feb.  21, 

1868. 

3023  Irving  Baldwin,  b.  Jan.  23,  1863;   m.  June  6,  1894,  Lila 

Cartwright,  b.  Aug.  22,  1867,  dau.  of  Robert  and 
Eleanor  Dey  (Mack)  Cartwright  of  Rochester,  N. 
Y.  Irving  graduated  from  Williams  College  in 
1886.     Residence,  N.  Y.  City.     No  issue. 

3024  Arthur  Kirk  Baldwin,  b.  Nov.  29,  1867;    m. 

3025  Gertrude  Baldwin,  b.  July  6,  1870;    unm.  (1901). 

1463  JOHN  MacWHORTER  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  at  Cincinnatus,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  13,  1840 ;  m.  at  Kalamazoo, 
Mich.,  May  30,  1861,  Sabina  Campbell,  b.  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich., 
Nov.  13,  1842,  dau.  of  John  Henry  and  Caroline  (Banghart) 
Campbell. 

John  Sterling  was  educated  at  the  Genesee  Wesleyan  Seminary 
at  Lima,  N.  Y.  He  was  a  civil  engineer  during  the  greater  part 
of  his  life,  residing  in  Detroit,  save  for  a  period  of  a  few  years 
when  he  was  stationed  at  Grand  Rapids,  where  he  held  the  posi- 
tion of  superintendent   of  tracks,  bridges  and  buildings   on   the 


646  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Chicago  and  West  Michigan  Railway.  He  was  engineer  on  the 
construction  of  many  railroads,  among  them  the  Toledo,  Ann 
Arbor  and  North  Michigan  Railway,  Canadian  Southern,  and 
Louisville,  New  Albany  and  Chicago  railways.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  Mr.  Sterling  was  connected  with  the  city  engineering  de- 
partment of  Detroit.     He  d.  of  heart  disease  Dec.  30,  1901. 

Children : 

3026  Nettie  Louise  Sterling,  b.  at  Kalamazoo,  Sept.  27,  1862; 

d.  at  Detroit,  Sept.   24,  1884. 

3027  t  Katharine    Genevieve    Sterling,    b.    Aug.    1,    1864;     m. 

James  H.  Hitchcock. 

3028  Caroline  Campbell  Sterling,  b.   at  Kalamazoo,  Jan.   30, 

1869;    unm. 

3029  tFranc  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  19,  1876;    m.  Paul  G.  Lane. 

1465  JULIA  BACKUS  STERLING  {George,  Lord,  Samuel, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Three  Rivers,  Mich.,  Jan.  23, 
1847;  m.  Nov.  26,  1865,  William  Shields  Roberts,  b.  in  New 
Carlisle,  Ohio,  Apr.  1,  1845,  son  of  the  Rev.  William  Smith  Rob- 
erts, a  Baptist  minister,  and  Henrietta  E.  Skinner,  b.  in  Geneseo, 
N.  Y.,  who  are  buried  in  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

Mr.  Roberts  finished  his  college  education  and  completed  his 
seminary  course  after  his  marriage,  at  Shurtleff  College,  111. 
He  was  ordained  as  a  Baptist  minister  at  Janesville,  Wis.,  July 
18,  1875,  where  he  was  pastor  three  years,  when  he  took  charge 
of  the  Spruce  St.  Baptist  church  in  Philadelphia,  Penn.  Here 
he  remained  for  four  years  and  a  half,  when  he  was  called  to 
the  First  Baptist  church  of  Rockland,  Me.,  where  he  was  pastor 
eight  and  a  half  years.  In  1891  he  was  called  to  the  First  Bap- 
tist church  in  Burlington,  Vt.,  where  he  now  (1902)  resides. 
In  1888  he  received  the  degree  of  D.D.  from  his  alma  mater. 

Children : 

3030  Charles   Sterling  Roberts,  b.  in   Battle   Creek,   Oct.    29, 

1866 ;  graduate,  M.D.,  Hahnemann  Medical  Col- 
lege, Philadelphia ;  drowned  at  Rockland,  Me.,  Apr. 
21,  1890. 

3031  t  Harold  Roberts,  b.  Jan.  4,  1869;    m.  Millie  McAdam. 

3032  "Anna  May  Roberts,  b.  Apr.  3,  1871 ;    m.  Dr.  John  W. 

Avery. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     647 

1466  ANNA  LAPHAM  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Lima,  N.  Y.,  July  18,  1849 ;  m.  at  Battle  Creek,  July  6,  1876, 
Lucius  Sidney  Scott,  son  of  Lucius  S.  and  Marian  (Dodge)  Scott 
of  Battle  Creek. 

Mr.  Scott  was  a  wholesale  confectioner  in  Detroit,  Mich. ;  d. 
at  Battle  Creek,  Aug.  18,  1898.  Mrs.  Scott  lives  at  Battle 
Creek. 

Children : 

3033  Marion  Louise  Scott,  b.  Oct.  26,  1880;  d.  May  25,  1882. 

3034  Helen  Sidney  Scott,  b.  Dec.  1,  1884. 

1467  MARY  PALMER  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b. 
at  East  Bloomfield,  N.  Y.,  July  14,  1852;  m.  Sept.  20,  1883, 
Levi  Arthur  Beadle,  b.  in  Sweden,  N.  Y.,  Oct.  10,  1845,  only  child 
of  Levi  A.  and  Charlotte  (Richardson)  Beadle  of  Augusta,  Mich. 

Mr.  Beadle  is  a  lumber  merchant  at  Augusta,  Kalamazoo  Co., 
Mich. 
Child: 

3035  Florence  Anna  Beadle,  b.  Aug.  19,  1885. 

1468  FRANK  GRAVES  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  at  Battle  Creek,  Mich.,  Apr.  27,  1857 ;  m.  in  Augusta,  Mich., 
in  May,  1883,  Charlotte  A.  Beadle,  cousin  of  Levi  A.  Beadle  above. 
Mr.  Sterling  is  a  farmer  at  Battle  Creek. 

Children : 

3036  Arthur  Guy  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  13,   1884. 

3037  Katherine   Eleanor    Sterling,   b.    Apr.    18,   1885. 

3038  George  Ross  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  6,  1886. 

3039  Ruth  Emily  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  10,  1889;   d.  Feb.  3,  1892. 

3040  Blanche  Sterling,  b.   Jan.    27,  1891;    d.  Feb.   9,   1892. 

3041  Marjorie  Frances   Sterling,  b.   Dec.   9,  1892. 

3042  Clara   Louise   Sterling,   b.    Sept.    10,    1894. 

3043  Everett  Elmer  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  16,  1896. 

3044  Sidney  Beadle  Sterling,  b.  Dec.  27,  1898. 

3045  Harold  Robert   Sterling,  b.    Sept.  24,   1900. 

1469  GEORGE  CARTER  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  at  Battle  Creek,  Nov.  28,  1859;  m.  at  Massillon,  Ohio,  Dec.  1, 
1885,  Minnie  M.  Justus,  b.  Nov.  19,  1862,  dau.  of  William  H. 
and  Frances  (Shafer)  Justus.     Mr.  Sterling  was  a  boot  and  shoe 


G48  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


merchant  at  Battle  Creek,  Mich.,  for  fifteen  years.  He  now 
(1901)  is  traveling  salesman  for  a  St.  Louis  firm. 

Child: 

3046  Donald  Justus  Sterling,  b.   Mar.   10,  1887. 

1470  MABEL  BRISTOL  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Battle  Creek,  Oct.  15,  1862 ;  m.  Oct.  20,  1897,  John  Powell,  b. 
Oct.  7,  1843,  son  of  John  and  Jane  (Woods)  Powell  of  Fredonia, 
Mich. 

Mr.  Powell  is  engaged  in  the  grain  trade  at  Marshall,  Cal- 
houn Co.,  Mich. 

Children : 

3047  Margaret  Sterling  Powell,  b.  Aug.  7,  1898. 

3048  Robert   Carlton  Powell,  b.   Jan.    9,   1901. 

1473  ALICE  MIRIAM  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Battle  Creek,  Apr.  11,  1869;  m.  at  Marshall,  Mich.,  Oct.  7, 
1896,  William  Augustus  Wood,  b.  Dec.  1,  1866,  son  of  Timothy 
C.  and  Thirza  (Poole)  Wood  of  Augusta. 

Mr.  Wood  is  a  dry-goods  merchant  at  Augusta,  Mich. 

Child: 

3049  Gerald  Sterling  Wood,  b.  Aug.  25,  1897. 

1474  HELEN  GERTRUDE  STREATOR  (Sarah,  Lord,  Sam- 
uel, Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Aurora,  Ohio,  May  20,  1842; 
m.  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Oct.  7,  1868,  Eben  Briggs  Thomas,  b. 
in  Chatham,  Can.,  Dec.  22,  1838,  son  of  Ezra  and  Mary  Nelson 
(Briggs)  Thomas,  of  Middleboro,  Mass.  Eben  B.  Thomas  is 
a  descendant  of  David  Thomas  through  David,  Jr.,  William,  Ben- 
jamin, Ezra,  Ezra,  and  Ezra. 

Mr.  Thomas  entered  upon  his  business  career  with  the  Amer- 
ican Telegraph  Co.  Later  he  made  his  first  connection  with  rail- 
way management  with  which  he  has  now  been  identified  for  nearly 
forty  years.  In  1870  he  was  made  receiver  of  the  railway 
property  which  is  now  the  Cleveland,  Lorain  and  Wheeling  Rail- 
way Co.,  and  subsequently  became  general  manager  of  the  Bee 
Line  at  present  included  in  the  Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  Chicago 
and  St.  Louis  Railway.  Remaining  with  that  corporation  for 
several  years  he  then  became  connected  with  the  Richmond  and 
Danville  system.     In    1888  he  was   elected   second  vice-president 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     649 

of  the  New  York,  Lake  Erie  and  Western  and  took  charge  of  the 
western  division  of  that  road. 

In  1891  he  was  elected  first  vice-president  of  that  road  and 
in  1894  upon  the  retirement  of  John  King  from  the  presidency 
was  advanced  to  fill  the  vacancy  and  held  that  office  in  the  Erie 
Railroad,  as  the  reorganized  company  is  known.  Mr.  Thomas 
was  vice-president  of  the  Chicago  and  Erie  R.  R.  and  president 
of  the  same  1895  to  1901,  resigning  from  the  presidency  of  the 
Erie  to  become  president  of  the  Lehigh  Valley  Railway  system. 

He  is  a  director  of  the  Lehigh  Valley  R.  R.  Co.  of  New  Jer- 
sey, of  the  Schuylkill  and  Lehigh  Valley  R.  R.  Co.,  of  the  Morris 
Canal  and  Banking  Co.,  of  the  National  Storage  Co. ;  fourth 
vice-president  and  director  of  the  United  States  Mortgage  and 
Trust  Co.,  director  of  the  Northern  Pacific  Railway  Co.,  the  Cen- 
tral R.  R.  Co.  of  New  Jersey,  the  Buffalo  Creek  R.  R.  Co.,  the 
American  Steel  Founders'  Co.,  the  Windsor  Trust  Co.,  the  Com- 
mercial Trust  Co.  of  New  Jersey,  and  of  the  Temple  Iron  Co. 

Mr.  Thomas  ranks  among  the  foremost  railroad  men  in  the 
country,  particularly  those  associated  with  coal  carrying  and 
mining. 

He  was  second  lieutenant  of  Co.  C,  150th  Regt.,  Ohio  Vol. 
Infty.,  organized  at  Cleveland,  May  5,  1864,  the  first  lieutenant 
being  the  late  Marcus  A.  Hanna,  U.  S.  Senator  from  Ohio. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  have  a  beautiful  residence  in  Morris- 
town,  N.  J.,  also  maintain  apartments  in  New  York  City. 

Children : 

3050  Gertrude   Streator   Thomas,   b.    June   5,   1873. 

3051  Helen   Sterling  Thomas,  b.   Nov.   18,  1877. 

1481  NELLIE  GERTRUDE  STERLING  (James,  Lord,  Sam- 
n el,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Lima,  N.  Y.,  Sept.  19,  1857; 
m.  in  Austin,  Minn.,  July  5,  1882,  Nathan  F.,  son  of  Everett 
Colby  and  Anna  (Fiske)  Banfield  of  Wolfborough,  N.  H.,  b. 
there  Nov.  15,  I860.  Resides  in  Austin,  Mower  Co.,  Minn.; 
cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank  of  that  town. 
Children,  born  in  Austin : 

3052  Nathan  F.   Banfield,  b.   Sept.   7,  1883. 

3053  Helen  Sterling  Banfield,  b.  July  20,  1885. 


650  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

3054  Annie  Fisk  Banficld,  b.  March  1,  1888;   d.  in  Feb.,  1891. 

3055  Everett  Colby  Banfield,  b.  May  21,  1890. 

3056  Richard  Sterling  Banfield,  b.  May  13,  1893. 

3057  Gertrude  Mae  Banfield,   b.    May   13,    1895. 

3058  Arthur  Fisk   Banfield,   b.    Sept.    4,    1898. 

1482  EDWARD  HENRY  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Lima,  May  20,  1861 ;  m.  in  Austin,  Apr.  14,  1891,  Marion, 
dau.  of  Philip  and  Marie  Miller  of  Sheboygan,  Wis.,  b.  there 
June  25,  1865.  Mr.  Sterling  is  a  clerk  in  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Austin,  in  which  town  he  resides. 
Child: 

3059  Marie  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  22,  1892. 

1484  SARAH  SOPHIA  PHELPS  (Esther,  Lord,  Samuel,  Jo- 
seph, Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Flint,  Mich.,  Jan.  15,  1853;  m. 
May  17,  1881,  Eugene  A.  Austin  of  Boulder,  Colo.     Residence, 

Boulder. 

Children,  born  there: 

3060  Russell  Phelps  Austin,   b.   Aug.    27,   1890. 

3061  Hazel  Sterling  Austin,  b.  Dec.  26,  1894. 

1485  MARY  JANE  PHELPS  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Flint,  Aug.  7,  1856;  m.  June  12,  1888,  Charles  A.  Russell,  b.  in 
Scmerville,  Mass.  Mary  lives  in  Boulder,  Colo.,  where  Mr.  Rus- 
sell d.  of  appendicitis  Aug.  6,  1900. 

Children,  born  in  Boulder: 

3062  Austin  Phelps  Russell,  b.  Nov.  15,  1891. 

3063  Ruth  Sterling  Russell,  b.  Sept.  20,  1894. 

1487  JAMES  HILLS  BARNARD  (Theressa,  Lord,  Samuel, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Mendon,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  14,  1853; 
m.  Mar.  19,  1874,  Sarah  Emily  Fish,  b.  at  Honeoye  Falls  N.  Y., 
Aug.  9,  1853,  dau.  of  John  A.  Fish  of  Honeoye  Falls,  b.  Apr.  3, 
1820,  and  Janette  (Winegar)  Fish,  b.  Nov.  14,  1825,  d.  Feb.  18, 
1883. 

Mr.  Barnard  is  a  prosperous  merchant  at  Honeoye  Falls 
having  been  engaged  in  retail  trade  there  since   1878. 

Children : 

3064  Frank  Everard   Barnard,   b.   Dec.    8,   1874. 

3065  James  Raymond  Barnard,   b.   Nov.   3,    1886. 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     651 

1491  HENRY  L.  STERLING  (David,  Seth,  Joseph,  Joseph, 
Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Weston,  Vt.,  Aug.  31,  1815;  m.  there 
Apr.  7,  1839,  Nancy  Abbott,  b.  in  Weston,  Sept.  6,  1817,  dau. 
of  Benning  K.  and  Polly  M.   (Johnson)   Abbott. 

Henry  L.  Sterling  was  a  blacksmith.     He  d.  at  Rockingham, 
Vt.,  Nov.  2,  1879.     Nancy  d.  at  Keene,  N.  H.,  Apr.  28,  1897. 
Only  child: 

3066  t Albert  H.   Sterling,  b.   Sept.  13,  1840;    m.  Emoroy  P. 

Wallace. 

1492  ELVIRA  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wes- 
ton, Dec.  2,  1817;  m.  1st,  in  Wreston,  June  7,  1835,  Benning 
K.  Abbott,  Jr.,  b.  in  Weston,  Nov.  10,  1811,  son  of  Benning  K. 
Abbott,  b.  Dec.  31,  1784,  who  removed  from  Andover,  Mass., 
to  Weston,  Vt.,  when  young.  He  m.  1st,  Dec.  13,  1807,  Polly 
M.  Johnson  of  Weston,  b.  June  14,  1786,  who  d.  Sept.  1,  1848. 
He  m.  2d,  in  1851,  Mrs.  Sarah  Pierce  of  Keene,  N.  H.,  and  d. 
at  Rutland,  Aug.  28,  1865. 

Benning  K.  Abbott,  Jr.,  lived  on  the  farm  where  he  was  born 
until  1854,  when  he  sold  out  and  removed  to  Rutland,  Vt.,  where 
he  worked  at  his  trade  of  carpenter  and  cooper  until  his  death, 
Nov.  15,  1858.  Mrs.  Elvira  Abbott  m.  2d,  Nov.  29,  1866, 
Nathaniel  A.  Woods,  a  pattern  maker  of  Rutland,  who  d.  in 
Providence,  R.  I.,  Aug.  10,  1883,  aged  79.  Mrs.  Elvira  (Abbott) 
W^oods  d.  Dec.  27,  1880. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

3067  Fannie  E.  Abbott,  b.  in  Weston,  Apr.  3,  1836;    living 

unm.  (1902)  at  Watervliet,  N.  Y. 

3068  Mary  Abbott,  b.  in  Weston,  May  13,  1839 ;   d.  Sept.  24, 

1840. 

3069  tEdmund  L.  Abbott,  b.  Mar.  2,  1842;    m.  1st,  Libbie  A. 

Barker,  2d,  Hattie  M.  Smith. 

3070  t  Auburn  P.  Abbott,  b.  Sept.  18,  1846;  m.  Mary  R.  Buell. 

1493  BENJAMIN  F.  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Weston,  Nov.  2,  1820;  m.  there  June  13,  1844,  Caroline  J. 
Abbott,  b.  in  1819,  dau.  of  Benning  K.  and  Polly  M.  (Johnson) 
Abbott.  It  will  be  seen  that  two  brothers  and  a  sister  married 
two  sisters  and  a  brother. 


652  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Benj.  F.  Sterling  was  a  blacksmith  and  farmer  at  Weston. 
He  was  living  (1902)  at  the  home  of  his  son-in-law,  P.  R.  Holt, 
at  Londonderry,  Vt.    Mrs.  Sterling  d.  at  Weston,  Dec.  7,  1890. 

Children : 

3071  Maryette  A.  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  18,  1845 ;    m.  at  London- 

derry, Jan.  26,  1864,  H.  K.  Austin. 

3072  Edwin  F.  Sterling,  b.  Mar.  7,  1848;  m.  at  Londonderry, 

June  17,  1874,  Abby  A.  Davis. 

3073  Jane  C.  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  2,  1850 ;    m.  at  Weston,  Feb. 

6,  1868,  Peyton  R.  Holt;   res.  Londonderry. 

3074  Olin  K.  Sterling,  b.  in  Weston,  Jan.  11,  1856;   d.  Nov.  3, 

1873. 

1494  DAVID  LORD  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Weston,  Nov.  29, 1824 ;  m.  1st,  at  Londonderry,  Vt.,  May  23, 1847, 
Phebe  M.  Davis  of  Londonderry,  b.  in  1823,  who  d.  at  Weymouth, 
Mass.,  Apr.  29,  1881 ;  m.  2d,  at  Scituate,  Mass.,  Lizzie  Damon. 

David  S.  Sterling  was  a  boot  and  shoe  dealer  at  Weymouth, 
Mass.  He  d.  at  Weymouth,  Sept.  23,  1882,  a  few  hours  after 
his  son's  birth.     Mrs.   Sterling  d.   about  1896. 

Child  by  first  marriage: 

3075  Emma  Jane  Sterling,  b.  about  1849 ;   m.  Edgar  Porter  of 

Weymouth,  and  d.   without  issue. 

Child  by  second  marriage : 

3076  David    Sterling,    b.    in    Sept.,    1882;    living    at    East 

Weymouth. 

1495  AUBURN  H.  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Weston,  June  7,  1827;  m.  1st,  at  Londonderry,  Feb.  20,  1850, 
Caroline  J.  Pease,  dau.  of  David  and  Hannah  Pease,  who  d.  June 
21,  1885 ;  m.  2d,  Oct.  19,  1886,  Mary  E.  Cook  of  Weymouth, 
dau.  of  Samuel  and  Mary  H.  Cook. 

Mr.  Sterling  is  a  retired  boot  and  shoe  manufacturer  at  Wey- 
mouth, Mass.  (1901). 

Only  child: 

3077  Frederick  Orrin  Sterling,  b.  in  1852;    m.  in  1872  Ella, 

dau.  of  Joseph  Clapp ;    living  at  Worcester,  Mass. 
No  issue. 

1498  SETH  FRANKLIN  STERLIN  (William,  Seth,  Joseph, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Oct.  31,  1827; 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     653 


m.  1st,  Oct.  31,  1848,  Hannah  Cunningham,  b.  at  Stockbridge, 
Vt.,  June  30,  1824,  dau.  of  Isaac  Sawyer  and  Charlotte  (Ab- 
bott) Cunningham,  Isaac  the  son  of  Robert,  son  of  Thomas,  son 
of  Robert,  who  came  to  America  from  Scotland  about  1731. 
Hannah  d.  Feb.  22,  1859,  and  Seth  F.  m.  2d,  in  Lowell,  Mass., 
Nov.  26,  1859,  Jane  Elizabeth  Horton,  b.  in  Nova  Scotia,  Jan. 
2,  1832,  dau.  of  John  and  Rebecca  (McClellan)  Horton. 

S.  F.  Sterlin  was  by  profession  a  photographer.  This  occu- 
pation he  followed  until  1867,  when  his  father  d.  and  the  old 
homestead  farm  was  divided.  Seth's  brother  took  the  half  on 
which  were  the  buildings,  and  Seth  built  a  new  house  on  the  south 
half,  his  portion.  Here  he  d.  Jan.  29,  1900.  Mrs.  Jane  Sterlin 
was  living  in  1902. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

3078  Harriet  Emma  Sterlin,  b.  Dec.  23,  1851 ;  d.  Feb.  1,  1855. 

3079  Flora  Annah  Sterlin,  b.  Nov.  14,  1854;   m.  Oct.  6,  1880, 

John  Henry  Martin,  b.  Jan.  1,  1837,  son  of  Dexter 
and  Charlotte  (Lee)  Martin  of  Springfield,  Vt.,  who 
m.  1st,  in  Springfield,  Nov.  7,  1861,  Emily  Janet, 
dau.  of  Nathaniel  and  Annie  (Swift)  Spaulding,  who 
d.  Mar.  8,  1879,  leaving  three  daughters.  Mr. 
Martin  is  a  wheelwright,  living  at  Monson,  Hampden 
Co.,  Mass. 
Child  by  second  marriage: 

3080  t  William   Warland   Sterlin,   b.   June   6,   1862;    m.   Alice 

Miller. 

1502  FREDERIC  A.  PELTON  {Betsij,  Seth,  Joseph,  Joseph, 
Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Mar.  23,  1821;  m.  at 
Hartland,  Vt.,  Jan.  22,  1849,  Jane  A.  B.  English,  dau.  of  Eli 
English  of  Hartland. 

Frederic  was  a  pattern  and  model  maker  and  machinist.  He 
d.  at  Ayer,  Mass.,  Jan.  24,  1873. 

Children : 

3081  Louis  O.  Pelton,  b.  Feb.  16,  1852. 

3081a  Le  Roy  A.  Pelton,  b.  July  29,  1855  ;  lived  at  Ayer's  Junc- 
tion, Mass. 

1505  GEORGE  S.  PELTON  {brother  of  the  above),  b.  in  Wood- 
stock, Sept.  20,  1832 ;   m.  at  Rutland,  Vt.,  Aug.  16,  1853,  Char- 


G5i  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


lotte  B.  Fillemore  of  Rutland.  Removed  to  Turner's  Junction,  111., 
where  he  was  a  machinist  and  blacksmith. 

Children : 

3082  Eva  Pelton,  b.  at  Rutland,  Aug.  7,  1854 ;  d.  at  Shrews- 
bury, Vt.,  May  4,  1855. 

8083  Ida  M.  Pelton,  b.  at  Coral,  111.,  Aug.  17,  1856 ;  d.  there 
Mar.  30,  1858. 

3084  Milly  Estella  Pelton,  b.  at  Union,  111.,  Nov.  11,  1859 ;   d. 

there  Dec.  30,  1859. 

3085  Emma  Pelton,  b.  at  Union,  111.,  Apr.  23,  1861 ;   m.  Sept. 

16,  1877,  William  R.  Ward. 

3086  Lottie  Pelton,  b.  at  Turner's,  111.,  Jan.  17,  1869. 

3087  Flora  E.  Pelton,  b.  at  Turner's,  Mar.  24,  1876. 

1507  LAURA  ANN  WAY  (Amos  Way,  Hannah,  Joseph,  Jo- 
seph, Daniel,  William),  b.  Feb.  22,  1822;  m.  Nov.  24,  1842, 
Lyman  Stanley,  son  of  John  and  Nancy  (Currier)  Stanley.  Laura 
d.  in  Barnet,  Vt.,  Feb.  24,  1903. 

Children : 

3088  Edgar  Stanley. 
6089     Charles  Stanley. 

3090  Herbert  Stanley.     He  and  his  elder  brothers  live  in  St. 

Johnsbury,  Vt. 

3091  Frederick  Stanley;   lives  in  Plymouth,  N.  H. 

3092  Jennie  S.  Stanley,  m.  Brock;    live  in  Barnet,  Vt. 

1508  SAMUEL  S.  WAY  {brother  of  the  above),  b.  May  5, 
1825 ;  m.  June  14,  1850,  Margaret  Dickinson,  b.  in  Lyman, 
N.  H.,  July  18,  1825,  dau.  of  Elijah  and  Betsey  (Barney) 
Dickinson.    He  was  a  farmer  in  Monroe,  N.  H. ;   d.  Oct.  10,  1888. 

Child: 

3093  tEmma  J.  Way,  b.  Oct.  6,  1851 ;   m.  WiUis  S.  Smith. 

1509  SPAFFORD  AMOS  WAY  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  Oct. 
24,  1827 ;  m.  Oct.  28,  1857,  Lavina  Stanley,  b.  Nov.  13,  1826, 
sister  of  Lyman  Stanley  above. 

Mr.  Way  has  been  a  farmer.     Residence  (1903)   at  Grange, 
near  Lancaster,  Coos  Co.,  N.  H. 
Children : 

3094  Amos  Frank  Way,  b.  Dec.  27,  1858;   m.  May  16,  1881, 

Maria  Holden;    live  at  Princeton,  Mass.     Have  one 
son. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     Q55 

3095  Allen  S.  Way,  b.  July  20,  1860 ;  m.  Nov.  5,  1884,  Georgia 

Knight ;    live  at  Lancaster,  N.  H.     Have  one  son. 

3096  George  Darwin  Way,  b.  Feb.  15,  1862 ;   d.  Nov.  20,  1862. 

3097  Anna  Way,  b.  Jan.  13,  1864;   m.  Oct.  31,  1883,  Shepard 

A.  Knight,  uncle  of  Georgia  above;   live  at  Lancas- 
ter.    No  issue. 

3098  Ella  Maybelle  Way,  b.  July  4,  1866;  d.  Mar.  27,  1867. 

1510     LYDIA  WAY  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  Apr.  15,  1829; 
m.  May  1,  1856,  William  R.  Nelson,  a  farmer  at  Barnet,  Vt.     He 
d.  Nov.  30,  1884 ;    she  d.  Aug.  10,  1889. 
Children : 

3099  Horace  Nelson,  b.  Apr.  11,  1857  ;  m. ;  lives  in  California. 

3100  Wilbur  Nelson,  b.  May  8,  1859 ;    m. ;    lives  in  Barnet. 

3102  Laura  Nelson,  b.  Apr.  9,  1861 ;    unm. ;    lives  in  Jericho, 

Vt. 

3103  George  Nelson,  b.  Mar.  25,  1863;   m. ;   lives  in  Barnet. 

3104  Mary   Nelson,   b.   Jan.   2,   1865;    m.  Rev.   Mr.   Gill   of 

Jericho. 

3105  Cynthia  Nelson,  b.  Jan.  7,  1867. 

3106  Jennie  Nelson,  b.  July  24,  1870. 

3107  Lydia  Nelson,  b.  Nov.  25,  1873. 

1515  MYRTLE  RICE  (Ara  Rice,  Sarah,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Dan- 
iel, William),  b.  Apr.  13,  1818;    m.  Mary  A.  ,  b.  June  12, 

1821.  She  d.  Sept.  11,  1895.  He  lived  at  Shrewsbury,  Mass., 
in  1902. 

Children : 

3108  Charles  F.  Rice,  b.  July  29,  1843;   d.  May  8,  1864. 

3109  Sarah  Ann  Rice,  b.  Feb.  23,  1845. 

3110  Mary  M.  Rice,  b.  May  28,  1847. 

3111  Noyes  E.  Rice,  b.  Jan.  22,  1850. 

3112  Cynthia  D.  Rice,  b.  Sept.  10,  1853. 

1516  SARAH  AUGUSTA  GODDARD  (Sarah  Rice,  Sarah, 
Joseph,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  Jan.  4,  1828;  m.  June  8, 
1852,  Albert  David  Hager,  b.  in  Chester,  Vt.,  Nov.  1,  1817,  son 
of  David  and  Hannah  (Caryl)  Hager. 

Mrs.   Sarah  Hager  was  living  in   1902  in  Proctorsville,  Vt. 
He  was  state  geologist  of  Vermont  for  a  number  of  years. 
Children,  born  in  Proctorsville: 

3113  t  Julia  Augusta  Hager,  b.  Aug.  21,  1853;    m.  David  F. 

Rugg. 


656  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 

3114  t  Sarah  Elizabeth  Hager,  b.  Feb.   26,  1856;    m.   Charles 

W.  Goddard. 

3115  Charles  Caryl  Hager,  b.  July  27,  1858;    unm. 

1517  ARA  ABIAH  BALDWIN  (Calista  Rice,  Sarah,  Joseph, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  Nov.  20,  1844;  m.  Jan.  1,  1873, 
Libbie  Russell. 

Mr.  Baldwin  is  a  retired  photographer  living  in  Ludlow,  Vt. 
He  was  engaged  in  portrait  work  there  for  thirteen  years  and 
for  fifteen  years  traveled  in  the  United  States  and  Europe  making 
views  for  a  New  York  firm,  meanwhile  furnishing  photographs  to 
Harper's  and  Century  magazines.  In  his  professional  capacity 
he  visited  the  expositions  at  London,  Eng.,  at  San  Francisco,  at 
Philadelphia  in  1876,  and  at  Chicago,  111.,  in  1893. 

Children : 

3116  Norris  A.  Baldwin,  b.  Jan.  13,  1876. 

3117  Irene  Baldwin,  b.  Mar.  14,  1877;    d.  Mar.  17,  1877. 

1518  HARRISON  HAYWARD  (Lucy,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jo- 
seph, Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Berlin,  Vt.,  Mar.  16,  1821;  m. 
there  July  25,  1844,  Caroline  Snow.     He  d.  in  1898. 

Children : 

3118  A  child,  d.  young. 

3119  Lucy  Hayward,  m.  William  Enos ;    live  at  Savonburg, 

Kan. ;    have  8  ch. 

3120  Harry  E.  Hayward,  b.   in  Berlin,  Nov.    12,  1853;    m. 

Dec.  14,  1873,  Mary  Ryan,  b.  in  Mass.,  May  17, 
1853,  of  Irish  parentage.  He  keeps  a  meat  market 
at  Evansville,  Wis.  Ch:  Minnie,  b.  in  Evansville, 
Dec.  15,  1874,  a  teacher  at  Clinton,  Wis. ;  Stacia, 
b.  in  Evansville,  Mar.  22,  1876,  m.  and  lives  in  Be- 
loit,  Wis. 
3123  Clara  Hayward,  m.  Clarence  Henderson;  reside  at  Friday 
Harbor,  San  Juan  Islands,  Washington ;   have  2  ch. 

1519  LUCY  ADALINE  HAYWARD  (sister  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Troy,  Vt.,  Feb.  25,  1824 ;  m.  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  Mar.  17,  1850, 
Alfred  Chamberlin,  b.  Mar.  19,  1821,  son  of  Tural  Tufts  and 
Betsy  (Kasson)  Chamberlin  of  Newbury.  He  was  a  farmer  at 
Newbury,  still  living  in  1903.  Lucy  d.  in  Wells  River,  Vt.,  Oct. 
10,  1896. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     657 

Children,  born  in  Newbury: 

3124  t  Harriet  N.  Chamberlin,  b.  Aug.  13,  1851;    m.  David  H. 

Harlow. 

3125  Eva  Chamberlin,  b.  Nov.   15,  1853;    m.  Apr.   1,  1882, 

Nathaniel  Eastman  of  Tilton,  N.  H.,  baggage  mas- 
ter at  Nashua  Junction,  N.  H. ;    no  issue. 

3126  Lucy  A.  Chamberlin,  b.  Sept.  16,  1855  ;  m.  June  24,  1880, 

Hiram  J.  Merrill,  a  glove  maker  of  Ashland,  N.  H. ; 
no  issue. 

3127  Emma  V.  Chamberlin,  b.  Feb.  24,  1860;   m.  Jan.  8,  1901, 

Albert  Wood,  truckman  of  Woodsville,  N.   H. ;    no 
issue. 

3128  Jessie  *.  Chamberlin,  b.  Oct.  16,  1861 ;   m.  Oct.  15,  1890, 

Gay  Robie,  paper  maker  of  Ashland,  N.  H.     Have 
Clyde  G.,  Tracy  L.,  and  Louise  A. 
3132     Clara  F.  Chamberlin,  b.  Oct.  26,  1864  ;  m.  June  21,  1893, 
Clarence  H.  McAllister,  a  farmer  of  Wells  River,  Vt. ; 
have  one  son,  Carlos  A. 

3134  Mary  Lizzie  Chamberlin,  b.  July  20,  1868 ;   d.  in  Boston, 

Mass.,  May  31,  1902,  unm. 

1520  HARRIET  NEWELL  HAYWARD  (sister  of  the  above), 
b.  in  Troy,  May  3,  1826;  m.  in  Boston,  Mass.,  June  14,  1844, 
Hiram  Thurston ;   lived  in  Oberlin,  Ohio ;   both  d.  in  1905. 

Children : 

3135  Ellen   Thurston;    m.   1st,  Robert  Gorham,   2d,   Chester 

Dewey ;   live  at  Rockford,  111. ;   have  one  son. 

3136  Edward  Thurston,  lives  at  Oberlin. 

1523  GEORGE  W.  HAYWARD  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Troy,  Mar.  6,  1832;  m.  in  Newbury,  Vt.,  Dec.  2,  1857,  Ann  W. 
Chamberlin,  dau.  of  Tural  Tufts  and  Betsy  (Kasson)  Chamberlin 
of  Newbury.  He  enlisted  June  13,  1862,  in  Co.  G,  9th  Vt.  Vols., 
and  served  until  his  discharge,  June  10,  1865.  Living  in  1903  at 
Evansville,  Wis. 

Children : 

3137  t  Julian  G.  Hayward,  b.  May  8,  1859;  m.  Edith  Howland. 

3138  Jennie  Hayward,  b.  in  Union,  Wis.,  Oct.  23,  1870;    m. 

June  30,  1892,  Delos  G.  Wood;    res.  Berlin,  Wis.; 
no  issue. 

1524  SHEFFIELD  S.  HAYWARD  (brother  of  the  above),  b. 
in  Troy,  May  23,  1834 ;    m.  at  Faribault,  Minn.,  Dec.  16,  1864, 


658  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


Melvina  Lease,  b.  Dec.  22,  1843,  dau.  of  Nathan  A.  and  Mary 
(Christon)  Lease. 

Mr.  Hay  ward  enlisted  in  Co.  H,  3d  Minn.  Infty.  Regt.,  Oct.  9, 
1861,  and  served  in  the  Union  army  until  his  discharge  at  Devall 
Bluff,  Ark.,  Nov.  14,  1864.    Residence,  1904,  Sauk  Rapids,  Minn. 

Children : 

3139  t  Julia  Etta  Hayward,  b.  Feb.  16,  1866;   m.  1st,  Peter  S. 

Freer,  2d,  Michael  O'Donnell. 

3140  Lucy  Ella  Hayward,  b.  June  27,  1868 ;   m.  at  St.  Cloud, 

Minn.,  June  5,  1884,  William  F.  Smith;    residence, 
Sauk  Rapids ;  no  issue. 

3141  Charles  Edward  Hayward,  b.  Nov.  24,  1870 ;  d.  Nov.  18, 

1872. 

3142  George  Walter  Hayward,  b.  Feb.  20,  1875 ;    d.  Mar.  9, 

1875. 

3143  t  Charlotte  Isabelle  Hayward,  b.  Nov.  26,  1876;    m.  John 

Sittko. 

3144  Harriet  Esther  Hayward,  b.  Jan.  18,  1879 ;   m.  Dec.  26, 

1888. 

3145  Albert  Eugene  Hayward,  b.  Feb.  25,  1881 ;  unm. 

3146  Caroline  Susan  Hayward,  b.  Aug.  2,  1883;    d.  May  10, 

1903. 

1525  MARTHA  D.  STERLING  {Dudley,  Joseph,  Joseph,  Jo- 
seph, Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Stanstead,  Quebec,  Can.,  Jan.  29, 
1831 ;  m.  Jan.  14,  I860,  James  H.  Billings,  b.  in  Saco,  Me.,  Apr. 
15,  1832,  son  of  John  and  Sophia  (Fogg)  Billings  of  Saco.  He 
was  an  ornamental  wood  carver;  residence,  Cambridge,  Mass. 
Children : 

3147  Frederick  Fogg  Billings,  b.   in  Boston,  June  1,   1862; 

m.  Theresa  ,  in  Chicago,  111. ;    live  in  Spring- 
vale,  Mich. 

3148  Henry  L.  Billings,  b.  in  Boston,  Nov.  24,  1863;  m.  Min- 

nie Andrews  of  Hindsburg,  Vt. ;    live  in  Roxbury, 
Mass. 

1533  JOHN  K.  STERLING  {brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Barre,  Vt.,  Nov.  26,  1842;  m.  Nov.  26,  1868,  Nellie  S.  Pike  of 
Warren,  Vt.  John  enlisted  at  Waitsfield,  Vt.,  Nov.  30,  1863,  in 
Co.  C,  First  Cavalry  Regt. ;  tranferred  to  Co.  A,  June  21,  1865, 
mustered  out  Aug.   9,   1865.     He  was  a  hardware  merchant  in 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     659 

Waitsfield,  and  Walpole,  N.   H.,  for  25   years.     Is  now   a   real 
estate  agent  in  Boston,  Mass. 
Children : 

3149  Edgar  C.   Sterling,  b.   in  Warren,  Vt.,  May  20,  1870; 

m.  at  Augusta,  Me.,  Sept.  7,  1901,  Rosa  Haffstelber 
of  Utica,  N.  Y.    A  salesman  in  Boston. 

3150  Nellie  S.  Sterling  (twin  with  the  above). 

3151  Charles  D.  Sterling,  b.  in  Waitsfield,  Apr.  4,  1881 ;    re- 

sides in  Boston. 

1534  LEWrIS  A.  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Barre,  Mar.  16,  1845 ;  m.  1st,  June  25,  1874,  Jeannie  Mussey  of 
Waterbury,  Vt.,  who  d.  May  19,  1886;  m.  2d,  Dec.  9,  1888,  M. 
Beele  Davis  of  Chelsea,  Mass.  Lewis  enlisted  at  Barre,  D^c.  4, 
1863,  in  Co.  E,  11th  Regt.,  Vt.  Vols. ;  mustered  out  June  16,  1865. 
He  is  a  laundryman ;  residence,  Medford,  Mass. 
Children  by  first  marriage: 

3152  Lula  Jeannie  Sterling,  b.  July  24,  1876 ;  m.  July  9,  1901, 

Frank  E.  Brownell;    reside  in  Boston. 

3153  Edith  Azalea  Sterling,  b.  June  27,  1881 ;   m.  May,  1902, 

James   A.   Barry   of  Medford.      Have  a  ch.,  Mabel 
Marie. 

3155  Bertha  May  Sterling,  b.  Jan.  14,  1886. 

1539  MARY  ELIZA  STERLING  (Henry,  Joseph,  Joseph, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Nunda,  Livingston  Co.,  N.  Y., 
Oct.  24,  1835;  m.  July  21,  1858,  Abram  Sanford  Bloodgood,  b. 
at  Conesville,  Schoharie  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec.  10,  1821,  son  of  Lewis 
and  (Kaliff)  Bloodgood. 

Mr.  Bloodgood  has  been  a  farmer  at  Heart  Prairie,  Wis.,  and 
Shellsburg,  la.  Living  at  Huron,  S.  Dak.,  in  1903,  with  a 
winter  residence  at  Santa  Anna,  Cal. 

Children : 

3156  Sarah  Estella  Bloodgood,  b.   Jan.  29,  1860;    unm. ;    a 

teacher  at  Huron. 

3157  tCarletta  Eliza  Bloodgood,  b.  July  28,  1862;   m.  William 

H.  Newcomer. 

3158  Freeman  Henry  Bloodgood,  b.   July  17,  1867;    m.  Dec. 

19,   1893,  Ethel  Hulbert  of  Fayette,  la.      He  is   a 
teacher  at  Waterloo,  la.;    no  issue  (1902). 


660  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 

3159  Fred  Cyrus  Bloodgood,  b.  Jan.  9,   1870;    m.  May  17, 

1891,  Nellie  Loomis  of  Huron.  A  farmer  at  Huron; 
no  issue. 

3160  Frank   Bloodgood   (twin   with  the   above),   d.   Mar.    22, 

1870. 

1541  JAMES  HENRY  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  at  La  Fayette,  Walworth  Co.,  Wis.,  Mar.  26,  1839 ;  m.  Nov.  5, 
1861,  Ruth  S.  Loonier,  b.  in  Nova  Scotia,  Can.,  Dec.  2,  1840. 

James  Sterling  enlisted  Oct.  13,  1862,  in  Co.  I,  28th  Wis. 
Vol.  Infty.  He  d.  Mar.  28,  1863,  on  board  a  transport  at  Mem- 
phis, Tenn ;  buried  at  La  Fayette.  His  widow  m.  2d  his  brother 
Joseph. 

Child: 

3161  James  Hamlin  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  10,  1863;    m.  May  24, 

1886,  Maggie  Ryan  of  Belle  Plain,  la.  He  is  a  rail- 
road conductor,  living  at  Eagle  Grove,  la.  Ch. : 
Blanche,  d.  young;  Leo,  b.  about  1890;  and  Harold, 
b.  about  1893. 

1543  FRANKLIN  PORTER  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  La  Fayette,  Mar.  24,  1843;  m.  at  Elkhorn,  Wis., 
Sept.  17,  1861,  Florana  Lilly  Rosencrans,  b.  at  Sugar  Creek, 
Wis.,  Feb.  1,  1843,  dau.  of  John  (d.  at  Waverly,  la.,  Aug.  17, 
1886)  and  Mary  (Johnson)  Rosencrans  (d.  at  Beloit,  Wis.,  in 
1855). 

Frank  P.  Sterling  enlisted  Sept.  13,  1861,  in  Co.  A,  10th 
Regt.,  Wis.  Vol.  Infty.  With  his  regiment  he  participated  in  the 
battles  of  Bowling  Green,  Nashville,  Huntsville,  Woodsville,  Paint 
Point  Bridge,  Stevensville,  Perryville,  Crab  Orchard,  Stone  River, 
Chickamauga,  Missionary  Ridge,  Burnt  Pine,  Peach  Tree  Creek, 
and  Kenesaw  Mountain.  After  the  battle  of  Chickamauga,  Mr. 
Sterling,  then  the  senior  officer,  took  command  of  his  regiment  and 
accompanied  General  Sherman  as  far  as  Jonesville,  Ga.,  on  the 
1  march  to  the  sea,"  and  he  participated  in  all  the  engagements 
leading  up  to  and  including  the  fall  of  Atlanta. 

Mr.  Sterling  was  wounded  three  times  during  his  military  ser- 
vice. He  entered  the  service  as  a  private  and  was  mustered  out  as 
sergeant  major  of  his  regiment.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he 
moved,  with  his  wife,  from  Elkhorn  to  Shellsburg,  la.,  where  he 


WILLIAM  STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     G61 


studied  law.  In  1874  he  removed  to  Helena,  Mont.  In  1876  he 
was  appointed  receiver  of  public  moneys  in  the  Helena  land  office 
by  President  Grant,  and  was  reappointed  in  1877,  and  continued 
to  serve  for  four  years  and  seven  months.  In  1882  he  was  elected 
probate  judge  of  Lewis  and  Clark  Co.,  and  served  his  full  term. 
During  this  period  he  was  admitted  to  the  practice  of  law.  Mr. 
Sterling  is  president  of  the  Helena  Bar  Association,  has  been  Post 
Commander  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  and  is  now  Department  Commander 
of  the  State  of  Montana.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order 
and  other  secret  societies ;  has  served  four  years  on  the  Board  of 
Education.  (History  of  Montana.)  Residence,  Helena. 
Children : 

3165  Fred  J.  Sterling,  b.  at  Fayette,  la.,  June  4,  1867.     Ex- 

change clerk  in  the  banking  house  of  W.  A.  Clark 
&  Bros.,  Butte,  Mont. ;   unm. 

3166  Henry  H.  Sterling,  b.  at  Shellsburg,  la.,  Feb.  8,  1871. 

Graduate  of  the  State  University  of  Colorado ;  clerk 
in  the  offices  of  a  gold  mining  company,  Treadwell, 
Douglas  Island,  Alaska  (1903)  ;   unm. 

1544  JOSEPH  RICHARD  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  at  La  Fayette,  Oct.  28,  1844 ;  m.  Apr.  29,  1866  (his  brother 
James'  widow),  Mrs.  Ruth  Sophronia  Sterling,  b.  in  Nova  Scotia, 
Dec.  2,  1840,  dau.  of  Hiram  Loomer  (b.  Dec.  2,  1809;  d.  in 
Dec,  1900),  a  captain  of  coasting  vessels,  who  removed  to  Heart 
Prairie,  Wis.  Hiram  m.  Mary  Ann  Newcombe  (b.  Dec.  28,  1812; 
d.  in  Mar.,  1867). 

Children : 

3167  tWilliam  M.  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  19,  1868 ;   m.  Helen  Easier. 

3168  tVinnie  Ream  Sterling,  b.  Jan.   1,  1870;    m.  Frank  W. 

Maag. 

3169  tLula  Ruth   Sterling,  b.   Jan.   4,   1872;    m.   George  W. 

Pearson. 

3170  tGrace  Marian  Sterling,  b.  June  26,  1874;    m.  Nicholas 

F.  Howard. 

3171  Ralph  Leroy  Sterling,  b.  June  14,  1879. 

3172  Joseph  Rollo  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  28,  1883. 

1545  GEORGE  WASHINGTON  STERLING  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  Dec.  10,  1848;    m.  June  9,  1874,  Mollie  B.  Sandison, 


G62  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 

b.  Mar.  28,  1850,  dau.  of  Alexander  Sandison,  who  m.  Eliza 
Brawner  at  Berryville,  Va.,  and  resided  later  at  Huron,  S.  Dak. 

Mr.  Sterling  removed  from  Huron  to  San  Pedro,  Cal.,  where 
he  is  a  real  estate  dealer. 

Children : 

3173  Florence  Sterling,  b.  June  24,  1875 ;    a  teacher  of  elocu- 

tion in  Chicago. 

3174  Paul  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  19,  1880 ;   d.  same  day. 

1546  MARTIN  DUDLEY  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  Nov.  16,  1850;  m.  Nov.  13,  1873,  Harriet  Isabell  Lagrange, 
b.  Aug.  28,  1851,  dau.  of  Abram  Huff  and  Leah  Ann  (Voris) 
Lagrange  of  Indiana.  He  is  a  traveling  salesman;  residence, 
Huron,  S.  Dak. 
Children : 

3175  Caroline  May  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  16,  1874;    d.  June  27, 

1891. 

3176  Frank  Lagrange  Sterling,  b.   Sept.   13,  1876;    a  book- 

keeper at  Mason  City,  la. 

1551  LIVONIA  A.  STERLING  (Henry,  Richard,  Joseph, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Warren,  Vt.,  Sept.  3,  1837;  m. 
June  12,  1859,  Henry  B.  Cady,  in  Roxbury,  b.  Jan.  4,  1827,  son 
of  Calvin  Cady  (b.  Nov.  17,  1798;  d.  July  23,  1874)  and  Lydia 
Wardner  (b.  May  31,  1800;    d.  June  1,  1870). 

Henry  B.  Cady  removed  to  Northfield  in  1848  and  eventually 
to  Waitsfield,  Vt.  He  was  a  photographer  for  over  forty  years. 
He  d.  at  Pawtucket,  R.  I.,  Mar.  7,  1900. 

Children : 

3177  Amy  D.  Cady,  b.  Mar.  24,  1860;   d.  Nov.  19,  1860. 

3178  tParker  B.  Cady,  b.  Sept.  3,  1861 ;  m.  Amelia  Niles. 

3179  Sherman  Cady,  b.  Apr.  25,  1863;  d.  unm.  Jan.  2,  1891. 

3180  Everett  E.  Cady,  b.  Jan.  6,  1867;   d.  July  7,  1875. 

1552  HANNAH  H.  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Warren,  Feb.  7,  1839;  m.  Orlando  E.  Kennedy,  b.  in  Plymouth, 
Vt.,  Aug.  28,  1828,  son  of  Robert  and  Ruhama  (Briggs)  Kennedy, 
natives  of  Plymouth,  residents  of  Granville.  Mr.  Kennedy  has 
been  a  carpenter  at  Granville,  Vt. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     663 

Children : 

3181  tHenry  R.  Kennedy,  b.  Nov.  19,  1859;  m.  Delia  Miller. 

3182  tEva  M.  Kennedy,  b.  May  10,  1862;   m.  Wallace  Camp- 

bell. 

3183  Frank  O.  Kennedy,  b.  Aug.  9,  1864 ;    m.  Sept.  8,  1890, 

Ida  Holt.     A  lumber  manufacturer  at  Howard;    no 
issue. 

3184  t  Betty  R.  Kennedy,  b.  Feb.  19,  1874;  m.  Everall  K.  Farr. 

1555     PARTHENA  M.  STERLING  (Amos,  Richard,  Joseph, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  Mar.  6,  1845;    m.  Mar.  26,  1869, 
Chester  D.  Bingham,  b.  Dec.  24,  1842,  in  Charlotte,  Vt.    A  farmer 
and  carpenter  at  Bristol,  Vt. 
Children : 

3185  Bernice  A.  Bingham,  b.  July  16,  1868 ;  m.  July  20,  1897, 

Rose  Bell  Haven. 

3186  "^Ulysses  Alberton  Bingham,  b.  Dec.  11,  1869;    m.  Jessie 

White. 

1557     MAURICE    S.     STERLING    (Seth,    Richard,    Joseph, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  Mar.  27,  1843;    m.  Dec.  31,  1863, 
Sarah  Freeman.     Mr.  Sterling  is  a  jeweler  in  Warren,  Vt. 
Children : 

3187  Nettie  E.  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  26,  1864;    m.  Dicky. 

3188  Gertrude  M.  Sterling,  b.  May  17,  1868;  m. Parker. 

3189  B.  C.  Sterling,  b.  Sept.  3,  1875. 

1559  GEORGE  A.  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  at 
Warren,  Vt.,  Feb.  25,  1850;  m.  at  Waitsfield,  Vt.,  Nov.  2, 
1869,  Mary  L.  Bucklin,  b.  Oct.  12,  1850,  dau.  of  Otis  and  Mary 
R.  (Rice)  Bucklin  of  Warren.  Mr.  Sterling  removed  with  his 
family  to  Iowa  in  Dec,  1880.  Five  years  later  he  removed  to 
Shelton,  Neb.,  and  Oct.  1,  1901,  to  Creighton,  Neb.  He  is  a 
farmer. 

Children : 

3190  Ida  Adell  Sterling,  b.  Aug.  5,  1871 ;   d.  May  13,  1889. 

3191  t  Ellen   M.    Sterling,   b.   June    19,    1873;    m.   Walter   T. 

Philbrick. 

3192  Emily  R.  Sterling,  b.  Oct.  7,  1875 ;   d.  Nov.  5,  1875. 

3193  tFrank  R.  Sterling,  b.  Feb.  10,  1880;   m.  Anna  Lovark. 


664  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


1560  LAURA  E.  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  Mar. 
21,  1855 ;  m.  Nov.  4,  1875,  William  Prosser,  b.  Apr.  23,  1825, 
son  of  William  and  Naomi  (Taylor)  Prosser  of  Royalton,  Vt. 
Mr.  Prosser  has  been  a  painter.     Residence,  Rochester,  Vt. 

Child: 

3194  Ethel  Eliza  Prosser,  b.  in  Hancock,  Vt.,  Feb.  16,  1883. 

1562  VIOLA  ARAMINTA  STERLING  (Stephen,  Richard, 
Joseph,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  Warren,  Vt.,  Feb.  1, 
1852;  m.  Sept.  16,  1870,  in  Williamsport,  Penn.,  George  Huston 
Gabrielle,  b.  at  Tyrone,  Schuyler  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  20,  1847,  son 
of  Lewis  and  Eliza  (Dexter)  Gabrielle.  Mr.  Gabrielle  is  a  me- 
chanic at  Chicopee,  Mass. 

Children: 

3195  Maude  lone  Gabrielle,  b.  at  Emporium,  Penn.,  Aug.  13, 

1873;  m.  1st,  Nov.  29,  1894,  S.  W.  Parshley;  2d, 
James  M.  Archer  of  Rock  Stream,  N.  Y.  Residence, 
Chicopee;    no  issue. 

3196  Mabel  Pauline  Gabrielle,  b.  at  Holyoke,  Mass.,  Mar.  26, 

1876;  m.  Nov.  17,  1898,  Harry  Bryant  Jarvis. 
Residence,  Chicopee;   no  issue  (1902). 

1563  LEWIS  A.  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  in 
Warren,  June  23,  1854 ;  m.  1st,  May  25,  1875,  Jennie  M.  Daprey, 

b.  at  Granby,  Can.,  Jan.  17,  1858,  dau.  of and  Susan  (Bour- 

cher)  Daprey.  Jennie  d.  in  1898 ;  he  m.  2d,  Oct.  24,  1890,  Grace 
Lillian  Bartholomew,  b.  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  Mar.  10,  1866,  dau. 
of  George  Sterling  and  Ella  F.  (White)  Bartholomew  of  Bridge- 
port, Conn. 

Mr.  Sterling  is  a  draughtsman  and  tool  maker.  He  has  lived 
at  various  towns  in  Vermont,  Massachusetts,  Connecticut,  and 
Pennsylvania.     Residence  (1902),  Philadelphia,  Penn. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

3197  Daisy  Carrie  Sterling,  b.  at  Holyoke,  Mass.,  Aug  6,  1877. 

3198  Leroy  Aubrey  Sterling,  b.  at  Holyoke,  May  25,  1879  ;   m. 

Apr.  22,  1902,  Anna  E.  Stahler  of  Philadelphia.  He 
is  a  bookkeeper  in  Philadelphia. 

1564  JOHN  A.  STERLING  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  at 
Warren,  Aug.  4,  1856;    m.  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  July  19,  1882, 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     665 

Lena  A.  Murdock,  dau.  of  Isaac  Murdock  (b.  in  Westport,  N.  H., 
Apr.  12,  1821 ;  d.  Oct.  8,  1880)  and  Maranda  S.  Seaver  (b.  at 
Westport,  Nov.  2,  1821;   d.  Feb.  2,  1862). 

Mr.  Sterling  is  a  mechanic,  employed  in  the  U.  S.  Armory  at 
Springfield,  Mass.  He  served  in  the  Ordnance  Corps  of  the  U.  S. 
from  Aug.  8,  1878,  to  July  7,  1882,  and  for  fifteen  years  has  been 
a  member  of  Co.  B,  2d  Regt.  Infty.,  Mass.  Vol.  Militia,  seven 
years  as  second  lieutenant. 

Child: 

3199  Lena  A.  Sterling,  b.  at  Springfield,  June  12,  1883. 

1565  CARRIE  A.  STERLING  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at 
Warren,  Jan.  2,  1859;  m.  1st,  Apr.  7,  1881,  Calvin  Durward 
Marsh,  b.  in  Vermont,  Mar.  26,  1831,  son  of  Caleb  and  Hannah 
Marsh  of  Bethel  Vt. ;  m.  2d,  June  22,  1893,  John  Chase  Smith, 
b.  at  Halifax,  Yorkshire,  Eng.,  Feb.  22,  1830,  son  of  Thomas 
and  Hannah  (Picklee)  Smith,  natives  of  Yorkshire.  Mr.  Smith  is 
a  machinist ;  residence,  North  Wilbraham,  Mass. 
Child  by  first  marriage: 

3200  William  Durward  Marsh,  b.  at  Lowell,  Mass.,  June  15, 

1882. 

1567     HARVEY  MILLS  (Martin  Mills,  Phileata  Way,  Hannah, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  May  29,  1808;    m.  Sept.  4,  1830, 
Phebe  Monteith.    They  resided  at  Morgan,  Ashtabula  Co.,  Ohio. 
Children : 

3201  Eliza  Mills,  b.  Dec.  20,  1832  ;  d.  at  La  Grange,  Ohio,  Jan. 

24,  1834. 

3202  Harriet  Mills,  b.  Apr.  25,  1834;   d.  in  Morgan,  May  13, 

1859. 

3203  t  Henry  Mills,  b.  Mar.  11,  1836;   m.  Sarah  Johnson. 

3204  William  H.  Mills,  b.  at  Jackson,  Ind.,  May  14 ;  d.  Aug.  3, 

1838. 

3205  William  H.  Mills,  b.  Oct.  22,  1840;  d.  Aug.  26,  1843. 

3206  t  Jane  E.  Mills,  b.  Feb.  29,  1844;   m.  Otis  E.  Mason. 

3207  Everett  R.  Mills,  b.  Feb.  1,  1849 ;  m.  Sept.  1,  1870,  Alice 

L.  Manley ;    res.  Morgan,  Ohio. 

1569  ALFRED  MILLS  (brother  of  the  above),  b.  Sept.  27, 
1812;  m.  Feb.  9,  1837,  Clarissa  Hopkins  of  Canfield,  Ohio.;  res. 
Eagleville,  Ohio. 


666  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


Children : 
3208     Ward  Simson  Mills,  b.  Jan.  1,  1840 ;   m.  Aug.  23,  1864, 

Panthea  Leavitt  of  Richland  Co.,  Ohio.     They  had 

Ernest  A.,  Charles  L.,  Martin,  Frank  F. 
3213     Lucia  Rosetta  Mills,  b.  Mar.  6,  1846 ;   m.  Dec.  4,  1865, 

Worthing  Hall;    have   Irving   C,   Clarice  E.,   and 

Frank. 
3217     Sarah  Clarissa  Mills,  b.  May  2,  1849;  m.  Aug.  20,  1869, 

C.  F.  Udell;   have  Alta  R.,  Walter  L.,  and  a  son. 

3220  Evangeline  Artemicia  Mills,  b.  Aug.  5,  1852  ;  d.  Mar.  20, 

1853. 

1572  NANCY  JUDSON  MILLS  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  July 
20,  1819;  m.  1st,  Feb.  18,  1838,  Addison  Crissy  of  Stockton, 
N.  Y.,  who  d.  in  1841 ;  m.  2d,  in  June,  1843,  David  Groesbeck 
of  West  Post,  la.,  who  d.  in  May,  1851 ;  m.  3d,  in  1858,  Ferdinand 
Pauld  of  Denmark,  who  d.  about  1861. 
Child  by  first  marriage: 

3221  Marilla  R.  Crissy,  b.  Mar.  18,  1839. 
Children  by  second  marriage : 

3222  Franklin  Groesbeck,  b.  Apr.  5,  1844. 

3223  Arthur  A.  Groesbeck,  b.  Dec.  14,  1847. 

3224  Clara  Laura  Groesbeck,  b.  Nov.  30,  1849. 

Child  by  third  marriage: 

3225  Martha  Alice  Pauld,  b.  Oct.  10,  1860. 

1574  FLORILLA  S.  MILLS  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  July  18, 
1823;  m.  Dec.  14,  1842,  Clark  C.  Loomis,  who  d.  Aug.  9,  1866. 
They  resided  at  Trumbull,  Ohio. 

Children : 

3226  t  Caroline  A.  Loomis,  m.  E.  L.  Ford. 

3227  tFrank  A.  Loomis,  b.  Apr.  3,  1846;   m. . 

3228  Orphia  C.  Loomis,  b.  July  19,  1848;  d.  Jan.  27,  1850. 

3229  Martin  M.  Loomis,  b.  Jan.  25,  1854. 

3230  Charles  F.  Loomis,  b.  Aug.  22,  1856. 

3231  Elvira  C.  Loomis,  b.  July  31,  1861. 

3232  Estella  T.  Loomis,  b.  Oct.  2,  1863. 

1575  DORA  MILLS  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  May  20,  1830; 
m.  Sept.  19,  1859,  Irenius  M.  Foote;    residence,  Mandora,  la. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     667 


Children : 

3233  Son,  b.  Dec.  17,  1860;   d.  Jan.  6,  1861. 

3234  Clara  J.  Foote,  b.  Mar.  19,  1862. 

3235  Arthur  E.  Foote,  b.  Mar.  29,  1865. 

3236  May  Rose  Foote,  b.  May  1,  1867. 

1576     BRADFORD  D.  TUTTLE  {Charity  Mills,  Phileata  Way, 
Hannah,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  July  7,  1810;    m.  in  Feb., 
1834,  Julia  Beach.    He  was  instantly  killed  July  4,  1870.    Family 
residence,  Mecca,  Trumbull  Co.,  Ohio. 
Children : 

3237  Mary  M.  Tuttle,  b.  May  31,  1836;   d.  Mar.  18,  1837. 

3238  Marcus  M.  Tuttle,  b.  Apr.  14,  1838;   m.  Nov.  21,  1866, 

Kate  Southwick. 

3239  t  Allecia  A.  Tuttle,  b.  Dec.  4,  1845 ;  m.  David  D.  Marvin. 

1578  HARRIET  NEWELL  TUTTLE  (sister  of  the  above), 
b.  Nov.  30,  1814 ;  m.  Dec.  12,  1833,  Henry  Paine,  b.  Painesville, 
Ohio,  Feb.  4,  1810,  son  of  Hendrick  and  Harriet  (Phelps)  Paine 
of  LeRay,  Lake  Co.,  Ohio. 

He  was  a  farmer  at  LeRay.  He  d.  from  injuries  received  in 
being  thrown  from  a  carriage,  Oct.  31,  1868 ;  she  d.  Jan.  17,  1880. 

Children : 

3240  Elizabeth  E.  Paine,  b.  Apr.  6,  1836 ;  m.  1st,  Nov.  9,  1859, 

Charles  A.  Wright,  b.  Dec.  15,  1815,  who  d.  Feb.  22, 
1869;  m.  2d,  Aug.  24,  1875,  John  W.  Doncaster,  b. 
Sept.,  1835.    She  d.  Nov.  18,  1903. 

3241  Aurel  Paine,  b.  Jan.  26,  1839;  m.  Dec.  25,  1863,  Amanda 

W.  Beach,  b.  Aug.  5,  1838;  residence,  Weeping 
Water,  Neb. 

3242  Mary  D.  Paine,  b.  May  2, 1841 ;  m.  Nov.  18,  1868,  Lucius 

Lamar  Kewish,  b.  Feb.  22,  1841 ;  residence  near 
Painesville,  Ohio. 

3243  Charlotte  I.  Paine,  b.  Jan.  22,  1843;   m.  May  26,  1861, 

Samuel  R.  Smith,  b.  Nov.  10,  1836;  residence, 
Orange,  Cal. 

3244  Hendrick  E.  Paine,  b.  Mar.  12,  1845;  m.  Dec.  25,  1866, 

Jennie  L.  Powers.     Residence,  Scranton,  Pcnn. 

3245  Ira  T.  Paine,  b.  Jan.  31,  1847 ;  m.  June  9,  1870,  Ella  M. 

Huston,  b.  Dec.  31,  1850.  Residence,  Grand  Island, 
Neb. 


668  THE  STERLING  GENEALOGY 


3246  Charity  M.  Paine,  b.  Feb.  25,  1849 ;    residence,  Weeping 

Water,  Neb. 

3247  Harriet  N.  Paine,  b.  July  9,  1851 ;  m.  1st,  Nov.  30,  1870, 

William  Fletcher  Gardner,  b.  Apr.  4,  1847 ;  d.  Sept. 
15,  1884 ;  m.  2d,  Feb.  4,  1890,  John  Hart,  b.  Oct. 
15,  1843;  d.  May  7,  1901.  Residence,  Cairo,  Hall 
Co.,  Neb. 

3248  Stella  A.   Paine,  b.  July  19,  1853;    m.  Aug.   19,  1874, 

M.  M.  Butler,  b.  Nov.  15,  1845 ;  residence,  Weeping 
Water,  Neb. 

3249  Henry  Paine,  b.  Oct.  18,  1855;   m.  Jan.  1,  1890,  Effie  D. 

Davis,  b.  Jan.  13,  1874 ;    residence,  Dalton,  Penn. 

1579  GEORGE  VIRGIL  TUTTLE  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  Mar.  24,  1817;  m.  Oct.  22,  1845,  Martha  Palmer;  residence, 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

Children : 

3250  Frances  Emory  Tuttle,  b.  July  6,  1849. 

3251  Eugene  Virgil  Tuttle,  b.  Sept.  22,  1851. 

3252  Sereno  B.  Tuttle,  b.  Oct.  11,  1857. 

3253  Walter  Tuttle,  b.  Oct.  4,  1866. 

1580  HARMON  PHILO  TUTTLE  (brother  of  the  above),  b. 
Mar.  24,  1821;  m.  1st,  Aug.  18,  1842,  Mary  Kelsey,  who  d. 
Apr.  8,  1857;  m.  2d,  in  Mar.,  1870,  Lizzie  Kintner. 

Child  by  first  marriage: 

3254  Amelia  Tuttle,  b.  Jan.  25,  1847;   m.  Benjamin  Cope. 

1581  CHARLOTTE  IRENE  TUTTLE  (sister  of  the  above), 
b.  Mar.  25,  1830;  m.  Nov.  5,  1850,  Lucius  W.  Peck;  residence, 
Titusville,  Penn. 

Children : 

3255  Eliza  Charity  Peck,  b.  June  20,  1 855. 

3256  Laura  Harriet  Peck,  b.   Jan.   7,   1859. 

3257  Anna  Mabel  Peck,  b.  Dec.  19,  1860. 

3258  Frederick  George  B.  Peck,  b.  Jan.  9,  1865. 

3259  Mabel  Amelia  Peck,  b.  Aug.  30,   1870. 

1583  JULIA  LEVERETT  PRATT  (Fanny  Marvin,  Phebe, 
William,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  N.  Y.,  Jan.  8,  1812; 
m.  about  1845,  R.  C.  Newell  of  Tolland,  Conn. ;  lived  at  Orwell, 
Ashtabula  Co.,  Ohio. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     669 


Children : 

3260  Louisa  S.  Newell,  b.  in  Apr.,  1846. 

3261  Fanny  Marvin  Newell,  b.  Dec.  20,  1853. 

3262  Mary  Catharine  Newell,  b.  Nov.  20,  1855. 

1585  CHARLES  AUGUSTUS  BREWSTER  PRATT  (brother 
of  the  above),  b.  Jan.  23,  1818;  m.  Feb.  28,  1850,  Elizabeth 
Ely  of  Chautauqua  Co.,  N.  Y.,  a  lawyer  in  New  York  City. 

Child: 

3263  Elizabeth  S.  Pratt,  b.  Jan.  10,  1851. 

1586  PHEBE  STERLING  PRATT  (sister  of  the  above),  b. 
June  6,  1820 ;    m.  July,  1846,  John  S.  Dixon. 

Children : 

3264  Francis  Pratt  Dixon,  b.  Sept.  21,  1847. 

3265  Joseph  Raymond  Dixon,  b.  Jan.  21,  1850. 

3266  Charles  Dixon,  b.  Aug.  20,  1851. 

1590  JANE  ELIZABETH  HUNTINGTON  (Phebe  Marvin, 
Phebe,  William,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  in  New  Brunswick, 
N.  J.,  Jan.  23,  1817;  m.  Dec.  24,  1839,  William  Potter  Jones, 
b.  at  Norristown,  Penn.,  Dec.  17,  1814,  son  of  the  Rev.  John 
and  Harriet  (Potter)   Jones. 

William  P.  Jones  went  as  a  child  with  his  father's  family  to 
Kentucky.  On  reaching  manhood  he  moved  to  Pittsburg,  Penn., 
and  entered  into  business  with  Moses  Atwood,  who  had  married  his 
sister  Harriet.  He  was  an  active  member  and  trustee  of  the  third 
Presbyterian  church  of  Pittsburg.  In  1854  he  removed  his  resi- 
dence to  Quaker  Valley,  a  suburb,  where  he  was  first  a  trustee  and 
afterwards  an  elder  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Sewickley.  He 
continued  in  active  business  in  Pittsburg  until  his  death  at  Quaker 
Valley,  Aug.  22,  1871.     Mrs.  Jane  Jones  d.  there  May  18,  1887. 

Children,  born  near  Pittsburg: 

3267  t William  Leverett  Jones,  b.  Oct.  29,  1840;    m.  Lydia  H. 

Shields. 

3268  tMary  Atwood  Jones,  b.   March  19,   1842;    m.  William 

Shacklett. 

3269  Fanny  Jones,  b.  Jan.  30,  1844  ;  d.  Apr.  10,  1848. 

3270  t Annie  Huntington  Jones,  b.  Feb.  10,  1846;    m.  Charles 

B.  McVay. 


670  THE   STERLING   GENEALOGY 


3271  Harriet  Potter  Jones,  b.  Mar.  16,  1849 ;  m.  May  19, 1880, 

S.  Brice  Ingram ;   have  one  son. 

3272  Jane  Elizabeth  Jones,  b.  Aug.   4,   1852;    d.   at  Quaker 

Valley,  Sept.   9,   1863. 

1591  BACKUS  WILBUR  HUNTINGTON  (brother  of  the 
above),  b.  in  New  Brunswick,  Nov.  3,  1818;  m.  1st,  Feb.  27, 
1845,  Anne  Eliza  Riggs,  b.  Sept.  27,  1826,  dau.  of  Daniel  M.  and 
Mary  Eliza  (Hogan)  Riggs  of  Tuscaloosa,  Ala.,  who  d.  May  27, 
1878;  m.  2d,  Aug.  18,  1879,  Helen  E.  Seavey,  b.  in  Portland, 
Me.,  Aug.  16,  1841,  dau.  of  Marcian  and  Jane  (Sturdivant) 
Seavey  and  sister  of  Cordelia  Seavey,  who  m.  Edward  Canfield 
Sterling  (No.  1623). 

Backus  W.  Huntington  graduated  from  Jefferson  College, 
Penn.,  in  1836;  went  to  Camden,  South  Carolina,  where  he  studied 
law,  thence  in  1839  to  Tuscaloosa,  Ala.,  where  he  was  admitted  to 
the  Bar.  In  1843  he  was  elected  to  the  Alabama  State  Legislature 
and  in  1849  removed  to  Sumter  Co.,  Ala.,  where  in  1852,  he  was 
elected  judge  of  the  Circuit  Court.  In  1853  he  removed  to  New 
York  City,  where  he  practiced  law  until  his  death.  He  had  many 
important  cases  in  the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court  and  in  the  N.  Y.  Court 
of  Appeals.  He  d.  Dec.  17,  1891.  Mrs.  Helen  Huntington  was 
(1902)  an  assistant  in  an  institution  for  the  correction  of  defective 
speech  in  New  York. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

3273  Mary  Huntington,  b.  at  Tuscaloosa,  Apr.  26,  1846;    d. 

in  New  York,  unm.,  May  7,  1899. 

3274  t  John  Huntington,  b.  Apr.  4,  1848;  m.  Mary  C.  Horton. 

3275  t  Madeline  Huntington,   b.    Nov.    1,   1850;    m.   Theodore 

Mertens. 

3276  Grace  Huntington,  b.  near  Delma,  Ala.,  Aug.  25,  1853 ; 

unm. ;  lives  at  Larchmont,  N.  Y. ;  connected  with 
the  Larchmont  Manor  School  for  Girls. 

3277  t  Wilbur  Huntington,  b.  Nov.  10,  1855  ;  m.  Sarah  Wandell. 

3278  t  Annie  Huntington,  b.  Feb.   19,  1856;    m.  Thomas  W. 

Allen. 

3279  Gertrude  Huntington,  b.  in  N.  Y.  Jan.  5,  1861 ;  m.  Nov. 

16,  1886,  Walter  Williams  Concklin,  b.  in  New  York, 
Jan.  8,  1858,  son  of  Samuel  Marvin  and  Louisa 
(Clark)  Concklin  of  New  York,  a  newspaper  re- 
porter ;    residence,  Englewood,  N.  J. ;    no  issue. 


WILLIAM  STERLING  OF  HAVERHILL,  MASS.     671 


3280  Jean  Huntington,  b.  in  New  York,  Jan.  25,  1863 ;   m.  in 

Oct.,  1885,  Henry  F.  Randolph,  and  d.  Sept.  1886. 

Children  by  second  marriage : 

3281  James  Huntington,  b.  Feb.  20,  1881. 

3282  Roger  Samuel  Huntington,  b.  May  1,  1884. 

3283  Philip  Huntington,  b.  Dec.  25,  1885. 

1592  JUNIUS  MARVIN  (William  Marvin,  Phebe,  William, 
Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  at  Hamburg,  Lyme,  Conn.,  Oct.  2, 
1820;  m.  1st,  in  Dec,  1849,  Adeline  Comstock  Raymond,  b.  at 
Montville,  Conn.,  Nov.  1,  1820,  3d  dau.  of  Oliver  Raymond  by  his 
2d  wife  Mary  Comstock.  She  d.  at  Randolph,  Wis.,  in  April, 
1862 ;  Junius  m.  2d,  at  Randolph,  Jan.  26,  1864,  Ellen  Louisa 
Bennett  of  Randolph. 

Junius  Marvin  was  a  farmer  at  Randolph,  where  he  d.  Feb.  21, 
1879.    His  widow  lives  (1902)  at  Oshkosh,  Wis. 

Children  by  first  marriage: 

3284  t  Cornelia  Louisa  Marvin,  b.  Nov.  7,  1855;   m.  George  T. 

Brown. 

3285  t  James  Raymond  Marvin,  b.  Nov.  25,  1858;  m.  Mabel  M. 

Evans. 

3286  Jane  Grace  Marvin,  b.  Nov.  25,  1858  (twin  with  James), 

a  teacher  in  the  Normal  School,  Oshkosh. 

3287  Adeline  Raymond  Marvin,  b.  at  Randolph,  Nov.  2,  I860 ; 

residence  at  Oshkosh. 

Child  by  second  marriage : 

3288  Clara  Ellen  Marvin,  b.  May  17,  1865 ;    secretary  to  the 

president  of  the  Oshkosh  Normal  School. 

1593  GEORGE  GRIFFIN  MARVIN  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  at  Hamburg,  Feb.  18,  1824 ;  m.  Mar.  29,  1849,  Harriet  J. 
Stultz,  b.  in  N.  Y.  City,  Oct.  26,  1832,  dau.  of  Henry  Stultz 
(b.  Nov.  4,  1807;  d.  Feb.  12,  1881)  and  Sally  Ann  DcClark  (b. 
May  5,  1814;    d.  Aug.  31,  1896)   of  Hastings,  Minn. 

Mr.  Marvin  resided  at  Beaver  Dam,  Wis.,  where  he  was  a  far- 
mer, a  prominent  citizen  and  incumbent  of  many  local  political 
offices.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Wisconsin  Legislature  in  1871. 
He  d.  at  Randolph,  Wis.,  Nov.  15,  1888.  Mrs.  Harriet  Marvin 
m.  2d,  Jan.  5,  1891,  Francis  Griffin  Marvin,  b.  Nov.  23,  1835, 


672  THE  STERLING   GENEALOGY 


brother  of  her  first  husband,  who  d.  at  Amboy,  Minn.,  Apr.  9, 
1892.     Mrs.  Marvin  resides  at  Beaver  Dam. 
Children : 

3289  t  Sarah   S.    Marvin,    b.    Jan.    11,    1850;     m.    William   B. 

Shepard. 

3290  t  Francis  G.  Marvin,  b.  Dec.  3,  1851 ;  m.  Ella  L.  Conway. 

3291  tHenry  S.  Marvin,  b.  Nov.  28,  1855;    m.  Mary  Renshaw. 

3292  t  William  D.   Marvin,  b.   Apr.    23,   1857;     m.   Emma  L. 

Swarthout. 

3293  tHattie  L.  Marvin,  b.  Aug.  15,  1859;  m.  Samuel  S.  Lock- 

hart. 

1595  WILLIAM  JOSEPH  MARVIN  (brother  of  the  above), 
b.  at  Hamburg,  Apr.  6,  1830 ;  m.  Jan.  28,  1869,  Ann  M.  Parker, 
b.  in  Lyme,  Sept.  12,  1831,  dau.  of  Deacon  Marshfield  Sterling 
Parker,  for  many  years  town  clerk  and  probate  judge  of  Lyme, 
and  his  wife  Azubah  Harvey  Marvin.  Mr.  Marvin  was  a  farmer 
at  Hamburg  on  the  old  homestead;  he  d.  Apr.  7,  1878;  Mrs. 
Ann  Marvin  d.  Oct.  23,  1900. 

Children : 

3294  William  Marvin,  b.  Mar.   13,  1873;    chosen  town  clerk 

of  Lyme  in  1896  and  judge  of  probate  in  1897; 
member  Connecticut  Legislature  in  1904  and  1905. 
He  occupies  the  old  homestead  farm  owned  by  his 
fathers  for  four  generations.  He  is  the  only  member 
of  this  numerous  family  branch  now  living  in  the  old 
town ;  m.  Nov.  2,  1904,  Julia  Ely,  dau.  of  Dr.  Josiah 
Griffin  and  Elizabeth  (Chadwick)  Ely,  sister  of 
Florence  M.,  who  m.  Gilbert  B.  Sterling  (No.  2550). 

3295  Harry  Seymour  Marvin,  b.  Aug.  8,  1875 ;    a  pharmacist 

in  Boston ;    unm. 

1596  HARRIET  SOPHIA  MARVIN  (sister  of  the  above),  b. 
at  Hamburg,  Mar.  26,  1833;  m.  Sept.  3,  1856,  Millington  L. 
Carpenter,  b.  in  N.  Y.  City,  July  20,  1818,  son  of  Henry  B.  and 
Anna  (Lockwood)  Carpenter  of  N.  Y.  City. 

Millington  had  m.  1st,  in  Brooklyn,  Sept.  19,  1850,  Julia 
Halstead,  by  whom  he  had  Julia  Adaline,  b.  June  20,  1851,  who  m. 
in  1878,  Joseph  Moody.  Harriet  (Marvin)  Carpenter  d.  and  he 
m.  3d,  Mar.  20,  1867,  Mary  Eliza  Griffin,  by  whom  he  had  Hattie 
May,  b.  Feb.  2,  1868;   Nellie  Lockwood,  b.  July  7,  1869;   Willie 


WILLIAM   STERLING   OF  HAVERHILL,   MASS.     673 

Lockwood,  b.  Sept.  15,  1871,  d.  Apr.  18,  1876;  and  Jennie,  b. 
Sept.  17,  1873. 

Millington  Carpenter  was  a  sea  captain  in  the  South  American 
and  European  trade.  He  retired  in  1869  and  removed  from  Old 
Lyme  to  Monticello,  la.,  where  he  was  a  well-known  banker.  He 
d.  Nov.  5,  1890. 

Child: 

3296  t  Henry   Millington    Carpenter,    b.    Sept.    11,    1857;     m. 

Mary  E.  Farrell. 

1599  LEVERETT  HUNTINGTON  MARVIN  {Joseph  Mar- 
vin, Phebe,  William,  Joseph,  Daniel,  William),  b.  at  Champion, 
N.  Y.,  Feb.  22,  1821;  m.  May  25,  1846,  Leah  Ann  Baldwin, 
b.  in  Essex  Co.,  N.  J.,  Sept.  25,  1824,  dau.  of  Samuel  and  Mary 
Ann    (Embree)   Baldwin. 

Mr.  Marvin  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Beaver  Dam,  Wis., 
moving  there  in  1816.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen  ;  held  the  offices 
of  treasurer,  alderman,  school  commissioner,  etc.,  of  his  village, 
where  he  was  a  furniture  dealer  and  manufacturer.  Leverctt  and 
his  children  were  all  people  of  large  stature.  He  d.  Feb.  3,  1882. 
Mrs.  Leah  Marvin  d.  Mar.  27,  1899. 

Children,  born  at  Beaver  Dam: 

3297  tMary  Elizabeth  Marvin,  b.   Apr.   1,   1818;    m.   Spencer 

L.  Case. 

3298  t  William  Hopkins  Marvin,  b.  July  31,  1850;   m.  Adelaide 

H.  Lobdcll. 

3299  t  Agnes  Embree  Marvin,  b.  Jan.  27,  1853;   m.  Arthur  W. 

Sias. 

3300  Lucy  Ada  Marvin,  b.  Jan.  4,  1855;    m.   Sept.  7,  1897, 

Luther  Gilson,  b.  in  Oswego  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  22, 
1840;  a  machinist  for  the  C,  M.  &  St.  P.  R.  R. 
Reside  in  Milwaukee,  Wis. ;   no  issue. 

3301  tCharles   Huntington  Marvin,  b.   Aug.  7,   1858;    m.   1st, 

Hattie  J.  Sitts ;  2d,  Jennie  M.  Sitts ;  3d,  Jennie  M. 
Hayes. 

3302  t Lincoln  Hamlin  Marvin,  b.  Feb.  6,  1861 ;  m.  Ruth  Cation. 

3303  Edward  Harry  Marvin,  b.  June  13,  1863;    m.  Sept.  21, 

1895,  Josephine  S.  K.  Funston,  b.  at  Houghton, 
Mich.,  June  1,  1866.  Employee  of  the  American 
Express  Co.,  Jancsville,  Wis.;    no  issue. 


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3304  tFred  Hubert  Marvin,  b.  Feb.  23,  1867;    m.  Josephine  V. 

Platzer. 

1602  SARAH  ADAMS  MARVIN  (sister  of  the  above),  b.  at 
Watertown,  N.  Y.,  Mar.  3,  1828;  m.  Oct.  31,  1850,  the  Rev. 
Richard  Chapman  Dunn,  b.  in  Augusta,  Ga.,  Sept.  6,  1821,  son  of 
Charles  C.  Dunn,  a  native  of  England,  and  Rebecca  Moore,  of 
Puritan  descent. 

Mr.  Dunn  graduated  from  Knox  College,  Galesburg,  111.,  in 
June,  1847,  and  from  the  Union  Theological  Seminary,  N.  Y.,  in 
June,  1853.  His  first  pastorate  was  at  DeWitt  and  Jamesville, 
N.  Y.,  which  he  served  one  year.  The  twelve  years  following  he 
was  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  at  Toulon,  111.  Here 
he  was  school  commissioner  six  years,  a  trustee  of  the  State  Insane 
Hospital  and  member  of  the  State  Legislature  in  1864.  He  d.  at 
Oneida,  111.,  May  24,  1868. 

Children : 

3305  t  William  B.  Dunn,  b.  Sept.  23,  1854;   m.  Sophronia  Buff- 

ington. 

3306  t  Joseph  Marvin  Dunn,  b.  Nov.   13,  1857;    m.  Pearl  M. 

Burroughs. 

3307  Augustus  Dunn,  b.  at  Grinnell,  la.,  June  29,  I860;   unm. 

3308  Edward  Chapman  Dunn,  b.   at  Grinnell,  Apr.   1,   1864; 

unm. 

3309  Elizabeth  Hopkins  Dunn,  b.  at  Grinnell,  Apr.  13,  1867 ; 

A.M.,   M.D. ;    unm. ;     resides    in    Chicago   with   her 


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